Probably a great many famous stories could be retold in terms of maintenance.
Here’s one – the Golden Globe around-the-world solo sailboat race of 1968. Its drama continues to echo half a century later because three of the nine competitors became legendary – the one who won, the one who didn’t bother to win, and the one who cheated.
Their stories are usually told as a contest of wills and endurance, but at heart, it was a contest of maintenance styles.