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24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« on: June 13, 2016, 06:13:16 AM »
Oh, you know me and this race! Disappointed only slight coverage as the whole race use to be televised.

The Audi and Porsche battle last year in P1 was fantastic. Can Corvette do it again? Only one car last year but still won class. How will Ford fair in the mix. Back after a long absence.

Going to be great but it always is.

http://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans/

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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2016, 06:40:23 AM »
Quote from: toytuff on June 13, 2016, 06:13:16 AM
Oh, you know me and this race! Disappointed only slight coverage as the whole race use to be televised.

The Audi and Porsche battle last year in P1 was fantastic.
http://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans/
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2016, 07:42:10 AM »
Excited about this as well, especially since the GT40 will be back.

Jay Leno's Garage [the show] had a cool piece on this last season, told the story about when Ford originally built the GT and won it. 

tt - wondering if the entire race may be stream live?
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 10:38:09 AM »
Steve, I just checked coverage. Fox Sports one and two have quite a bit this year. This is on Dish TV.

I'll watch what I can and dvr what I can't.  ;D

First coverage is at 0530 hrs. Pretty sure that is PST here.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 12:04:46 PM »
If you are a fan of the Ford GT, check out this 4-part series about the GT's return to Le Mans.

http://petrolicious.com/ford-has-produced-an-absolutely-gorgeous-documentary-about-its-return-to-le-mans
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 02:22:38 PM »
That's a great link! Finding several streaming sites also.

Yes, the GT is beautiful. No doubt about it. I'll have to cheer for the Corvette team and Porsche in P1.

I haven't had time to verify but Ford and Corvette are in the same class. LMGT Pro I believe.

Cool, live stream from inside a Corvette and a GT Ford. Oh, nothing sounds better than the P1 Audi and P1 Porsche.

Check out the upper left.

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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2016, 02:43:05 PM »
Quote from: toytuff on June 16, 2016, 10:38:09 AM
Steve, I just checked coverage. Fox Sports one and two have quite a bit this year. This is on Dish TV.


Great, I have Dish as well.

Thanks for posting that great link Don!
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2016, 02:50:30 PM »
I think Ford ought to be a bit more careful with it's publicity about returning to Le Mans with the GT especially considering all the publicity they made about the new GT earlier this year at 24 hrs of Daytona only to get waxed by the C7R Vettes. Granted it was a brand new car but I really hope they have all the bugs worked out on the new GT this time around.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2016, 02:54:46 PM »
Quote from: Bailgang on June 16, 2016, 02:50:30 PM
I think Ford ought to be a bit more careful with it's publicity about returning to Le Mans with the GT especially considering all the publicity they made about the new GT earlier this year at 24 hrs of Daytona only to get waxed by the C7R Vettes. Granted it was a brand new car but I really hope they have all the bugs worked out on the new GT this time around.

24 hours is a long time but yes, hoping for good results. If I could just win the sweepstakes I could order one. In red.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2016, 06:52:09 PM »
The pole is set in P1.

Porsche, Toyota, Audi.

Would really like to see Toyota do well this year. Last year some yahoo (Audi) took their last entry out.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2016, 07:01:46 PM »
Here is the bozo..


Really?

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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2016, 07:24:35 PM »
The Ford GTs were 1 & 2 in GT Pro class. Should be an interesting race. The Toyotas are still in the running, nobody has gotten stupid yet.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2016, 07:14:00 AM »
Ok, looks like we are set to start at 7:30 CDT.   Weather looks pretty good, small chance of showers.

Here's the TV schedule...


June 18-19 – 24 Hours of Le Mans (all times ET and subject to change):

- FS1: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- FS2: 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- FS2: 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- FS2: 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- FS2: 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. (June 19)
- FS1: 2:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (June 19)

*The entire race will be streamed live on FOX Sports GO
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2016, 08:00:45 AM »
Thanks Steve.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2016, 08:36:01 AM »
It looks like FS1/FS2 have to shuffle the race back and forth to slot in the Copa America Quarterfinals.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2016, 03:32:04 PM »
Need to make room on my DVR. Love these endurance races.


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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2016, 04:36:11 PM »
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It looks like FS1/FS2 have to shuffle the race back and forth to slot in the Copa America Quarterfinals.

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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2016, 04:38:48 PM »
Quote from: joeyvans on June 17, 2016, 03:32:04 PM
Need to make room on my DVR. Love these endurance races.


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Going to have a problem with that, at least I do. Programming just states the race at different times. When I hit the dvr it only records the first event and no more after that. Duplicate recording. No episode numbers.

I'll have to tape one event at a time but plan on watching most with exception to the 0230 broadcast.

Foxsportsgo is ready also for streaming.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2016, 05:07:57 PM »
Autoweek email article has reported that the Ford GT and Ferrari 488have been slapped with stiff performance penalties. 22 pounds added to the GTs and reduction in boost across the range while the Ferarris got hit with 33 lb added. Corvettes & Aston Martins have been given a a .2mm increase in the air restrictor. While the Porsche 911RSRs are given a bump in fuel capacity from 25 to 25.8 gallons.
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2016, 05:33:22 PM »
Breaking news for sure!
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2016, 05:41:32 PM »
Exciting stuff. Several years ago after a minor operation I had one chair i could get any comfort. Watched 18 straight of the 24hrs!
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2016, 05:56:58 PM »
Well, it's fun to dream. (Sigh)

Looks like the orders are done already but it's fun to configure one.

https://www.ford.com/performance/gt/#configurator

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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2016, 10:24:35 PM »
Quote from: toytuff on June 17, 2016, 05:56:58 PM
Well, it's fun to dream. (Sigh)

Looks like the orders are done already but it's fun to configure one.

https://www.ford.com/performance/gt/#configurator

Supercool.  I'd probably never pick this color scheme but I was going for Gulf-style colors:






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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2016, 05:58:28 AM »
And here we go!
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Re: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016
« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2016, 06:32:17 AM »
I have no reason not to be there, my sister lives nearby. I'm often a lazy bast**d

Will be watching the tele in the garage.

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