Porsche 356B Carrera GS/GT group GT (1960)

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Specifications

Production numbers
1960-61, 1600 Abarth GTL: 21 units built
1963-64, 2000 GS/GT: 2 units built

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Homologation number
356B 1600 GS: 21, since 1/11/1960
356B 2000 GS: 71, since 8/10/1962

1961: Porsche Typ 692/3A, flat (180^o) 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1582 cc
135 hp
DOHC, 2 valves/cyl - 8 valves total

drag coefficient, 0,365

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Results in WSCC

1960Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans
Team	1000km	12h		1000km	24h
Porsche KG, 1001 (Exp group S)				#31, 7th	#35, 10th
Paul-Ernst Strähle (Exp)			#116, 6th	#83, 10th
Scuderia Colonia				#85, 13th
Total points 11			5	5	1
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 5/5			1/1	3/3	1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche KG
Sepp Greger				31
Herbert Linge				31	35
Hans Walter					35
Paul-Ernst Strähle
Paul-Ernst Strähle			116	83
Herbert Linge			116
Dieter Lissmann			116
Hans Walter				83
Scuderia Colonia
Gerhard Koch				85
Hans-August Stausberg				85

1961Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans	Pescara
Team	12h		1000km	24h	4h
Porsche KG, 1002		#92, 6th		#37, eng ine*
Porsche KG, 1013		#96, 7th		#36, 10th
Siegfried Günther/ Eberhard Mahle			#70, 7th
Fritz Hahnl, Jr/ Helmut Zick			#71, 6th
Ecurie Francorchamps			#73, 13th
Gerhard Koch/ Fritz Leinenweber			#74, 9th
Ernst Pflugbeil			#78, 11th
Ben Pon/ Carel Godin de Beaufort			#82, dnf
Total points 10			9	1
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 10/8		2/2	6/5	2/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche KG
Paul Ernst Strähle		92
Antonio Pucci		92
Herbert Linge		96		36
Huschke von Hanstein		96
Ben Pon				36
Ecurie Francorchamps
Lucien Bianchi			73
Emile-Claude Clemens			73
Ernst Pflugbeil
Ernst Pflugbeil			78
Wilfried Rüschenbaum			78
Auguste Veuillet
Robert Buchet				37
Pierre Monneret				37

*Auguste Veuillet entry

1962Season races for GT 1.0+

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	d' Auvergne	Tourist Trophy	Bridgeh	Paris
Team	3h	12h		1000km	24h			400km	1000km
Porsche KG	#15, eng ine					#19, 14th
Porsche KG, 1013		#48, 7th	#50, disqua lified*		#35, 12th+
Porsche KG, 1016		#49, 9th
Porsche KG, 1018				#20, 6th	#34, 7th				#23, 18th
Porsche KG, 1010				#24, dnf	#30, igni tion		#20, 10th		#22, 8th
Porsche KG						#20, 17th
Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia			#42, 6th
Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia			#44, 10th
Ernst Strähle				#21, 12th
Ernst Strähle, 1003				#22, 9th			#21, in entry list		#21, 7th
Carel Godin de Beaufort					#63, in entry list
Chuck Cassel								#31, 1st
Total points 41		6	6	7	4		1	10	7
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 20/16	1/0	2/2	3/2	4/3	3/2	2/2	1/1	1/1	3/3
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche KG
Jo Bonnier	15
Bob Holbert		48						31
Dan Gurney		48
Edgar Barth		49	44	20	34	19			23
Herbert Linge			42	20					21
Hans Herrmann			42		34
Antonio Pucci			44
Ben Pon				24	30		20		22
Rob Slotemaker				24					22
Carel Godin de Beaufort					30, 63
Robert Buchet						20			23
Ernst Strähle
Paul Ernst Strähle		49	50
Fritz Hahnl, Jr			50	21
Peter-Ernst Strähle				21
Gerhard Koch				22			21		21
Eberhard Mahle				22
Auguste Veuillet
Robert Buchet					35
Heinz Schiller					35

