
Porsche 956K #10 J. Mass Porsche Racing Winner 200 Miles of Nürnberg 1982 Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 155826610
- Year
- 1982
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Prototype Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group C Legends
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138131323
About the Porsche 956K #10 J. Mass Porsche Racing Winner 200 Miles of Nürnberg 1982 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 956K reproduces Jochen Mass's #10 factory Porsche car, winner of the 200 Miles of Nürnberg in 1982, the 956's debut season. It documents the opening chapter of a platform that would go on to dominate Group C endurance racing for years afterward.
Debut-season race winners carry a particular weight in motorsport collecting, marking the moment a new platform announces exactly how good it is about to become.
Jochen Mass, the Factory Team, and the 956's Arrival
Jochen Mass was a well-established sports car and Formula 1 driver by 1982, and his role in Porsche's factory Group C effort put him behind the wheel during the 956's introductory season, the year the car began proving the platform's dominance that would carry through much of the decade. The 956K designation refers to the short-tail configuration, better suited to tighter circuits than the long-tail cars built specifically for Le Mans' high-speed sections. A win at Nürnberg, a shorter-distance sprint event compared to the sport's marquee 24-hour races, demonstrated the 956's competitiveness across different race formats, not just at the endurance classics that made it famous.
Minichamps' Diecast Craft for a Debut-Season Winner
Minichamps renders the 956K's low, purposeful prototype shape with the same motorsport diecast approach applied across its Group C catalog, tampo-printed Porsche factory livery and sponsor graphics kept crisp at close inspection, and a metal body giving the model genuine heft that suits its status as a factory-team subject. The short-tail proportions differ visibly from the elongated 956L variants, a useful point of comparison for a collector assembling multiple 956 configurations side by side. As a winning car from the platform's very first season, this piece carries more historical weight than a routine later-season entry, worth prioritizing for anyone building a serious Group C or Porsche factory-team display.















