Posted on 14-06-2008
Filed Under (Sports) by mike

Stephane Sarrazin set pole position time for the 76th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours in his diesel-powered Peugeot with a lap time that eclipsed his own record, set last year, by more than eight seconds.

The first three hours of the 24 Hours Of Le Mans are in the books. The big story of the weekend is the Peuguot/Audi battle in LMP1, but the Corvette, and Risi Competizione team from the American Le Mans Series are also trying to make some history.

The Aston Martin Racing team has completed the warm up for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The two Gulf liveried factory DBR9s – numbered 007 and 009 – will start from fifth and fourth respectively on the GT1 grid.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans  is a sports car endurance race held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it runs on a circuit containing closed public roads that test a car and driver’s ability to be fast and be able to last over a 24-hour period.

American viewers can catch the action on SPEED TV. Unfortunately, unlike the old Speedvision days, there isn’t full 24-hour coverage. Here is the SPEED TV schedule: All times Eastern  Saturday, June 14: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Live Coverage; Saturday, June 14, 9:00 PM - Sunday, June 15, 9:30 AM: Live Coverage.

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bloggingzoom.com on 14 June, 2008 at 1:02 pm #

Le Mans 24 Hours Sports Car Racing…

A long tradition of endurance car racing is on now in the 76th Le Mans 24 Hours sports car race.
Every boys dream has been of the exotic cars over the years that have become legends in automobile history. The famous Bugatti, Maserati, Mercedes, Porsche…


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