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Originally Posted by Adam43
Here is an article on another pointless Porsche lap record attempt from a few decades ago 
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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79
Legends. Both car and driver!
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Indeed.
Let us not forget, however, two more......Peter Gregg and and the other monster Turbo-Porsche, the world beating 935.
Attending the IMSA Finale weekend a couple 'o year's after Donohue's record run, I never understood it, but, Peter made a run at Mark's closed-course record with his aero'd out 935 (trimmed wing, flush windows and wheel covers, abbreviated inlets, etc.). It wasn't very exciting, watching one car circulate the tri-oval, even if at a good clip.
He did succeed, however, in eclipsing the mark.
'Only problem was, it was not an
official FIA record as his 222+ didn't break Mark's by the requisite 1%.
An anti-climactic footnote to "their" arse kicking season.....Gregg, 9 wins of 14 races; Porsche, 12 (Hobb's quick but fragile turbo mini-motor 320i taking the other two).