With a multifaceted racing series such as this, car setup and maintenance are crucial and a critical part of the winning team’s strategy. Unlike many other championships, the Swiss winner had to participate in 5 sanctioned hill climbs in Switzerland, 5 circuit races, and 2 sanctioned airfield races in Switzerland. Their primary objective for the 1974 season was to win the prestigious Swiss championship.
#1974 porsche 911 engine driver#
Wanting a real race car, Blumer and his friend, Porsche Werks driver Herbert Muller, went to Weissach to order the RSR 3.0. The Swiss racer was heavily involved with Garage Zbinden from years of racing in a Porsche 911S and 911RS. This bright green RSR 3.0’s story began being purchased from AMAG by Garage Zbinden for their customer and the RSR’s first owner, Harry Blumer in early 1974. Enter the 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0: a more powerful, wider, meaner and more visceral race car that to this day is known as one of the best performing naturally aspirated 911 race cars ever designed by Porsche.
Their 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8 saw lots of success in the racing circuit, but with mounting competition Porsche knew they would need to design a car that broke the performance mold. With their racing customers’ insatiable appetite for performance and competition, doing simple upgrades would simply not do. One of the best handling Porsche 911 variations producedĪ company such as Porsche did not make a name for themselves by accepting the status quo. 330 horsepower from its 3.0-liter flat six engine
2-time Swiss National championship winnerĬampaigned by Harry Blumer, Edwin Kofel, and Edy Brandenbergerħth of 37 1974 Porsche RSR 3.0s produced by Porscheīelieved to be one of the most winning RSR 3.0s racedĪpprox.