Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferraris at Le Mans

[LarryT (l02turner]

I love Le Mans!  Always have.  Used to be a hard core F1 Fanatic - but not 
anymore.  I caught a Cart race last year - fat tires, gear shifts, lots of 
variety - except when they ran ovals itwas pretty good.  Lots of Italian 
drivers - more than in F1 anyway.  Perhaps it was Indy Type cars - they have 
2 competing race series - one is great (as above) and the other is spec 
racers - which sounds llike what Mosley has in mind for F1.

Too bad LeMans only comes once a year!  Course, we have ALMS and ELMS to 
fill out the year - but they are only a shadow of the real thing - a hollow 
ghost of the greatest race there is -.

take care --


Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 1:55 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Ferraris at Le Mans


> Here's to Le Mans,  three short weeks away. No fewer than five F430s
> are entered in GT2, including two from RIsi Competizioni. There is a
> 550 in GT1. There are Aston Martins, Saleens, Panozes (Panozii?) and
> a Lamborghini Murcielago along with gaggles of Corvettes and
> Porsches.  And that's only in the GT divisions; Peugot has a new
> diesel machine to challenge Audi's oilburner dominance in the
> prototypes. 'Prototypes'.....a development class!  Variety!
> Michelin, Pirelli, Dunlop, Kumho, Yokohama - I could go on.....
>
> What a breath of fresh exhaust fumes! Memorial Day Weekend is touted
> as the biggest racing weekend of the year. This Sunday we were
> treated to the Dallara-Honda Parade formerly known as "Indianapolis",
> in which the sole variable is the addition of lady drivers, just as
> in the Wheel Of Death Motorcycle Thrill Shows of yesteryear that
> graced so many midwestern carnivals and state fairs. Round and round
> they go....as do the manly men of NASCAR, soon to be relegated to the
> Car of Tomorrow which is powered by the Carburetor of Yesterday. Too
> bad the single-spec Panpz-Cosworths (sorry: Champ Cars) were all
> banned from Indy. At least Indy 500 entrants are still allowed to
> paint their cars in distinct colors of choice.
>
> Then we have Formula One, the putative 'development' formula where
> engine design has been frozen for half a decade, revs are now limited
> and single spec bodies are the new hot topic. At least the cars still
> turn both left and right! Innovation is limited to the adjustment of
> down force and selection of spring rates. The hottest competition is
> by the pit stop crews, it is the pits where all the passing occurs.
>
> So here's to Le Mans, imperfect as it is. And here's to the WRC,
> impossible to find on North American TV despite 600 channels. And the
> SCCA and all the other obscure series where the true racing of real
> cars persists, as opposed to the TV product known as Racertainment.
> And here's to me, and the other six or seven guys who still care.
>
> -ken-
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