American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

NASCAR attempts to fulfill its founder Jim France's childhood dream of racing a stock car in the historic 24-hour race i | dG1fNXgzRGtPWFVFZlE

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00:01Le Mans is the biggest race in the world.

00:04It's a 24-hour race.

00:06It's about survival.

00:07Pushing man and machine to the limit.

00:15We're gonna race a NASCAR at Le Mans.

00:17We're gonna do what?

00:20There's a stereotype that NASCAR isn't as technologically advanced as other racing series.

00:25In 1976, Bill Franz took a couple of NASCARs to Le Mans.

00:30One made only two laps.

00:32Our goal was to make sure that we beat my father's record.

00:36Mike Rockenfeller.

00:37Jimmy Johnson.

00:38Jensen Button.

00:39You're not gonna get bigger star power.

00:41Hendrick Motorsports is NASCAR's most successful, most powerful team.

00:46If you were gonna choose a team, this was the team you wanted to choose.

00:52We're gonna do this right.

00:53Whatever it takes, we're not gonna be embarrassed.

00:57We had to battle and fight and claw.

01:02Three, two, one.

01:06You always enter a race with a strategy, but rarely do things play out as you would hope.

01:11It's raining hard out there.

01:12I don't have a ton of wet driving experience.

01:14Jimmy's coming down the back straightaway, he's like, I think the car's on fire.

01:17We might not make it back out there.

01:20We want to show the world we were ready.

01:24We have one shot and one opportunity to go and make this successful.

01:30This car is so loud.

01:31The other cars are whizzing by.

01:33Just pew, pew, pew.

01:34And then...

01:35pew, pew, pew.

01:36And then...