Summarizing every 24 Hours of Le Mans in as few words as possible:

Hello guys! So glad it is that time of year again, despite being a little late this time for obvious reasons. I know we're all excited, especially me, so in celebration I thought I'd just share something I'd done a few months ago on our discord server: Describe every edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans adequately with as few words as possible. Basically I'm limiting myself to about a sentence or two per year so that each year's description is concise, clear and potentially humorous.

Also, when I'm done, feel free to let me know your thoughts on any of them, or if you have a better suggestion for what I should say in a certain year.

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Here we go.

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1923: Page 1 of Genesis

1924: The army of Frenchmen against one Captain

1925: Run across the track to start a 24 hour race

1926: Hah, git gud Bentley.

1927: Bentley got gud.

1928: A wolf vs. a blackhawk

1929: Old Number One

1930: Old Number One, Pt. 2: Attack of Ms. Paget & Mercedes-Benz

1931: F to pay respects for Bugatti

1932: Alfa Romeo's perfect race

1933: Alfa vs. Alfa, Alfa 3 for 3

1934: Aston Martin & Riley falsely assume that Alfa Romeos are beatable

1935: Where did this Hindmarsh dude come from

1936: We're on strike!

1937: The Tanks vs. The Schells

1938: F in the chat for Raymond Sommer

1939: The Tank's last stand

1949: #LeMansIsBack

1950: I gotta take a shit, Son.

1951: Le Mans conquers the planet

1952: Levegh, SO CLOSE! But the Germans got ya.

1953: Ten manufacturers. Out of which come two drunkards

1954: The birth of two legends

1955: Motorsport's blackest day

1956: Stirling Moss tries to win Le Mans with a midget

1957: Yeah, uhh, D-Types don't need factory support at all!

1958: Ferrari's two new stars from unlikely places

1959: You finally did it, Aston. / Carroll Shelby's last stand

1960: Ferrari chases perfection alone

1961: Two WSC Champions vs. Two Mexican teenagers

1962: Phil & Olivier's final ride together

1963: The 250 GTO demonstrates its godly power

1964: Ford's failed attempt at revenge

1965: The race that literally nobody wanted to win

1966: Ford vs. Ferrari

1967: Ferrari vs. Ford (MURICA)

1968: The GT40 is saved, but the Porsche is even better

1969: Fuck the Le Mans start, it sucks

1970: Porsche's race against the rain

1971: The fastest race ever

1972: Ferrari: "I could win Le Mans...If I wanted to."Matra: "It's free real estate"

1973: The 24 Hour War (Matra vs. Ferrari)

1974: Familiar leaders with changing tides

1975: Save fuel AT ALL COSTS!!!

1976: So boring NASCAR has to make it interesting

1977: Jacky Ickx's greatest race

1978: Renault's last remotely reliable turbo car until 2018

1979: Group 5's shining moment

1980: Rondeau's Rondeaus

1981: Rondeau's Rondeaus vs. Porsche's Museum Piece

1982: Group C succeeds...whatever was prior

1983: Nobody's perfect. Also, Porsche just letting you know Everything is falling apart btw

1984: LANCIA, ITS FREE REAL ESTATE! Oh, you choked.

1985: A New-Man & a new car

1986: Porsche's new British opponents, Jaguar...

1987: ...are still not good enough

1988: A silk-cut slice of defeat

1989: Der Silberpfeiler

1990: Nissan tries to demonstrate GTP & Group C are the same thing

1991: Mazda's beautiful (and loud) f***ing fluke

1992: Nothing is fun

1993: Group C and Peugeot exist, while GT is the star of the show

1994: So its a race-going version, of a road-going version, of a racecar?

1995: McLaren's prowess of the rain

1996: Porsche, what manner of thing did you make?

1997: And how is it beating the 911 GT1 again?

1998: GT1 conquers the universe and loses it instantly

1999: CLR Airlines (aka the greatest Le Mans ever)

2000: Audi, the world is yours

2001: Audi's Le Mans experimentation, Episode 1: Bentley

2002: Every class is boring

2003: Episode 2: Not using Audis

2004: Episode 3: Offering support to customers

2005: Pescarolo's glass cannons (Tom Kristensen's unbeatability)

2006: Episode 4: Using a diesel engine

2007: Peugeot returns, but Audi is fine

2008: The Truth in 24: It always rains at Le Mans

2009: Peugeot's victory fap

2010: Peugeot's fap collapsed

2011: Truth In 24 II: Attack Of The Lions (Every Second Counts)

2012: HAH, Git gud, Toyota.

2013: The final ride for the Allans

2014: Toyota got gud. But it's not enough.

2015: Porsche is back, and (almost) every car is a spaceship

2016: F for Toyota....again

2017: No-one wants to win this, except for LMP2

2018: ....and Toyota I guess

2019: The insanely fast (but obviously not fast enough) privateers

2020: The Night - when shit hits the turbo fan from everywhere

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So, there you have it! My attempt to describe every year of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in as few words as possible!