*Paul-Ernst Strähle entry
+Auguste Veuillet entry

1963Season races for GT 1.0+

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Cons uma	Ross feld	Le Man	Wies baden	d' Auve rgne	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Ollon	Inter Europa	TdF	Bridgeh
Team	3h	12h		500km	1000km	Hill climb	Hill climb	24h	rally		Hill climb		Hill climb			500km
Porsche System Engineering, 1013	#14, 7th	#44, 9th
Porsche System Engineering, 1015	#15, 5th
Porsche System Engineering, 1018		#43, 10th			#30, acci dent				#1, 2nd
Porsche System Engineering, 1018 (2000 engine)			#76, 5th
Porsche System Engineering, 122 991 (Carrera GS/GT 2000)			#80, 3rd		#31, 4th			#30, eng ine		#31, 6th
Porsche System Engineering, 122 992 (Carrera GS/GT 2000)								#29, eng ine		#33, 12th
Porsche System Engineering							#66, 1st
Abarth													#88, 19th
Abarth													#102, 6th
Porsche Car Imports	#16, 8th	#58, 15th
Peter-Ernst Strähle, 1020			#62, 12th		#26, 10th					#21, in entry list
Scuderia Filipinetti					#28, 12th		#67, 5th			#11, in entry list
Ben Pon (2000 GS/GT)					#29, dnf									#29, in entry list
Herb Wetanson																#8, 18th
Chuck Cassel/ Don Sesslar																#14, 11th
Total points 73	13	3	14		8		16		9	5			5
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 25/21	3/3	3/3	3/3		5/3		2/2	2/0	1/1	2/2			2/2			2/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche System Engineering
Bob Holbert	14	44
Jo Bonnier	15
Edgar Barth		43			31		66			31
Herbert Linge		43			31					33
Don Wester		44
Sepp Greger					30		47
Günther Klass					30
Ben Pon					31			30
Hans-Joachim Walter					31				1
Gerhard Koch								29
Carel Godin de Beaufort								29
Heinz Schiller								30					88
Porsche Car Imports
Chuck Cassel	16	58
Don Sesslar		58
Peter-Ernst Strähle
Gerhard Koch			62		26					21
Sven von Schröter			62
Paul Ernst Strähle			76		26
Scuderia Filipinetti
Heinz Schiller					28					11
Hans Kühnis					28
Herbert Müller							67						102
Ben Pon
Eberhard Rank					29
Rolf Wütherich					29
Ben Pon														29

1964Season races for GT 2.0-

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Consuma	Nurb	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Freiburg	Cita di Enna	Tourist Trophy	Sierra Montagna	Inter Europa	TdF	Brigde Hampton	Paris
Team	2000km	12h		500km	Hill climb	1000km	Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb			Hill climb			500km	1000km
Porsche System Engineering, 122 991 (Carrera GS/GT 2000)	#51, 8th	#42, 19th	#74, 7th			#36, 15th
Porsche System Engineering, 122 992 (Carrera GS/GT 2000)	#52, 6th	#43, 11th
Carl W. Lindell, Inc	#50, gear box	#45, 12th
Porsche Car Imports	#54, eng ine	#44, eng ine
Mike Kurkjian/ Don Streeter	#71, 13th
Kenneth G. Chambliss		#52, eng ine
Total points 12	8		4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 12/8	5/3	5/3	1/1			1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche System Engineering
Edgar Barth	51, 52
Jo Bonnier	51, 52
Don Wester	51	42
Herbert Linge	52
Bruce Jennings		42														15
Ben Pon		43
Joe Buzzetta		43
Günther Klass			74			36
Jochen Neerpasch			74
Sepp Greger						36	41
Carl W. Lindell, Inc
Chuck Cassel	50	45
Augie Pabst	50
Don Sesslar		45
Porsche Car Imports
Victor Merino	54	44
Jorge Torruellas	54	44
Kenneth G. Chambliss
John Bentley		52
Lyle Witmer		52

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