Group 6 (motorsport)

Nor did it have a maximum engine capacity limit although there were weight, dimensional and other restrictions placed on the Group 6 cars.

For 1969 the FIA relaxed a number of Group 6 regulations relating to weight, spare wheel, windscreen height and luggage space requirements.

In 1976, the FIA reintroduced the Group 6 classification, now officially called “Two- Seater Racing Cars”.

[5] From 1979 the FIA decreed that Group 6 cars could compete in the World Championship of Makes qualifying rounds but continued to allow only production-based cars to score championship points for their manufacturer.

[8] For the 1982 World Endurance Championship, the engine capacity maximum for Group 6 cars was set at 3000cc.

Porsche won the 1969 International Championship for Makes with the Group 6 Porsche 908
Porsche won the 1976 World Sportscar Championship with the Group 6 Porsche 936 . The type also won the Le Mans 24 Hour in 1976, '77 & '81 and was runner up in '78 & '80