Porsche unveiled its new Group 5 contender at the 1,000-kilometer race at Nurburgring at the end of May 1976. While Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti qualified on the pole, the car did not finish after a distributor rotor broke nine laps into the race. Porsche Archiv
Porsche was first on the track with FIA rules–compliant Group 5 cars. Derived from the production 930, this first-generation 935 weighed 2,138 pounds and its 2,856cc turbocharged engine developed 590 horsepower. Porsche Archiv