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Le Mans Legend 2007
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Motor Racing Legends has announced the eligible years for Le Mans
Legend 2007, the historic support race to the modern Le Mans 24 Hours.
On the morning of Saturday 16th June 2007, a few hours before the start
of the world’s greatest endurance race, a grid of 61 Le Mans cars from
1956 to 1968 will take to the famous La Sarthe circuit for a one-hour,
two-driver support race. “The period we have chosen for the 2007 Le Mans Legend race covers
the great ‘Ferrari era’ at Le Mans,” says Motor Racing Legends Chairman,
Duncan Wiltshire, “and leads to the emergence of the Ford GT40 and
Ford’s eventual domination of the 24 Hours. To many, the Ford vs Ferrari
battles of the 1960s encapsulate the very essence of Le Mans history.
But by taking the eligible years back to 1956, we will also cover the
two Ecurie Ecosse wins in Jaguar D-types; followed by Ferrari’s
incredible string of victories from 1958 to 1965, broken only by Aston
Martin’s win in 1959 with its fabulous DBR1. “The chosen era is also the time of the Aston Martin DB4 GT and
Project cars; of the Lightweight E-types, not to mention an immense
variety of Porsches; plus MGA and MGB; Maserati Birdcage and AC Cobra;
Triumphs and Lotuses; Austin-Healey Sprite and Morgan; and a wealth of
other intriguing models from the Alfa Romeo T33 to Alpine A210 Renault,
Bizzarrini, Morgan and Abarth. In short, we are highly excited at the
prospect of revisiting so many historic battles at this year’s 24 Hours
of Le Mans weekend.” The Le Mans Legend race is run by Motor Racing Legends in partnership
with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and is for actual cars which ran at
Le Mans and (genuine) cars of the same specification. This historic
support race to the Le Mans 24 Hours is run on the full 8.5-mile circuit
and starts with the traditional ‘ear of corn’ formation, in which
drivers run across the track to their cars. It has become a vital part
of the Le Mans experience and is tremendously popular with the 230,000
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