From 1985 up to 2005 IMCA organised eight model car versions of the Le Mans 24 hours [years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970 (x 2), 1987, 1988 and 1998]. No less than 292 different racers from 23 countries entered one or more of those Le Mans 1/24th model car versions. Different entrants per country are as follows: Belgium 48, Netherlands 46, USA 41, Germany and France 28, Italy and U.K. 17, Spain 11, Czechia 9, Brazil; Denmark and Sweden 6, Portugal 5; Slovakia, New Zealand and Canada 4; ; Austria 3; Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Japan and Norway 2, and Sint-Maarten 1. At the 2009 IMCA Nats in Toronto a ninth model car version of the Le Mans 24 hours is scheduled, with 27 cars and 54 racers from 16 different countries, spread over nine national teams.

1985 - The Le Mans Classic Race, contested at the Antwerp Crest Hotel on May 14-15, 1985 and at the MRTU Blue King at Uden (NL) on November 8-9, 1985, were the real start of model car racing with hard plastic bodies. All the best racers of the world were present, among them G7 world champion Paul Pfeiffer (USA), G7 world record holder Csaba Szelelyhidi (USA), the slot-racing legends Jon Laster (USA), Dan Debella (USA), John Strachan (USA), Henry Pena (USA-, Bernd Möbus (D), Martin Gramann (A), the late Franco Gianotti (I) and all the best Belgian and Dutch racers. There were res. 46 and 16 Le Mans 1966 cars at the start, most of them fit on a Mura chassis and equipped with Mura G15 motors. In Antwerp there were 92 starters and only 32 of them could make the eventual race. In Uden there were 45 starters at the qualifications, and 35 of them could start the eventual race. It was a 12 hour race (2 heats of  6 hours).
1988 - The third Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested in Chicago (USA), again with all the best racers of the world at the start. It was the fifth round of the Endurance World Championship. There were 60 racers who could qualify for only 24 starting places. It was a full 12 hour race. Cars were copies of 1987 Le Mans racing machines.
1989 -  The fourth Le Mans Classic Team Race was again contested in Chicago (USA). It was the last round of the 1989 Endurance Worlds, which no less than 105 racers had entered. Entry for the 24 hour race (3 times 8 hours) was rather low since only 20 cars came on the start (40 racers)/ Although contested in May, thus prior to the 1989 Le Mans 24 hours some cars had already the LM 1989 livery. Nevertheless most cars were copies of  1987 Le Mans racing machines.
1994 - The fifth Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested at Rouen (F), but was restricted to the best European racers of the moment. It was a 24 hour race (2 heats of 12 hours), contested with 1964 Le Mans cars. There were 16 cars at the start, good for 40 racers. Germany's Dennis Bauer had no team mates and had to drive 12 hours non-stop. JPVR drove on 2 cars during more than 12 hours. Jozef Miskolci drove more than 9 hours. It was the last race of "Rosse Snor" who drove the whole time with a controller in his right hand and a bottle of beer in his left hand.
2001 - The sixth Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested at Grimbergen (B) over 3 heats of 12 hours each. It was called "the race of the century", since at the end of the race it should be decided who of Jan Limpach (USA) or Vladimir Horky (CZ) should be the best racer of the 20th century. Both they were leading the famous IOC-Ranking, only 5 points from each other. It was one of the most thrilling races in history, contested with 1998 Le Mans cars, fit on PlaFit chassis. After 10 hours of racing the teams of Limpach and Horky were in the very same lap. There were 48 starters from all over the world. There were 18 cars at the start.
2004 - The sieventh Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested in Aalst (B) over 3 heats of 24 x 3' each. There were 24 cars at the start, all perfect copies of 1970 Le Mans cars. It was the fourth and last round of the Franco Gianotti Trophy, and again it was a very thrilling race, dominated until the one but last segment by triple world champion Nick de Wachter, who was passed during the very last segment by Josef Korec. "Piki" van Rossem lost this race on an extremely painful wise, since at the 15th sergment he missed the start and came 6 laps late. At the finish the difference among the 5 first cars was less than 6 laps.
2005 - The eighth Le Mans Classic Team Race was again contested in Aalst (B) over 5 heats of 18 x 5'. There were 30 cars at the start, again all perfect copies of Le Mans 1970. "Piki" van Rossem/Salvatore Noviello made a perfect race, winning four laps ahead over Youri van Rossem/Nick de Wachter. Niemas/Krollmann caused a stir by winning 4th overall with Dieter Jens's Chevron B-16, eight laps faster than the 2-litre Alfa Romeo T33/3 of Andreas Laufenberg and Christian Schnizler, finishing eighth.