The Racing Scene is a 1969 documentary film about actor James Garner and his auto racing team, directed by Andy Sidaris. The picture offers a glimpse of Garner's role and the teams and cars he sponsor
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Garner starred as a championship Formula One driver in the major 1966 Hollywood hit Grand Prix, getting considerable experience behind the wheel of a rear-engined Formula Three car
Le Mans is a 1971 film depicting a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race starring Steve McQueen and directed by Lee H. Katzin. The film began as a John Sturges project, before he was replaced during
The Racing Scene
…and 55-time champion Curtis Turner on the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. McQueen went on to fund his own Formula racing movie, 1971's Le Mans, about a fictional (1970) 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he drove wheel-to-wheel with some of the top professionals of the day on the actual endurance…
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
Filming on circuit de la Sarthe, at 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970
The Solar Productions Porsche 908 during the race. Bulky camera housings are visible at front and rear