TornadoRetro GradeJoined: August 16, 2003Status: OfflinePosts: 2958Rep:
Congragulations to the Japanese Audi Sport team! Sun Jun 13, 2004 8:39:09 AM#8993Perm Link
This years Le Mans 24 Hour race was very exciting. There were many battles in the "important classes" (LMP1 and GTS: Porsche always wins GT and LMP 2 nobody really watches). In the not so important classes, there were less but it was still a very exciting race. Let me tell you, seeing about 17 hours of the total tired me out and I'm rather sleepy now. Anyways, Sergi Ara won the race in a privately entered Japanese Audi Sport team making him the only the second Japanese guy to win it ever. His teamate, Hans Kristensen, has now tied the record for most ever won with 6 and has the record for most won in a row with 5. One of those indestructible Lolas won the LMP 2 class with an all American team from Ohio. GTS was a 1-2 with Corvettes with 3rd being one of them Ferrari 575Ms. GT was Porsche 1-6 place. The winning Audi was just 36 seconds away from the 2nd place United Kingdom Audi Sport team with Johnny Herbert making a hard charge for the lead, getting to within 24 seconds of the lead before driving off the track. A very exciting race when compared to a relatively tame one last year. And to top it off, 2 hours after Le Mans ended the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada will start live. A very good day for the racing entusiast. then, eventually the Nascar race is on but thats another story.
Michael: Jodie, how's my schedule look for today? Jodie: You've got a conference and dinner party at the Japanese Embassy regarding wildlife protection. Michael: Oh, yeah...sorry, but I'll have to cancel that. I'm heading out to save America!