1976 Porsche 934/5 IMSA

This 1976 Porsche 934/5 IMSA Racer, dubbed “El Salvador”, is a former world championship winning racer that’s seen action right around the world. Its first ever race outing was at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976 where it took an impressive 2nd place (in class) in the capable hands of the Gelo Racing team headed by Georg Loos.
Throughout the rest of ’76 the car would race at the Mugello 6 Hours (finishing 6th overall, 2nd in the GT class), then later at the Nurburgring 1000Kms it finished 2nd overall.
In 1977 the car changed hands – its next owner was the talented Swiss privateer racer, Claude Haldi who would race the 935 in World Championship and European Championship road racing events, plus a few European hillclimbs. Claude took the Porsche back to LeMans in 1977 however it was forced to retire due to a transmission failure and wouldn’t get to repeat its remarkable 2nd place finish from a year earlier.