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Porsche 956 chassis numbers



Chassis Engine Year Group First owner Next owners (year) Comment
956-001 Porsche 1982 C Porsche AG => Jacky Ickx (12/10/1986) => James Rogers (1994~2001) => ... => Champion Porsche (~2004)  
956-002 Porsche 1982 C Porsche AG   Retained in Porsche museum. Still owned by Porsche AG in 2004.
956-003 Porsche 1982 C Porsche AG => Vern Schuppan (1983) => Hsu (1997) => Lewis (2000) => Jackson (2001) => Cox (2002~2004)  
956-004 Porsche 1982 C Porsche AG ...=> Zanders (~2004) Occasionally raced by Richard Lloyd Racing.
956-005 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG => {written off} ...=> Richard Harris (~2000) Crashed by Roland Kussmaul in testing at Weissach July 1984.
956-006 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG => ?, USA (1988) =>…=> Joe Buzzetta (~2001) Special test car with extremely light chassis, never raced. Kept by Porsche until 1988. Owned by Porsche AG in 2004??
956-007 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG => Rothmans (1983) => Lloyd (1983) => {written off/rebuilt as 008} Badly damaged at Nurburgring in 1983. Chassis stripped and sold to Rothmans. Rebuilt in England and sold to Lloyd as camera car. Then renumbered as 956-008 and sold to Derek Bell.
956-008 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG => Derek Bell (1983) => ... => Murray Smith, USA (~2000~2001) ...=> Pearman (2003) Built using part from 956-007. Written off in testing accident in August 1983. Raced in HSR 1999 and 2000.
956-009 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG ...=> Porsche Dealership in Reading, GB (~2004)  
956-010 Porsche 1984 C1 Porsche AG ...=> Zanders (~2004)  
956-101 Porsche 1983 C Kremer Racing => From A (1985) In 1984 raced alternately by Brun and Kremer.
956-102 Porsche 1983 C Fitzpatrick Racing => {written off} => Siegfried Brunn Written off at Silverstone 1985 by Manuel Lopez. Parts used to rebuilt on a new chassis 962-112.
956-103 Porsche 1983 C Preston Henn => From A (8/1984) = {written off} => Team Trust (remains only) => Schuppan => Group C Ltd., Crawford Written off at Fuji 1984.
956-104 Porsche 1983 C Joest Racing ... => Alexander Seibold (~2006)  
956-105 Porsche 1983 C Dieter Schornstein => Kremer Racing (1985) => Kees Kroesemeijer => Walter Lechner => Jamey Mazotta (1989) => Richard Harris (2001) In 1983 raced by Joest Racing.
956-106 Porsche 1983 C Richard Lloyd => Brun Motorsport (1985) ...=> O'Neill (2003) Dismantled to provide parts for 956-106B bare chassis and some parts sold to Brun. Rebuilt and raced during 1985 and 1986, retained by Brun as show car in 1987.
956-107 Porsche 1983 C Porsche AG   This car retained at factory. Used as test bed for TAG F1 engine.
956-108 Porsche 1983 C Nova Engineering => {written off/rebuilt on 956-118} => Siegfried Brunn Written off at Fuji 1984. Rebuilt on a new chassis 956-118.
956-109 Porsche 1983 C Lässig/Obermaier => Lars Jönsson, S  
956-110 Porsche 1983 C Fitzpatrick Racing => Paul Vestey (1984) ...=> Pearman (2003) or => Dick Barbour => James Mazzotta, or sold from Fitzpatrick to A. Hamilton in 1984
956-111 Porsche 1983 C Brun Motorsport => Trust (8/1985) => Vern Schuppan => Dyson Racing =>...=> Ed Bighi (2012~2013)  
956-112 Porsche 1983 C Matsuda Collection => Ottokar Jacobs (~2004)  
956B-113 Porsche 4/84 C1 R. Chiba (Nova Engineering) {written off/rebuilt on 962-111} Written off at Fuji 1984, rebuilt on a new chassis 962-111.
956B-114 Porsche 4/84 C1 Fitzpatrick Racing => Jochen Dauer (1987) ...=> Martyn Konig (1999) Raced in HSR, prepared by Brunn Racing.
956B-115 Porsche 5/84 C1 Kremer Racing => Nova Engineering ...=> O'Neill (2003) In 1984 raced alternately by Brun and Kremer.
956B-116 Porsche 5/84 C1 Brun Motorsport {written off} Written off at Spa 1985 (Bellof killed).
956B-117 Porsche 5/84 C1 Joest Racing   Still with Joest in 2001.
956B-118 Porsche 10/84 C1 Nova Engineering => Trust (1985) => ... => Siegfried Brunn (~1999~2000) => Archie Urchioli, USA (~2001) Chassis only used to rebuild 956-108. Badly damaged by fire at Fuji in July 1985. 956-118 is currently (2004) for sale, it remained damaged for some years, and has been rebuilt and raced in Europe in 1999-2000 by Siggi Brunn, and then in the US by Archie Urchioli
956GTi-106B Porsche 1984 C1 Richard Lloyd   Not factory-built car - designed by Nigel Stroud. Palmer damaged the car at Spa 1985. Then it was rebuilt and raced as 956GTi.106BII during 1986 season.

Totally 10 works Porsche 956s and 17 cars for customers were produced. With 28 victories in Group C championship between 1982 and 1986 is one of the most successful types of Porsche.






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