Website Design - Stuart Rees
|
Le Mans
Le mans 2004 will take place on the weekend of the 12-13th June.
The race contains various different classes of cars, all of which race together on the same circuit at the same time.
The prototype class contains high performance non production cars.
The GT class contains high performance production cars such as Dodge Vipers and Ferrari 550.
|
|
|
Background
In 1923, the Automobile Club of the Sarthe, which had established the first French Grand Prix, decided to organize a race that would test around-the-clock endurance.
The result was the first 24 Hours of Le Mans race, originally called the Grand Prix of Endurance. The first race began at 4 p.m. May 26, 1923, during a tempestuous rainstorm.
Thirty-five cars from 18 different manufacturers entered that race. The winning car covered 2,209 kilometres at an average speed of 92 kilometres per hour - about 57 miles an hour.
|
|
|
