Short Wheelbase.

I always liked them better than the more famous 917's: the 908/3 was a short wheelbase barchetta special Porsche created to attack the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring.
Surely devilish to drive, 360HP for 1200 lbs (544 kg) with nothing much around the driver for safety, it had a shape that just lent itself to some of the coolest paint jobs of the era (attention Cayman Interseries!).

We saw a 908/3 and spoke to briefly to Brian Redman at the opening ceremony for the Monticello Motor Club a while back, what an honor to shake hands with a legend of motorsport.



In this clip Redman drives a 908/3 at last year's Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca and tells a bit of the story of this fantastic, mad machine . How cool are those clicky rev counters?


(Checkered Flag Films)

Catch a couple of period film clips of the 908/3 in action after the jump.

A Moment of Awesomeness.

If Pedro Rodriguez and Jo Siffert were given team orders at the start of the 1970 1000 Km of Spa, they certainly paid no attention.

The race was won by Siffert and Brian Redman with an average speed over 71 laps of 149.415 mph but Rodriguez turned a race lap at 160.513 mph. On the same track, that was 14 seconds faster than the fastest Formula 1 lap that year and 3 seconds faster than his own pole position! Awesome.

A longer clip after the jump.