Porsche 911 GT2 (Race) (993)

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911 GT2 R (993)

This extraordinary example is one of seven 'Art Cars' driven at Le Mans by Hervé Poulain, the French race car driver who instigated the Art Car program, which included BMWs by Calder, Lichtenstein, and Warhol. This Porsche was the final Art Car entry by Poulain and features artwork by Georges Wolinski entitled 'Naked Lady.' In 1998, the Naked Lady Porsche started 47th on the grid and finished 20th overall and 6 in its class, driven by Poulain, Bric Graham, and Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière.

The original chassis #393085, 1997 Le Mans GT2 winner, was crashed at Oschersleben 1998, it was painted in Speed Yellow and had red livery. So the team got a replacement chassis with number of #0480021 painted in Black for the following 24 Hours of Le Mans. The VIN was moved to the new chassis. The original chassis #303985 was later repaired and still active at events today, so there're two chassis with the same VIN.

This replacement car also had an accident, but not even on track. In 1998 when it was transported in a truck, the truck had an accident and the Porsche crashed inside the container. The dents from that accident were still visible when the car was restored in 2018.