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Le Mans 24 2016 !!!

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Anybody else going to watch the Le Mans 24 this weekend? Who are you rooting for?

I'll be on my annual virtual pilgrimage to Circuit de la Sarthe starting Saturday morning, 7am sharp local time. Got the subscription set up for the live online stream and plan to get the logistics completed today (food etc) for a 24 petrol fest!

I'm pulling for the Ford GTs and Corvettes in the LM GTE Pro class. Great class with a ton of great drivers.

In LMP1 I used to pull for the Audi's when McNish and Kristensen were the pilots now I'm shading towards Porsche and Mark Webber in particular. Would love to see Rebellion come up with a win. It's unlikely but Porsche, Audi and Toyota have all had teething issues this year. ( all 3 teams are running hybrid cars )

Elsewhere in the grid, pulling for local guy and CU student Cooper MacNeil and my favorite mvc framework creator (ruby on rails) David Heinemeier Hansson.

19 hours 29 minutes until green flag. :bang: :bang: :bang:
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I shall probably watch a bit here and there but not being a driver of any sorts I've never been that fanatical about motor sports. I hope you enjoy your 24 hr stint though, I might even tune in a bit more this your knowing on the other side of the world there's a Havana GM hunched over a computer screaming wildly lol ;-D
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PEBA Commish MK3 wrote:I shall probably watch a bit here and there but not being a driver of any sorts I've never been that fanatical about motor sports. I hope you enjoy your 24 hr stint though, I might even tune in a bit more this your knowing on the other side of the world there's a Havana GM hunched over a computer screaming wildly lol ;-D

Cool! Here are a pair of Aston Martin's to enjoy as an appetizer :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjnb-h6ak_o

edit: should have added they are the sweetest sounding cars on track this weekend :)
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Did the Indy car guys ever make it over there like they were suppose to. I know they got delay by rain at Texas which was gonna make it tough on em. I think Scott Dixon and Sebastien Bourdais were scheduled to race it.
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Knights wrote:Did the Indy car guys ever make it over there like they were suppose to. I know they got delay by rain at Texas which was gonna make it tough on em. I think Scott Dixon and Sebastien Bourdais were scheduled to race it.
Yep. Dixon and Bourdais are in a Ford GT. Townsend Bell is in a Ferrari 458. Mikhail Aleshin is in a P2 car. I think that's all of them. You can check the entry list here :

http://www.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/cour ... s-2016.pdf
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#6 Post by Nigel »

Are you ready to go :bang: Doors locked, beers chilled, food to hand and commode seat ready to accept it's load?


Is it really a 24 hr race if you spend the first hr trundling round behind a Sunday morning shopper doing 20 mph?? :wink: :angry-cussingblack:
Last edited by Nigel on Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: comment on one hour wasted time
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These guys aren't messing about. Check out the safety car!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTA8nVSP4U
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Leones wrote:These guys aren't messing about. Check out the safety car!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTA8nVSP4U
Ha, that's pretty crazy. Nice save by whoever was driving that car.
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