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Old 07-21-2014, 02:42 PM
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IIRC, the cars were actually placed on turntables which themselves were towed. At least one of the actors had little street-driving experience, and it was thought to be great fun for the crew to build up a little speed and give the turntable a little spin...
A Ford GT was partially stripped to be a film car and a tow car. Garner used Chris Amon's helmet styling. The other trivia is that they made the driver's name for Ferrari "Sarti" so that it would sound like Ferrari's actual driver Surtees, to try to use the race PA announcer from the races.
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