Category Archives: Porsche 917

Steve McQueen’s view—Porsche 917K

by Gary Smith Posted on August 11, 2010

From the movie, LeMans. This is the same car driven by John Thomas that is featured in the sound files recorded by Mike Parris at Riverside International Raceway in 1980. The first audio file was posted before, but the second … Continue reading →

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Mike Parris with Otis Chandler’s Porsche 917s at Riverside

by Gary Smith Posted on September 29, 2009

by Mike Parris Porsche 917K at Riverside In March of 1980 I was assigned, as a staff photographer at Argus Publishers, to meet L.A. Times owner/publisher Otis Chandler at his private warehouse to photograph a couple of cars from his … Continue reading →

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