Lister Portfolio

The Giant Killers Laurence Pearce was ambitious, and decided his first race with his own car was going to be the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He took the Lister Storm, his wife, and Geoff Lees the driver, and qualified 12th out of 12 places with just 20 minutes left on the clock to make time. “Click the watch, we’re in! Nobody else knew. My wife and I are standing there, just the two of us on the pit wall, and I’ve shown it to her, and we’re hugging. And other people started to see us hugging and saying to themselves, why are the Pearces hugging? And it was because we were in the 24 Hours of Le Mans!” Le Mans and back...

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