Le Mans

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by El Dobro, Jun 7, 2012.

  1. El Dobro

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    Anone else going to be watching? Toyota hybrids vs. Audi diesels and hybrids.
    TOYOTA MOTOR SPORTS
     
    #1 El Dobro, Jun 7, 2012
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    tonyrenier I grew up, but it's still red!

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    I sure will be watching, and DVRing.
    It appears that the Toyota will be in the American Le Mans Series as well.
    It's been a couple of years, but It gives me an excuse to go to Road America for the series. I haven't done that in a few years.
    I always loved watching those "silent" Audis as they whooped the noisy Panoz cars.
     
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    Unless they change it, the only USA race they had on their schedule was Sebring, and they didn't make it.
     
    #3 El Dobro, Jun 7, 2012
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    tonyrenier I grew up, but it's still red!

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    Darn! They're on the ALMS website so I thought for sure.............
     
    #4 tonyrenier, Jun 8, 2012
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    The Toyotas were suppose to be at Spa too, but one crashed before the race, so it was back to the drawing board. This will be their first race.
     
    #5 El Dobro, Jun 8, 2012
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    Have my DVR set to record it all--can't wait. Speed also has a special on just before the race starts, on the Toyota hybrid entry.
     
    #6 stream, Jun 9, 2012
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    I'll have to keep an eye out for that.
     
    #7 El Dobro, Jun 9, 2012
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    The Road To LeMans for Toyota is on the Speed channel right now.
     
    #8 El Dobro, Jun 16, 2012
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    Not looking good for Toyota. One car is out after a terrible crash and the other just had repairs after hitting another car.
     
    #9 El Dobro, Jun 16, 2012
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