If anyone has perspective on Le Mans, it?s Porsche. The rennwagens from Zuffenhausen have made the trek to the ancient seat of the Plantagenet kings for so long that when they installed the Porsche Curves to slow down the track between Arnage and Maison Blanche in 1972, Porsche could already claim 21 years of history at the circuit. No brand has won overall more times?18 after this year?s bizarre last-lap croak of the leading Toyota?or can boast more consecutive victories. At breakfast before this year?s running, three-time winner Hurley Haywood recounted how he got lost on his first trip in 1977 and slept in his rental car in the parking lot below the Gothic majesty of the Cathédrale Saint-Julien as the Porsche team searched frantically for him. Just one of a million stories. READ MORE ??
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