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Originally Posted by Gerard C
....... What is so special with me, something making me a precursor?
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Originally Posted by rbs
The year of confusion, with a strange average of each drivers times to count in qualifying. The organisers allowed more cars to start than originally planed. The last car on the grid was a Porsch 911 that went on to win the GT Class.
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Thierry Perrier and Roger Carmillet.
What was so special ws I think the car ran on an ethanol mix fuel. In line with a new French Government initiative for new fuels the ACO incorporated a challenge for 'new fuels' and the #93 car was the only car running on any type of new fuel.
After the race Raymond Gouloumès , the President of the ACO at the time, greeted Thierry Perrier who he said was the only one who "had the guts to take up the challenge of ethanol ..."
