I absolutely love this car not just because of the model but also the crazy story behind it, I prepared a display background in ppt using the old photos of the car, the drivers, the red and orange stripes that tarmac uses, and the story which goes like this: Don, Bill, and Dale Whittington are brothers from Texas who had a passion for racing, not just for car racing but also for airplane racing. The family owned their plane company which made them able to fund their operation. In 1979, they decided to race in 24 Hours of Le Mans under Kremer Racing, which was a company that modified Porsche 934s to 935 K3s to make them absolute monsters. Don and Bill paid 25.000$ each to take part in the race along with the professional driver of the team Klaus Ludwig, but they had one concern which was the order of the drivers. Le Mans is an endurance race and you need to finish first to win the race. Whittington brothers wanted to drive before Klaus Ludwig since he could crash and all the money dumped from the brothers would be trashed. Kremer Racing said that it would only be possible if they bought the car totally and priced it at 200.000$. Whittington brothers didn’t hesitate and told them to get the money from the trailer and not a single penny more. On qualifying day Ludwig put the car in P3 which is an awesome position for a production car. The weather was rainy on the race day, which put the prototype cars like Porsche 936s, Lola T298s, and Chevron B36s in a disadvantageous position due to not having windshields. Bill started the race without a problem and over the heavy rainy night Ludwig created a big gap to the other competitors but in the morning when Don was behind the wheel, the cambelt ripped. Bill came up with a genius plan to hide a cambelt in a sandwich bag to help his brother change it to finish the race. The leader of the race #70 Porsche had an engine issue in the last laps which made the Whittington brothers one of two production car winners of Le Mans in its history. Whittington brothers were judged and then sentenced for smuggling marijuana from Columbia to Florida with their planes and their racing circuit Road Atlanta. This car is probably the craziest car to win Le mans ever. We have only two production cars to win Le mans against prototypes which are this one and the Mclaren F1. Also the Whittington brothers really put a weird dynamic to it which I don't support but still made things interesting. There are other details I know about them and the race I can share it later. English is not my native so there can be mistakes in my writing and still I had limited space to write I couldn't write everything in a proper way but overall it is my best display and this car is just at my right shelve which I look hundred times a day 😂
8:57 *Since you're asking,* the story behind this car is actually worthy of a movie 🍿 I'll TRY to keep this brief 👇... First, some context for the uninitiated: The 935 was a model of racecar that Porsche produced from '76-'78 for *Group 5* (see the blue sticker), which was the top level for production cars in the FIA World Championship of Makes (predecessor to today's WEC). Group 5's then-new rulebook was notoriously loose, with odd regulations that mandate the car's silhouette should merely _resemble_ its production car, allowing for highly modified engines, bodywork, and underlying chassis. What resulted was like Group B but sports cars-flamethrowing turbos, box fenders, and giant aero over *_tube-frame chassis..._* "Poduction cars" in name only. Group 5 was bonkers, and would soon inspire Japan's bosuzoku car scene. But I digress... This variant of the 935, the "K3", was a 935 modified by privateer team Kremer Racing, with custom bodywork by collaborator DP Motorsport (logo on fender)... Now, where the story gets interesting, begins with the first driver names on that windowsill. The *Whittington Brothers* came from a background of airplane racing, but down on tarmac they were mere "gentlemen drivers," i.e. self-financed non-professional drivers, that persuaded the Kremers-also brothers-to let them drive their car at LeMans... How? By asking the Kremers to _name their price_ for the car. Kremer's response, in 1979 dollars, was 200k, so $200k the Whittingtons paid... _in CASH._ Who carries that kind of cash? Well, see, the Whittingtons made their fortune in smuggling Marij×××a. And a big fortune, at that. Back home in the States, they owned a racetrack called *Road Atlanta,* which they'd bought because, of all the tracks in the US, it had the longest _straight..._ which they used as a _landing strip_ for their aforementioned planes to unload and load illicit cargo... Back to the race, this victory marked the first time in over 25 years that a production car clinched the _overall_ win at LeMans (beating the prototype cars above it in Group 6), and one of just a handful of times in history when a privateer beat the factories. After that, everybody wanted a Kremer Porsche, and Kremer's "K" series of cars continued to dominate Group 5 until 1982, when the FIA would finally sober up and replace Groups 5 and 6 with Group C. As for the car itself, it quickly ended up in a museum, when in 1980 the Whittington brothers went to prison, convicted of smuggling $78M of contraband into the US from South America. Roll credits.
