24 Heuers du Mans
6/22/13, 09:23 AM
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24 Heuers du Mans
anyone else watching?
Had some interesting racing so far, LMP1 cars are going at it. Going to be interesting to see the Audi speed vs Toyota efficiency.
Crazy hard hit for #95 Aston Martin at Tete Rouge, into the Armco barrier, but with a tree right behind it. Updates say driver is conscious, but apparently not in very good shape otherwise.
Had some interesting racing so far, LMP1 cars are going at it. Going to be interesting to see the Audi speed vs Toyota efficiency.
Crazy hard hit for #95 Aston Martin at Tete Rouge, into the Armco barrier, but with a tree right behind it. Updates say driver is conscious, but apparently not in very good shape otherwise.
6/22/13, 10:34 AM
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6/22/13, 12:42 PM
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I'm not sure something on the car didn't break. There's video from one of the Corvettes that was following the AM and it looked awful squirrelly in the corners before, and I'm sure the wet paint lines/curbs didn't help.
6/23/13, 02:49 AM
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4 hours 15 minutes to go. Been an eventful race so far, but so much time behind the safety cars that any pre-race strategy has long since gone out the window.
6/23/13, 03:48 AM
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And looks like another rain shower might be added to the mix (again) before the checker flag. Really hoping the Dempsey #77 can move up the podium. With Flying Lizard not competing I'd like to see Long get a class win . . . I miss the Lizards!
6/23/13, 04:02 AM
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As do I. They just decide not to run this year?
One of the drivers said that he's never raced anywhere under conditions where every lap is different like here. It's gotta be a bit scary to drive on the track the way it is, not knowing where it's a bit wet.
One of the drivers said that he's never raced anywhere under conditions where every lap is different like here. It's gotta be a bit scary to drive on the track the way it is, not knowing where it's a bit wet.
6/23/13, 04:28 AM
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The Lizards seem to be in a transition year. They did not take (or were not) part of the new 911 GT3 RSR program for ALMS . . . for whatever reason. So they got a couple of Porsche Cup cars to race in the second tier of GT cars in ALMS and there is no class for those cars at Le Mans this year. And I can't seem to confirm what their plans are going forward.
6/23/13, 06:34 AM
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I will say that it stinks there isn't one Ford powered car in the field. Their absence does dampen (no pun intended) my viewing pleasure somewhat. At least when FMC owned Aston (and part of Mazda) there was a connection. Hard to believe no Mazda powered LMP2 cars as well.
6/23/13, 10:06 AM
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I will say that it stinks there isn't one Ford powered car in the field. Their absence does dampen (no pun intended) my viewing pleasure somewhat. At least when FMC owned Aston (and part of Mazda) there was a connection. Hard to believe no Mazda powered LMP2 cars as well.
6/23/13, 05:29 PM
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No but he drove the effort to unite IMSA and Grand Am into United SportsCar Racing, which is merging Grand Am's Daytona Prototypes with ALMS' P2 in the US. He's also lobbying to get ACO to evolve LMP2 in such a way that the American prototype cars can cross the Atlantic for Le Mans in the future.
6/24/13, 05:48 AM
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6/24/13, 12:41 PM
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6/24/13, 02:43 PM
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yeah, they've definitely gotten better, though they couldn't go too far the other way, haha! When they first came out, they were flat awful!
6/24/13, 05:36 PM
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6/24/13, 08:04 PM
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All the prototypes are ugly right now. The LMP1s look like caricatures, and Nissan's DW looks like a Austin Powers joke car. In that company, the new Ford is fine:
Though I do miss the days of really cool LMPs:
Though I do miss the days of really cool LMPs:
6/24/13, 08:22 PM
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those Panoz cars are what made me fall in love with racing, that and the Trans-Am Mustangs from the 90's. Love that long hood, with the cockpit basically added on back, just a motor with a driver taped on.
I do kinda have a thing for the R18's though.
I do kinda have a thing for the R18's though.
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