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Post #11,340
by altmann
10/2/01 8:29:23 PM
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New 24 Heures Du Mans
Its a race, carnival, camping trip, unique experience all in one event. Spots like the Mulsanne Curve (full speed -> slow to a crawl -> 90 degree turn -> full speed) are a blast. Glowing brake rotors at night. Noise! I was lucky enough to go in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Watching races on TV doesn't hold much interest for me either, but I'd recommend attending a race at least once in a lifetime just for the experience. Try something like the American LeMans series.

[link|http://www.lemans.org/course/acocourse/acocourse/main/une_unelemansseriesgb.shtml|Official LeMans Site]
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Chris Altmann
Post #11,342
by Ashton
10/2/01 8:45:07 PM
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New Closest I got..
A fine perch all day for Monte Carlo GP. Only hassle - my friend having to 'save' spot for me, as we went on bladder control breaks.

Nothing like these - in any stadium, methinks. Wish I'd caught a Le Mans.. (then there was 1955 + magnesium :(


Ashton
     Auto racing - (wharris2) - (14) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:36:57 PM EDT
         Clarification - (pwhysall) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:46:02 PM EDT
             Even some of the latter... - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2001, 01:49:12 PM EDT
                 Even better - Isle Of Man TT (cycle) races! - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2001, 04:44:10 PM EDT
         heathen, would agree until you said golf! - (boxley) - (8) - Oct. 1, 2001, 12:51:03 PM EDT
             Hey.. it's the only brain exercise a PHB gets - (Ashton) - (7) - Oct. 1, 2001, 08:58:56 PM EDT
                 I'd kick Ashton - (wharris2) - (6) - Oct. 1, 2001, 10:07:00 PM EDT
                     Hey.. ya won't have Ashton to kick around anymore. - (Ashton) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 07:24:37 AM EDT
                         grudging teeth gritting admission of possibility - (wharris2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:13:52 AM EDT
                         As with anything, rare exceptions - (drewk) - Oct. 2, 2001, 10:16:13 AM EDT
                     ya never watched a race with me - (boxley) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2001, 01:31:17 PM EDT
                         Ha ha, + I used to do that too - (CRConrad) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2001, 06:42:16 PM EDT
                             LRPDLives! - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:48:13 PM EDT
         24 Heures Du Mans - (altmann) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:29:23 PM EDT
             Closest I got.. - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2001, 08:45:07 PM EDT

Go now (but sparingly) and keepeth this monstrous creation from leaving ruts in My green fields and tundras; aimeth thine albatross within the scriptured dinosaur tracks provided by Mammon.
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