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While Porsche developed the 936 as prototype for the 3-liter category, Reinhold Joest used Porsche 908 tube frames to build similar cars. The history of these cars run parallel with that of the Porsche 936.
Porsche 908/03
1975 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908/03 LH. The 1975 Le Mans was a non-championship race because ACO introduced a fuel consumption limit, so Joest decided to use his 908 chassis #012 that still had the old normally aspirated flat-8 instead of car #008 with 6-cylinder turbo he used during the world championship races. Because of the character of the Le Mans track, Joest chose the longtail bodywork without the rear spoiler. It was a good decision; the team reached a fine 4th place behind the Gulf Mirages and a Ligier, all with Cosworth engines.
#15 Reinhold Joest (D) / Jürgen Barth (D) / Mario Casoni (I) – 4th
Joest Porsche 908 LH – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx. 380 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 680 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #008.
- SPARK S1994 (resin)
1976 Nürburgring 300km, Porsche 908/03 turbo. Reinhold Joest used Porsches 908/03 with the turbo engine from the RSR already in 1974. This 1976 Joest car was quite similar to the brand new factory entered Porsche 936, and it won the 300 km race ahead of that same factory car.
#5 Reinhold Joest (D) / Ernst Kraus (D) – 1st
Joest Racing Porsche 908/03 turbo – 2.1 liter flat-6 turbo, approx. 540 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 740 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #012
SPARK SG076 #259 of 500 pcs (resin)
1976 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908 LH. Reinhold Joest was successful with his 908/03 with long tail bodywork and turbo engine. But just as in 1975, he entered a normally aspirated car 8-cylinder car for Le Mans. Reinhold didn’t drive it himself, he piloted one of the two factory 936s. This long tail 908 didn’t have a rear spoiler but just a gurney flap to decrease drag which is important on the long Mulsanne straight.
#17 Ernst Kraus (D) / Günther Steckkönig (D) – 7th
Joest Porsche 908 LH – 3.0 Porsche 908 flat-8, approx. 380 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 700 kg. Aluminum space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #008
- SPARK S1997 (resin)
1976 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908/03 turbo. Reinhold Joest wasn’t the only one to race turbo-versions of the old Porsche 908. Less well known is the German entrepreneur Egon Evertz who also ran a turbo engined 908/03 at Le Mans in 1976. The Evertz car looked more like a 917/10 with its short tail and rear spoiler that was different from the Joest car and works 936’s. His co-pilot was the very quick Finnish driver Leo Kinnunen, the team retired with a broken engine.
#16 Egon Evertz (D) / Leo Kinnunen (FIN) – DNF
Evertz Porsche 908/03 turbo – 2.1 liter flat-6 turbo, approx. 540 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 740 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #013
- SPARK S1998 (resin)
1980 Nürburgring 1000km, Porsche 908/03 turbo. Even a few years later, the good old Porsche 908/03 turbo was still competitive on certain tracks. Like this Joest car that was rebuild to the short tail bodywork and won a world championship race at the Nürburgring. Fact is that the competition wasn’t very strong and consisted mostly of group 4 and group 5 GTs.
#31 Rolf Stommelen (D) / Jürgen Barth (D) – 1st
Joest Racing Porsche 908/03 turbo – 2.1 liter flat-6 turbo, approx. 550 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 740 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #008
- TOKOLOSHE TOK17 (resin)
2009 historic racing, Porsche 908/03 turbo. Chassis 908/03 #011 crashed during the 1970 Targa Florio. It was rebuilt with original parts by Sigi Brunn, he replaced the 8-cylinder engine by a 2.1-liter turbo and raced in endurance races and the DRM championship. Later it was purchased by fortuned amateur racer Jean-Marc Luco who painted it in Martini colors and raced it in historic events.
#1 Jean-Marc Luco (CH)
Porsche 908/03 turbo – 2.1 liter flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 740 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 908/03 #011a
- BEST 9378, the model is a Joest car from the presentation salon Stuttgart 1980 (diecast)
Porsche 908/80
1980 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908/80. This year the Porsche works team entered three 924 GTPs and no 936 … officially. Joest was allowed to build a entirely new 936 according to 1977 specs that received chassisnr. #004. But Porsche didn’t want the 936 name used for this car that was entered by Joest Racing, so the car competed as 908/80. Martini was back as sponsor and also the #1 works driver Jacky Ickx. They finished second, 2 laps behind local hero Jean Rondeau in his Rondeau – Cosworth.
#9 Reinhold Joest (D) / Jacky Ickx (B) – 2nd
Joest Porsche 908/80 – 2.1 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 550 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #004
- VEREM 750 (a very poor quality budget diecast model)
1981 Nürburgring 1000 km, Porsche 908/80. Reinhold Joest participated in the sports car world championship at the Nürburgring with his 908/80. Together with Jochen Mass, he finished second at the Nürburgring. The race was stopped after only 17 laps because of the deadly accident from Swiss driver Herbert Müller, driving an older 908/03 turbo, who crashed into a stranded car …
#1 Reinhold Joest (D) / Jochen Mass (D) – 2nd / 1st group 6
Joest Porsche 908/80 – 2.1 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 550 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #004
- MINICHAMPS MC430 816701 limited 1440 pcs (diecast)
1981 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 908/80. The Porsche factory returned to prototypes in 1981, using the old 936 chassis’ with a new 2.65 liter engine. Reinhold Joest again participated with the 908/80. It held on to third behind the factory cars for some time until it crashed and had to retire.
