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Originally Posted by red 928 View Post
I don't know why they call it a 24 hour race.
They spend 40 minutes in the pits,
4 hours under yellow,
And the real racing doesn't start until the last hour.

A car can spin out, be towed back to the pits and go
3 laps down at hour 22 and still fight
for the lead at the end.
That stuff about waving lapped cars around
the pace car is more like professional wrestling.
It's all about the show.
I agree totally. If you go laps down, tough luck, better luck next year. The wave around is just a gimmick to make the finish have multiple cars on the same lap.

To win, break less and crash less than everyone else.
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