Twenty years ago this month, Mazda became the first - and to date, the only - Japanese automaker to score an overall win at the world's most famous endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Endurance road-racing has been the cornerstone of Mazda's participation in motor sports since 1968, as it is the ultimate demonstration of quality, durability and reliability.
A dedicated team of Mazda Motor Corporation employees has prepared the striking looking and sounding, 700bhp, four-rotor Mazda 787B to once again take to the track at speed. This won't be a race, but demonstration laps to honor the achievement and to thank fans for 40 years of support for Mazda and the rotary engine in competition.
Behind the wheel during the Le Mans weekend will be a actor/racer Patrick Dempsey who scored a personal best race-finish earlier this year with third place at the 2011 24 Hours of Daytona. Patrick is better known this side of the Atlantic for his role in Grey's Anatomy.
