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| 02loftsmoor |
  Aug 27 2013, 11:22 PM
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I didn't realize one of my coworkers is the Son of Mark Donohue, Mike his son shared pictures of his 911 and him self in his dads 917, Mark was killed at the Austrailion GP on a practic lap 1975
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| Maltese Falcon |
Aug 29 2013, 12:47 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,704 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None  |
I'm trying to figure out just how many Sunoco #6 917/ 30 s are left. In 1978 I hitched a ride with the late Otis Chandler in his #6 Sunoco at a POC event at Riverside Raceway. Moving down the long back straight at 200+ mph was beyond any experience I have yet to equal. Otis (team Vintage Racing) had the 917/ 30, 917 Gulf (LeMans), 935, 916 (ex-Piech) at that time. I am not sure if his #6 was Mark's car, but after Otis' divorce it went to a collector in France. In France during a historic car race the ex- Chandler car was destroyed and the driver killed. When I was in Stuttgart , the Porsche museum also had a #6 Sunoco with Mark's name on the door. So did Roger Penske provide the real Donohue car back to Porsche? The #6 car pictured below was a team Penske car that was all built from factory spares, no race history to my knowledge. Seen here at the Monterey Historics, 1998, my son Matt (8) at the helm. David Donohue and Olaf Lang (Porsche factory customer service) drove this at Laguna that weekend.
This #6 was well known throughout the U.S. In historic racing by Kerry Morse (Morspeed), and I think it is the one now owned by Jerry Seinfeld. So where is the real Donohue car?  |
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02loftsmoor Mark Donohue Aug 27 2013, 11:22 PM
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Mark was killed at the Austrailion GP on a pract... Aug 28 2013, 10:05 AM 02loftsmoor thanks for the correction Aug 28 2013, 10:19 AM
stownsen914 The Sunoco 917/30 is one of my favorite cars of al... Aug 28 2013, 01:52 PM soltino Fondly remembering them bad boys at Riverside.
ti... Aug 28 2013, 07:15 PM iamchappy My favorite driver of all time. i have a Raid Mark... Aug 28 2013, 07:26 PM Beach914 In October, 1972 my brother came down early in the... Aug 28 2013, 10:57 PM Spoke The ultimate sports car.
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