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Old 06-01-2008, 01:50 PM
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Some of the first info is coming out from test day June 1.

a Pug 908 has a major crash

http://www.youtube.com/user/acolemans



First Corvette Pictures from Richard Prince

http://www.badboyvettes.com/main/mai...%20Mans%202008

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Woah! Looks like he was getting out Love that car
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Are the white Vettes customer cars or the European series brothers.
The Pugeots will be fast this year I hope it's not rainning, I'd like to see a great LMP 1 roadrace.
GT1 go get our trophy.
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Semi "works" team cars of Luc Alphand Aventures. More than a customer but not quite a factory (works) team.


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Woah! Looks like he was getting out Love that car
Hairline toe fracture

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67928
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Practice session results

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Beautiful Corvettes.
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Originally Posted by Cloaked
Are the white Vettes customer cars or the European series brothers.
I believe they are the 05 cars.
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Originally Posted by abc 123
I believe they are the 05 cars.
Originally Posted by HORNDAWG
Semi "works" team cars of Luc Alphand Aventures. More than a customer but not quite a factory (works) team.


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OK Thanks guys, right now i'm looking at last years world feed that was on Speed. I'd saved the program on my DVR. World feed wide camera angles are great. The luc-alphand vette was yellow and black last year
I hope they run better this year.
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Holly crap the Pugeot turned a 3:22, IIRC that's faster than the record setting time of the Peugeot LMP1 nope not exactley,it is one second off the Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis LM EV16 Peugeot Talbot Sport 345 3. Cat.1 1. 3:21,209
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Some of the first info is coming out from test day June 1.

a Pug 908 has a major crash

http://www.youtube.com/user/acolemans



First Corvette Pictures from Richard Prince

http://www.badboyvettes.com/main/mai...%20Mans%202008

Modern safety design is absolutecly incredible. Walk away from that with a hairline fracture of your toe??? I broke two toes kicking a chair in a classroom once just goofing off!!!

Awesome - thanks for the links.
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Originally Posted by joemoia
excluding the car it was a good day at the track.
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Interesting note in the last paragraph

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...est-day-blog/#
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Test session photos

http://www.zoom-24.com/index.php?opt...d=181&PageNo=1

A few of the photos I though were cool

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Courage Oreca judd


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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Interesting note in the last paragraph

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...est-day-blog/#
I wish I knew if Mr. Pruett's info was new or old news. There have been multiple reports over the past year of Corvette Racing developing an LMP Corvette, and then there was the recent report by autoextremist that the project was disapproved by GM.
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Joe

You know the Europeans, they love gossip and rumors

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I know the weather was wet so you can't take too much from these times but it is a little disappointing that the Corvettes are still slower than the Astons...
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Joe

You know the Europeans, they love gossip and rumors
Maybe they don't read autoextremist
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Originally Posted by rcolling
I know the weather was wet so you can't take too much from these times but it is a little disappointing that the Corvettes are still slower than the Astons...
I wouldn't read anything into that at this stage.


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