1978 PORSCHE 935/78 “Moby Dick”

IT’S EASY ENOUGH to see how the Porsche 935/78 might have picked up its nickname, “Moby Dick.” Imagine the big lug without the Martini sponsorship—just a massive white body with a comically stretched rear, capped by whale flukes. The 935/78 was the most extreme extension of the 911 ever raced. Only the upright windshield looks even remotely related to the 911 Turbo road car on which it was ostensibly based. The rest is pure insanity. It looks like a prototype racer with a 911 popping out of the top. It achieved an impressive 0.36 drag coefficient, and in practice for the 1978 Le Mans race, it touched 227 mph on the Mulsanne (although it managed only 222 mph in the race). It qualified third on the grid that year behind…

You're reading a preview of

Road & Track (Digital) - 1 Issue, December/January 2025

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.