🆕 The birth of a legend with an iconic livery to boot - Porsche introduced their Group C challenger, the 956-001, at the Silverstone Six Hours On This Day in 1982, starting on pole and taking a class win on debut. 🏆   The competitiveness of Group C's ruleset meant the 956 won in the hands of the factory team and privateers alike, smashing records along the way; winning every round of the 1983 World Endurance Championship, taking nine of the top ten positions at that year's Le Mans and Stefan Bellof's utter destruction of the Nordschleife's lap record - 6:11.130 at an average of 202km/h. 💥   Though 956-001 only raced twice before its retirement, it did take the outright win it deserved at the Norisring's Nürnberg 200 Miles - in the hands of the recently departed Jochen Mass. 🖤 . . #OnThisDay #Porsche #Porsche956 #Silverstone #JackyIckx #DerekBell #JochenMass #Sportscars #WEC #EnduranceRacing #SportscarHistory #PhotographyHistory #MotorsportHistory #MotorsportPhotography #GettyIma...