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Porsche 917/10 Team Penske #7 G. Follmer Can-Am Series Champion 1972 Minichamps 1:18

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Porsche 917/10 Team Penske #7 G. Follmer Can-Am Series Champion 1972 Minichamps 1:18 155726507 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces George Follmer's Team Penske #7 car, champion of the 1972 Can-Am series after Mark Donohue's mid-season injury opened the seat. Diecast construction brings genuine weight and opening features to this turbocharged American road-racing champion.
Porsche 917/10 Team Penske #7 G. Follmer Can-Am Series Champion 1972 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Porsche
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155726507
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About the Porsche 917/10 Team Penske #7 G. Follmer Can-Am Series Champion 1972 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 917/10 reproduces George Follmer's Team Penske #7 car, champion of the 1972 Can-Am series after Mark Donohue's testing injury opened the seat mid-season. Diecast construction gives this turbocharged Penske racer real weight and opening features, documenting one of American road racing's most dominant campaigns.

Roger Penske built his Can-Am program around Mark Donohue, but a serious testing accident sidelined Donohue for most of 1972, and it was George Follmer, stepping into the Team Penske seat, who carried the 917/10 to the series championship instead.

Diecast Weight Behind a Championship Car

Minichamps casts this 917/10 in zinc alloy diecast, and the density in hand reflects a car built to handle serious turbocharged power. The engine cover lifts to expose the flat-12 layout underneath, a feature diecast construction manages more naturally than a sealed resin equivalent, and Penske's blue-and-yellow Sunoco livery, along with Follmer's racing number, is applied through crisp tampo printing that keeps the scheme sharp at 1:18.

Follmer's Unplanned Championship Season

Donohue's absence could have derailed Penske's title defense, but Follmer, already an experienced racer in his own right, adapted quickly enough to win the 1972 Can-Am championship in a car and program built around someone else. Penske's operation was among the best-funded and most professionally run in American road racing at the time, and that infrastructure, combined with Porsche's factory-derived turbo power, made the 917/10 close to unbeatable across the series that season.

Displayed among other Can-Am liveries, this Follmer championship car represents one of the more unusual title stories in the series, a driver who won the season nobody expected him to start.

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