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David Ruff Piper (born 2 December 1930) [1] is a British former Formula One and sports car racing driver from England. He participated in 3 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 July 1959.
The 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged on 13 and 14 June 1970 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. It was the eighth race of the 1970 International Championship for Makes and was the 38th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race was contested by Group 4 Special GT cars, Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 6 Prototypes.
The 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 14 and 15 June 1969. It was the 37th Grand Prix of Endurance and was the eighth round of the 1969 International Championship for Makes. The race was open to Group 6 Prototype Sports Cars, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars.
After the success of Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair, McQueen sought to pursue his dream of creating a film about his passion: race-car driving. The result, Le Mans , was a box-office flop. McQueen, who did many of his own motorcycle and car driving stunts, drove a Porsche with a broken left foot to finish second at 12 Hours of Sebring . [ 2 ]
Racing Team: Gijs van Lennep Dr. Helmut Marko: Porsche 917K Porsche 4.9L F12 F: 397 2 S 5.0 19 JW Automotive Engineering: Richard Attwood Herbert Müller: Porsche 917K Porsche 4.9L F12 F: 395 3 S 5.0 12 North American Racing Team: Sam Posey Tony Adamowicz: Ferrari 512M Ferrari 5.0L V12 G: 366 4 S 5.0 16 David Piper Autorace D. Weir (private ...
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Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt, driving a Ford Mk IV, won the race after leading from the second hour, becoming the first and as of 2025 the only all-American victors (car, team, and drivers) of the race. Ferrari were second and third, and these top-three cars all broke the 5000 km mark in total distance covered for the first time.
Le Mans History – Le Mans History, hour-by-hour (incl. pictures, YouTube links). Retrieved 2 February 2018; Sportscars.tv – race commentary. Retrieved 14 December 2017; World Sports Racing Prototypes – results, reserve entries & chassis numbers. Retrieved 2 February 2018; Team Dan – results & reserve entries, explaining driver listings ...