The Racing Years — Season 1, Episode 20: 1969
Documentary • 25 min • 1 season, 26 episodes
Episode synopsis
1969: end of the Swinging 60s. Jackie Stewart is unstoppable in his Cosworth-powered Matra. Challengers were Jochen Rindt Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Graham Hill and new Brabham driver Jacky Ickx. Ickx in the new GT40 has the closest-ever finish at Le Mans against Hans Herrmann's Porsche 908.
About The Racing Years
The Racing Years is the first ever race-by-race, week-by-week, month-by-month summary of all the major international motor sport events & legends. Travel with us from Continent to Continent as we revisit the excitement, glory, crashes, close-calls, heartaches and milestones from early days of motor racing to now. Each half hour episode covers one Racing Year of major motoring milestones.