Yes, it was amazing....too amazing for tire manufacturers who could not make a tire strong enough to handle hundreds of times down the Mulsanne straight at speeds approaching 270mph! the organizers decided in consideration of safety to place chicanes in several spots to slow the cars and to avoid tire explosions which put a Jaguar XJR on its roof and skid for 800yds!
Ver a esos mitos del motor recorrer el mitico la Sarthe me pone la piel de gallina y me emociona al mismo tiempo. Eso eran verdaderas maquinas de competicion: Porsche 935,936...Lola T70..Ferrari 512,etc.. Una epoca cuando la pasion iva por delante de la razon y en la que los ingenieros soñaban con mas y mas potencia;y nunca imaginaron en que esas maquinas acabarian siendo Diesels.... R.I.P Le mans.
Every fiber of your mind tells you to brake yet you keep going hoping the down force is enough to make the next turn, just can’t imagine doing that for 24 hours.
Take no prisoner's old school racing Nice ................befor all the rules change's HARD CORE RACING............70'S at its best Le Mans memories. Le