#14 Reinhold Joest (D) / Dale Whittington (USA) / Klaus Niedzwiedz (D) – DNF / crash
Joest Porsche 908/80 – 2.1 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 550 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #004
- MINICHAMPS MC430 816714 limited 1632 pcs (diecast)
1982 Kyalami 9h, JOEST Porsche 936/80. Team Joest traveled to Kyalami in South Africa to compete in the 9 hours race, the cars were sponsored by local car dealer Lindsay Saker. Joest participates with both his 936/80 (former 908/80) and the 936C and finishes 3rd and 4th, the two works Porsche 956’s were almost 20 laps ahead.
#1 Bob Wollek (F) / Giorgio Francia (I) – 3rd
Joest Porsche 908/80 – 2.5 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #004
- SPARK SG507 #229 / 500 pcs (resin)
1983 DRM Norisring, Porsche 936/80. At last, the Porsche with chassisnr. #004 was allowed to use the 936 name instead of 908. Joest Racing with Prinz Leopold von Bayern “Poldi” competed in the DRM.
#3 Prinz Leopold von Bayern (D) – 7th
Joest Porsche 936/80 – 2.5 liter Porsche 911/78 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 770 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #004
- MINICHAMPS MC430 836703 (diecast)
Porsche 936C
1982 Le Mans 24h, JOEST Porsche 936C. In 1982 Porsche introduced their new Group C Porsche 956, a true winner that took a triple victory in Le Mans. But the car is not yet available for the customer teams, so Joest built their own Group C car based on the tube frame 936 but with a 20 cm longer wheelbase and closed body work. It is best of the rest behind the factory 956s, but had to retire.
#4 Bob Wollek (F) / Jean-Michel Martin (B) / Philippe Martin (B) – DNF
Joest Porsche 936C – 2.6 liter Porsche 930/72 flat-6 turbo, approx 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 890 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Joest #JR-005
- SPARK S2002 (resin)
1982 Mugello 1000 km, JOEST Porsche 936C. The Joest Porsche 936C participates in the races for the world championship, often in Belga livery but also with Vegla sponsorship. In round 6, at Mugello, the Rothmans Porsches are not present and the little group 6 Lancia’s won. The Joest Porsche 936C finishes third, 7 laps behind but win group C.
#1 Bob Wollek (F) / Hans Heyer (D) / Henri Pescarolo (F) – DNF
Joest Porsche 936C – 2.6 liter Porsche 930/72 flat-6 turbo, approx 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 890 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Joest #JR-005
- K-MODEL Bob Wollek Collection KAR-002 #329 / 350 pcs (resin)
1982 DRM Championship, JOEST Porsche 936C. Bob Wollek drove the old open 936 (which used to be the 908/80) in the German DRM championship, for the 9th race at the short circuit of Hockenheim, he switched to the 936C. He finished second behind Rolf Stommelen in the Kremer Porsche CK5 but that is enough to take the championship.
#2 Bob Wollek (F) – 2nd
Joest Porsche 936C – 2.5 liter Porsche 930/72 flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 890 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. #JR-005
- SPARK SG075 #529 / 750 pcs
1982 Kyalami 9h, JOEST Porsche 936C. Team Joest traveled to Kyalami in South Africa to compete in the 9 hours race, the cars were sponsored by local car dealer Lindsay Saker. Joest participates with both his 908/80 and the 936C and finishes 3rd and 4th, the two works Porsche 956’s were almost 20 laps ahead.
#2 Hans Heyer (D) / Volkert Merl (D) / Dieter Schornstein (D) – 4th
Joest Porsche 936C – 2.6 liter Porsche 930/72 flat-6 turbo, approx 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 890 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Joest #JR-005
- K-MODEL Bob Wollek Collection KAR-003 #113 / 350 pcs (resin)
1983 DRM Norisring, JOEST Porsche 936C. Stefan Johansson piloted the 936C at the Norisring and finishes 4th behind three 956s.
#4 Stefan Johansson (S) – 4th
Joest Porsche 936C – 2.6 liter Porsche 930/72 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)
Kremer 936/82 & CK5
1982 DRM Hockenheim, Porsche 936/82. For the 1982 season, Kremer build a completely new 936 based on the original design using factory spare parts. It had the rear wing of the 936/81 and a large diffuser, but still used the old air-cooled 2.1 liter engine. It was recognized by Porsche as a true 936 and received chassisnr. #005. Stommelen used the car with #8 in the DRM championship until he switched to the CK5 during the season. The last races of the season, the car was raced by Stefan Bellof using #23.
#23 Stefan Bellof – DNF
Porsche 936/82- 2.1 liter Porsche 930/82 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp (@ 1.4 bar). Dunlop tires. Weight 820 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. 936 #005
- CLASSIC MODEL REPLICARS SBC001 (diecast)The model shows NACA air intakes similar to the 936/81 but that is wrong.
1982 Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km, KREMER Porsche CK5. The Kremer team did not have the new Porsche 956 yet, so just like Joest, they built their own group C car based upon a tube frame of the Porsche 936 and fitted a Porsche 935 engine. The team qualified 5th at Spa-Francorchamps but retired. Stommelen used the same car with #8 in the second half of the DRM championship.
#5 Rolf Stommelen (D) / Stefan Bellof (D) – DNF
Kremer CK5 – 2.8 liter Porsche 930/82 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp (@ 1.4 bar). Dunlop tires. Weight 860 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Kremer #001
- SPARK Stefan Bellof Collection CA-BEL-05 #84 / 500 pcs (resin)
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