CBS News Magazine "48 Hours" on Le Mans, 1988.

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9 жыл бұрын

As much as I loved IMSA GTP, I had always considered it the 'love child' of Group C and the constraints (SELL COMMERCIALS!!!, and KEEP IT SHORT) upon motor racing required by American television. Was home one night channel-surfing, saw this thing, and hit "record" on the VCR. Hey, at least they picked the right year to do it!
It's full of the usual MSM nonsense when non-racers talk about racing..but IMO quite a few bits of reality about our sport survived the process. And I could swear that whoever edited the video had seen Steve McQueen's movie.

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@fueldragster 9 жыл бұрын

I love the guy shoving the other guy out of the way in the first Jag pit stop...the old Le Mans pit lane was insanely narrow!

@nathanrichmondhoag1021 4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe this was on regular TV! I don't remember it being broadcast back then and I was following anything racing. I think it honestly does a pretty good job at showing the race too, for someone who doesn't know racing at all to even for die hards like us.

@diddleysquat6644 3 жыл бұрын

They showed the start on grandstand on BBC1, such was the interest in the jag, glory days for Le Mans

@carrerasandcarcanchitas185 7 ай бұрын

I remember this being broadcast. I want to say it was Sunday night. I had an RC12L road car with the xkr-9 body and silk cut decals that I raced. Thought I was Davy Jones.

@DrColoso 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P dear John, you was a bad ass driver, and a fighter, I hope God puts you in the place that you belong, with the greatest.

@ryansoucyracing 3 жыл бұрын

Michael Andretti is the original Ricky Bobby: "2nd is first loser!" Wow, ahead of his time!!

@RalphColmar 6 жыл бұрын

It was a privilege to be at this fabulous race even though I am not a Jaguar fan ;-)

@johndeere1951a 8 ай бұрын

Classic '80 action, sights, cars, drivers, VHS, hair, fashion. Leslie Stahl's imitation of the actress Eva Marie Saint the American reporter in 1966 movie Grand Prix. Marvelous 🎙️📸🎬🎦🇺🇲✌️👍🏁

@Kamofy 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for upping this to YT. Memories!

@suntoritime 9 жыл бұрын

Great upload, as usual! I feel the exact same way about IMSA GTP...

@DC322 8 жыл бұрын

I watched it and it was cool. I'm a fan of the Porsche 956 and 962C

@daytonaeagle 3 жыл бұрын

Man I totally remember watching this when it was broadcast

@htrspsupra2102 10 ай бұрын

I remember watching races like this many others back then in person. IMSA GTP and Group C is still by far the very best time to be a race fan. I'll pass on the modern era.

@blade0954 6 жыл бұрын

my first visit to le mans epic race

@lracim1963 8 жыл бұрын

Very good! Thanks man!

@oldsccaguyyah9901 8 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I think the reason I kept it was that I actually work in TV, and how folks in MSM treat our sport kind of fascinates me. Even back then, there was an 'alternative media' for motorsport. Mostly cable TV coverage of the races, and magazines & 'newspapers like Autoweek, On Track, and National Speed Sport News.

@lracim1963 8 жыл бұрын

oldSCCAguy yah Definetly it is. Im an old sportscars"geek" and i only regreat how hard it is to find more Le Mans racing videos, mainly from the 80s. The 962 series were kings of their time even in the US IMSA series.

@pascalfarful952 8 жыл бұрын

Duke Video take a lot of Le Mans stuff down, often stuff they don't even own, like the ESPN broadcasts of the races. I had the 1991 ESPN coverage of Le Mans and Duke took it down even though they didn't even own ESPN...

@void308 7 жыл бұрын

+Pascal Farful I presume this Duke video thing is a publisher of sorts, related to motorsport?

@terryrault6449 2 жыл бұрын

Du bon vieux temps.ma jeunesse je n.est jamais oublié les 24h du mans auto. C était la fête. Et aujourd.hui encore je l,es suis avec du bonheur.bravo félicitation.je suis du mans.un sarthois passionné de l,endurance.bye.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💝💝💝💝💝💝👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Andretti for years wasn't respected the way his father was he was considered a dangerous irresponsible driver. I haven't kept up with his career but people who walk around with oppinions like that are nearly always Jackals of Mediocrity. Not wisened warriors .

@eugenemusumba4171 3 жыл бұрын

fashion coordinator in an endurance race? 😂

@mgrzx3367 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You for this upload. I remember this race. You should change Your channel's name to ForeverYoungSCCAguy. Thank You so much.

@andrewgillis8572 7 жыл бұрын

wow - wonder if Leslie Stahl got an interview with James Weaver

@the.flat.six. 4 жыл бұрын

Porsche from 1st to 12th place.

@peterschoen7409 5 ай бұрын

Ssssssss according Derek Bell they nearly could have won in 1988 but slight fuel mileage problem. It had to do with the other driver can't remember his name Porsche not Jaguar.

@dizzydolly722 5 ай бұрын

Klaus Ludwig.

@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын

Leslie Stahl was still kinda a babe.

@deggis4 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've been trying to find this for some time... This was upped here on KZfaq some years ago but it vanished. Is there something missing from the beginning? I remember there was a classic 80s music intro. :D And the original name was "48 Hours on the Fast Track"?

@oldsccaguyyah9901 9 жыл бұрын

deggis4, Entirely possible that I missed the earlier versions before I posted it up. I was a young guy back then, and just stumbled across it while playing with the remote one night, and was surprised that a major network in my country was actually paying attention to my sport. This is another copy of the actual source vid, not something that a previous uploader had done with the old footage.

@deggis4 9 жыл бұрын

oldSCCAguy yah I know/understand. But I'm sure the earlier different upload had an intro so at least that is missing from the beginning.

@geoffreybrown4536 9 жыл бұрын

deggis4 someone's picky, smh oldSCCAguy yah thanks for the awesome footage, was getting tired of watching the digest over and over.

@deggis4 9 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey Brown I'm not picky, just pointing it out. It is usually important for cappers/"archivers".