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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: Nordic on April 19, 2008, 06:19:22 pm
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As the title says,
What are the cars, What year did they race and the drivers.
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Is number 2 a Toyota?
I remember the livery rather than the shape. Google therefore tells me that it's a TOMs Toyota TS010 from '92.
Masanori Sekiya, J
Pierre-Henri Raphanel, F
Kenny Acheson, GB
92 was the last year of the WSC, I seem to remember the car at both Donnington and Silverstone - was there some *issing around with the rules that year leading to depleted grids?
Number 1 looks like a Ferrari 512
D.A.
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Good ones. I'm completely lost, so I'm going to have several goes.
Is there a TWR theme, because I think the top one is a Nissan, didn't a semi works car run in red and I thought the second was the Joest TWR Porsche, but I think its just a 962 derivative, but the mudguard isn't wide enough, and I don't recognise the livery, although the "O" looks familiar, from the 91 Dutch Lolas
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Both wrong so far.
Picture one is very much a one off version of an iconic car.
Picture two is of a car that was part of a team. The car was made in England but it was not for an English team.
Both raced at Le mans in the 80's
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Made in England, but not for an English team..... okay......still thinking
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A Tiga maybe? Grrr, this is driving me nuts!
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Here's my two penneth -
1/ Porsche 935 L-1 Bob Akin - 1982 #76 (Red Lobster)
Bob Akin (USA)/Dave Cowart (USA)/Kenper Miller (USA)
2/ Nissan R88C (Made by March in UK) - 1988 #23
Kazuyoshi Hoshino (J)/Takao Wada (J)/Aguri Suzuki (J)
Am I warm?
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A full and complete answer,
The Nissan should be back at Le Mans this year for the classic. This is what it looks like now.
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p49728243.html
The Porsche was maybe the most extreme 935 produced, I am pretty sure it had a Lola T600 front end grafted on and was described by Atkin as a nighmare to drive. It was not a success.
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p2780218.html
