Racing Through Time - Le Mans DVD by DEMAND DVD

Racing Through Time is an exceptional series entailing the sensational beginnings of a much loved global sport. From the grease and glamour, to the danger and thrills, this is an action-packed tour of the world of motor racing, featuring in-depth stories on the legends of motor racing, the high-performance machines, the men behind the wheel, and the circuits that have made history. The very name Le Mans conjures up images of sports cars racing through the night, a giant festival of racing that is not matched anywhere else in the world. Set in the small provincial French market town of Le Mans, "the Grand Prix of endurance" is a race like no other and, unlike any other event in motorsport has truly defined the town in which it is set. At a time when Grand Prix racing was sweeping through Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a different test from the other motorsports of the day. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build the fastest machines, the 24 hours of Le Mans would instead concentrate on the ability of manufacturers to build sporty yet reliable cars that could race across long distances. With the use of exciting archive race footage, interviews and expert commentary, "Racing Through Time - History of Le Mans" traces all the history, the dramas and the great stories from the race's origin in 1923 all the way to Ferrari's dominance in the 1960s, making this DVD a must-have for all fans of motor racing.