La Carrera Panamericana

Start-Nr. 382: Mercedes Benz 280 SE 3.5

It‘s a 1992 video of the Carrera Panamericana automobile race in Mexico. The film included a soundtrack entirely of music by the band Pink Floyd, as the band's guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and manager Steve O'Rourke competed in the race in 1991. David Gilmour in a break during the LCP in San Luis Potosi. During the course of the race Gilmour crashed, and while he was unharmed, O'Rourke (his map-reader and Pink Floyd's manager) suffered a broken leg. Mason finished eighth overall with his co-pilot, English auto racer Valentine Lindsay.

Pink Floyd: 1:04:09 Länge

Motors TV: 52:07 Länge