24 Heures du Mans

[cabinetman]

Anybody gonna watch the race this weekend?
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[Bruce Cohen]

WHAT RACE???

Bruce

[crokett]

Like all the other races, watch the last 3 or 4 minutes and you will see the important part. Same thing for soccer.

[Rand]

Crokett you are obviously not a race fan. I've been following Formula 1 for years. If you only watch the last part you miss things like what happened at the start of the 98 race in Belgium.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znTBNo8RdoY

The carnage (heh car nage) starts about 1 minute in.

[Tom Slick]

I'll probably watch some. I'd love to walk the pits and watch what's going on behind the scenes at a race like that. They do some pretty amazing "repairs" on those cars.

[TB Roye]

I will be watching. Been following racing all my life. Was there when Ford with Foyt and Gurney won. What great feeling to hear the National Anthem on foreign soil especailly France.

Tom

[dbhost]

Not too interested if it involves too many roads...

Paris Dakkar is well worth watching, as is anything in Baja...

I think Speed Channel has some Rock Racing going on this weekend too...

[430752]

I'll put in on and try to catch bits here and there as I go about my day, but me thinks Speed only puts on an hour or two on, then breaks for something more meaningful such as a NASCAR juniors first day practice iin nowheresville Alabama, then another of NASCAR truck series garage talk, then maybe another hour or two of Le Mans, then followed by 5 hours of some auto auction, then maybe the last hour or two of Le Mans. Great thing they call it the SPEED channel.

But I love LeMans and the American LeMans series. I've done the 12 hours of Sebring 3 times and seen them race at Limerock. Of course, nothing compares to growing up and seeing CanAm at Road America!

[BobSch]

Of course, nothing compares to growing up and seeing CanAm at Road America!

A man after my own heart. I used to work at both RA and BRI. Much more fun than "turn-left-and-hit-the-loud-pedal." (I'm gonna get a lot of *^@#$% for that last comment, I'm sure.)

[cabinetman]

A man after my own heart. I used to work at both RA and BRI. Much more fun than "turn-left-and-hit-the-loud-pedal." (I'm gonna get a lot of *^@#$% for that last comment, I'm sure.)

What is "BRI", and what is ""turn-left-and-hit-the-loud-pedal."". Is that some NASCAR lingo?
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