This was the defining decade for the Le Mans 24 Hours. It started
with six consecutive victories by Ferrari, overwhelming Aston
Martin and Maserati. But then Ford threw its all-American dollars
at the race and won it four times in a technically exciting period
that also brought the competitive emergence of brands such as Alfa
Romeo, Matra, Porsche and Renault. The participation of great
automobile manufacturers spurred the development of many iconic
racing cars: Ferrari Testa Rossa and GTO, Ford GT40 and Daytona
Cobra, Porsche 904 and 917. The machines that were specially built
for Le Mans evolved through the decade from front-engined brutes to
mid-engined monsters. By the end of the period, many of them could
achieve more than 200mph (300kph) on the awesome straights that
defined the race, thrilling as many as 300,000 spectators at
trackside. Almost 50 companies built cars that were raced at Le
Mans in the 1960s. The 24 Hours became an annual cauldron of
corporate rivalry and a high-speed proving ground for innovative
automobile technologies.Above all, it became an incomparably
arduous and complex challenge to man and machine that captured the
imagination of the public the world over.
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