[DeTomaso] NPC - '60s Narrated GT-40 Lap of Le Mans

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Mike,
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It's not the GT40 he's talking about. Lots of people get confused about this. If you listen closely, the driver they are interviewing is Vic Elford. He was referring to the Porsche 917 that he was driving that year.?You'll note he says that all other cars except the 917 took the kink before Mulsanne Corner flat out at "about 200", but that he (in the 917) had to lift off and slow down to 200.?
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Daryl




-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 7:53 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - '60s Narrated GT-40 Lap of Le Mans




The beginning of the GT-40 video he also states that they were running at 
"near" race speeds, and commented that during the race, the GT-40s were 
clocked at 240 on the Mulsane.  Now I'd like to see a GT-40 at speed, though 
I'm sure the 15 years newer Porsches would still dust it. 
 
Mike Thomas  
 
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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:11 AM 
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - '60s Narrated GT-40 Lap of Le Mans 
 
 
Dear Mike, 
 
 
> What's fascinating is to see the same thing, 15 years later, from the  
> perspective of a Porsche 956 with Derek Bell at the wheel, and see how  
> much faster everything became: 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1hdwqVblUM 
 
$$$$$$ I watched the GT40 and the Porsche 956 videos. I was skeptical that 
the 956 was "much faster". I am not skeptical anymore. Those Hun cars were 
faster than the lovely GT40s. Oh, well. 
 
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles 
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