“ LE MANS: THE GRAND PRIZE ” 1973 LE MANS GRAND PRIX AUTO RACE JOHN GREENWOOD CORVETTE C3 JC10164

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1973 color film documents the 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans 41st Grand Prix of Endurance, also the eighth round of the 1973 World Championship for Makes. Extended coverage is given to John Greenwood’s Chevrolet Corvette C3, sponsored by BF Goodrich tires, which did not finish the race (TRT: 17:15). Sunrise. Headlights flare on a sportscar racing down a track. Spectators sit and stand on bleachers at the Circuit de la Sarthe for the (0:08). Flashing headlights illuminate “BP” road markers (0:29). A Porsche Carrera RS (#16), a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (#4), and a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 (#6) race toward the camera. A man checks a stopwatch. Waving the checkered flag at the finish line (1:05). Opening titles (1:34). Scenes of celebration at the end of the long race. Race fans rush the track (1:37). A montage of Le Mans history from the 1920s and 1930s. A 1952 newsreel, “24-