1976 Porsche 934 RSR Turbo - Group 4 for sale at Maxted-Page Ltd

1976 Porsche 934 RSR Turbo - Group 4

1976 Porsche 934 RSR Turbo - Group 4


Seller's description

Le Mans 24hrs / Nürburgring 1000kms / Daytona 24hrs /
Sebring 12hrs & Championship Winning
Ex - Kremer Jägermeister / Sekurit /
Weralet-sponsored
1976 Porsche 934 RSR Turbo - Group 4
Chassis #930 670 0158
Introduced in 1976, the Porsche 934 was essentially a Group 4 GT race version of the Porsche 930 Turbo road car. Having qualified for Group 4 by building a minimum of four hundred 930 Turbos in two consecutive model years, Porsche then built thirty-one 934 race cars. Taking a standard, galvanized 930 bodyshell the 934 was built-up with an aluminium roll-cage fitted and the cockpit left bare, except for a single, RSR-type driver’s race-seat with safety harness and some extra gauges for boost pressure. The engine output could be varied between 480 and 560bhp using an adjustable wheel on the dashboard and with a homologation weight of 1120kg, every bhp had only to move 2kg. A disadvantage to the performance was turbo-lag and drivers had to get used to accelerating before the apex using a 4-speed transmission, instead of 5-speed. The car was otherwise similar to its production 930 counterpart and the rules stated that the 934 had to retain the same engine spoiler as the road car and therefore could not be fitted the bulky air-to-air intercooler as used on the works 2.1 Turbo RSR. Instead Porsche devised a clever method for cooling the charged intake gases using water radiators mounted in the front spoiler which fed water back to the engine compartment where two cooler-cores were fitted, above which air came in through a finned plenum-chamber lowering the temperature from 300° F to 120° F.
The front compartment carried a front-mounted, 144 litre fuel cell, oil tank and battery and was visibly strengthened with a large aluminium cross-brace fitted overall. Porsche 917 finned brake callipers were fitted with ventilated cross-drilled discs, stronger wheel hubs and centre-lock 10.5” front and 16” rear wheels.
In January 1976, having seen the Prototype 934 test times at the Nürburgring achieved by Manfred Schurti, lapping fifteen seconds faster than any Carrera RSR ever had, most of the racing teams who had been contesting the European GT Championship in 3.0 RSRs bought 934s.
History of Chassis #930 670 0158
1st owner: Gerhard Holup (D, 1976)
2nd owner: Dieter Schornstein (D, 1977)
3rd owner: Gerhard Holup (D, 1978 - 1979)
4th owner: Jack Refenning (USA, 1980 - ?)
5th owner: Jean Paul Richard (F, 1991 - 2004)
6th owner: Manfred Freisinger (D, 2004 - 2012)
7th owner: Private collector (UK, 2012 - 2013)
8th owner: John Minshaw (UK 2013 - 2014)
9th owner: Private collector (USA 2014 - Current)
Chassis 0158 was supplied new by Porsche competition dept. to Erwin and Manfred Kremer in Cologne financed by the privateer German driver, Gerhard Holup from Kaarst. Holup raced the car extensively in national championship races but had an agreement in place with the Kremer Bros. which allowed them to enter the car for other important World and European Championship races with other professional drivers. In 1976, Bob Wollek, Didier Pironi and Marie-Claude Beaumont drove the car for Kremer in the Le Mans 24 hours and Reinhold Joest, Jürgen Barth, and Bob Wollek drove in the 6 hours of Dijon.
In 1977 #0158 changed hands and was sold to Dieter Schornstein who took part seriously in all ten rounds for the German - DRM championship, with the sponsorship and livery of Sekurit. During 1977, the car raced in a total of 20 races and in some rounds, the car ran not in Group 4, but Group 5 and had a larger 935-type rear wing fitted.
For 1978, Schornstein wanted more power and acquired a brand new Porsche 935, selling the 934 back to Gerhard Holup. Holup this time paired up with Edgar Dören and together they took part in both European and World Championship races with a new livery and sponsorship, from the tool manufacturer Weralit and were run by Max Moritz. For the 1978 Le Mans 24 hours, the pair teamed up with Hervé Poulain and Romain Feitler and #0158 was prepared and run by Kremer, painted orange with sponsorship from Jägermeister. After 16 hours the car retired with transmission failure. However, from the seven international races that year, the car came 1st once and 2nd twice in GT- class.
