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Motor Sport magazine extract, June 20, 2019 / page 4
Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans is currently on sale in the Motor Sport shop About the book
Taking in 26 years of research and interviews by historian and author Tim Considine, Twice Around the Clock: The Yanks at Le Mans is a three-volume set that tells the history of more than 320 American drivers and the US cars that have competed at Le Mans.
It covers the period from the first race in 1923 to the present day, telling of heroism, courage and cunning in the voices of the drivers, mechanics, owners and witnesses of the time.
The volumes uncover previously-unseen pictures among 900 images, as well as scores of untold stories, which add humanity – and a fair bit of profanity – to history. They include tales of a team-member sneaking in to cars to race stints for tired drivers; of after-dark and unauthorised adjustments to cars; and of drivers cheating eyesight tests so that they were able to race.
In addition to the narrative, the book includes statistical records for every American driver, car and engine that has competed at Le Mans.
