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The touch of Le Mans is coming to Victoria with two famous veterans of the Heures du Mans taking to the Winton long circuit. It's all part of the Victorian Historic Racing Register's second annual Festival of Speed over the August 13-14 weekend.
Two rare Porsche Carrera GTs built 44 years apart are also coming the circuit to play from the Porsche Museum on Wheels in Stuttgart. The hero car of the Porsche quartet is the much-decorated Porsche 962C sports car that won the 1987 Le Mans 24-Hour race.
Regarded as the most successful sports racing car of all time, the 962 is powered by a mid-mounted flat six-cylinder 2994cc water-cooled boxer engine that with twin turbochargers produces 582kW at 8200rpm enough to propel the car at speeds in excess of 340km/h.
Also from the Porsche Museum on Wheels and a Le Mans veteran is the even more spectacular Porsche 935 Coupe that finished eighth at Le Mans in 1978.
Nicknamed 'Moby Dick' because of its extended aerodynamic bodywork that allowed it to reach 366km/h on Le Mans' Mulsanne Straight, the unique coupe was the ultimate development of the 911-based 935 coupe that was the most successful customer-racing car produced by Porsche in the 1970s.
In all there will be four cars from the Porsche Museum on Wheels at the festival which will feature the 20-lap Shannons Rose City Touring Car Trophy mini-enduro for Historic Touring Cars, along with events for Formula 5000 racing cars.
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