and decades ago was the racing engineer behind the 787B. That Group C prototype racer represented Mazda's last major effort at taking top honors at Le Mans, and take them it did when it won the ...

and 13 failed attempts to win Le Mans. Mazda didn't give up, however, and at the 14th attempt, in June 1991, the Mazda 787B, powered by a four-disc rotary engine, beat a stellar line-up of ...

but when it came to the 1991 Mazda 787B that was unleashed in February's ALMS DLC, the Le Mans-winning racer was just too loud. In fact, the 700-horsepower 2.7-liter Wankel-engined legend with ...