1966: 4-5-6-7-14
The Porsche 906 was the first Porsche racing car project where Ferdinand Piëch's ideas could be implemented. The long tail version was created specially for the long straight part of the Le Mans track. Porsche enters six 6-cylinder 906 - five directly by factory team and one by Auguste Veuillet's team. The first 911 is also privately entered. In addition to Porsche, the race saw numerous new and very cool cars. The result of the race is fantastic for Porsche - four 2-litre 906s place 4-5-6-7 after three 7-litre GT40s. The GT40 drivers were informed in the last pit stop to finish close to each other for a good publicity photo and for some reason the 2nd position car #2 driven by Bruce McLaren drove past the #1 of Ken Miles just before the finish line and made himself a winner.