Only one American-built car had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race by 1976, the Ford GT40 Mk. II, so many American carmakers ...

One of Martini Racing’s factory Porsche 936s driven by Jacky Ickx and Gijs van Lennep won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976. It was a rough race, one of the hottest on record, and Ickx struggled to keep ...

In 1976, America celebrated its bicentennial to mark 200 years as an independent country — and to do it, we sent a Dodge Charger and a Ford Torino to Le Mans to represent the finest form of motorsport ...

NASCAR and the Le Mans organizers, l’Automobile-Club de l’Ouest, had worked out an agreement to add a two-car class to the endurance classic, and the stock car series founder, William Henry Getty “Big ...

Next June, NASCAR will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time since 1976 with a modified Chevrolet Camaro stock car. After only the second track test, the car’s test driver indicates the ...