Pedro & Ricardo Rodriguez, driving a Ferrari 250TR entered by the North American Racing Team, fought the works Ferraris of Hill-Gendebien and Parkes-Mairesse for 22 hours. While leading at 7am (after 15 hours), it took the works mechanics over 20 minutes to replace a defective condenser and the brothers, now 5 laps down but with 9 hours to go, started the chase for the lead with lap times of 10 secs faster than the leading works Ferrari of Hill-Gendebien. With only 2 hours to go and back in second place, Pedro came in with a smoking engine and retired the car. The brothers received a standing ovation from the crowd.
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so close
How tall was Pedro Rodriguez?
Pedro Rodriguez from Mexico
Great video. It was exactly this spirit that, in the 1970s, made Pedro my first ever sporting hero. Thanks!
Quelle dextérité à 0:43 !
Back when cars didn't all look the same.
The clip seems to show everything BUT Rodriguez, although that is no criticism of it, and I would like to hotlink it to "looking back racing" which is my FB blog.
Wide world of sports carried this race live.
The amazing Hermanos Rodríguez. Racing in heaven must be incredible to watch!
las grandes leyendas
Why did they have those little donut spare tires on the cars? Did they have a rule that they couldn't run anything wider than 6 inches?
Nice to finally see some (small) footage of the Type 63 Maserati V12 in this. Also Denis Jenkinson at 4:43…
Los precursores del automovilismo en México, verdaderos héroes!
Great that the F1 drivers of the day were doing Le Mans , It should be mandatory that today's drivers should compete.
A great story told well, but the real story was the 4th place finish by the V12 Tipo 63 Maserati. It was the last high placing by a Maserati at Lemans and was really a semi–factory effort bankrolled by, yes, Briggs Cunningham.
Brave little Mexicans!
Sad both of them died in a race.
Raymond Baxter , the perfect commentator
“The little Mexicans” – won’t get away saying that shit now.
Rodriguezes Used Up All the Power that Car Had ….kaput
Nice shot at around 2:00 of the Thompson/Pabst Cunningham Type 63 Maserati, eventual 4th place finisher and highest placing "birdcage" ever.
but the little mexicans??the commentator shows the generalized way people perceive a person in most cases still like that today in many instances
Those years were fabulous
4:57 I find this shrug surprisingly warm hearted.
lol why does he keep referring to them as "little mexicans"?
0:43 Superb car control.
"This brave little mexicans". Oh the good ol' days of blatant racism…
Grandes Mexicanos Qué Pusieron Muy En Alto El Nombre de Su País MÉXICO…. Los Hermanos Pedro y Ricardo Rodríguez…. 100 Por Ciento Orgullo de México y Nadamas….Grandes Deportistas Mexicanos y Además Ambos Hermanos.