Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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What a fantastic weekend, probably my best yet! The weather was fantastic, and the whole atmosphere was really something to be happy about this year.
Friday on mulsanne was busier than ive ever seen it, lots of exotica. Also in arnage on the friday night, again very busy and a great atmosphere going into the night.
On the day of the race we visited the auberge (sp) on mulsanne, which I would recommend. The very nice owners let us go into an upstairs bedroom to watch the race for a few minutes and get a few sneaky pictures, we also had a 3 course meal there and the steak was lovely. We then also walked through a couple of fields and managed to get a great view up the mulsanne straight.
Sunday was probably the hottest day we were there, and sitting on the start/finish straight for about 2 hours before the end was painful but worth it!
For anyone that missed the race, Peugeot took the victory and about time. For me though the real success was for aston, who although didnt win the race took a respectable 3rd, ahead of 6 diesel cars. A great result for their first year in LMP1, and what other manufactures can say they did so well with an engine out of their road car?? Anyway here are some pics, I also got some video which I will upload soon 
The classic...
The race...
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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Do Panoz still race? my sisters ex husband used to be the pit mechanic for them. Nice cars i must admit 
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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No panoz this year 
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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Was a good weekend for me too.
Although didn't the Aston finished 4th behind the Audi, unless i missed something from scrutineering?
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Nice pics Butler, my parents were over there. Said it was a good trip.
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
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yeah lola aston finished 4th, was peugeot 1st and 2nd then audi then lola aston.
Was a good weekend and bloody hot on the saturday.
the astons sounded so nice especially at night down the pit straight.
But its wierd that the audi`s are nearly silent when they pass.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Yeah, my mistake. 4th, still 1st of the petrols.
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