News June 5 2006

Fangio's Alfa to race again at Le Mans

The Le Mans 24 Hour race is one of the true legendary motorsport events and this year the organizers, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, are celebrating their centenary with two unique classic car races before this year's 24 hour event kicks off on 17 June 2006.

Bringing together two legendary names, the Alfa Romeo 6C 3000CM that was driven by Juan-Manuel Fangio and owned by Argentinean President, Juan Peron, will contest the race for post-war cars, while the Italian car maker will be represented in the pre-war event by an Alfa Romeo 6C, to be driven in the event by its present-day owner, England Rugby Captain David Cooke.

Each ACO Centenary Race is 40 minutes long, and will start with the traditional 'ear of corn' formation where the drivers run across the track to their cars. The pace car leading the formation lap before each race will be driven Sir Stirling Moss and when Sir Stirling takes his place as a competitor on the grid for the second race, he will hand pace car duties over to race driver and journalist Tony Dron.

Further information can be found at www.motorracinglegends.com

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