The thunderous noise of the Corvettes at Le Mans has always been something to behold. 20 years ago we had multiple v8, v10 and v12 powered machines with the Panoz, Vipers and Corvettes along with the big engined BMW's and other prototypes. I well remember standing along the straight on the run up to Indianapolis from Mulsanne at 1am listening to the mixture of engine sounds. After a while, even in the dark you could identify the cars from quite a distance, then came the whispering Bentleys which appeared ghostlike as they flew past with deceptive speed. Fond memories both in the wet and dry.
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