24 Hours of Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Mans Le Mans in France.

Racers

Racer	Number	Country
Shu Todoroki	7
Carla Veloso	8
Otto von Fassenbottom	8	Germany
Nigel Gearsley	9	United Kingdom
Jeff Gorvette	24	United States
Racer 74	74	Italy
David Hobbscap		United Kingdom
Marlena Wolfsburg		Germany

Trivia

• During the time of Cars 2, Jeff and Nigel's models raced at Le Mans in real life, as the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R and the Aston Martin DBR9 competed in the GT1 class for the race.
• Carla Veloso participates in a subdivision of the series known as the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), given that her bios state that she competes in 24-hour endurance races held in Europe.
• The race itself is fully referenced by name in the book, Mater in Paris.
• Marlena Wolfsburg was a Le Mans racer who appeared in the early version of the World Grand Prix in the original story of Cars 2.
• In Cars: Mater-National Championship, it is referred to as Le Cars. In Mach Matsuo's Meet the Cars and Neon Racers character description, it is referred to as Le Motor.
• The real-life people David Hobbs, Mario Andretti, Fernando Alonso, Vitaly Petrov, and Memo Rojas Jr. have all competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

External links

• Wikipedia

See also

• Le Cars
• Le Motor Prototype