The orange colour remained on #0158 for the rest of the 1978 season, but for 1979 the car was painted again, as before, in White with Green and Red stripes and Weralit livery and was entered for the new DRM – German Racing Trophy - which was open to Group 4 cars, although running amongst a field of Group 5 cars as well. Edgar Dören won in #0158 4 times, enough to win the overall championship that year.
After four years of racing #0158 had taken part in 66 races - twice at Le Mans, twice at Nürburgring 1000kms and had won another championship in 1979. Despite the results, the days in Europe for the Porsche 934 were over and the car was sold to Jack Refenning in Florida. Refenning entered the car into the IMSA GTO class in the 1980 Daytona 24 hour race and the 1981 12 hours of Sebring. The following year, the car then came 9th overall in its final race in the USA at the 1981 Daytona 24 hours.
In 1982 with now over 70 races to its name, Refenning advertised #0158 for sale in the Porsche Club of America magazine, ‘Panorama’.
In 1991 it passed to Jean-Paul Richard of France, who kept the car until selling it in 2004 to Karlsruhe-based Porsche specialist, Manfred Freisinger. Freisinger meticuloulsy restored the car and had an F.I.A. Historic Technical Passport issued in 2011.
In 2012 the car was sold by Freisinger and brought to the UK by a private collector. In 2013, BRDC member John Minshaw owned the car briefly, before he racquired a Porsche 935 instead and the car was then sold to the current US based collector.
Competition history #930 670 0158
Date / Race / Driver /No/Result/ Class / Notes
21.03.76 AvD- Race "Bergischer Löwe" Zolder (B) (1. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Gerhard Holup/ 4th/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat.
04.04.76 11. ADAC 300 km, Nürburgring (D) (2. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Gerhard Holup/ 8/ DNF/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat.
11.04.76 "Jim Clark Race", Hockenheim (D) (3. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Gerhard Holup/ 937/ 4th/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat.
25.04.76 AvD - Airport Race Sembach, Trie (D) (4. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Gerhard Holup/ 93/ DNF/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat./ Start collision with Schütz
02.05.76 39. ADAC- Eifel Race, Nürburgring (D) (1. race for the German Rennsport-Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 7/ DNF/ Division 1/ Collision with Kannacher
23.05.76 AvD - Airport Race Mainz- Finthen (D) (2. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 10/ 8th/ Division 1
12.&13.06.76 / 44. Le Mans 24 Hours (F) (no world championship status)/ Bob Wollek/Didier Pironi/Marie C. Beaumont/ 65/ 19th, 4th, 2nd/ Overall, Group 4- all Classes, Group 4 > 3000 ccm , 2 x changing the clutch
20.06.76 DMV- Rhein Pokal- Race, Hockenheim (D) (3. race for German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 6/ 7th/ Division 1
27.06.76 ADAC- Norisring Trophy, Nürnberg (D) (3. race for GT- European Championship)/ Bob Wollek/ 6/ DNF/ All classes/ Transmission failure
25.07.76 ADAC- Airport Race Diepholz (D) (5. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 12 / 7th / Division 1
01.08.76 AvD- Rheinland Pfalz- Trophy, Nürburgring (D) (6. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ DNS / Division 1 / Accident in training
29.08.76 AvD- Trophy of the Nations, Hockenheim (D) (8. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 104 / 4th / Division 1
04.09.76 6 Hours Dijon (F) (7. race Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Reinhold Jöst/Jürgen Barth/Bob Wollek/ No Result
19.09.76 Trofeo Armando Bevilacqua, Imola (I) (6. race for GT European Championship)/ Hans Heyer/ 2nd/ All classes/ 0.3 sec. behind
26.09.76 ADAC Trophy from Baden W. Hockenheim (D) (10. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Hartwig Bertrams/ 6/ 7th/ Division 1
