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Always looking for another race, McLaren ran teams (and drove) in Can-Am and endurance racing, where he helped with Ford’s development of the legendary Ferrari-beating GT40 race car.
#The 24 hour war professional#
From his humble grassroots beginnings to a racing career that built one of the most winning race teams in history, McLaren tells the story of Bruce’s remarkable life as a race car driver, a car designer, and as the manager and head of McLaren Racing Team.Īn immensely talented driver, New Zealand–born McLaren was driving at a professional level by his late teens and won his first Grand Prix in 1951 at the age of 22. McLaren follows the life and automotive successes of Bruce McLaren. For a perfect automotive double feature, look no further than the recently released McLaren and last year’s The 24 Hour War. Thankfully, two excellent and coincidentally overlapping documentaries set in the golden era of racing during the 1950s and 1960s were recently released.
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Truly great documentaries about automotive topics are few and far between.