More than forty years after its first release, the film “The 24 Hours of Le Mans” remains one of the best motor racing films of all time. The opening scene, with engines roaring and tires smoking, is a masterpiece in itself. And who can not get excited seeing the Porsche 917 hurtling through the famous Tertre Rouge curve?
At full speed, at 380 km/h.
Perhaps “The 24 Hours of Le Mans” is so great because Steve McQueen, the “King of Cool,” who was said to look more like a racer than any other driver, drove with such overwhelming passion that, wearing his fireproof suit during he continued, he simply said, “That’s it.”
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