The Mulsanne Straight (French: Ligne Droite des Hunaudières, "Straight Line of Les Hunaudières") is the name used in English for a formerly 6 km (3.7 mi) long straight of the Circuit de la Sarthe around which the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race takes place. Since 1990, the straight is interrupted by two chicanes, with the last section (that includes a slight right turn known as the "Kink") leading to a sharp corner near the village of Mulsanne. Before the chicanes were added, the Mulsanne Straight was the longest straight section of any race track in the world.

Frenchman Roger Dorchy was the driver who recorded the fastest ever speed down the infamous Mulsanne Straight at the Le Mans 24 hours.

Dorchy’s record speed of 407kph at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours down the Mulsanne Straight is one record that will likely never be surpassed, owing to the two chicane’s that were added to the 5.9 km stretch of public road in 1990, breaking the straight up into three sections.

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