1.
GV LE MANS CIRCUIT
0.05

2.
SV FLAGS
0.08

3.
SV PAN CAR NO. 22 LEAVING FOR TRIAL
0.16

4.
GV PRESS
0.18

5.
SV PAN CAR NO. 1 LEAVING FOR TRIAL
0.27

6.
SV PAN CAR NO. 22 PAST CAMERA
0.32

7.
SV PAN CAR NO. 1 PAST CAMERA
0.38

8.
SCU MCQUEEN WALKING AMONGST CROWD
0.43

9.
SCU MCQUEEN APPROACHES DRIVER OF RACING CAR AND TALKS TO HIM AND LEAVES
1.33

10.
SV INT NEWSMEN
1.34

11.
SV MCQUEEN SPEAKS
2.22


TRANSCRIPT:



MCQUEEN: THEY FORBID ME TO RACE PROFESSIONALLY IN AUTOMOBILES. IF I WASN'T SO ROTTEN INSIDE FOR MONEY I COULD PROBABLY TELL THEM TO GO TO THE DEVIL. BUT I NEED THE MONEY TO MAKE THIS FILM. AND I WONT RACE IN LE MANS.



QUESTION: WHAT WILL THE FILM BE CALLED (QUESTION IN FRENCH) CAN YOU GIVE US A FEW WORDS, ABOUT THESE NEWS?



MCQUEEN: IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN.



QUESTION: ARE YOU VERY MUCH DISAPPOINTED?



MCQUEEN: A LITTLE BIT, YES.



CARS RACING: STEVE MCQUEEN AMONG CROWD: MCQUEEN




Initials PF/VS/PN/BJ


SPORT: CAR RACING

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Background: 24 RACING CARS TOOK PART IN THE TRADITIONAL LE MANS 24-HOUR TRIALS AN SATURDAY APRIL 11. BUT SIGNIFICANTLY MISSING FROM AMONG THE RACING DRIVERS WAS AMERICAN MOVIE ACTOR STEVE MCQUEEN WHO LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE TOP CHALLENGERS IN THE PACE-KILLING LONG DISTANCE RUN.

THE TRADITIONAL LE MANS TRIALS ALWAYS TAKE PLACE IN APRIL AND THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO LET DRIVERS AND MANUFACTURERS TEST OUT THEIR VEHICLES AND THE ROUTE BEFORE THE BIG TEST AHEAD. THIS YEAR THE 24-HOUR LE MANS RACE WILL BE FOUGHT OUT ON JUNE 13 AND 14.

AT THE TRIALS PORSCHE FIELDED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CARS: 15 OUT OF THE 24.

THE BIG STAR WAS TO BE HOLLYWOOD FILM ACTOR STEVE MCQUEEN WHO CAME IN NO. 2 EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE SEBRING 12-HOURS IN AMERICA. STILL LIMPING FROM A BROKEN LEG, THE RESULT OF A MOTOR-CYCLE FALL, HE HAD BAD NEWS FOR THIS RACING FANS. THE STUDIO HAS DECIDED THAT MOTOR-RACING IS TOO DANGEROUS FOR ONE OF THEIR TOP INVESTMENTS.

IN AN INTERVIEW, STEVE MCQUEEN EXPLAINED WHY HE WAS GIVING UP THE RACE.

THE HOLLYWOOD ACTOR HAD PLANNED TO PILOT A PORSCHE 908 WITH JACKIE STEWART OF SCOTLAND. INSTEAD HE'LL SIT THIS ONE OUT AND ONLY TAKE PART IN THE RACE AS SPECTATOR. AND HE HOPES TO PICK UP ALL THE INFORMATION HE NEEDS FOR HIS UP-COMING FILM WHICH HE'LL BOTH STAR IN AND PRODUCE. IT WILL BE CALLED "THE LE MANS 24 -HOURS."