Porsche 718 RS group S (1960)

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24 units built RS60, chassis 41 to 64
14 units built RS61, chassis 65 to 78

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Type 547/3, boxer 4 (180^o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located middle longitudinally
1498cc, 85.0 x 66.0 mm
9.5:1
150 bhp / 112 KW @ 7800 rpm
146 Nm / 108 ft lbs @ 6300 rpm
aluminium block and head
DOHC, 2 valves / cyl - 8 valves total
aspiration, natural with 2 x Weber 46 IDM Carburetors
aircooled
5 speed Manual gear box
aluminium body on steel spaceframe chassis
Front suspension twin parallel arms, torsion bars, telescopic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension double unequal length wishbones, coil springs over dampers
worm and nut steering
drum brakes all-round
length 3600 mm (141.7 in)
widht 1510 mm
height 880 mm
Wheelbase 2200 mm (86.6 in)
Track (fr/r) 1290 mm (50.8 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in)
580kg

Results in WSCC

Season

RS 60


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans
Team	1000km	12h		1000km	24h
Porsche KG, 718-042		#42, 1st	#160, 5th	#30, acci dent	#39, 11th
Porsche KG, 718-041		#43, eng ine	#184, 1st	#21, 2nd
Porsche KG, 718-043			#176, 3rd	#23, 4th	#33, piston
Porsche KG, 718-044				#22, spare car	#34, piston
Brumos Porsche Car Corp, 718-052		#44, 2nd
Carel Godin de Beaufort, 718-055				#34, 9th*	#38, eng ine
J. Kerguen/ Robert Lacaze					#36, cam shaft
Ed Hugus					in entry list

Total points 61		19	24	18
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 13/9		3/2	3/3	4/3	3/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche KG
Hans Herrmann		42	176, 184	22, 23	34
Olivier Gendebien		42	176	21
Jo Bonnier		43	184	21	33
Graham Hill		43	160	30	33
Edgar Barth			160	22, 30	39
Maurice Trintignant				23	34
Wolfgang Seidel					39
Brumos Porsche Car Corp
Bob Holbert		44
Roy Schechter		44
Howard Fowler		44
Ian Fraser-Jones / Carel Godin de Beaufort
Carel Godin de Beaufort				34	38
Paul Frere				34
Dickie Stoop					38

*Ian Fraser-Jones entry

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Sebring	Targa Florio	Consuma	Nurb	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Sierra Montagna	Brigde Hampton	Paris
Team	12h		Hill climb	1000km	Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb		Hill climb	500km	1000km

Scuderia Filipinetti, 718-042								#101, 25th		#62, 26th

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/2								1/1		1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Scuderia Filipinetti
Joe Zuccatti								101		62

Source

Drawings

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Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans	Pescara
Team	12h		1000km	24h	4h
Porsche KG, 718-043	#49, clutch	#132, 3rd
Porsche KG, 718-044	#50, eng ine	#136, diffe rential	#23, eng ine
Porsche KG, 718-047		#134, 2nd	#21, 10th	#33, 5th
Porsche KG, 718-041 (RS60)			#20, eng ine
Porsche KG, 718-045 (Coupe)				#32, 7th
Porsche KG, 718-046 (Coupe)				#30, eng ine
Porsche KG, 718-075					#14, 2nd
Porsche KG					#20, acci dent
Porsche KG		#T spare car
Porsche Car Import, 718-060 (RS60)	#38, main seal
Eglinton Caledonia Motors	#39, 9th
Bob Donner, 718-066	#47, 7th
Association Automovilisti Santaneca	#48, eng ine
Brumos Porsche Company, 718-065	#51, 5th
Heini Walter/ Hermann Müller, 718-076			#31, acci dent

Total points 49	12	17	1	10	9
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 19/9	7/3	3/2	4/1	3/2	2/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Porsche KG
Jo Bonnier	49	134	21	30
Dan Gurney	49	134, T	21	30
Hans Herrmann	50	132	23	32
Edgar Barth	50	132	23	32	14
Stirling Moss		136	20
Graham Hill		136	20
Bob Holbert				33
Masten Gregory				33
Karl Orthuber					14
Tommy Spychiger					20
Porsche Car Import
Bill Wuesthoff	38
Augie Pabst	38
Eglinton Caledonia Motors
Peter Ryan	39
Francis Bradley	39
Ludwig Heimrath	39
Bob Donner
Bob Donner	47
Don Sesslar	47
Ernie Erickson	47
Association Automovilisti Santaneca
Chuck Cassel	48
David Lane	48
Brumos Porsche Company
Bob Holbert	51
Roger Penske	51


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	d' Auvergne	Bridgeh
Team	3h	12h		1000km	24h		400km
Peter DaCosta	#6, 14th
Brumos Porsche, 718-065	#16, 9th
Bob Donner, 718-066	#23, 11th
Herb Swan	#99, 10th						#99, gear box
Porsche Imports, 718-060 (RS60)		#59, 3rd
Bruno Runte/ Nicolas Koob				#116, dnf
Heini Walter, 718-076				#70, dnf
Heini Walter, 718-042				#71, eng ine
Daniel de Magalhaes/ Mario Cabral				#78, dnf
Scuderia Sant Ambroeus, 718-056 (RS60)				in entry list
Régis Fraissinet, 718-059 (RS60)						#17, eng ine
Albert Cognet, (RS60)						in entry list
Henri Perrier						#23, in entry list
Charles Kurtz/ Millard Ripley, 718-070							#78, 4th
David Schiff/ William Wonder, (RS60)							#36, 5th
Bob Holbert, 718-048							#14, gear box

Total points 24	3	8					13
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 14/7	4/4	1/1		4/0		1/0	4/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Brumos Porsche
Chuck Cassel	16
Porsche Imports
Bill Wuesthoff		59
Frank Rand		59
Bruce Jennings		59
Heini Walter
Heini Walter				70
Hermann Müller				70
Herbert Müller				71
Rudolf Jenzer				71
Scuderia Sant Ambroeus
Tommy Spychiger				+
Umberto Maglioli				+


Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Tourist trophy	Mugelo	Rossfeld	Freiburg	Ollon	Bridgeh
Team	2000km	12h			Hill climb	Hill climb	Hill climb	500km
Carl W. Lindell	#37, dnf

Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/0	1/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Carl W. Lindell
Don Sesslar	37
Chuck Cassel	37

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