Brief History: 

Presented by Bruce Canepa, the car saw full time competition by Joest Racing from 1986-1988. Derived from the 956 for US IMSA racing, it had a stretched monocoque and the front suspension was moved 120mm forward to improve driver safety. It was powered by Porsche’s extremely reliable air-cooled 3.0L flat-6 engine with single turbo and five-speed transmission. The car finished third at the 1988 Le Mans 24-hour race driven by Stanley Dickens, John Winter and Frank Jelinski. Chassis # 116 was also driven competitively by Sarel van der Merwe, Danny Ongais, Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Paolo Barilla, Franz Konrad, Randy Lanier, Gianpiero Moretti, Hans Stuck, Bob Wollek and Klaus Ludwig.