{"id":133007,"date":"2017-06-19T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=133007"},"modified":"2017-06-19T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T01:42:04","slug":"video-chris-harris-samples-the-meanest-porsche-962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=133007","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Chris Harris Samples the Meanest Porsche 962"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be said with some confidence that nothing quite defined sports car racing in the eighties as well as the Porsche 956\/962. Its sleek looks made it noticeable, but so did the consistent finishes. As sports car racing was and is known for incredible, near-F1 performances, the incredible build quality is often looked over. However, any self-respecting racing nerd will appreciate the engineering expertise that\u2019s required to make an 800-horsepower thoroughbred last 24 hours, dominate sprint racing, and become one of the most widely-sought out turnkey racers by works teams and privateers alike. In short, the Porsche 956\/962 is the daddy\u2013and with stars in his eyes, Chris Harris had the chance to sample a longtail 962 with the iconic Rothman\u2019s livery &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turnology.com\/news\/video-chris-harris-samples-the-meanest-porsche-962\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=video-chris-harris-samples-the-meanest-porsche-962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This car belongs to the Porsche Museum. It is worth millions of dollars. And they let me spank it at their Weissach test track. Good times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZxC-knQmkM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be said with some confidence that nothing quite defined sports car racing in the eighties as well as the Porsche 956\/962. Its sleek looks made it noticeable, but so did the consistent finishes. As sports car racing was and is known for incredible, near-F1 performances, the incredible build quality is often looked over. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automobile","category-sports-car","category-video-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133008,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133007\/revisions\/133008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}