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Rick93coupe
08-11-2009, 10:16 PM
I don't know who goes out there regularly but this was my first time seeing the Lemans cars run. I had a blast, the cars are beautiful and sound so good! This is a good time and makes me want to build a car that corners! Here are a few pics from the pits.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000388.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000389.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000393.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000412.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000413.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000395.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000396.jpg

Rick93coupe
08-11-2009, 10:19 PM
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000398.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000399.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000402.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000405.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000407.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000411.jpg

Oh, saw an old Lotus Espree while I was out there. This was my favorite car as a kid. It stuck with me from a James Bond movie way back.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000496.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/Rick88coupe/misc%20photos/P1000498.jpg

ibstrokin
08-11-2009, 10:22 PM
All of those are sweet. You have expensive taste, I can see why your car has gone severely off budget.

Rick93coupe
08-11-2009, 10:43 PM
All of those are sweet. You have expensive taste, I can see why your car has gone severely off budget.

LOL, isn't that the truth. I'm trying to figure out how to get one of their jacking systems on the coupe. You hook it up to an air line and a series of cylinders comes down and lifts the car off the ground. I saw the Ferrari do it first and my jaw dropped and then the wheels started turning! :D

Mista Bone
08-11-2009, 11:09 PM
The #92 Rahal BMW, a customer of mine is the fueler on their team.

TZ250
08-12-2009, 01:35 AM
LOL, isn't that the truth. I'm trying to figure out how to get one of their jacking systems on the coupe. You hook it up to an air line and a series of cylinders comes down and lifts the car off the ground. I saw the Ferrari do it first and my jaw dropped and then the wheels started turning! :D

That's what the world thought when Carol Shelby did that for the first time at LeMans in 1967. He beat the super cars with a much faster pit stop. The cars went through tech-inspection and the pnuematic jacks were kept a secret. During practice the Shelby team used giant manual jacks (similar to a swingarm stand), just like everyone else. When they came in for the first pit stop, the jacks hammered down, the car went up, and jaws dropped! :jawdrop: It's been standard equipment since then.

Thanks for the cool pics!

cobra429boss
08-12-2009, 02:39 AM
I wouldnt mind taking one of those out for a spin on the track.. Do some drifting

Evil_Capri
08-12-2009, 07:20 AM
I wish I could have attend this year. I really wanted to see the GT2 battle with the 'Vettes added to the mix.

Did you see the SPEED World Challenge GT race? (Not sure which day the race was held off the top of my head.) Brandon Davis' Mustang Cobra has a 6.0 N/A Aluminum Mod-Motor that sounds intoxicating . . . . plus he won!

Rick93coupe
08-12-2009, 11:28 AM
Yep saw it, the car did sound amazing. I was happy to see him win and in another race A Ford GT also led every lap for the win. I'll be going back!

Rob, great info! It's hard to believe they've been doing that for so long and I'm just now paying attention.. lol.

cobra429boss
08-12-2009, 11:39 AM
Rob, great info! It's hard to believe they've been doing that for so long and I'm just now paying attention.. lol.

You and me both guy :lol: :chug:

5.0Greaser
08-13-2009, 12:02 AM
Thats awesome...I have been wanting to go and check that out for awhile.Just seem to be busy everytime it rolls around.