Titled American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans, the documentary will lastly launch on Amazon’s Prime Video on June twelfth of this 12 months — simply two days earlier than the 93rd operating of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The movie will observe Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR’s journey all through the 2023 Le Mans 24 the place the inventory automobile entry stole the present and the hearts of all these watching. There have been a number of clips of the humorously giant automobile lurking behind the standard Le Mans entries and even passing prototypes with its uncooked energy on the straightaways. And with its NASCAR pit crew, it unsurprisingly received the Pit Cease Problem earlier than the race.
#65 Panis Racing Oreca 07 – Gibson of Manuel Maldonado, Tijmen Van Der Helm, Job Van Uitert, #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 of Jimmie Johnson, Mike Rockenfeller, Jenson Button
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
2009 Components 1 champion Jenson Button, seven-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion Jimmie Johnson, and 2010 Le Mans 24 general winner Mike Rockenfeller have been all behind the wheel of the 700+ horsepower machine.
The No. 24 Chevrolet ZL1 ran as excessive as twenty seventh general and was forward of your complete GTE-Am area after 20 hours. Up so far, the automobile had no actual points and no offs to talk of. However sadly, after twenty hours and 9 minutes of racing, they encountered their first main mechanical setback because the automobile was tormented by a drive line challenge. Buttton was driving on the time catastrophe struck.
Chad Knaus — probably the most profitable crew chiefs in NASCAR historical past — put his crew to work to shortly restore the automobile and end the race. They did return and never simply to limp across the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe. No, Rockenfeller promptly put down its quickest race lap but at a 3:50.512.
#24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 of Jimmie Johnson, Mike Rockenfeller, Jenson Button
Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Photos
The Storage 56 entry was aiming to beat your complete GTE area, which it might have achieved with out the difficulty. However nonetheless, the first goal was to complete the race. Even the longest NASCAR occasions solely attain 4 to 5 hours, so to make it 24 hours was fairly. The automobile positioned thirty ninth general as he crossed the end line, finishing 285 laps across the 8.5-mile circuit.
The documentary is being produced by NASCAR Studios together with Griffin Van Malssen and director Brad Lockhart. Jeff Gordon and HMS function govt producers, as do Tim Clark, John Dahl, Amy Anderson, Tally Hair, and Matt Summers of NASCAR.
Amazon is engaged on one other Hendrick-focused documentary in Could, following Kyle Larson in his historic try to finish the Indy 500 / Coke 600 double after shockingly failing to take action one 12 months in the past. Prime Video can be partnering with HMS as a sponsor this 12 months.
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