By 1955, speeds at Le Mans had increased dramatically, with leading cars reaching over 270 km/h (170 mph). The track layout, however, remained nearly unchanged since the race's inception in 1923 ...

But racing—and specifically the 24 Hours of Le Mans—is a cruel mistress ... This showed on the track, too, not just in how the team prepared off of it. The No. 2 and No. 3 cars qualified ...

The 24-hour race will start at 10:00 am ET on Saturday, June 15. You can view the full on-track schedule below. A total of 186 drivers in 62 cars will contest this year's edition of Le Mans.

When we race, we race to win. And there is no track or race that means more to our history than Le Mans. It is where we took on Ferrari and won in the 1960s. It is where we returned 50 years later ...