#052 Joest Porsche 956 & 962

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Published August 8, 2024 | Last update August 10, 2026 | 27 models online

Reinhold Joest (started his racing career as Jöst, but the two dots on top of the O aren’t recognised always internationally). He raced some 20 years in all kind of Porsches before he started his own team. Joest Racing has been very successful since the early 80’s, they won Le Mans already 8 times. In this collection you will find mainly Porsche 956 and 962’s and some 936, other Porsches will be presented later. The Audi’s can be found here.

Warsteiner

1983 DRM Zolder Bergischer Löwe, Porsche 956K
The Porsche 956 was not only successful in endurance racing, it was also very fast in sprint races. Bob Wollek won the German DRM championship in 1983, just as het did in 1982 when he drove the Porsche 936. The first race of the season was at Zolder in Belgium where the livery of the car was different from the rest of the season.
Warsteiner Team Joest-Racing #1: Bob Wollek (F)
Results: Start-grid 1st / time 1:27.450 / race 1st – 36 laps
Porsche 956K – DRM Group C: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 10

  • SPARK CA-WOL-06 In memory of Bob Wollek #008 / 300 pcs (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1983 DRM Norisring, Porsche 956K
Bob Wollek won the very prestigious DRM-race at the Norisring with the Joest Porsche 956 and became DRM champion for the 2nd year following. The chassis number of this car is #104, customer cars all start with a 1. So it is the 4th customer car built.
Warsteiner Team Joest-Racing #1: Bob Wollek (F)
Results: Start-grid 1st / time 0.49:080 / race 1st – 70 laps
Porsche 956K – DRM Group C: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • QUARTZO Q3057 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1983 DRM Norisring, Porsche 936/80
Also in the gold Warsteiner outfit raced “Poldi” in the Joest Porsche 936/80 that gave Wollek the DRM title in the previous year.
Warsteiner Team Joest-Racing #3: Prinz Leopold von Bayern (D)
Results: Start-grid 8th / time unknown / race 7th – 67 laps
Porsche 936/80 – DRM Group 6: Powered by 2.5 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. #936 004

  • MINICHAMPS MC430 836703 1536 pcs (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
    • Also appears in #072 Porsche 908 & 936 clients

Marlboro

1983 Monza 1000 km, Porsche 956K
Joest Racing used different sponsor liveries in 1983. The first race of the World Championship was held at Monza which was won by the Joest Porsche 956K in Marlboro colors.
Joest Racing #11: Bob Wollek (F) / Stefan Johansson (S)
Results: Start-grid 2nd / time 1:36.610 / race 1st – 173 laps
Porsche 956K – Group C: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • SPARK CA-WOL-02 In memory of Bob Wollek #385 / 500 pcs (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
  • QUARTZO Q3059 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Also appear in #052 Joest Porsche

1983 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L (K)
Just as in Monza, the Joest Porsche raced in the Marlboro colors in Le Mans. It damaged its bodywork in a crash. The Joest crew had to replace the rear part by that of a short tail version, which has more downforce but lacks 13 mph top speed. Despite that, it finished 6th.
Joest Racing #8: Bob Wollek (F) / Stefan Johansson (S) / Klaus Ludwig (D)
Results: Start-grid 5th / time 3:23.750 / race 6th – 355 laps
Porsche 956L- Group C: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • QUARTZO Q3050 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Also appears in #063 Marlboro

New Man / taka-Q

1983 DRM Norisring, Porsche 956K
Already in 1983, when Bob Wollek drove in Warsteiner and Marlboro colors, Joest Racing had some cars that were sponsored by clothing manufacturer NewMan. Volkert Merl finished 3rd in the race at the Norisring and became 2nd in the DRM Championship behind Wollek.
Joest Racing #2: Volker Merl (D)
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 0:50.090 / race 3rd – 70 laps
Porsche 956K- Group C: powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 105

  • QUARTZO Q3061 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1983 DRM Norisring, Porsche 936C
In the same Norisring race, Stefan Johansson used the Porsche 936C, a group C car based on the space framed Porsche 936, built in 1982 when the 956 wasn’t yet available for privateer teams.
Joest Racing #4: Stefan Johansson (S)
Results: Start-grid 7th / time 0:50.780 / race 4th – 69 laps
Joest Porsche 936C – Group C: Powered by 2.5 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 turbo, approx 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 890 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Joest #JR-005

  • SPARK Raceland Special RS 1205 #155 / 300 pcs (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Also appears in #072 Porsche 908 & 936 clients

1983 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L
The Marlboro car had the big names behind the wheel but only finished 6th. The other Joest Racing car was this one that achieved a very fine 4th place behind the two works Porsches and the Kremer car.
Joest Racing #12: Volkert Merl (D) / Clemens Schickentanz (D) / Maurizio de Narvaez (COL)
Results: Start-grid 9th / time 3:29.480 / race 4th – 362 laps
Porsche 956L- Group C: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 105

