24 hrs of Le Mans

[LateFan]

I always like the pits and the garages

[LateFan]

I hate it when that happens...

[LateFan]

Real roads - the trees at Tertre Rouge
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No outside help allowed
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..and check it out! ...Hans Hermann was a badass!
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[LateFan]

It always rains at Le Mans...





(Side note trivia - the wipers on the 917 were adapted from a Boeing 727)

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[ELVA164]

That last one doesn't look good...

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[2mAn]

Motion to change thread title to "Le Mans History Thread"

2nd

[ELVA164]

Last car looks like an F333SP to me, maybe Le Mans bodywork of some sort. It's usually seen in MOMO livery:


Motion to change thread title to "Le Mans History Thread"

[LateFan]

Random F-cars

Closest one might be an Aston? Then Ferraris, then Jags..





1954 winner, Ferrari 375 with José Froilán González and Maurice Trintignant.
Wiki calls it... "A battle between brute force and science. That was how the most people viewed the line-up ahead of the race. In the high technology corner, clothed in its beautiful, wind-tunnel tested, aerodynamic bodywork was the Jaguar D-Type with its 3.4-litre, six-cylinder engine. In the brute force corner, Ferrari’s formidable 4.9-litre V12-engined 375 Plus. Ranged somewhere in between was everyone else. It was billed as one of the most tantalizing line-ups ever seen at the French circuit."



Pre-Porsche Curves, pre-chicanes..


Help me out with this car - don't know that I've seen it...or is that because of the paint job?

[325isdan]

this thread is awesome! great facts and pics.

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[LateFan]

^^^ Good man, let's see them!

That Cadillac "Monster" is...is...

Someone thought that was aerodynamic??

[bumada]

Coming into this thread late, but I have some pretty cool pictures from when I went to the race 2 years ago. I'll have to dig them up and post.

[ELVA164]

Nothing is fast enough.