Riverside L.A. Times Grand Prix Oct. 29, 1972 |
I drove for Vasek Polak once, in this 908/02 Spyder. The big 3.2 liter engine blew in practice after only a few laps. It turned out to be a bad crank, but Vasek was rather unforgiving of anyone who lost an engine, so I never drove for him again. Lucky to have this photo. |
Davey Jordan at Vacaville; with Hans Adam in the white jacket, and Dieter Inzenhofer in the orange jacket |
A note from the Crewchief, Carl Thompson: Tony Adamowicz drove the car in the Can Am race at Riverside and broke the crankshaft. It was not Tony's fault. Polak had the crank cross-drilled (a big mistake). It is a 908/02 Spyder. Polak had that car when I first went to work for him and he kept it until his death and then it was sold thru Kevin Jeanette and rebodied back to original. The car had a widened body for Can Am and had wider wheels. 10.5x15 front and 15x15 rear (normal for 908/02 was 9x15 front and 12x15 rear.) It also had a 3.2 liter engine instead of a 3.0 liter. There was some extra chassis stiffening done. In 1973 we rebodied the car with an early 917/10 body cut down. It looked more like a 908/3 with a wing. We raced the car in quite a few Vintage races, using Danny Ongias to drive. Also a salesman for Polak named Gary Wright drove the car and now that I think about it so did Milt Minter and Bert Ohlander. P/S I have the tail section, doors, and front hood for that car here at my shop. Best Regards Carl Thompson (ACTUAL MECHANIC ON CAR) |
917-10 chassis on display at Porsche factory museum |
Hans Adam works on Polak's 908 Note the classic Porsche wire-spoke steering wheel |
Tony Adamowicz, Gary Wheeler, Tony a2z, Tony Adamowics, a2zRacer, Gary Wheeler, Tony Adamowicz |
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