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Edited Date/Time 6/16/2015 5:18pm
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Fs1 and fs2 are covering it.

Caught a few minutes before this truck race started from rain delay.

Favorite race of the year just for the technology on the prototype cars.

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I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am on FS2 and catch a little bit as i crash out.
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hillbilly 6/14/2015 3:28am
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Dont forget MotoGP in about an hour. 24 lemans is switching to fs2. I gotta grab my yard tv so both can be watched from my dungeon.

Always some drama in the last hour,the Porsches have had it to easy look for something to happen.
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Hudweiser9 6/14/2015 1:06pm
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Caught some of the race and listened to other parts on the LeMans radio network. Glad to see Porsche back with a prototype effort. To win in the second year is pretty amazing. I'm in Daytona and always make the 24HRs a must see event. Been going to it since I was a kid with my older brother. Would love to see the LMP1 cars come to FL. The new Ford prototype looks awesome. Not sure if it will be able to run with the big boys in the WEC series, but will be fun to watch! The ford will be making it's debut in the 2016 24hrs of Daytona. Looking forward to it.

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h&m_cycle 6/14/2015 8:49pm
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man I was reading about the 1955 Le mans, 83 people plus a driver died in one accident, I knew something happened but not
like that...
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Spydee 6/15/2015 12:33am
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ocscottie wrote:
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am...
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am on FS2 and catch a little bit as i crash out.
I saw the results this morning... won't say anything in here in case I spoil it. But I'll look out for your post after you've see the winner Scottie...
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ocscottie 6/15/2015 4:19am
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ocscottie wrote:
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am...
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am on FS2 and catch a little bit as i crash out.
Spydee wrote:
I saw the results this morning... won't say anything in here in case I spoil it. But I'll look out for your post after you've see...
I saw the results this morning... won't say anything in here in case I spoil it. But I'll look out for your post after you've see the winner Scottie...
I missed the end of the race...but just read the article...FUCK!! 1min penalty mid race (but Webber said that it did not cost him the race win) Well at least it was still a Porsche 1 - 2 w/ Hulkenburg in the other car.
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Spydee 6/15/2015 5:04am
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ocscottie wrote:
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am...
I saw a twitter post from RedBull and Mark Webber was leading his class. Looking fwd to catching some coverage when it picks up at 12:30am on FS2 and catch a little bit as i crash out.
Spydee wrote:
I saw the results this morning... won't say anything in here in case I spoil it. But I'll look out for your post after you've see...
I saw the results this morning... won't say anything in here in case I spoil it. But I'll look out for your post after you've see the winner Scottie...
ocscottie wrote:
I missed the end of the race...but just read the article...FUCK!! 1min penalty mid race (but Webber said that it did not cost him the race...
I missed the end of the race...but just read the article...FUCK!! 1min penalty mid race (but Webber said that it did not cost him the race win) Well at least it was still a Porsche 1 - 2 w/ Hulkenburg in the other car.
Hulkenburg dude! How impressive is that considering he's racing F1 this season? Mark must have pretty gutted, but yeah as you say, a 1-2 Porsche win is still awesome for those guys.

Trying to find a replay of it on TV so I can watch it!
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hillbilly 6/15/2015 7:45am
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When the audi crashed you could hear the flywheel spinning up like mad as he stomped the brakes.

Audi uses a flywheel to charge the hybrid powerplant under braking. The design i saw few years back had it laying horizontally in the back in a shatter proff container. It spins at some unbelievable rpm.
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indy_maico 6/15/2015 12:34pm
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Very happy to see Jordan Taylor in the winning car in GT.

I know and worked for his dad Wayne for years, and remember Jordan when he was a little kid bored out of his mind hanging around the transporter with his brother Ricky on race week-ends when their dad was driving.

Both great kids and really pleased to see them doing well!
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hillbilly 6/16/2015 6:58am
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Hudweiser9 wrote:
Caught some of the race and listened to other parts on the LeMans radio network. Glad to see Porsche back with a prototype effort. To win...
Caught some of the race and listened to other parts on the LeMans radio network. Glad to see Porsche back with a prototype effort. To win in the second year is pretty amazing. I'm in Daytona and always make the 24HRs a must see event. Been going to it since I was a kid with my older brother. Would love to see the LMP1 cars come to FL. The new Ford prototype looks awesome. Not sure if it will be able to run with the big boys in the WEC series, but will be fun to watch! The ford will be making it's debut in the 2016 24hrs of Daytona. Looking forward to it.
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h&m_cycle wrote:
man I was reading about the 1955 Le mans, 83 people plus a driver died in one accident, I knew something happened but not
like that...
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd .

The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor since the crash.

There is footage of that Lemans crash.

The memorable crashes for me were the Porsche blowing over on the crest of the hill,both cars. The hill has been lowered.

The r 8 crashes recently , mcnish,Rockefeller and 2 others. Massive hits.
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h&m_cycle wrote:
man I was reading about the 1955 Le mans, 83 people plus a driver died in one accident, I knew something happened but not
like that...
hillbilly wrote:
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd . The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor...
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd .

The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor since the crash.

There is footage of that Lemans crash.

The memorable crashes for me were the Porsche blowing over on the crest of the hill,both cars. The hill has been lowered.

The r 8 crashes recently , mcnish,Rockefeller and 2 others. Massive hits.
You're not saying that the Mercedes F1 team is the first effort since 1955 are you?

They've been to Le Mans several times before

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h&m_cycle 6/16/2015 12:30pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
man I was reading about the 1955 Le mans, 83 people plus a driver died in one accident, I knew something happened but not
like that...
hillbilly wrote:
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd . The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor...
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd .

The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor since the crash.

There is footage of that Lemans crash.

The memorable crashes for me were the Porsche blowing over on the crest of the hill,both cars. The hill has been lowered.

The r 8 crashes recently , mcnish,Rockefeller and 2 others. Massive hits.
I read they didn't even have seatbelts, the object was to get thrown away from the vehicle, sounds like motorcycle racing...
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YZ125H1 6/16/2015 1:41pm
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Glad porsche won was sick of seeing Audi win so many years with the rules in favor of the diesel engines. I wanted to see Toyota win but they always seem to have bad luck at LeMans.
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hillbilly 6/16/2015 5:18pm
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h&m_cycle wrote:
man I was reading about the 1955 Le mans, 83 people plus a driver died in one accident, I knew something happened but not
like that...
hillbilly wrote:
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd . The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor...
Mercedes left racing then,it was both their cars colliding that sent the engine into the crowd .

The team Hamilton is on is their first endeavor since the crash.

There is footage of that Lemans crash.

The memorable crashes for me were the Porsche blowing over on the crest of the hill,both cars. The hill has been lowered.

The r 8 crashes recently , mcnish,Rockefeller and 2 others. Massive hits.
PalerBlue wrote:
You're not saying that the Mercedes F1 team is the first effort since 1955 are you? They've been to Le Mans several times before [embed] https://youtu.be/Ow3rxq7U1mA...
You're not saying that the Mercedes F1 team is the first effort since 1955 are you?

They've been to Le Mans several times before

I guess it is as a factory using the silver arrow. Watched a show where the pit guy in FL drove across France then Germany tracing Mercedes history and he mentioned that Hamilton team is their first car since that day.maybe he mentioned ft only.

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