Fantastic review, @Booster_Diecast! The Tarmac Works Porsche 935 K3 - 1979 Le Mans Winner is an absolute gem, and you did an excellent job highlighting its details. Your passion for diecast models truly shines through in this video. Keep up the great work! 🚗✨”
I personally think that after the 1960s Le Mans races, the GTE started to appear and LMP kinda still stayed dominant but devolved in there design and style
I absolutely love this car not just because of the model but also the crazy story behind it, I prepared a display background in ppt using the old photos of the car, the drivers, the red and orange stripes that tarmac uses, and the story which goes like this: Don, Bill, and Dale Whittington are brothers from Texas who had a passion for racing, not just for car racing but also for airplane racing. The family owned their plane company which made them able to fund their operation. In 1979, they decided to race in 24 Hours of Le Mans under Kremer Racing, which was a company that modified Porsche 934s to 935 K3s to make them absolute monsters. Don and Bill paid 25.000$ each to take part in the race along with the professional driver of the team Klaus Ludwig, but they had one concern which was the order of the drivers. Le Mans is an endurance race and you need to finish first to win the race. Whittington brothers wanted to drive before Klaus Ludwig since he could crash and all the money dumped from the brothers would be trashed. Kremer Racing said that it would only be possible if they bought the car totally and priced it at 200.000$. Whittington brothers didn’t hesitate and told them to get the money from the trailer and not a single penny more. On qualifying day Ludwig put the car in P3 which is an awesome position for a production car. The weather was rainy on the race day, which put the prototype cars like Porsche 936s, Lola T298s, and Chevron B36s in a disadvantageous position due to not having windshields. Bill started the race without a problem and over the heavy rainy night Ludwig created a big gap to the other competitors but in the morning when Don was behind the wheel, the cambelt ripped. Bill came up with a genius plan to hide a cambelt in a sandwich bag to help his brother change it to finish the race. The leader of the race #70 Porsche had an engine issue in the last laps which made the Whittington brothers one of two production car winners of Le Mans in its history. Whittington brothers were judged and then sentenced for smuggling marijuana from Columbia to Florida with their planes and their racing circuit Road Atlanta.
This car is probably the craziest car to win Le mans ever. We have only two production cars to win Le mans against prototypes which are this one and the Mclaren F1. Also the Whittington brothers really put a weird dynamic to it which I don't support but still made things interesting. There are other details I know about them and the race I can share it later. English is not my native so there can be mistakes in my writing and still I had limited space to write I couldn't write everything in a proper way but overall it is my best display and this car is just at my right shelve which I look hundred times a day 😂
Wow! Super cool Porsche! I like Tarmak for the detail of the models. I have Schumacher's Mercedes 190e, it has great detailing!
@@boulevard_64 Very nice! Tarmac does a good job with their Hobby64 cars 🔥
8:57 *Since you're asking,* the story behind this car is actually worthy of a movie 🍿 I'll TRY to keep this brief 👇...
First, some context for the uninitiated: The 935 was a model of racecar that Porsche produced from '76-'78 for *Group 5* (see the blue sticker), which was the top level for production cars in the FIA World Championship of Makes (predecessor to today's WEC). Group 5's then-new rulebook was notoriously loose, with odd regulations that mandate the car's silhouette should merely _resemble_ its production car, allowing for highly modified engines, bodywork, and underlying chassis. What resulted was like Group B but sports cars-flamethrowing turbos, box fenders, and giant aero over *_tube-frame chassis..._* "Poduction cars" in name only. Group 5 was bonkers, and would soon inspire Japan's bosuzoku car scene. But I digress...
This variant of the 935, the "K3", was a 935 modified by privateer team Kremer Racing, with custom bodywork by collaborator DP Motorsport (logo on fender)...
Now, where the story gets interesting, begins with the first driver names on that windowsill. The *Whittington Brothers* came from a background of airplane racing, but down on tarmac they were mere "gentlemen drivers," i.e. self-financed non-professional drivers, that persuaded the Kremers-also brothers-to let them drive their car at LeMans... How? By asking the Kremers to _name their price_ for the car. Kremer's response, in 1979 dollars, was 200k, so $200k the Whittingtons paid... _in CASH._ Who carries that kind of cash? Well, see, the Whittingtons made their fortune in smuggling Marij×××a. And a big fortune, at that. Back home in the States, they owned a racetrack called *Road Atlanta,* which they'd bought because, of all the tracks in the US, it had the longest _straight..._ which they used as a _landing strip_ for their aforementioned planes to unload and load illicit cargo...
Back to the race, this victory marked the first time in over 25 years that a production car clinched the _overall_ win at LeMans (beating the prototype cars above it in Group 6), and one of just a handful of times in history when a privateer beat the factories. After that, everybody wanted a Kremer Porsche, and Kremer's "K" series of cars continued to dominate Group 5 until 1982, when the FIA would finally sober up and replace Groups 5 and 6 with Group C.
As for the car itself, it quickly ended up in a museum, when in 1980 the Whittington brothers went to prison, convicted of smuggling $78M of contraband into the US from South America. Roll credits.
Omg thank you so much for this. It's actually sooooo cool dude :)
Fantastic review, @Booster_Diecast! The Tarmac Works Porsche 935 K3 - 1979 Le Mans Winner is an absolute gem, and you did an excellent job highlighting its details. Your passion for diecast models truly shines through in this video. Keep up the great work! 🚗✨”
@@DiecastModelsWholesale Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it!
Dam that thing is beutiful
@@Caseareditz Right! 💯
Really cool car! Have a nice Vaca booster!
@donc8546 Will do, thank you!
Круто 👍
I got that one too, great car!
@@Diecastclassicist Nice!
Get the trio, especially the Apple Computers ones, its superb
@@archan_ghosh I need to!
What is last one?
I personally think that after the 1960s Le Mans races, the GTE started to appear and LMP kinda still stayed dominant but devolved in there design and style
@@ShawnstertheMonster I don't know a whole lot about that era of racing, but it's crazy how much it's changed over the last 50 years or so
Vacay Photo Presentation to the class is required when you get back 🔫
my roller head is not satisfied, will get the tarmac works x minichamp colab one 1976 #40 Martini
@Ryknex Yeah this definitely isn't the best model if it absolutely has to roll lol
@@Booster_Diecast yes yess