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The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 43rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14 and 15 June 1975. Colloquially called the “Le Mans Economy Run”, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] stringent refuelling regulations were put in place.
The Chevy-built 250 straight-six was now standard on all Le Mans and Grand Le Mans sedans and coupes along with the Le Mans Sport Coupe with V8 options including a new "Oldsmobile-built" 260 V8 and Pontiac V8s of 350 and 400 cubic inches with two- or four-barrel carburetion (400 four-barrel still standard on all Safari wagons), along with the ...
Tom Kristensen has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times, more than any other driver.. The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and held on the Circuit de la Sarthe race track close to the city of Le Mans, the capital of the French department of Sarthe.
The Sauber C5 is a Group 6 prototype racing car, designed, developed and built by the Swiss Sauber team, specifically made to compete in the 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is powered by a naturally aspirated 300 hp (220 kW) BMW M12 four-cylinder engine. It scored 15 race wins, 31 podiums, clinched 1 pole position ...
1969, 1975–1977, 1981–1982 3 Derek Bell: 5 1975, 1981–1982, 1986–1987 Frank Biela: 2000–2002, 2006–2007 Emanuele Pirro: 2000–2002, 2006–2007 6 Olivier Gendebien: 4 1958, 1960–1962 Henri Pescarolo: 1972–1974, 1984 Yannick Dalmas: 1992, 1994–1995, 1999 Sebastien Buemi: 2018–2020, 2022 9 Woolf Barnato: 3 1928–1930 Luigi ...
Chevrolet Bel Air (1953–1975) Chevrolet Corvette C1 (1953–1962) Chevrolet Townsman ... Pontiac LeMans (1964-1967) Pontiac Tempest (1964-1967) Rambler American ...
Prior to 1984, Chevrolet naturally aspirated V8s and Buick turbocharged V6s were popular engines in the GTP class for privateer teams. General Motors (GM) saw the opportunity to enter the IMSA GT Championship for themselves in the 1984 season in competing against Jaguar, Porsche, Nissan and Mazda, but more importantly to expand and explore the limits of the V8 and V6 engine programs.
This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. [ 1 ] Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including David Hockney , Jenny Holzer , Roy Lichtenstein , Robert Rauschenberg , Frank Stella , and Andy Warhol .