Longtails: How the Mulsanne Straight Inspired Some of the Wildest Le Mans Race Cars
The longest straightaway of the Circuit de la Sarthe prompted engineers to build some beautiful ways to conquer it.
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Porsche 911 GT1 on Ice Proves Le Mans Winners Can Go Sideways, Too
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The Rarest Nissan Road Car Ever Built
Even its race-car siblings are hard to come by, as there are only eight of them. Created in a hurry to tackle the 1997 Le Mans, the R390 GT1 had a little-known road-legal version built to comply ...
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1998 Panoz Q9: A hybrid race car ahead of its time
Later that year, Panoz entered the car, which was nicknamed "Sparky," again for the first running of the Petit Le Mans where it qualified and finished second in GT1 behind a Porsche 911 GT1.
Jerry Seinfeld Turned Down $25 Million for Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ Porsche 917K
The Porsche 917K from the movie "Le Mans" almost sold for $25 million this past weekend but its owner, Jerry Seinfeld" turned ...
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Report: GT1 class to be eliminated from next year's Le Mans
Amidst all the hubbub surrounding this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, race organizers ACO have announced that the current GT1 class would be integrated into a new GT2 category for next year.
Car of the Week: This Le Mans–Raced 1959 Ferrari Could Fetch $14 Million at Auction
This Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, a winner in motorsport and on the concours circuit, will be sold through Broad ...
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WTR Hopeful of Le Mans Invite With One Cadillac
Wayne Taylor Racing is hopeful of securing an invite to this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with one of its Cadillac V-Series.R ...
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McLaren confirms Le Mans return for 2024
The culmination of that process was the F1 GTR Long Tail, which competed in GT1 sports car racing – winning its class at Le Mans in 1997 by 29 laps – until the category's demise in 1998.