" The Le Mans 24 - Hour Race "
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:52994865 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
| Year: 1963 |
Interesting entry dedicated to the unique, Grand Prix, penultimate, often perilous endurance racing test; the Le Mans 24-Hour Race of France. The book covers the history and details of the event from it's inception in 1923 through the first 40 yrs of its existence to 1963. The organization, after an ample introduction consists of a year-by-year breakdown of the race and its results. Black & white photographs on nearly every page depict the course, cars and participants across the 4...0-yr history. Even crash photos are included as part of the deadly drama that can and has unfolded over time, even as the event has implemented constant safety improvements to it's 8+ mile per lap course. A complete index of every driver participant in Le Mans is listed at the back. Also here are complete results tables, times and speeds of all races, the total breakdown. A concise guide and overview of a unique racing event. In 1966, famous Hollywood Director John Frankenheimer would direct a major film about the race, starring James Garner; "Grand Prix". It was a daring and difficult project and successful box office film and features driver's perspective footage, of the actual course, and exciting capture, sound-recordings of the high-performance engines involved as part of the on location shoot. This title becoming scarce...
