The Penske Racing Porsche 917/10 Can-Am racers competed in the 1972 Can-Am Group 7 series for unlimited sports racing cars. These cars were revolutionary in their day. These 900 horsepower twin turbocharged monsters were the only cars to ever truly compete with the dominant McLaren Racing Can-Am cars of the era. They ended the McLaren cars' 5 year reign of utter dominance of the series. The Penske Porsche 917/10 effectively forced the withdrawal of the McLaren team as uncompetitive after the 1972 season.

This spectacular pair of 1/87 models were built by Ralph Ratcliffe from his recently released resin kits. Ralph built the #6 car driven by Mark Donahue and the #7 car piloted by George Follmer during the 1972 Can-Am season.

Posted August 13, 2011