10.10.76 ADAC- Nürburgring- Trophy (D)/ Gerhard Holup/ 2/ 3rd/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat.
17.10.76 ADAC- End of season race Zolder (D)/ Gerhard Holup/ 6/ 5th/ Division 1
23.10.76 Trophy of Neus, Nürburgring (D)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 1st/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat./ Test drive
31.10.76 ADAC- South-West Trophy, Hockenheim (D) (7. race for the GT- European Championship)/ Hans Heyer/ 7 / 3rd / All classes
13.03.77 AvD - Race "Bergischer Löwe", Zolder (B) (1. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 7th / Division 1
27.03.77 12. ADAC - 300 km, Nürburgring (D) (2. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 6th, 4th / Division 1 Group 2, 4 und 5 nat. / Additional race
17.04.77 "Jim Clark Race", Hockenheim (D) (1. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 496 / 4th / Group 4 > 3000 ccm
24.04.77 2. ADAC- Airport Race Sylt (D) (2. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 1st / Group 4 > 3000 ccm / Overall winner
01.05.77 40. ADAC- Eifel Race, Nürburgring (D) (3. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 6th / Division 1
08.05.77 ADAC- Airport Race Kassel- Calden (D) (4. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / DNF / Division 1
15.05.77 Avd- "100 Miles of Hockenheim" (D) (4. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Dieter Schornstein / 224 / 1st / Group 4 > 3000 ccm
22.05.77 Airport Race Mainz Finthen (D) (5. Race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 8th / Division 1
29.05.77 ADAC - 100 km Race, Nürburgring (D) (4. Race for Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Dieter Schornstein/G. von Tschirnhaus/ 6 / 5th, 4th / All classes Group .5 > 2000 ccm
12.06.77 ADAC - Trophy of Luxemburg, Nürburgring / Dieter Schornstein/ 1st / Group .5 > 2000 ccm / Le Mans- Weekend
26.06.77 ADAC - Rundstr. Race Düren, Zolder (B) (8. race for the German Rundstreckenpokal)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 2nd / Group .5 > 2000 ccm
03.07.77 ADAC- Norisring Trophy, Nürnberg (D) (6. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 7th,10th / Division 1 All classes / Additional race
24.07.77 10. ADAC - Airport Race Diepholz (7. Race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 5th / Division 1
31.07.77 AvD- Rheinland- Pfalz- Trophy (8. Race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / DNF/ Division 1
07.08.77 11. ADAC- Airport Race Mainz- Finthen (9. race for the German)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 5 / 1st / Group 4> 3000 ccm
14.08.77 11. ADAC- Westfalen- Trophu, Zolder (B) (9. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 6th / Division 1
28.08.77 2. ADAC- Nürburgring- Trophy (D)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 73 / DNS / Group 5 > 2000 ccm Engine failure
25.09.77 6 hours, Brands Hatch (GB) (7. race for Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Dieter Schornstein/Alain Peltier/ 4 / 10th / All classes / Rain during race, abort
02.10.77 4. ADAC- Super Sprint, Nürburgring (D) (10. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Dieter Schornstein/ 61 / 8th / Division 1
09.10.77 ADAC- Rennsport Finale, Hockenheim (D) (8. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Dieter Schornstein/ Alain Peltier / 6 / 8th / All classes
19.03.78 6 Stunden von Mugello (I) (2. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Gerhard Holup/Edgar Dören/ 27 / 12th, 2nd / All classes Group 4- class
02.04.78 ADAC- Goodyear 300, Nürburgring (D) (2. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 20 / 8th / Division 1
16.04.78 6 Stunden von Dijon (F) (3. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Edgar Dören/Gerhard Holup/ 38 / 16th, 7th/ All classes Group 4- class Race reduced to 4 hours (due to weather)
14.05.78 6 Stunden von Silverstone (GB) (4. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Edgar Dören/Gerhard Holup/ 23/ DNF/ All classes/ Accident in lap 55
28.05.78 24. ADAC- 1000 Km- Rennen, Nürburgring (D) (5. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Edgar Dören/Gerhard Holup/ 46/ DNF/ All classes
10 & 11.06.78 46. Le Mans 24 hours (F) (5. race for the long distance Drivers' World Championship)/ Edgar Dören/Gerhard Holup/Hervé Poulain/Romain Feitler/ 68/ DNF/ All classes/ Transmission failure (16hrs) Sponsor: Jägermeister
25.06.78 6 Stunden von Misano (I) (6. race for the Brands - World Championship)/ Gerhard Holup/Edgar Dören/Eckhard Schimpf/ 26/ 8th, 2nd/ All classes Group 4 class/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
