Top Gear (1977)

Episode 8 (1x8)

Air date: Aug 31, 1978

Every year a quarter of a million people go to Le Mans to watch this premier sports car race in the international calendar. This year Top Gear cameras followed the fortunes – and misfortunes – of the Ian Bracey entry, the Ibec-Hesketh 308LM, from the moment when it made its debut at Donington Park and then throughout the 24-hours-race, until the final climax.