This book is possibly not as interesting in the period it covers as Long’s Porsche Racing Cars — 1953-1975 (also published by Veloce) — I mean, how many photos depicting minute variations on the 911 theme can the average reader withstand?

Nevertheless, the author’s comprehensive survey of the period in question covers a huge amount of ground, and he appears to have all the bases covered.

From IMSA and World Championship for Makes (WCM), Le Mans, World Endurance Championship (WEC) to the Paris-Dakar Rally and Porsche’s re-emergence into the Formula One field in the ’80s (powering a McLaren F1), there’s a massive amount of racing information on offer.

Packed with photographs, lap charts and race results, this book throws its net far and wide — although, as with many of Veloce’s books, the overall design is a little confused and untidy. Still, this doesn’t take away much from the book, and Porschephiles will, no doubt, want this to add to their copy of Long’s previous Porsche Racing Cars volume.

Porsche Racing Cars — ¨1976-2005 by Brian Long
Review copy supplied by the publisher
Review by James Black