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1984 🇫🇷 Since the Porsche works team boycotted Le Mans due to the new FISA regulations, the race was left wide open between Lancia and number of Porsche customer teams. Porsche proved to be victorious anyway - the top 9 consisted of eight 956s and just 1 Lancia LC2 🏁

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Presenting a collection of some of the most notorious cars ever made in automotive history. It's astonishing how these vehicles turned out so poorly, but even more surprising is how long they managed to stay on the market.

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This year's marks the 44th anniversary of film star Paul Newman only Le Mans entry in which he finished second overall - but it could have been a victory... 😎
read more here motorsport.com/lemans/news/ho…

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Back in the good old days of racing a shovel was an essential equipment for drivers competing in the , as Brian Muir demonstrates working to dig out his beached Ford GT40 🏁 1968

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The Twin Torpedo at , 1955 🏁
Driver on one side, engine the other, barely anything in between, except for a giant radiator. With the Bisiluro 750 looking like two torpedo tubes - as the name suggests - Nardi was aiming for low drag and ideal weight distribution. DNF

The Twin Torpedo at #LeMans24, 1955 🏁
Driver on one side, engine the other, barely anything in between, except for a giant radiator. With the Bisiluro 750 looking like two torpedo tubes - as the name suggests - Nardi was aiming for low drag and ideal weight distribution. DNF
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Two adults and a child run for their lives after their vehicle was stuck on railroad moments before train crash

Explore our scariest car crashes now 👉 bit.ly/3B7WzPZ

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2/2 My previous post. Jacky Ickx famously 'walked' across the track at the Start of the 1969 Le Mans 24 as a protest to the traditional 'running ' Le Mans Start. He went on to win with Jackie Oliver for John Wyer Automobiles Inc.

2/2 My previous #SundayDrive post. Jacky Ickx famously 'walked' across the track at the Start of the 1969 Le Mans 24 as a protest to the traditional 'running ' Le Mans Start. He went on to win with Jackie Oliver for John Wyer Automobiles Inc. #LeMans
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è una delle esperienze piu eccitanti che si possano fare, stare li in strada a 90° sull'auto in attesa che il primo automobilista curioso venga farti visita e farsi infilare cosi in strada da un perfetto sconosciuto 😮😋🚗🐷

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Being pulled over is a stressful situation; it's a police officer's way of saying 'hey we saw you do something wrong and we're going to talk to you about it!' Police officers came up with a trick to help themselves as they approach any car that is pulled over.

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Back in 1953 two very drunk Jaguar drivers who were in no fit state to drive a road car won the 🏁 The pair - Tony Rolt & Duncan Hamilton - went ecstatic and proceeded to celebrate in the same way they did before the race started 🍾

Back in 1953 two very drunk Jaguar drivers who were in no fit state to drive a road car won the #LeMans24 🏁 The pair - Tony Rolt & Duncan Hamilton - went ecstatic and proceeded to celebrate in the same way they did before the race started 🍾 #Caturday
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Happy B-day to the Flying Scot! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 All-round racing driver, one of the famous Three Musketeers, 3 times F1 World Champion, a great advocate and campaigner for the safety of motor racing, Sir John Young 'Jackie' Stewart OBE born 84 yrs ago 🎂
📸Chris Smith

Happy B-day to the Flying Scot! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 All-round racing driver, one of the famous #F1 Three Musketeers, 3 times F1 World Champion, a great advocate and campaigner for the safety of motor racing, Sir John Young 'Jackie' Stewart OBE born 84 yrs ago #OTD 🎂 #StewartSunday
📸Chris Smith
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GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA 🇪🇸 1951
Spain joined the international calendar in the early 1950s. won his first world championship at the event in an Alfa Romeo 159 while he took advantage of Ferrari's tire problems.
🎥Shell Film

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Back in 1963, a prototype gas turbine-powered racing car - RoverBRM - ran at the with the race number '00' as an experimental car; Graham Hill and Richie Ginther drove in the race. As the only car in its class it was unplaced, although it finished 7th 🏁
🎥British Pathe

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