Classic Le Mans Photos

[SteveM911]

Nice pictures Mr Perkles,


P.S. The silver car in the pictures is indeed Noah's old car, owned now by the above Mr Perkles.

[smarjoram]

Great photos. This was the first one I missed - still, I'm going to the Silverstone Classic which should make up for it.

[type901]

There are around 1200 pictures of Le Mans Classic 2008
on French Website "Flat6world"

[DG624]

Must be nice to be able to go to this track. I was there a long time ago to see Pedro Rodriquez drive a 512 Ferrari trying to catch the 917s. Very strange track with an amusement park and only one or two bathrooms. It looks much different now...even modern. I don't think watching these cars being driven by non racers is even close to watching the real race but still nice to see the cars.

[911-32]

Originally Posted by DG624

Must be nice to be able to go to this track. I was there a long time ago to see Pedro Rodriquez drive a 512 Ferrari trying to catch the 917s. Very strange track with an amusement park and only one or two bathrooms. It looks much different now...even modern. I don't think watching these cars being driven by non racers is even close to watching the real race but still nice to see the cars.

There are many hired pro drivers who co-drive with the owners. We were all surpised at the competitive and aggressive nature of the racing in some priceless and irreplaceable cars. If you know euro classic racing you will may have heard of guys like Peter Hardman and Gary Pearson, who are seriously quick and co-drove 3 or 4 cars each, then there are names like Jan Lammers, Stephane Sarrazan, Jurgen Barth etc. If you dig into the detail, you find many of the "gentlemen" drivers have done a number of Le Mans 24 hour races in GT2s or GT3s even though they are names you have never heard of. This wasn't a procession, there was proper racing with period correct drifting and sliding and even some contact. Some of the owner drivers were a bit slow but some were also right up there with the pros - for example, Jurgen Barth took 2 class wins in the 936 while the owner managed a close second in class.


RB

[ennisk1]

I had the good fortune of being able to see and touch that 917 at Rennsport III (pic below) as it was paddocked with us at Klub Sport. I even got to "drive" it as it was towed from the transporter to the our paddock. It pays to be the skinny guy as I quite often am the one that gets to be the "driver".

Great pictures of Classic LeMans!

[MrPerkles]

[AirCooledExcellence]

A few of my snaps:

The priory (Gary and myself were in the attic ):





Porsche tent action (well lack of action):





Milf for Perky:



Car park, IB heaven:

[AirCooledExcellence]

Found a nice hotel on the Loire for Monday night:







This is what driving in France is all about:





Visited the Car museum at Loheac on Tuesday (thanks for the tip off Roy):









Sneaked onto the track at Loheac, shame they were doing repairs otherwise we might have done a sneaky lap or two:

[AirCooledExcellence]

Another nice Hotel for Tuesday night (very impressed with the Logis De France chain):



Some more snaps taken on route:





Last night was spent in style at this lovely Chateau:



Bloody fantastic trip, roll on 2010

[AirCooledExcellence]

All my snaps are here (including the crappy ones )

Oh yeah, almost forgot the video:

[MrPerkles]

nice post Ace ,ps if any film producers or agents are reading this thread and watching the vid i am available for movies i do comedy, action ,horror,DP the lot

[johndglynn]

France is 911 heaven, just gets better every time. Unlike driving in the UK!

[johndglynn]

Oh yeah, seeing as Grandad is posting gratuitous pics of guys in their holiday gear (got a few more like this):

[theclaw]

WOW! What a great time.

[MOMO3.2]

You "Euro Guys" have really got it goin on!

These photos pretty much capture the finer side of all things Porsche. It has been a thrill viewing them. Thank you!

Mike

[Jay Laifman]

"Tres bon." OUI!!!!!

[Jay Laifman]

(This is what I was referring to)

[MrPerkles]

Originally Posted by johndglynn

Oh yeah, seeing as Grandad is posting gratuitous pics of guys in their holiday gear (got a few more like this):

I bet you told him off for fecking up the photo parking position

[Reaper930]

I too would like to see more of the '70's yellow dress...beautiful pictures, all stunning examples.