车辆背景

Acquired new by Richard “Dickie” Stoop, a prominent English racer and flight lieutenant, chassis 904-045 was the first Porsche Carrera GTS to make it to the British Isles. It is held to be the only 904 finished in this particular shade of “Irish green”.

在为弗雷泽·纳什车队参赛之前，迪基·斯托普已是颇具声望的业余赛车手。早在1948年，他就曾在每日快报银石赛中获得第八名。1959年，他在布劳预赛中夺得亚军，五月份又在古德伍德赛中斩获第四名。 此后二十年间，他驾驶过众多品牌赛车，但始终对弗雷泽·纳什保持忠诚。其职业生涯的巅峰时刻包括：1950年勒芒24小时耐力赛中斩获总成绩第九名及组别亚军，继而在1958年勒芒赛事中夺得2升组别冠军并取得总成绩第八名。

斯托普驾驶904-045赛车参赛约一年。1964年5月2日，该车在银石国际赛道首次亮相英国赛场，最终获得第16名。 一个月后，它在罗斯菲尔德爬坡赛中获得第15名，随后于7月11日在布兰兹哈奇赛道取得第8名。八天后，在斯内特顿举行的斯科特-布朗纪念赛中，斯托普驾驶编号71的904-045赛车斩获组别冠军及总成绩第五名。 8月1日，他在纽博格林DARM GT赛事中斩获第四名，8月29日又在古德伍德旅游杯赛中夺得亚军，职业生涯高光时刻持续闪耀。斯托普驾驶904的赛季于9月26日在斯内特顿画上句点，这辆战车最终以第六名的成绩轰鸣冲线。

Dickie Stoop retained the car until his tragic death behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 S in 1968. Chassis 904-045 was sold to noted American Porsche collector John Wean. He possessed the car well into the 1990s, when it joined the stable of Australian historic racer Peter Harburg. After owning the Porsche for 17 years, he sold it at RM Auctions for €1,288,000 in February of 2014. The car joined a British stable and has been comprehensively restored for racing.

During WWII, Lieutenant Dickie Stoop was stationed at RAF Westhampnett, which is now Goodwood. After the current owner decided to return to Goodwood and race the ex-Dickie Stoop Porsche 904 GTS at its 76th Members’ Meeting in 2018, Maxted-Page was commissioned to move the original 4-cam Type 587/3 engine to the chassis side rails and put in place a newly-built 6-cylinder twin plug racing engine with the specs of a Type 901/20. The 904 was then issued an official paper allowing the car to be presented in either engine configuration for any FIA competition. CMC replica, however, will adhere to the 4-cam outlay.

CMC 车辆即为2018年古德伍德复兴TT赛事中亮相的原貌。