Who won, the first time you went?
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Matt Harper said:
swiveleyedgit said:
Ickx and Oliver, I was 16 at the time. Been a couple of dozen times since, and enjoyed it every time.
Wow! Now we're talking! In a GT40/Ford GT, back in the summer of........
TypeR said:
‘81 or ‘82 I guess?
My first Le Mans was ‘87. I’ve been about 20 times since. I stopped going after the Audi diesels started sounding like vacuum cleaners as they went past.
Correct -1981. Went to every race after that until 2002, as I'd recently relocated to the USA. I started going again (from the US) in 2005 until 2017 when they wouldn't let us in with our beer coolers. Frankly, the 'Audification' of Le Mans was already taking it's toll on my willingness to do an 8000 mile round trip to stare at the back of a hospitality tent, where I used to watch the race from.My first Le Mans was ‘87. I’ve been about 20 times since. I stopped going after the Audi diesels started sounding like vacuum cleaners as they went past.
I also had the distraction of the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the wonderful Mobil 12 Hours of Sebring both of which are less than 2 hours away from where I now live. That said, I have some utterly fantastic memories from my Le Mans experiences, which I wouldn't have missed for anything.
Matt Harper said:
Lovey1 said:
'84 "Economy Race" - was it this one where Reinhold Joest said, "The faster we go, the less fuel we use", or was that '85? 1983,
Vern Schuppan, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert in a Rothmans Porsche 956, chased all the way by Ickx and Bell in the sister car.
Car's was sliding everywhere, still remember it, like it was yesterday. As for the camping!!! at what is now Houx Annex, well i recall 1 x small wooden hut where everyone done their business, no showers or flushing toilets then, you can imagine the smell. The fair ground was just after the Dunlop bridge on the run down to Terte Rouge, The bearded lady, The lady in the snake pit, the tents where you paid a Franc to get in to watch the strippers, Sorry Guy and Gals little trip down memory lane, Ah good times.
Vern Schuppan, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert in a Rothmans Porsche 956, chased all the way by Ickx and Bell in the sister car.
Car's was sliding everywhere, still remember it, like it was yesterday. As for the camping!!! at what is now Houx Annex, well i recall 1 x small wooden hut where everyone done their business, no showers or flushing toilets then, you can imagine the smell. The fair ground was just after the Dunlop bridge on the run down to Terte Rouge, The bearded lady, The lady in the snake pit, the tents where you paid a Franc to get in to watch the strippers, Sorry Guy and Gals little trip down memory lane, Ah good times.
1987 Porsche Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell, Al Holbert..left me deaf for about a week after but the Mazda "wankle" engine sounded good........
The "fair" was awesome.. I remember the worlds fattest lady and the boxing booth very well............ it was also the 1st time I ever drove a go kart and ended up racing them not long after.
eta Oh and Win Percy taking flying lessons.
The "fair" was awesome.. I remember the worlds fattest lady and the boxing booth very well............ it was also the 1st time I ever drove a go kart and ended up racing them not long after.
eta Oh and Win Percy taking flying lessons.
stemll said:
Sad news that we lost Johnny Dumfries todayhttps://www.autosport.com/f1/news/former-f1-driver...
Edited by stemll on Monday 22 March 17:34
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