Corvette at Le Mans

At a time when Grand Prix racing was occurring throughout Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a different test from motorsports at the time. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build the fastest machines of the time, the 24 Hours of Le Mans would instead concentrate on the ability of manufacturers to build sporty yet reliable cars. This would drive innovation in not only reliable but also fuel-efficient vehicles, since the nature of endurance racing requires as little time to be spent in the pits as possible.

At the same time, due to the design of Le Mans, a drive would be created for better aerodynamics and stability of cars at high speeds. While this was shared with Grand Prix racing, few tracks in Europe featured straights the length of the Mulsanne. The fact that the road is public and therefore not maintained to the same quality as some permanent racing circuits also puts more of a strain on parts, causing more emphasis on reliability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Le
• Mans
• france
• 24
• hour
• race
• corvette
• history
• classic
• cars
• endurance
• racing

[375GTB]

We need to change the aspect ratio of the screen

Everything is stretched out too wide..

Videos of Sebring 1960 - 1961 have the same issue.

Not something we can do from this side of the screen

[rigd49]

Chevrolet Corvette raced to 8th place at Le Mans 1960 by John Fitch - Bob Grossman. A fine Top Gold model.