Harry won 5 Trophys with this porcshe in the Vic Wills Comp , its the only car ever to score 97 out of 100 in twenty years !!!
For the 1976 World Manufacturers Championship, Porsche initially relied on a solitary works 935, chassis 002 racing alone for the first five rounds and Le Mans, chassis 001 not coming into play until the threat from BMW began to materialise. This tussle of German industrial might unexpectedly went right down to the wire after early predictions that Porsche would dominate, BMW's awesome CSL's having been piloted by some of Europe's premier drivers.
Porsche were up for the fight though and in the Martini & Rossi-liveried 935's, they undoubtedly had the faster car. Their drivers too were of the highest calibre, Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx having been backed up by Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti for selected rounds.Debuting at Mugello for the 6 Hour race, Ickx and Mass won what turned out to be a Porsche whitewash with the German cars filling the top seven places. They then made it back-to-back Group 5 wins at round two, the Vallelunga 6 Hours, but their initial dominance had been ruffling feathers in rival camps.
At Silverstone, 002 ran with a conventional 911 front end instead of the Flat Nose after Mass found it generated too much downforce. But much promise in qualifying came to nought in the race. Clutch problems on the very first lap sidelined the car for more than two hours and although 002 eventually recovered to place tenth, Porsche went back to Germany having failed to add to their points tally. More bad news followed afterwards when the governing body demanded that, because the 935's air-to-air intercooler did not fit within the engine profile of the street 930, Porsche would have to adopt air-to-water intercoolers from the 934.
These were located within the rear fender flares and required boxier vent openings in the wheelarch extensions. Furthermore, the FIA dictated a new space cam be developed for the fuel injection pump, this and the intercooling issue contributing to a less flexible and initially reliable motor thereafter. It seemed that while Porsche’s wily interpretation of race regulations had often been a key component in the Stuttgart manufacturers mightily impressive competition history, in this case it could lose them the 1976 World Championship.
