Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33869270-20180613232754/@comment-31668816-20180615153148

Tylerama wrote: Tombstone7 wrote: SM Racer wrote: Based on wikipedia info, RR3 got everything right. The little wing was a 1971 addition, if I recall what I read correctly.

If anyone can *definitely* tell whether or not the 917K ran Le Mans with (or without) the little spare tire, please post! Well, the tyre was pretty much a 'space saver', and very hard to see in period photos. I'll continue to search but the best shot I can find is of a restored one in a museum. As far as I can ascertain a spare wheel WAS required by cars running in the Sports Car class, which included the 917; presumably the prototypes didn't need one to be carried. I wonder if that was due to homologation rules, because it was based on the limited production run of road going chassis, it has to keep a spare wheel on the racing car too. The 917 is not based on a road car, and was never intended to be. The ACO stipulated that a Sports Car could have a 5.0 litre engine, must have a spare wheel, luggage compartment, two seats, and have a minimum of 25 built. They surmised that no manufacturer would build 25 racing cars to the same specification. Porsche did, and lined them up for inspection.

A 917 was converted for road use however.