Mark Donohue Talladega Speed Record - Porsche 917-30

[mrar]

386kmph, 0-100 3.9 seconds. That's 0 - 100 MPH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0oTYYWxbfA&ab_channel=nascarmanHistory

[MrUpwey]

....and only a $175,000 car

[reedminor]

In 1975, when a 911 was probably 15K

[reedminor]

Great article In 000 magazine about this record attempt and the lead up to it.

by this stage Mark Donahue, had gone to F1 and this effort was a bit of a nuisance.

Sadly within months he would be dead, after an accident in the warm up at the Austrian GP (in August 75)