Another Diesel Powered Entry

[Wheel-Nut]

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/131628_908.jpg

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/alms/34437/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Wheel-Nut/moteur-v12-hdi-04.jpg

http://www.forum-peugeot.com/peugeot-908-lmes-presentation-officielle-302-2.html

edit: I guess the Frenchy's don't like direct linking!!

[Andrew Longman]

Sweet looking car.

I always like the closed cockpit best.

What are the rules on that? Isn't there a displacement penalty or something for buttoning up the cockpit?

[extramundane]

What are the rules on that? Isn't there a displacement penalty or something for buttoning up the cockpit?

IIRC, the only difference in engine regs between open and closed cars is that closed cars equipped with an A/C system (dunno if the Peugeot is or not, but I suspect it is) get larger restrictors.

Not that ACO rules would skew in favor of a French manufacturer or anything.

[pchall]

http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/131628_908.jpg

Yawn. If I want to watch hulls like that at speed all I need to do is head over to Madison for the Regatta.

http://www.russwicks.com/images/915_miss_bud.gif

[Wheel-Nut]

Funny you should mention Madison. . . . while surfing the cable a few weeks ago I caught the last half hour or so of a movie called Madison. It was about hydroplane racing, specifically the Miss Madison.

Also on that day my 6 year old son's kindergarten class had their weekly trip to the library. What book did he borrow you might ask. It was one devoted to hydroplane racing!!

[NismoZ]

Don't fret, pc. Diesels today, jets tomorrow. Whooooshhh! Rufus, where ere ye?

[nissan gtp]

fantastic, can't wait to see it in person.

too bad they're not running Sebring :(

[pchall]

I must be the only sportscar and endurance racing fan on the planet who thinks these cars are as hideous as the converted single-seater Lola T333s and (later) March 817s.

http://www.oldracingcars.com/Images/oursler/T333-HaasJones-430x270.jpg

http://web.tiscali.it/racingandclassic/pagineit/gif/chevrolet.gif

1999 was about the last year when I thought some of the cars looked like sportscars:

http://www.audistory.24max.de/old1/picold/r8c_1.jpg

http://www.audistory.24max.de/old1/picold/r8r_2.jpg

By 2000 even the Audis looked bad to me.

[NismoZ]

Congratulations and welcome to the club. You are now officially...old.:p Been saving you a seat for some time now!

[pchall]

Congratulations and welcome to the club. You are now officially...old.:p Been saving you a seat for some time now!

I learned I was "old school/old fart school" twenty-something years ago. Where you born yet? ;)

[Accipiter]

I thought you meant another diesel powered entry besidse the Peugeot and Audi.