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Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the world’s toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. He raced Le Mans for 18 years in a row. Every time his car made it to the finish, in fact, he was in the top three. It is no wonder that this great sports car driver is known as ‘Mr Le Mans’ to motorsport fans around the world. Now retired from racing, Tom shares in his new book, titled Mr. Le Mans, his deepest personal reflections and insights from inside and outside the cockpit. He looks back on more than 30 years spent striving for perfection in racing and tells of the battles and setbacks that sometimes seemed impossible to overcome, including a terrible accident in 2007.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • Techforce • American Collectors Insurance • Barrett-Jackson • Linkage Magazine
INSPIRATIONS
Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, the managing boss of Audi Sport. He was also inspired by Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx.
CHALLENGE
Dealing with a huge crash in 2007 and the recovery from injuries.
SPECIAL VEHICLES
Audi R8 LMP1
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Mr. Le Mans by Tom Kristensen*
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
PARTING WORDS OF WISDOM
The Five Ps: Proper preparation prevents poor performance
“It’s not good unless it’s a bit of fun.”
WHERE TO FIND TOM
SHARE THE INSPIRATION
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An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this
onto a coworker who was doing a little research on this. And
he in fact ordered me lunch simply because I stumbled upon it for him…
lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thanks for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending
the time to talk about this issue here on your website.