24 – In addition to Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann, nine other previous and future winners took the start in 1970: Derek Bell, Masten Gregory, Jacky Ickx, Gérard Larrousse, Helmut Marko, Henri Pescarolo, Pedro Rodríguez, Nino Vaccarella and Gijs van Lennep. These 11 drivers boasted 24 wins at Le Mans between them. Also, it was in the 24th lap that Vic Elford (Porsche 917 LH) established the first in-race lap record exceeding an average of 240 kph (3:21 at 241.236 kph). Of the 51 competitors, Porsche was the most represented constructor with 24 cars: 11 911s, seven 917s, two 908s, two 910s, one 907 and one 914. No car fielded in 1970 sported the racing number 24.

36 – Porsche's first win marked the start of a remarkable 50-year history between the 24 Hours of Le Mans and German marques. Prior to 1970, only Mercedes had won the race (1952). Over the course of the next half century, 33 runnings of the 24 Hours would be won by German manufacturers: 19 by Porsche, 13 by Audi and one by BMW, to which can be added Sauber-Mercedes (1989) and McLaren (1995) whose F1 GTR was powered by a BMW V12. This adds up to 35 victories since 1970 for a total of 36, or more than a third of the 87 runnings already passed.

9 – Sixteen cars made it to the chequered flag, but nine failed to class due to insufficient distance covered (a minimum of 70% covered by the winning driver line-up).

29 – Racing number of the Porsche 908/2 fielded by Solar, Steve McQueen production company for the filming of Le Mans. Driven by Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams, it was outfitted with three cameras for shots at real speed during the race. The car finished ninth, but figured among the non-classed cars for insufficient distance covered as it had to stop every 15 minutes to reload film.

2 – With Porsche and Ferrari, two other constructors took the start with the factory prototypes. The French marque Matra and the Italian Alfa Romeo each fielded three cars, but all were forced to retire.

31 – The racing number of the Matra MS660 of Henri Pescarolo. Along with Jean-Pierre Beltoise, the future four-time winner of the 24 Hours made his return to Le Mans after his accident at the free practice the previous year.

1 – For the first time, French driver Guy Ligier competed in the 24 Hours at the wheel of a prototype boasting his name. He shared the wheel with Jean-Claude Andruet.

PHOTOS (Copyright - ACO/ARCHIVES): LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, 13-14 JUNE 1970. In addition to the 917s in the top two spots, three other Porsches made the classification at the 38th running: the 908 of Rudi Lins-Helmut Marko (#27, third), the 914 of Claude Ballot Léna-Guy Chasseuil (#40, sixth) and the 911 of Nicolas Koob-Erwin Kremer (#47, seventh), a total of five Porsches of the seven classed!