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Old 10-01-2008, 04:02 PM
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Talking Petit Le Mans

Anybody going to the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta this weekend?

I plan to go Friday for practice & qualifying and then Saturday for the race. It's 1,000 miles or 10 hours, whichever comes first.



It should be a great event this year with the Battle of the Diesels! The mighty Audi R10's and the new Peugeot 908's.

LOTS of top cars and top talent...
Penske will have 3 Porsche RS Spyders
Andretti is bringing the Acura ARX-01B to be driven by son Marco
Rob Dyson will have 2 Porsche RS Spyders
Team Audi
The Intersport Lolas
Corvette Racing
Doran Ford GT-R
Ferrari 430 GT's

There is even a Hybrid this year in the race! The Corsa Zytek 07S LMP1 car.
Here's a video of the hybrid on the test track:
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1774272321

Many of the top sports car and open wheel drivers will be there.
Allan McNish
Nic Minassian
Helio Castroneves
Sascha Maassen
David Brabham
Scott Sharp
Dario Franchitti
Adrian Fernandez
Chris Dyson
Butch Leitzinger
Tony Kanaan
Marco Andretti
Gil de Ferran
Scott Dixon
Johnny O'Connell
Jan Magnussen
Ron Fellows
Max Papis
Mika Salo
...and many many more



Loud noise, burning rubber and the delicate scent of race fuel.
Yum!
Sounds like fun to me!



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