1986 DYSON RACING PORSCHE 962 GTP RACE CAR
CHASSIS # 962-122- ORIGINAL CHASSIS- FACTORY 962 ENGINE
EXOTIC CLASSSICS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS 1986 DYSON RACING PORSCHE 962 GTP RACE CAR. ROB DYSON STARTED HIS RACING CAREER IN THE SCCA IN 1974. IN 1974 DYSON WON HIS FIRST RACE AT WATKINS GLEN IN NEW YORK. IN 1981 DYSON WON THE SCCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND DECIDED TO MOVE UP TO IMSA'S GTO CLASS THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AT THE END OF THE 1983 SEASON THE TEAM DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO MOVE UP TO GTP.
THE PORSCHE 962 WAS A SPORTS PROTOTYPE RACING CAR BUILT BY PORSCHE TO REPLACE THE 956 AND DESIGNED MAINLY TO COMPLY WITH IMSA'S GTP REGULATIONS. THE NEWER ANDIAL BUILT 3.2 L FUEL INJECTED FLAT-6 WOULD BE IN PLACE IN THE 962 BY THE MIDDLE OF 1985 FOR IMSA GT. THE POWER OUTPUT ON THE ANDIAL ENGINE WAS 700HP @ 1.2 BAR.
IN TOTAL PORSCHE WOULD PRODUCE 91 962'S BETWEEN 1984 AND 1991. 16 WERE OFFCIALLY USED BY THE FACTORY TEAM, WHILE 75 WERE SOLD TO PRIVATE CUSTOMERS. DEREK BELL THE FAMED 5 TIME LE MANS WINNER REMARKED THAT THE 962 WAS A FABULOUS CAR, AND REALLY QUITE EASY TO DRIVE.
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DYSON STRONGLY CONSIDERED PURCHASING A MARCH GTP RACE CAR, BUT HIS GOOD FRIEND BOB ATKINS CONVINCED HIM THAT PORSCHE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GO. THUS DYSON ENDED UP PURCHASING A 962 GTP CAR FROM MR. BRUCE LEVIN, CHASSIS NUMBER 101 WHICH HE STILL OWNS TO THIS DAY.
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DYSON AND CO DRIVER DRAKE OLSON DEBUTED THE CAR AT LIME ROCK RACE PARK IN CONNECTICUT AND WON THEIR VERY FIRST TIME OUT. THEY WOULD END UP COMPLETING 10 OF 17 RACES THAT SEASON. DYSON AND PRICE COBB WOULD GO ON TO WIN RIVERSIDE AND SEARS POINT WITH CHASSIS NUMBER 120. DRAKE OLSON WOULD END UP CRASHING CHASSIS # 122 IN PRACTICE LAPS AT WATKINS GLEN LATER IN THE SEASON. OLSON WAS LET GO AND REPLACED WITH PRICE COBB WHO PROVED TO BE VERY FAST AND RELIABLE. DICK YAGAMI JOINED THE TEAM AND REWORKED THE 962 NOSE, IMPROVING THE CAR'S DOWNFORCE AND EFFICIENCY. DYSON'S OTHER 962( CHASSIS 120) WON IN ITS DEBUT AT THE 1986 SIX HOURS OF RIVERSIDE, COMMENCING A STREAK OF FOUR PODIUM FINISHES TO START THE SEASON, ADDITIONALLY IT EARNED WINS AT CHARLOTTE AND SEARS POINT HELPING PRICE COBB FINISH SECOND IN THE 1986 IMSA GTP CHAMPIONSHIP, AND DYSON RACING WIN ITS SECOND PORSCHE CUP. CHASSIS 120 WENT ON TO COLLECT A WIN AT WATKINS GLEN IN 1987 AND ANOTHER IN MIAMI IN 1988.
ROB DYSON WAS LAST OWNER-DRIVER TO ENTER GTP RACING. THE TEAM WOULD ONCE AGAIN CHANGE THE 962, NO LONGER USING GENUINE PARTS. JAMES WEAVER JOINED THE TEAM AND DID VERY WELL, BUT THE CAR WAS CONSISTENTLY OUT RUN BY THE FACTORY CARS. THE TEAM WOULD END UP FINISHING THE SEASON IN 6TH PLACE.
1991 ENDED UP BEING THE YEAR OF THE NISSAN AND TOYOTA'S. THE RAIN X SPONSORED CAR WAS DRIVEN BY JAMES WEAVER, WHO ENDED UP 15TH IN POINTS. DYSON DID NOT COMPLETE THE 1992 SEASON. THE CAR WOULD END UP BEING SOLD AND THAT COMPLETED DYSON RACING PART IN GTP HISTORY.
DYSON RACING FIELDED THREE PORSCHE 962'S DURING IMSA'S CAMEL GT PROTOTYPE ERA, SCORING 12 WINS IN SIX SEASONS. ROB DYSONS FIRST 962 WAS CHASSIS # 101 AND MANY RACE FANS REMEMBER HIS DRAMATIC DEBUT IN DYSON LIVERY AT LIME ROCK PARK IN 1985. CHASSIS 101 REMAINS IN ROB'S GARAGE TO THIS DAY.
EXOTIC CLASSICS IS PROUD TO OFFER THIS FAMOUS DYSON RACING 962-CHASSIS 122. FIA CERTIFIED, THIS 962 QUALIFIES FOR HISTORICAL RACE EVENTS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING THE PRESTIGIOUS LE MANS CLASSIC. THIS 962 JUST COMPLETED RACING AT THE PORSCHE RENNSPORT LAGUNA SECA EVENT IN OCTOBER, 2011
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EXOTIC CLASSIS IS PROUD TO OFFER THE PIECE OF AMERICAN GTP RACING HISTORY FOR SALE.
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