Le Mans 24 Hours: The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Motor Race

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Foreward by five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell. This book is a comprehensive history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most prestigious sports car race. You'll read virtual lap-by-lap accounts of each year's race, from the premiere in 1923 through 2001. Learn about the drivers and teams that battled through night and day, and see never-before-published photos of race action that capture the spirit of the event.

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Le Mans Porsche

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No other marque comes close to the achievements of the Porsche in the gruelling 24-hour race at Le Mans. In this photographic record of their history, the author provides a fact-filled overview of the race itself and the part played by the Porsches over the years including many that have crossed the Atlantic and found berths in American collections.

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Le Mans: The Porsche & Jaguar Years: 1983-1991 (Racing Series)

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Le Mans: The Porsche & Jaguar Years: 1983-1991 (Racing Series) Feature

This is the sixth Le Mans title in the series & brings the story of these epic races up into the '90s. Contemporary LeMans race reports from leading British and American journals cover the great Porsche, Jaguar, Sauber/Mercedes and Mazda wins between 1983 and 1991.

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Porsche 917: Zuffenhausen's Le Mans and Can-Am Champion (Ludvigsen Library Series)

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Porsche 917: Zuffenhausen's Le Mans and Can-Am Champion (Ludvigsen Library Series) Feature

After knocking on the door for decades, Germany's Porsche finally stepped into the big time of international auto racing with its Type 917 in 1969. Its phenomenal air-cooled flat-12 engine powered the 917 to 15 wins in world sports-car championship races from 1969 to 1971, after which it was outlawed by a rules change. Included were two wins at Le Mans in 1970 and '71. First built in a series of 25 coupes that Volkswagen chief Ferdinand Piech called the biggest risk he's ever taken in business, the 917 was raced in both short- and long-tailed forms, pumping out 630 bhp by 1971. It went on to even greater glory in turbocharged roadster form in Can-Am racing as the 917/10, series champion in 1972. In '73 the incredible 1,000-horsepower 917/30 Porsche dominated the Can-Am series in the hands of Mark Donohue, who called it "the perfect racing car". The 917 stands proud in Porsche's history as the costly and daring machine that decisively ended the company's underdog status in international motor sport.

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