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Porsche Crest Why no turbo's?

I was just wondering why the majority of Porsche racecars in URY914's Random 911 Pictures thread most of the cars are normally aspirrated and very few of the cars appear to have turbo engines.

997 cup N/A:


996 turbo body:


Is there a specific reason that Porsche does not use many turbo engines to race presently? And I know that the 935 was a turbo setup. bi-turbo, too? With such an amazing car and huge amounts of horsepower why the switch to N/A? Is turbo lag the main reason or also the 'lump' of power turbo engines deliver compared to a more linear N/A engine?
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