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topography, and this proved invaluable to the visual eff ects team in post production and helped blur the line between practical and synthetic. The location selected for these pits was a third airport—Agua Dulce Airpark. The runway was closed for three months while Art Director Jordan Ferrer oversaw construction. Tarmac was added, the runway was repainted, and a three-story interior/ exterior brutalist set was erected, which included fi fteen pits, private VIP suites, a newsroom, grandstands, and an ABC Sports broadcasting booth. Peter Lando's team installed custom fueling pumps, built-in lighting, mechanics' tools for the various international race teams, vintage typewriters, phones and rare early broadcasting equipment. Literally, hundreds of period-accurate signs, banners and fl ags added additional layers of authenticity. Even aluminum door hardware was fl own in from France for added detail. A During production, the Fox Safety Department threw in a bit of a curveball by demanding that the as-concrete barrier walls between the track and stands be built to withstand a 100-mile- per-hour crash. Construction coordinator Steve DeSantis was tasked with erecting solid concrete pony walls with 5-foot deep I-beam footings along the entire frontage of the track. The fi lm wrapped on November 1, 2018, on what would have been Ken Miles' 100th birthday. On that last day of the shoot, as the California sun was setting on that set in Agua Dulce, it really felt like we had all accomplished something special. This story of driven car racers battling against tremendous odds echoes our own eff orts as fi lmmakers, to bring life to the most challenging of stories, and build story worlds where characters can live on forever. ADG A. LE MANS PIT AREA. CENTRAL BUILDING. ONE OF DOZENS OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS OF THE LE MANS PITS CREATED BY SET DESIGNER ROB WOODRUFF. B. FERRARI 330 IN THE LE MANS PIT AREA. HUNDREDS OF RIVETS WERE PAINSTAKINGLY APPLIED BY ART DIRECTOR ROB JOHNSON TO BRING THE FERRARI 330 P3S TO LIFE.