Le Mans Songtext
von Michel Legrand

THE RACE, FIRST LAPS
They will drive day and night through sun and rain
Each car has two alternating drivers
No driver may total more than fourteen out of the twenty-four hours
Each driver must have at least one
Hour rest between turns at the wheel
None may drive more than four consequence hours.


DELANEY TAKES A BREAK
Delaney: This isn′t just a thousand to
One shot, this is a profession at blood
Sport and it can happen again
Monique: When people risk their lives
Shouldn't it be for something very important?
Delaney: It better be
Monique: But what is so important
About driving faster than anyone else?
Delaney: A lot of people go through life doing things badly
Racing is important to men who do it well
Racing is life

Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.

THE RACE, FINAL LAPS
Your attention please
I have just received word that the first place car Ferrari number
Five driven by Lugo Abratte is out of the race with fire troubled
With only two minutes left in the race the lead should be
Taken over by Belt Porsche number twenty-two driven by Larry Wilson.
And we team to have at nine seconds behind the two leaders are
Ferrari number eight and Porsche
Number twenty-one running third and fourth
Eric Staller and Michael Delaney pushing their cars to the
Limit in the most closely contested finish in the history of Le Mans.
Larry Wilson in and Porsche wins Le Mans
Second Michael Delaney in Belt Porsche number
Twenty-one and third Ferrari number eight driven by Eric Staller.