  • QUARTZO Q3053 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1984 Monza 1000 km, Porsche 956K
This Joest car, chassisnr. #105 that finished 4th in last year’s Le Mans 24h still in the yellow and black livery and with Volkert Merl in the crew, is rented to Schornstein who races it at Monza and finishes 6th.
Schornstein Racing Team #12: Volkert Merl (D) / Dieter Schornstein (D) / “John Winter” (D) DNS
Results: Start-grid 13th / time 1:44.400 / race 6th – ccc laps
Joest Porsche 956L – Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 105

  • MINICHAMPS MC 430 846612 2016 pcs (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1984 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956B L
The factory cars were not present at Le mans in 1984. The Joest team was best of the privateers (that occupied the first 7 places) and the #7 won. It was Klaus Ludwig’s second Le Mans victory and the 4th for Henri Pescarolo. Stefan Johansson was listed on this car also but he was moved to the #8 car.
Joest Racing #7: Klaus Ludwig (D) / Henri Pescarolo (F) / Stefan Johansson (S) DNS
Results: Start-grid 4th / time 3:28.420 / race 1st – 360 laps
Porsche 956B – Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 117

  • QUARTZO Q3072 (left) (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
  • HPI 939 (right) (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
    • Only appear in this collection

1984 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L
Stefan Johansson was originally entered on the #7 car, his name was still on it but he raced in the #8 with which he retired. In qualifying he was even quicker dan the #7 Ludwig and Pescarolo car.
Joest Racing #8: Stefan Johansson (S) / Jean-Louis Schlesser (F) / Mauricio De Narvaez (COL)
Results: Start-grid 3rd / time 3:26.100 / race DNF overheating – 170 laps
Porsche 956L- Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • HPI 8031 (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1984 Nürburgring 1000km, Porsche 956K
Ayrton Senna drove in a sportscar only once at the new Nürburgring in 1984 en came home 8th, 10 laps behind. A bit disappointing when you think that his teammate in this dream team just won Le Mans a month earlier.
Joest Racing #7: Henri Pescarolo (F) / Stefan Johansson (S) / Ayrton Senna (BR)
Results: Start-grid 9th / time 1:32.070 / race 8th – 197 laps
Porsche 956L- Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • MINICHAMPS MC540 844307 Ayrton Senna Racing Car Collection #17 600 pcs (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1985 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L
Again the Joest Porsche with chassis #117 and Klaus Ludwig behind the wheel was the best, this year even beating the factory cars. Joest did what John Wyer did in ’68 and ’69: winning twice with the same car.
Joest Racing #7: Klaus Ludwig (D)/ Paolo Barilla (I) / “John Winter” (D)
Results: Start-grid 4th/ time 3:20.030 / race 1st – 374 laps
Porsche 956B Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 117

  • QUARTZO Q3078 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1986 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L
After being successful in 1984 and 1985, Joest tried to win Le Mans for the 3rd time with the chassis #117 Porsche. The livery looked the same as before, but now the main sponsor was Japanese Taka-Q. But this time the engine failed and the famous yellow and black Porsche had to retire.
Joest Racing #7: Klaus Ludwig (D)/ Paolo Barilla (I) / “John Winter” (D)
Results: Start-grid 3rd / time 3:17.110 / race DNF engine – 196 laps
Porsche 956B Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 117

  • MINICHAMPS MC403 866507 specially produced for KYOSHO (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

Three times Porsche 956 chassis #117 (up) | (below) All NewMan Porsches

Spirit of America

1986 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 956L
Despite two wins in a row, Joest team was not favorite in 1986. The reason? The return of the Porsche factory with the new 962C. But Joest Racing did well, the famous chassis 117 retired but this Spirit of America with an all American line up finished 3rd. The factory Porsche won, of course.
Joest Racing #8: George Follmer (USA) / John Morton (USA) / Kenper Miller (USA)
Results: Start-grid 11th / time 3:27.370 / race 3rd- 355 laps
Porsche 956L- Group C1: Powered by 2.6 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 104

  • MINICHAMPS MC430 866508 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

Blaupunkt

1986 DRM / World championship Norisring, Porsche 956B
The Norisring race was part of the world championship in 1986 and attracted a very strong entry. Klaus Ludwig won in the older 956B (the famous chassis #117, but with a new 2.85 liter engine). The Jaguars were 2nd and 3rd, and a lot of known drivers finished off the podium.
Blaupunkt-Joest Racing #7: Klaus Ludwig (D)
Results: Start-grid 2nd / time 0:47.110 / race 1st – 79 laps
Porsche 956B – Group C1: Powered by 2.85 liter Porsche 935/79 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 650 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #956 117

  • MINICHAMPS MC430 866607 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 3 STARS | Quality details: 3 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

1988 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 962C
The battle at Le Mans in 1988 would be between the Jaguars and factory Porsches. Jaguar won and the Shell Porsche finished second. The Joest cars were best of the rest with a third (#8) and fifth place (#7).
Blaupunkt-Joest Racing #7: David Hobbs (GB) / Didier Theys (B) / Franz Konrad (A)
Results: Start-grid 20th / time 3:32.210 / race 5th – 380 laps

