Peachstater Steve McQueen (1930-1980), reknown as "The King of Cool," was a popular movie actor and Academy Award nominee for his roles in such films as The Sand Pebbles, Bullit, The Getaway, Papillon, and the Towering Inferno. Among Porsche and racing enthusiasts, he was also reknown for directing and producing the 1971 24 Hours of LeMans drama aptly called Le Mans, featuring the mighty, all-conquering Porsche 917's which won that race. McQueen called Le Mans "the most dangerous film ever made," which was no exaggeration whatsoever, due to the extreme level of risk and danger involved in its filming, some of which took place at over 200 mph. In fact, Porsche 917 driver David Piper lost his leg in one of the many accidents occuring during the filming. Famous Porsche factory racers including Vic Elford, Brian Redman, Gerard Larousse, and Derek Bell can be seen driving in Le Mans. Porsche enthusiasts today enjoy the DVD Le Mans due to its high quality, genuine 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race footage as well as the recreated scenes using Porsches, Ferrari's, Lolas, and Matras raced in and by the actual drivers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Needless to say, the race footage was highly realistic, setting new standards for this genre of film.

Later, in 1974, McQueen became the highest paid movie star in the world.

Steve was an avid racer of both motorcycles and cars, being featured in the classic off-road motorcycle film, On Any Sunday.To Porsche enthusiasts, he is reknown for co-driving the #48 white Porsche 908/02 at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race. He and co-driver Peter Revson led the race for a while, finishing a respectable second place overall, and that with McQueen driving with a casted foot broken in six place from a 100-mile motorcycle endurance race the week before in California! See a YouTube video interview with Steve about this during the Sebring event here.

As many have said, the mold was broken after Steve McQueen was born.