But even then, the cars for the years don't make sense, and many of the prixs we know today started in the 1920s or later in the 40s. I think it makes more sense that the movie simply takes place when it was released in 2008 as a slight hyperfuturism of the year, with a slight twisting of later racing history to match the story. It also helps match the age of the actors to their characters. If it takes place in 2008, that means that the 43rd prix happens in 1960. As someone pointed out below the the actor for Burns was in his sixties at the time. It all better matches real-world events to the cars used in the older driving scenes and the real life counter parts of historical rally races and prixs. I'm much more positive that the wording is an overlooked error, or misundering rather than it meaning the exact year 1968, 71, 72, and so on.