Porsche 910

Porsche 910 Carrera 10
A Porsche 910 at the Barber Motorsports Park Legends of Motorsport historic racing event in 2010.
Overview
Manufacturer	Porsche
Production	1966-1967
Body and chassis
Layout	Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
Chronology
Predecessor	Porsche 906
Successor	Porsche 907

The Porsche 910 or Carrera 10 was a race car from Porsche, based on the Porsche 906. 29 were produced in 1966 and 1967. The factory name for the 910 was the 906/10. The 910 was considered the next sequence in the 906 line.

History

The first Porsche 910 built, 910-001

The main difference to the original 906 is the use of 13 inch wheels and tyres as in Formula One (F1), plus a single central nut instead of the five nuts as in a road car. This made the car unsuitable for street use, but it saved time in pitstops. Overall, the 910 was lighter and shorter than the 906.

The Porsche 910 was entered in mid 1966, starting with the 1966 European Hill Climb Championship from Sierre to Crans-Montana in Switzerland. Engines used were 1991 cc 6-cylinder (901/20, Weber 46IDA3C) with 200 PS (147 kW), 1991 cc 6-cylinder (901/21, MFI Slide Throttle) with 220 PS (162 kW), 2195 cc 6-cylinder (907, MFI) with 270 PS (199 kW), or the 1981 cc 8-cylinder (Typ 771, MFI) with up to 275 PS (202 kW). The eight-cylinder version was referred to as 910/8. The Porsche 910 is 4113 mm long, 1680 mm wide, and only 980 mm high.

Racing history

Porsche 910/8 "Bergspyder" on static display in the Porsche Automuseum Helmut Pfeifhofer in Gmünd.

The 910 was only raced for about one year by the factory. The main class rivals were the Ferrari-fielded Dino 206 P, overall victories on fast tracks against the much more powerful and faster Ford GT40 for example, or another class competitor Ferrari Prototypes proved unrealistic.

At the 1000 km Nürburgring in 1967, a fleet of six factory cars were entered in an attempt to score the first overall win in Porsche's home event. Two of the three 8-cylinder cars broke, and the remaining one finished fourth. The three 6-cylinder entries won 1-2-3, though, giving Porsche its first outright win in a major World Sportscar Championship event for Porsche since the 1956 Targa Florio and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1960.

In Le Mans, the new Porsche 907 "long tails" were already entered, finishing 5th in front of a 910 and two 906.

In hillclimbing, the career of the short and light open-top 910/8 "Bergspyder" version with its 8-cylinder continued, winning the 1967 and 1968 European championships. At the hillclimb of Ollon-Villars, which counted towards the World Sportscar Championship in 1967, the 910 even scored a 1-2, with Gerhard Mitter and Rolf Stommelen beating Herbert Müller and his big V12-Ferrari P.