Time For Coffee? Petit Le Mans
Lovely video captures the atmosphere from the weekend's race at Road Atlanta
Having had this video from the weekend's Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta brought to our attention by AxisOfOversteer we were going to share it as a Time For Tea? but, frankly, it's too good to wait until the afternoon and here it is to accompany your mid-morning brew-up.
After well-publicised testing dramas the Deltawing's sixth place overall has to be considered a success, the chrome plated Extreme Speeds Motorsports Ferrari 458 winning the GT class ahead of a hungry pack of Corvettes and Vipers. The Green Hornet Racing Porsche that came togetherwith the Deltawing in practise got mixed up in further trouble too, hitting the then leading Muscle Milk (ew!) Pickett Racing Honda early on and leaving the door open for the Rebellion Racing Lola Toyota to take a three-lap victory. Full race report and results here.
So much for the actual racing though; what this film from ZfH Productions really celebrates is the atmosphere of America's Petit Le Mans, a race that looks to have as much to enjoy as its big brother over in France. OK, not quite as easy to drive to. But worth a visit one day perhaps.
Petit Le Mans - Road Atlanta - October 20, 2012 from ZfH Productions on Vimeo.
Sound of the Corvettes is epic as always. They're incredibly reliable too!
One of the most memorable events for me was the battle between Bergmeister (Porsche) and Magnussen (Corvette) in the final 10 minutes of the American Le Mans Series 2009 final at Laguna Seca. Epic stuff.
Details here
I've done this twice now in a team of Caterhams, and helped out as a "pit bh" a few times. It's a great event!
Details here
I've done this twice now in a team of Caterhams, and helped out as a "pit bh" a few times. It's a great event!
As a spectator, the infield view over the esses and Turn 5 is one of the best in motorsport - and spectators have an unrestricted (no debris fence) view of race traffic coming straight at them on the approach to Turn 6
The ONLY negative about Road Atlanta is the county by-law excuse they use to prohibit you bringing your own booze into the facility. The reality is that they want to sell you their extortionately priced, watered-down track beer - and the fun-police do random searches on the gate - which a couple of my buddies fell foul of this year. Other than that, it's awesome.
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