Blaupunkt-Joest Racing #8: Stanley Dickens (S) / “John Winter” (D) / Frank Jelinski (D)
Results: Start-grid 5th / time 3:23.300 / race 3rd – 385 laps
Porsche 962C – Group C1: Powered by 2.85 liter Porsche 935/79 Flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 650 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. chassisnrs. #962 104C (former factory car #004) & Thompson #116

  • SPARK S0937 (#7, resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 3 STARS
  • ONYX 16 (#8, diecast)
    • Overall rating: 2 STARS | Quality details: 2 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Only appear in this collection

1989 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 962C
The #9 Joest Porsche was best of the rest (3rd) behind the two Mercedes Saubers that won the 24 hour race.Wollek and Stuck drove the entire race, as former winner “John Winter” (real name Louis Krages) did not drive at all. They did a fantastic job, finishing 3rd behind the two Mercedes C11 factory cars and ahead of the Lammers‘ Jaguar and another Mercedes. The #8 car was just behind in 6th. The third Joest car with #7 didn’t finish.
Joest Racing #8: Henri Pescarolo (F) / Jean-Louis Ricci (F) / Claude Ballot-Léna (F)
Results: Start-grid 33rd / time 3:35.420 / race 6th – 372 laps

Joest Racing #9: Bob Wollek (F) / Hans J. Stuck (D) / “John Winter” (D) DNS
Results: Start-grid 5th / time 3:19.800 / race 3rd – 383 laps
Porsche 962C – Group C1: Powered by 3.0 liter Porsche 935/82 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 720 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 900 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. 962 #007 and #145

  • SPARK S9877 (#7) and SPARK 0953 (#9) (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • #9 also appears in #036 Pink & Purple

1990 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 962C
However the Porsche factory did not compete, a record number of 19 Porsche 962’s started in Le Mans this year. Joest Racing entered four cars of which only three started. The Blaupunkt car was the best with a fourth place.
Joest Porsche Racing #7: Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) / Frank Jelinski (D) / Derek Bell (GB)
Results: Start-grid 6th / time 3:36.080 / race 4th – 350 laps
Porsche 962C – Group C1: Powered by 3.0 liter Porsche 935/79 Flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 670 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #962 015

  • ONYX 44 (diecast)
    • Overall rating: 2 STARS | Quality details: 1 STARS | Estimated value: 2 STARS
    • Also appears in #120 Derek Bell

1991 Daytona 24h, Porsche 962
Joest Racing decided to skip the World Championship Sportscars and only competed in Le Mans, the European Interserie and a few races in the IMSA Championship in the GTP category with an adapted group C Porsche 962. That worked quite well, winning at Daytona with an 18 laps advantage.
Joest Porsche Racing #7: Henri Pescarolo (F) / Bob Wollek (F) /Hurley Haywood (USA) / Frank Jelinski (D)
Results: Start-grid 7th / time 1:55.088 / race 1st – 719 laps
Porsche 962 – IMSA GTP: Powered by 3.0 liter Porsche 935/79 Flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 650 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 840 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #962 129

  • SPARK S0950 (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Only appears in this collection

FAT

1991 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 962C
Konrad Motorsport and Joest partnered up for Le Mans. Konrad entered the Joest car (and drivers) for Le Mans and finished 7th, 1st of the Porsches.
Konrad Motorsport / Joest Porsche #58: Hans J. Stuck (D) / Frank Jelinski (D) / Derek Bell (GB)
Results: Start-grid 16th / time 3:40.526 / race 7th – 348 laps
Brun Porsche 962C – 3.2 liter Porsche 935/82 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 900 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #106

  • SPARK S1915 (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Also appears in #048 FATurbo / #120 Derek Bell

1993 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 962C
These old Porsche 962’s drove in class 2 (only Group C cars from before 1990 were allowed) and had no chance against the formula 1 group C from Peugeot. This #17 Porsche didn’t make it to the finish because its engine failed. The #18 finished 9th overall. It has only small FAT advertising, but I feel it belongs to this collection anyhow 😉
Joest Racing #17: Manuel Reuter (D) / Frank Jelinski (D) / “John Winter” (D)
Results: Start-grid 7th / time 3:37.630 / race DNF engine – 282 laps

Joest Racing #18: Bob Wollek (F) / Henri Pescarolo (F) / Ronnie Meixner (D)
Results: Start-grid 8th / time 3:38.400 / 9th – 352 laps / 4th cat. 2
Porsche 962C – Group C, category 2: Powered by 3.2 liter Porsche 935/82 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 900 kg. Aluminum monocoque, chassisnr. #013 & #014

  • SPARK S2083 & S2084 (resin)
    • Overall rating: 4 STARS | Quality details: 4 STARS | Estimated value: 4 STARS
    • Also appear in #048 FATurbo

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