Well, it looks like we really need that Mega-G Peugeot 908 now. Up to this year, it was needed to chase the all conquering Audis. Now, it is a winner in it's own right.

It is kinda cool that the last win for Peugeot (1993) was taken by Geoff Brabham/Eric Hélary/Christophe Bouchut and Geoff's brother David was on this year's winning team. Both of the Brabham brother's resumes are filled with IMSA/ALMS wins. They may be Ausies but I think I speak for a lot of American fans when I feel like they're "our" drivers. They've been running on our tracks and in our series for so long that they just seem to be homies. As fans, we have adopted tham as our own.

It was also cool to see Corvette come back and win a class where they've essentially run off their competition. Ferrari and Aston Martin both opted out of the GT1 class at Le Mans and in ALMS leaving the Corvette team to challenge itself. Corvette garnered their 6th GT1 class victory at this year's Le Mans. GM may be faltering but their Icon, Corvette still rules the roost.

I hope one of the track manufacturers decides to give a new accessory track as inspired by this year's race. We really need to have the special crash into each other in the pit lane track. Four times Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo just can not buy a break as a team owner at Le Mans.

Russ the...three guesses what I watched this weekend...Hutt :freak::dude:

Right on Russ. :thumbsup:

This year's race was a hard one - lots of contact throughout. Pescarolo keeps trying, too, I'll give him that.

It was nice to get a Vanina Ickx interview during the race also. ;)

I can't wait to see Corvette in GT2 -- Maybe Ferrari and Porsche will run back to GT1 then :lol: Just hope GM can keep the Pratt & Miller team running through the Chapter 11 bloodbath.

John . . . watched about 16 hours of the LeMans 24 between SPEED & online streaming video . . . / aka 'doba

Great race. Watched a bunch of it. Speed TV did a great job covering it. Dave.

Missed a bunch of it!!! Summer baseball...... good and bad of it. Hope Speed does a recap show!

You're right about the Brabhams, I associate Geoff with the Nissan GTP's - have a framed print from 1990 New Orleans on my wall. Glad to see the family still doing well!

Same here, missed all of it. Which is sad, because I normally watch more than at least an hour of it. Was a busy weekend with family stuff, but like Split said, hopefully there is a recap.

Heard about the NASTY wreck with Benoit's car from the Peugeot team. I heard that they thought the worst since the only thing that came out of the wreckage was his cockpit. Thank God he is doing alright! GT1 racer coming over to LMP for the first time - would have been a quick end to his racing time.

Everyone said to watch the Peugeot team when they first jumped back into LMP - I thought it would be a few more years, but looks like the 908 just unseated the TDI! :tongue:

PD2:thumbsup: