Scooter Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 The Dakar Rally didn't even go to Dakar this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 The Dakar Rally didn't even go to Dakar this year. I can understand why. It was canceled in 2008 due to supposed Al-Qaeda threats against the race itself. The rally raid hasn't been from Paris to Dakar in years. IMHO, it is not the start and end point that makes the race, but the challenge it presents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Even the AMA Supercross is under the influence. But I am an addict and will be watching The NASCAR Show tonight! I like controversy? FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSabbath Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) Stock car racing went to hell when the cars stopped having vin numbers. I miss the days of David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, King Richard Petty, Bobby and Donnie Allison. Those were the days! David Pearson / Wood Brothers crica 1971 Cale, Richard and David circa 1977. You can actually tell the cars are different makes. Bobby Allison giving a young Dale Earnhardt a hard time! Edited February 7, 2009 by BlackSabbath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 especially miss group C at lemans. 260 mph on a 4 mile straight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonAnne9x23 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! almost two, actually. in 1988 roger douchy in a peugeot went 258. jean-lois schlesser in the mercedes-sauber C9 went 252. then, this started happening...next thing you know, chicanes came in. Edited February 8, 2009 by outerlimits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 What ever happened to the GT2 class in American LeMans? Now all you see is the GT class which is ruled by the Porsches. Wasn't GT2 where the Corvette, the Mustang, and all fought it out? And SCCA Showroom Stock racing? Where did it go? You know you have something crazy going on when a Volvo wagon is ruling a racing class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! Here we have the car I absolutely lusted for in my youth, middle age and probably till the day I die. Porsche 917 with Derek Bell at the wheel. They ran close to 250 back in the early 70s. I can't remember who the driver was but someone spun out going down Mulsanne at over 200. By some miracle he didn't hit a single thing. He drove the car back to the pits, got out and never raced again. Another great story was when Phil Hill was asked what was the scariest thing about Leman. He said it was running down the Mulsanne at 200+ mph and coming up on a MG doing maybe 100. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=13...48734&q=917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scirocco38s Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! Here we have the car I absolutely lusted for in my youth, middle age and probably till the day I die. Porsche 917 with Derek Bell at the wheel. They ran close to 250 back in the early 70s. I can't remember who the driver was but someone spun out going down Mulsanne at over 200. By some miracle he didn't hit a single thing. He drove the car back to the pits, got out and never raced again. Another great story was when Phil Hill was asked what was the scariest thing about Leman. He said it was running down the Mulsanne at 200+ mph and coming up on a MG doing maybe 100. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=13...48734&q=917 Those were the days. You know why LeMans went to a rolling start versus the old start where the drivers ran across the road got in the car and started them and drove off. The Porsche 917 drivers were hopping in the car starting and not putting the safety belts on until the Mulsanne straight, they were drivving down the staright at 240+ and driving with their knees while hooking the belts on. Thats when real men drove cars with passion and guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSabbath Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! almost two, actually. in 1988 roger douchy in a peugeot went 258. jean-lois schlesser in the mercedes-sauber C9 went 252. then, this started happening...next thing you know, chicanes came in. Good shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gundry Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! almost two, actually. in 1988 roger douchy in a peugeot went 258. jean-lois schlesser in the mercedes-sauber C9 went 252. then, this started happening...next thing you know, chicanes came in. I thought the CLK-GTR and Porsche were LMP1 cars... They started flipping due to their body shape and the effect a slight hill had on them. If the front end got to be about an inch higher than the back - BAM insti-wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwiz Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! almost two, actually. in 1988 roger douchy in a peugeot went 258. jean-lois schlesser in the mercedes-sauber C9 went 252. then, this started happening...next thing you know, chicanes came in. I thought the CLK-GTR and Porsche were LMP1 cars... They started flipping due to their body shape and the effect a slight hill had on them. If the front end got to be about an inch higher than the back - BAM insti-wing. IIRC, the picture is of the MB CLK that flew during practice. Another CLK flew in the race (and landed in the woods, somehow right-side-up on its wheels). MB then withdrew all their cars and haven't been back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 260mph on the Mulsanne? What car/s did that? OMG! almost two, actually. in 1988 roger douchy in a peugeot went 258. jean-lois schlesser in the mercedes-sauber C9 went 252. then, this started happening...next thing you know, chicanes came in. I thought the CLK-GTR and Porsche were LMP1 cars... They started flipping due to their body shape and the effect a slight hill had on them. If the front end got to be about an inch higher than the back - BAM insti-wing. yer absolutely right-that pic was from 1999, long after the chicanes. here's the video of the other clk during the race-frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Unfortunately due to costs, P1 and GT 1 in the ALMS series are pretty much 1 horse shows. Audi (P1) and Corvette (GT1) have dominated for so long and spent so much money, there are no cars in their class. Some teams have put up valient efforts, but unless Audi and Corvette pack up and leave, they will remain a lapping session for those teams. The P2 and GT2 classes are where the action is. In fact it has gotten to the point where Corvette is only running GT1 for the first half of the year to qualify for LeMans, then they are supposed to run in GT2 as they will actually have cars to compete against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9146gt Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I worked on cars at LeMans in '94'96 and 2000. They had some strange aero rules in 1999 which may have been part on the problem.Everyone was complaining about following the Toyota's ... both Mercedes crashes were behind Toyota's. There is also a monument to the Wright brothers not to far from the cafe on the Mulsanne straight. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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