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Looks like Iain ran out of brakes at one of the Mulsanne chicanes
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Well very exciting . Owner let me start today . Had mega first lap going like a train . Flat in top approach Porsche curves and yes no brakes . The lord was looking down this time “he missed me at Monaco “and escapecroad was very welcome . It’s been a fantastic experiance I shall never forget . Roll on 2020.
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Well done boss! Zef can tell you about straight lining the chicane from 2016....
My race only included a couple of minor indiscretions, both just losing the odd second, and eventually finished P16. Very chuffed Last edited by Mike Bell; 8 Jul 2018 at 12:11. Reason: Sp |
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8 Jul 2018, 11:42 (Ref:3835405) | #155 | ||
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Emergency anchor released Iain? Does it have reverse thrust? Etc., etc. |
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Excellent result Mike. Watching the live video feed it must be a challenge just to survive the time in the queue waiting to be released onto the circuit! |
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Yes well done to Mike & Iain. One thing that never appears to change at the LMC is the amount of time waiting around. Maybe understandable to an extent given the particular nature of the circuit but whenever I've been there as a spectator the long gaps between races are - quite long!
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I dont think he will have to pay for what he broke yesterday, but C Tavares can be dangerous on a track. When at his desk he's the boss, fine, but on the track the same rules apply to all. Well, should.
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There are several ways to negotiate chicanes with no brakes I'll have you know straight lining is slightly less alarming than the 360 pirouette method mid corner although both methods have been tried and tested
Most disappointed not to be there this year, just too much going on at home. . . . I recently got a whiff of a car that may be available . . . . and eligible . . . . so 2020 is a possibility. |
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Fingers crossed I can get back in 2020! Still so much to learn before I can be as quick round the circuit as I want to be.......
Left Houx at 0600 and just about to board ferry. Fabulous trip through French countryside this morning (Rouen excepted!) in continuing good weather. Perfect end to a brilliant weekend- and to think 10 days ago I wasn’t even going...... |
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After a few struggles my gang finished 1,2 and 7 th
The Elva 19th and in front of six of the seven 904’s that have indeterminate engine sizes Didn’t know my car in 2016 straight lines a chicane as well as spinning Learn all these things over time It was so much slower with its new owner Will did a 5 29 in the Speedster GT that must be one of best laps of weekend along with GB’s 5.45 in Talbot in G1 |
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Three 10/10ths stalwarts helped us throughout weekend and a warm thank you to
John, Dick and Jason They helped us with seven car team Not sure if they realised what they were letting themselves in for! |
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9 Jul 2018, 18:36 (Ref:3835728) | #164 | ||
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Sitting in queue at Caen Ferry
Still waiting to see a decent car to keep me occupied! Lots of Healeys, Bs and something looks like a Frog eye May be surprised as here for another hour! |
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Good to see you looking so well John. Keep it that way . 😀
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10 Jul 2018, 08:01 (Ref:3835820) | #166 | |
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That was first time into 1st chicane after we took the brakes off, I did own up at the time, although it probably made little if any difference to lap time.
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I always spend time looking at what people come up with for paddock transport, and this impressed me at LMC. It’s a LOHR Fardier light military vehicle, and 2CV based. Engine transverse mounted amidships driving all 4 wheels. Top speed 35kph if you dare! |
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10 Jul 2018, 16:25 (Ref:3835917) | #168 | ||
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May be our army used it to be thrown on a potential enemy? As a reference to Monthy Python…
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One Heck of a Weekend
Arrived home exhausted, and I was only taking pictures. Goodness me, it was hot. Its going to take time to sort out images and maybe remove some of the heat haze. Here are a few. All images copyright www.retro-speed.co.uk
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Excellent result John, especially after GB giving everyone else a head start in race 1! Here's the podium for race 3- Gareth 1st and Michael 2nd... |
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Great pic of the CD Panhard (car 9) in Plateau 3. Both that and the DBs entertained with their cornering angles! When being warned by marshals showing waved white flags of a slow moving car, more often than not you came across one of the little French cars flat out..... I've never been so fast in a Morgan +4; we were timed at 220kph, which is almost 137mph in English money. No wonder the side screens kept coming out of their catches! Not telling what the rev counter was showing, and in at least 4 locations each lap.... |
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I don't think that's so extreme Mike. I have some recent photos of a Saab 9-5 showing similar cornering traits on a couple of track days (Not my 9-5 btw). As of yesterday that seemed to have been sorted out by a replacement suspension system for the sports suspension that was already fitted. That said the Panhard does look like a lot of fun. Slow fun perhaps, but still fun. |
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10 Jul 2018, 23:47 (Ref:3835983) | #173 | ||
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Can I - as a 'civilian' - ask, what exactly is the eligibility situation for cars taking part in the Le Mans Classic event?
As far as I understand it, they either have to have actually taken part in the Le Mans 24hrs race in period, or be of a type/spec which took part in period. Is that correct? |
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"To become part of the legend you must enter a model that has taken part in the Le Mans 24 Hours between 1923 and 1981. Priority is given to cars that have actually raced in the event during this era." |
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That's what I understood, but I'm wondering just how seriously Peter Auto take their interpretation of "model". There was a car taking part in Plateau 6 which was LHD when no LHD version of that model ever took part in period, and which was listed with a date two years later than that model finished factory production. It also looked nothing like a car which took part in period - body shape, colouring/livery and details being different. Good luck to the owner/entrant/driver(s) and I'm sure they were very happy to take part, but I just found it to be a somewhat bizarre anomaly. It made me wonder what had changed at Peter Auto, and what other entrants thought of it? |
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