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'''American Le Mans Series''' A Porsche factory driver who competes in the American Le Mans series with a GT3 Porsche.

...the [[FIA GT Championship]] that year. In 1998, he joined the brand new Le Mans program of BMW Motorsports. In 1999, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours together with [[Yannick Dalmas]] and [[Joachim Winkelhock]] drivin

Returning to sports cars, he won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] race in 1994, sharing the "road-going" [[Dauer]] (a modified [[P ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])

| Video || '''Tribute to Nino Vaccarella a living legend of the [[Targa Florio]]''' After winning the [[1964 24 Hours of Le Mans]], the former headmaster of a nearby school became the local hero of the [[

...race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]]. ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics''

...y]]. Just prior to entering Formula One, he won the [[1963 24 Hours of Le Mans]] for [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Immediately after he debuted in [[Gran ...ri. Partnered with Bandini, Scarfioti was victorious in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1963. Their factory Ferrari achieved an average speed of 117.99 mil

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...prototype classes. Another series based on Le Mans began in 2004, the [[Le Mans Endurance Series]], which included four 1000 km races at tracks in Europe.

...ed autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance. ...prototype classes. Another series based on Le Mans began in 2004, the [[Le Mans Endurance Series]], which included four 1000 km races at tracks in Europe.

...the championship, this time behind [[Geoff Lees]]. The 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans started at 15h00 - one hour earlier than usual due to the general elections ...[24 Hours of Daytona]] in 1997. After a crash at [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in 1999 he retired from racing altogether.

...autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine ''[[Le Petit Journal]]'', a reliability test to determine best performance. ...ically feature many more cars and much closer competition than American Le Mans.

He left Alfa in 1957 and went to Ferrari. A legend says that Bizzarrini arrived at [[Maranello]] to an interview with Enzo Fer ...ened to Lamborghini and then suddenly threw Lamborghini out of his office. Legend said Ferrari was not very happy hearing a farming engineer giving him lesso

...inting year for Cévert was his second place finish at the [[24 hours of Le Mans]], driving a [[Matra]]-Simca 670 with [[New Zealand]]'s Howden Ganley. *[http://www.f1-legend.com/histoire/pilotes/pil_cevert.htm F1 Legend]

...ula One World Championship]], as well as winning the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [ ...Champ Car|IndyCar]] series. He took his final major victories, the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours and 2001 Sebring 12 Hours, with [[Germany|German]] manufacturers [

! colspan=1 | Le Mans Years || 24hLM 1963 – 24hLM 1965, 24hLM 1967 Surtees arrived at the [[1966 24 Hours of Le Mans]] expecting to be partnered with [[Mike Parkes]], instead Ferrari team mana

...ost dominant chassis in modern times at the 24 Hours and the [[American Le Mans Series]]. ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position)

...irst [[RAC Tourist Trophy]] (he won one more time in 1933). According to a legend, when one of the drivers broke the window of a butchery, Nuvolari, when pas ...was not simply a racing driver. To Italy he became an idol, a demi-god, a legend, epitomising all that young Italy aspired to be; the man who 'did the impos

...ng in GTs, [[FIA Sportscar Championship|FIA Sportscar]], and [[American Le Mans Series|ALMS]]. ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])

...r)|Audi R8]], the same car he was supposed to race at the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] if it had not ran out of fuel already after the first hour. He raced in f ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])

Legend has it that Ascari was a very superstitious man and would always insist on ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; Races in ''italics''

...he race organisiation and its history is contained in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] article. [[image:autosportlemans.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''[[1952 24 Hours of Le Mans]] race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine''']]

====Le Mans==== ...%20Mans/1966.htm | accessdate=2007-06-15 }}</ref> In [[1967 24 Hours of Le Mans|1967]] his front brake locked, causing him to crash his [[Holman Moody]] [[

...£10,000 to take part in Le Mans. Chapman believed that by entering the Le Mans race, Mansell was exposing himself to unnecessary risk and paid him £10,00 ...ns]] series, possibly commencing as soon as October 2008 in the [[Petit Le Mans]] event, although neither driver was in the final field.

| [[1993 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 Hours GT Class]] ([[Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics''

...ave the young Austrian [[Jo Gartner]] (the man who died tragically at [[Le Mans]] in 1986) his one and only chance to drive a Formula One car in [[1984]]. ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in bold indicate '''pole position''')

...g teams including [[World Series by Renault]] and [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] entrant [[Epsilon Euskadi]], Dave Richards' highly successful [[Prodrive] ...ng drive, he signed up to take part in the [[2010 Le Mans Series season|Le Mans Series]].

...e]]&nbsp;— generally used by men upon seeing an extremely beautiful woman. Legend has it that [[Nuccio Bertone]] uttered the word in surprise upon first layi ...FIA GT Championship]], the [[Super GT]] Championship and the [[American Le Mans Series]] in 2004. The car's highest placing in any race that year was the o

...dominance went on with the light 4-cylinder powered 500s, bringing Italian legend Alberto Ascari his two championships in the [[1952 Formula One season|1952] ...tor. The company would not return to Formula One for forty years. After Le Mans, three of the year's remaining Grands Prix were cancelled.

The 8C 2300 won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] from 1931 to 1934, with Alfa Romeo withdrawing from racing in 19 ...lia [http://www.alfaclubdc.com/suprflm3.jpg], one of the dozens about this legend, is taken from a movie and not at Spanish Steps).

...([[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] pioneered disc brakes at [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] in 1953)'' ** First digital navigation system - 1990 [[Acura Legend]]

| [[Team Le Mans]] ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics''