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What's the Story Behind Porsche's Yellow Racing Colour?
I'm watching the Long Beech GP, and when I look at the Porsches, the yellow colours seems very awkward. When and why did Porsche go yellow for racing? It's just the Penske thing. Yes? To me, it makes the Audi's and the other cars look very beautiful.
PS.. Watch the race! Help support modern road racing on the major USA networks! The number of viewers is the only thing that will ever work.
What's the Story Behind Porsche's Yellow Racing Colour?
That's not a Porsche racing color that's a DHL racing color. They're the sponsor. When they're paying big bucks to put their name on the side of a car they can choose the color.
Anyway, Porsches used to be silver or white but that was because the German racing colors were silver or white. Racing colors for Porsche, Mercedes and Audi were silver or white.
Probably the most famous racing Porsche of all time was Mark Donohue's blue and yellow Sunoco 917-30.
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Yeah,.. I was thinking that Porsche was silver, but then so many Mercedes and Audis were also silver. Now I understand. For some reason I was thinking that Maserati was traditionally yellow?
I love yellow and blue. ( Hint to Ken ) Maybe it was my early impressions of the Swedish Bikini Team?
For some reason I was thinking that Maserati was traditionally yellow?
Maserati = Italy = Red
I suspect that many of the traditional colors (Green = British, Silver = German, Red = Italian) went away after WWII. (Although Lotus managed to stay green into the 60's.) (I am not an expert. Just guessing.) Ferrari stays red but I'm not sure that any other mark manages to stay with its country's colors.
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I know that Ford-Shelby was blue in the 60's. Was that also the USA racing colour? Were there any other Americans attempts into Euro racing during the 50's to 70's? I remember now seeing in fotos that Renault was indeed French blue?
I enjoy these old road racing histories.
US colors were either white with lengthwise blue stripes, or blue with lengthwise blue stripes... with a blue undercarriage... French color is blue... you can see a full list of country colors and little diagrams here:
Thnx Beez. WOW,.. I learned much about the Chaparral and the NART Ferrari from that link. I had never heard of them, yet the Chaparral was the dominate racing machine in '64-'65 and was a true pioneer in the development of modern racing aerodynamics, and a white painted NART Ferrari actually won the '64 F1 championship in year's final race for Ferrari... Great info link. thnx
I would say the most famous racing Porsches of all time were the blue and orange Gulf Porsche 917s of the early '70s. Thanks in large part to Steve McQueen!
I would say the most famous racing Porsches of all time were the blue and orange Gulf Porsche 917s of the early '70s. Thanks in large part to Steve McQueen!
I think you are right, kehr. The Gulf Porsche is definitely number one. That would move the Sunoco 917-30 back to second place. (I'm biased. I worked Can-Am races in the 70's and the sight of the Sunoco 917-30 coming down the long back stretch at Road Atlanta (no kink then) is something that I will never forget.)
In the "old days" race cars did not have sponsorship so they were usually painted according to their country's colors. That pretty much ended when the big oil companies and big tobacco companies started sponsoring cars. For oil you have Gulf and Sunoco. For tobacco you have the John Player Special F1 cars that Fittipaldi drove.
And don't forget that Martini and Rossi sponsored many Porsches in many classes. Martini and Rossi stripes are very recognizable on a Porsche.
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When they're paying big bucks to put their name on the side of a car they can choose the color. 
so they were usually painted according to their country's colors. That pretty much ended when the big oil companies and big tobacco companies started sponsoring cars. For oil you have Gulf and Sunoco. For tobacco you have the John Player Special F1 cars that Fittipaldi drove. 
