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FatBoy 07-15-2010 10:18 AM
Kirkham at Le Mans
 
Hi,
I've just come back from a fantastic weekend at the Le Mans Classic with a bunch of other guys in Cobras.
On the Saturday morning, we got the chance to get a couple of laps in on the full circuit. If you've never been to Le Mans, it is a wonderfully evocative place, with so much history.
Here are a couple of link to some in-car video. There were too many people around of widely varying skills to go really quickly, but it was great fun all teh same.

Enjoy.

Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30YHXs2Jj8
Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSIJI44L8yo

Cheers,
Paul

rodneym 07-15-2010 12:49 PM
Wow
 
Dream come true!
Awesome!

rodneym

LARRY6302 07-15-2010 01:03 PM
I had to pinch myself to make sure that i was alive and listening to such sweet music!

Maurice Johnson 07-15-2010 01:49 PM
Nice gaggle of "batwings" at about 2:30 on the film.
Sweet sound-you can almost see the crank rotating.

xlr8or 07-15-2010 02:53 PM
Not sure which is more intoxicating, the video or the audio?

Damn I miss my Kirkham

Skully 07-15-2010 04:01 PM
Were you ever able to go flat out , what was the cost, and no need for Viagra when you did this. Just awesome.

FatBoy 07-16-2010 12:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Skully (Post 1064994)
Were you ever able to go flat out , what was the cost, and no need for Viagra when you did this. Just awesome.
Not really. We were sent out on groups with a pace car in the lead and unfortunately, we were close to the front of our group, which meant we very quickly caught the pace car up. You can see at the start of the second lap that we slowed down to gain some space so that we could have a run up the start straight.
It was just the luck of the draw because other people further back had an almost clear track and could go as fast as they wanted.

Maybe next time. ;)

Tommy 07-16-2010 06:17 AM
Thanks for sharing a great experience. I really like seeing and hearing classic cars in motion. It transforms them from a pieces of art to nearly living and breathing things. I had a similar feeling when I drove in the Hotrod Power Tour a month ago.


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