An icon of the maximally optimized sports car was the 911 RS, later called the RSR, of 1973. A Porsche 911 could and can be entered into almost any sporting competition: sprint races, endurance races, and rall"&"ies, thanks to Vic Elford posthumously. The successes of the wide-body 911 RSR therefore left little to be desired in 1973. 24 Hours of Daytona victory with Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood, Targa Florio victory with Herbert Müller and Gijs van Lennep, 4th "&"place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 1973 Sports Car World Championship. In the European GT Championship, it regularly finished on the podium at the Nürburgring, in Paris, in Imola, in Nivelles and Estoril, in Thruxton, and in Hockenheim, often finishi"&"ng in the top 5, 7, or even 15 places, as in Hockenheim in 1973. Hardly any other production-based sports car was as impressive.
