The Le Mans Classic Thread
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SuPaSpArK said:
I have got to attend this next time...great pics....
Having read the Goodwood FoS thread it seems we were fortunate with the crowds here. On Friday there were no crowds whatsoever, so it was possible to wander around the cars, chat with the owners/drivers, etc. All very informal and relaxed. Saturday was MUCH busier though, but not until the afternoon. If you want to go, get yourself a paddock pass as not everyone buys one, and therefore the crowds around the cars are minimal.
Had a Great weekend at the Classic.
Good Points:
Great weather,
excellent display of 'club cars'
plenty of entries
lots of track action
Excellent atmosphere
The demo run by the Pug 905 GpC car.
Seeing a Veyron in the flesh (doesn't sound too good though).
Having Paul Truswell doing English commentary over the main tannoy.
Bad points:
Surely the whole point of having the Classic within 3wks of the main race is so you can re-use the infrastructure. But no, all the temporary grandstands had come down, there were very few food stalls and the whole "behind the grandstands" area was very empty.
The marshals manning the paddock were (incorrectly) turning away ACO members, so we had to get actual paddock passes from the information desks.
The toilets in the ACO stand being locked shut at 20h00 (while the stand remains open until 00h00). Although someone had either broken in or had them unlocked by the end of the evening...
No Tartiflette stand
Good Points:
Great weather,
excellent display of 'club cars'
plenty of entries
lots of track action
Excellent atmosphere
The demo run by the Pug 905 GpC car.
Seeing a Veyron in the flesh (doesn't sound too good though).
Having Paul Truswell doing English commentary over the main tannoy.
Bad points:
Surely the whole point of having the Classic within 3wks of the main race is so you can re-use the infrastructure. But no, all the temporary grandstands had come down, there were very few food stalls and the whole "behind the grandstands" area was very empty.
The marshals manning the paddock were (incorrectly) turning away ACO members, so we had to get actual paddock passes from the information desks.
The toilets in the ACO stand being locked shut at 20h00 (while the stand remains open until 00h00). Although someone had either broken in or had them unlocked by the end of the evening...
No Tartiflette stand
Just got back from LMC and agree with most previous comments certainly about lack of food stalls etc.
Best bit by far was our parade laps which I organised independently. We luckliy got in with good bunch and did two very enjoyable fast laps. Most impressed by Maserati 4200gt roadster which went by everything
Good weekend just hope does not get too popular as a few lager louts appeared to have heard about it and gave bad impression of Brits at Arnage saturday evening
Best bit by far was our parade laps which I organised independently. We luckliy got in with good bunch and did two very enjoyable fast laps. Most impressed by Maserati 4200gt roadster which went by everything
Good weekend just hope does not get too popular as a few lager louts appeared to have heard about it and gave bad impression of Brits at Arnage saturday evening
tvron said:
a few lager louts appeared to have heard about it and gave bad impression of Brits at Arnage saturday evening
Hopefully the kind of people who appreciate cars will tell these yobs to clear off rather than applaud their antics. If they are made to feel unwelcome and not given the recognition they seek they won't return. Rich...Hi all, that was a fun weekend! first time i've gone to Le Mans Classic and i saw it very differentl from 24h Le Mans. So many Porsches parked inside the circuit (+950 so crazy!) so many lotuses, de tomasos, lambo, caterham, alpine and a bunch of rare cars i don't know what they can be!
Sun was with us, that was really fun!
thanks all for leaving such cars alive...
my pics :
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have a nice summer and holidays
Sun was with us, that was really fun!
thanks all for leaving such cars alive...
my pics :
all by photos :
[url]http://fred441.free.fr/allmyphotos/in[/url]
all by makes :
[url]http://fred441.free.fr/allmyphotos/in[/url]
have a nice summer and holidays
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