20.08.78 ADAC- Westfalen- Pokal- rennen Zolder (B) (9. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Gerhard Holup/ 31/ 8th/ Division 1/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
03.09.78 6 Stunden von Vallelunga (I) (8. race for the Manufacturers' World Championship)/ Edgar Dören/Gerhard Holup/ 24/ 8th, 1st/ All classes Group 4- class/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
17.09.78 ADAC- Norisring Trophäe, Nürnberg (10. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 20/ 6th/ Division 1/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
01.10.78 5. ADAC - Super-Sprint Nürburgring (D) (11. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 41/ 8th, 1st/ Division 1 Group 4- class/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
15.10.78 ADAC - End of Season Race, Zolder (B)/ Gerhard Holup/ 24/ 11th, 2nd/ Group 5- Race Group 4- Race/ Sponsor: Jägermeister
11.03.79 AvD- Rennen "Bergischer Löwe, Zolder (B) (1. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 10th, 1st/ Division1 Group 4
25.03.79 Luxemburg Trophy, Goodyear Str. (LUX)/ Edgar Dören/ 2nd/ Group 4
08.04.79 "Jim Clark"- Rennen, Hockenheim (D) (2. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 9th, 1st/ Division 1 Group 4
29.04.79 42. ADAC- Eifel Rennen, Nürburgring (D) (3. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 12th, 2nd/ Division 1 Group 4
20.05.79 ADAC- Bavaria Rennen, Salzburgring (A) (4. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 9th, 2nd / Division 1 Group 4
17.06.79 AvD - Flugplatzrennen Mainz - Finthen (D) (5. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 7th, 1st/ Division 1 Group 4
24.06.79 ADAC- Norisring Trophäe, Nürnberg (6. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 11th, 4th/ Division 1 Group 4
01.07.79 ADAC- Trophy Zandvoort (NL) (7. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 8th, 1st/ Division 1 Group 4
22.09.79 12. ADAC- Flugplatzrennen Diepholz (D) (8. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 11th, 3rd/ Division 1 Group 4
19.08.79 ADAC- Westfalen Pokal Rennen, Zolder (D) (9. race for the German Rennsport Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 10th, 2nd/ Division 1 Group 4
02.09.79 ADAC- Hessen Cup, Hockenheim (D) (10. race for the German rennsport Meisterschaft) / Edgar Dören/ 71/ 12th, 4th / Division 1 Group 4/ Engine failure
23.09.79 6. ADAC- Super-Sprint Nürburgring (D) (11. race for the German Rennsport- Meisterschaft)/ Edgar Dören/ 71/ 14th, 6th/ Division 1 Group 4 Black flag Lost oil (37 laps)
07.10.79 ADAC- Hessenpreis Kassel - Calden (D) (Race for the Interserie)/ Friedrich Glatz/ 6th, 1st/ All classes Group 4
14.10.79 ADAC- End of Season Race, Zolder (D)/ Gerhard Holup/ 30/ 10th, 1st/ Group 2, 4 und 5 nat. / Group 3 und 4 / Additional race
04.11.79 ADAC- Rheintal Race Hockenheim (D)/ Edgar Dören/ 2nd/ Group 3 und 4 > 3000 ccm
02. & 03.02.80 24 Hours Daytona (USA) (1. race for the Brands - World Championship)/ Jack Refenning/Ray Mummery/Ren Tilton/ 24/ DNF/ IMSA GTO
21.03.81 12 Hours Sebring (USA) (2. Race for the IMSA- Series)/ Jack Refenning/Ren Tilton/Peter Welter/ 24/ DNF/ IMSA GTO
04.07.81 Paul Revere 250, Daytona (USA)/ Ren Tilton/ 24/ 4th/ All classes
29.11.81 Camel GT 250, Daytona (USA)/ Jack Refenning/Ren Tilton/ 24/ DNF/ IMSA GTO
30. & 31.01.82 24 Hours Daytona (USA) (1. Race for the IMSA- Series)/ Jack Refenning/Ren Tilton/Rusty Bon / 24/ 9th, 3rd/ All classes IMSA GTO
We are delighted to offer this immensely historic and correct Porsche 934. A veteran of some 70 races, including two times Le Mans 24 hours, two times Nürburgring 1000 Kms, two times Daytona 24 hours, Sebring 12 hours and many more significant, international races in the hands of some great drivers of the period.
Presented in the famous Jägermeister livery which this car ran with at Le Mans in 1978 and complete with a fully-documented history file, current FIA HTP documents. The history file also contains a 2006-prepared appraisal by historian Ulrich E. Trispel, plus a copy of the published entry for the history of this car into the book: “Porsche 934/935” by Jürgen Barth/Bernd Dobronz.
An opportunity for the serious collector and / or historic racing driver to acquire an extremely famous and meticulously restored Porsche 934, highly eligible for Le Mans Classic and Classic Endurance Racing Series.

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