Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans Page #2
It scared me.
I didn't like the idea
of being frightened,
That was one element.
The other element, and
it is a very pure thing.
It's one of the few things
in life you can't fix.
When you're out
there by yourself,
you're very much by yourself.
MAN:
The risk taking, theneed for adrenaline, the what
do I have to lose attitude
that he seemed to project,
it just matched McQueen's
soul, his personality,
and his essence.
Racing drivers are
a different breed.
When you're in the
car behind the wheel,
you tune everything off.
There's one thing that
you are focused on,
and that is to perform, to win.
And he had that.
NARRATOR:
For 20years, an almost
forgotten airport has echoed
to the fury of cars and speed.
MAN:
Sebring was as close as youget to the brother of Le Mans.
If you're ever
going to get a taste
of what it's like to be in an
endurance race, this is it.
WOMAN:
Just a week before,he had broken his foot
in the motorcycle race.
And I said, you
better not do this.
He said, no.
He said, I can do
it, I can do it.
INTERVIEWER:
What aboutshifting and clutching?
Must be pretty difficult.
Well, it's a little difficult.
I can't use afoot rest.
And we've put some
sandpaper on the bottom,
taped it on, so I keep it on
We went for it.
It was like a Hollywood script.
COMMENTATOR:
A surprise to mostof the 57,000 who looked on
was the McQueen
Revson Porsche 908.
The two have done
a Masterful job.
WOMAN:
What was incredibleabout that race is suddenly,
they were winning.
COMMENTATOR:
Withthis combination,
Sebring could have
a storybook finish.
Approaching the 11th hour,
on the faltering Ferrari.
The McQueen pits were
overjoyed, thinking
the Ferrari was in trouble.
And out of the darkness, one
MAN:
It took MarioAndretti two cars
to beat us and only pass us
on the last laps of the race.
COMMENTATOR:
The 12 hoursof Sebring was over,
and Ferrari had won.
McQueen Revson was second.
[cheering]
We were mobbed at
the end of the race.
Steve gets up on the car
And it was like Moses
parted the waters
or God appeared in the sky.
Silence.
That was my biggest
thrill, for me,
actor, people don't really
expect you to do
it as well, and I
was a big man of my house with
my kids for awhile, anyway.
That was a major, major
happy time in his life.
I remember when he came home.
Yeah.
He was in a good mood for
MAN:
After the SebingRace, he wasn't
looked at just like,
oh, he's the actor,
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