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ONE DAY AT A TIME • THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS SURVIVED A WORLD WAR, HORRIFIC ON-TRACK VIOLENCE, AND COUNTLESS POORLY BEHAVED FANS. THIS YEAR WILL BE STRONGER THAN ANY BEFORE.

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LE MANS START • THE FIRST RUNNING OF THE FRENCH CLASSIC WASN’T EVEN A RACE. UNTIL THE FLAG DROPPED.

hybrid warfare • THE BIGGEST, MOST DIVERSE TOP PROTOTYPE CLASS WILL COMPETE AT THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

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THE FILTH AND THE FURY • THE WEIRDEST DRAMA AT LE MANS OFTEN UNFOLDS ON THE UNWASHED SIDE OF THE CATCH FENCE.

LAP DOG • LET THE GREAT DANE TOM KRISTENSEN, THE WINNINGEST DRIVER IN LE MANS HISTORY, TAKE YOU FOR A LAP OF CIRCUIT DE LA SARTHE.

PEAK COMPLEXITY • THE 2012 AUDI R18 E-TRON QUATTRO TOOK LE MANS PROTOTYPES TO GLORIOUS AND UNSUSTAINABLE HEIGHTS.

BRAKE DANCE • IN 1953, THERE WAS NO STOPPIN GBRIGGS CUNNINGHAM’S C - 5 R, THE FASTEST CAR AT LEMANS.

TAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY • WHEN YOUR DAD IS HENRY FORD II AND WORK IS DESTROYING FERRARI.

A CRIME OF PASSION • WINNING LE MANS MIGHT BE THE LEAST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE WHITTINGTON BROTHERS’ PORSCHE 935 K3.

Porsche’s Pantheon of Le Mans Winners

WYRE FIGURE • HOW A STIFF, HUMORLESS MAN AND HIS SMALL TEAM BEAT THE GIANTS OF MOTORSPORT. IT ALL BEGAN THE DAY AFTER HE WAS FIRED.

THE SPECTATOR • DEADLY HISTORY LIVES IN THE MEMORY OF ONE LE MANS FAN.

The Impossible Le Mans • In 1965, with Ford felled and Maranello flailing, privateer Luigi Chinetti delivered what Enzo could not: Ferrari’s last victory at Le Mans.

THE FORGOTTEN LE MANS • A ROLEX (NEARLY) LOST TO HISTORY.

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN • NASCAR IS SENDING A STOCK CAR TO THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, BUT NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

LE MEH • WHY IS TOYOTA’S RECENT DOMINANCE AT LA SARTHE SO UNDERWHELMING?

JAGUR XK • DECONSTRUCTING THE ENGINE THAT DOMINATED LE MANS.

DREAM LAND • JIM GLICKENHAUS’S SCG 007 LE MANS HYPERCAR IS A FANTASY FULFILLED, FOR HIM AND US.