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I like the sound of that. :)
The 2014 edition of the 24 Hours Of LeMans kicks off in less than 18 hours! Anybody else going to be watching?
Who are you watching this year? I'll be pulling for Tom Kristensen (#1 Audi) for the overall win with an eye towards the new Porsche entry with Mark Weber (#20 Porsche). Toyota should give them both a good run.
The GT class should be another barn burner even without the SRT Vipers attending. Naturally I'll be pulling for the Corvette team. Jan Magnussen seems to be in good form these days and I'll watch Oliver Gavin pilot that surly V8 around the apexes.
Gotta get stocked up with food and drink to carry me through as much of it as I can stay awake for!
I'll definitely be checking in. Endurance racing is always cool. It's nice sometimes to have the really super-close racing you see in the NASCARs (and now in Indy), but that's not what gets me amped about racing at all. For me it's about the precision of the effort, mixed with the technology, and lots of other nuances and whatnot. It's a beautiful sport, and I find myself just as interested in a "crushing" victory as I am in a close race--especially when the close race is merely created by rules rather than any true parity.
Webber's Porsche entry is interesting. I hadn't really been following Patrick Dempsey's US entry. Always like seeing crossover guys taking a serious approach.