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1981 Porsche 935 JLP-3 IMSA Chassis: JLP-3 The only car to win both the Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours in the same year 1982 IMSA Camel GT Championship winner Five consecutive race winnings and 16 podium finishes in 26 races Professionally restored by Gunnar Racing, with maintenance by Gunnar and Canepa Driven by John Paul Sr. John Paul Jr. and Derek Bell JLP-3 is believed to be the most successful of all Porsche 935 race cars. It is the only car to ever win both the Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours in the same year, 1982. It recorded an unprecedented, seven consecutive First Place finishes from Pocono in September of 1981 through Charlotte in May of 1982. In its career of exactly two years from Sebring 1981 through Daytona 1983, out of a total of twenty-seven races, it recorded nine wins and sixteen podium finishes. Thats a win in every three races entered and a podium in 60% of its races, an astonishing achievement. Its finishes contributed to John Paul Jr.s 1982 Camel GT Championship and his fathers 1982 international Triple Crown of Endurance Championship. The story began when the father and son driving team of John L. Paul Sr. and Jr. turned to Graham Rabbit 
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