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Hey, and welcome to the short stuff.

I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here for Dave.

So let's get it going about a really terrible disaster that happened back in 1955 in France.

That's right.

The disaster at Le Mans, a very dark time for motorsports history, something I've never been into,

although I did see the F1 movie on a plane recently.

Yeah, you were telling me about it.

You were telling me that is one of the better movies you've ever seen in your life, if I remember correctly. No, I did not. I think I spoke to it, spoke about it on the show even. But this all occurred on June 11, 1955. We should probably tell you a little bit about Lamonts as a race because it is different And, you know, if you're just sort of a casual

race person or like, yeah, they just, they drive around and track a certain amount of times,

and then somebody wins once you've completed the 200 laps.

Yeah, they just turn left a lot.

Yeah.

That is not what happens at Le Mans.

I think they're going to hold the 94th one this June.

It is an endurance race where you drive, along with two racing partners. There's three drivers,

and they take turns, but you drive for 24 hours, and whoever completes the most laps in that 24 hours is the winner.

Yes. And in Le Mans in particular, the track is called the Circuit de la Sartre.

And it's a D-shaped about eight and a half miles or 13.7 kilometers around.

And it's not only made of racetrack, but they also incorporate some actual public roads that get shut down for the race. It's made of racetrack. It's made of racetrack, but they also incorporate some actual public roads that get shut down for the race.

It's made of racetrack.

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