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Did anyone watch the Velocity Channel's start to finish coverage of this past weekends Le Mans 24 hour race? Toyota managed to finish the race without breaking down and finished 1st. But with Porsche and Audi no longer competing in the LMP-1 class some said it was a hollow victory. My take on it is, finishing a 24 hr, enduro, with competition or not is a significant achievement. I'm personally not all that interested the LMP-1 or LMP-2 classes as much as i am interested in the GT classes because you can't buy an LMP-1 or LMP-2 to drive on the street.
The Porsche factory ran two of the new mid engine RSRs in historic liveries, the Rothmans Blue and White as seen on the Rothmans 956s and the other as the Truffle Jaeger (Pink Pig) originally as seen on the 1970 917L. The Pink Pig won the GT class beating, in no particular order, Ford GT, Aston Martin, Ferrari, BMW, and Corvette. Patrick Dempsey's Proton Racing finished first in the Pro/Am class also in a mid engined RSR. All of this despite the fact that the organizers assigned a weight penalty to the RSRs because the were so quick during qualifying.
I do long for the days when the GT classes would be made up of Cobras, Corvettes, Jaguars, Aston Martins, Alfa Romeos, Porsches, Austin Healys, Ferraris, MGs, Renaults, and the like. I believe the 1950s and 60s were the Golden Years of endurance racing.
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Dan,
Perhaps we should make a point of taking in the Historic LeMans Race which is run every year during LeMans week in France. I think I'll give that notion some serious though once our relocation is finally complete.
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Quote:Chris, that would be definitely on my bucket list, but there are some challenges..not going to bore our entire group with a long story, so I'll PM you ..
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