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Pilgrimage · 25 Apr 2012, 16:29 (Ref:3065458)

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Originally Posted by ClaireSmith

OK NOW STOP THIS!!

[ ...]

Dont dis my favourite race though guys.......if you look out the window now...its pouring down.....close ya eyes .and head south.........suddenly its June and the warm air flows across your face...its just coming up to three (used to be four) and the Audi R8 sports car is just about to peel off right handed any second now....into the pit lane as behind him like some rolling roaring army comes the orchestral roar (even with fins) that begins to hit your ears and the rumble that begins to vibrate your chest (easy fella's) ............And LE MANS IS GO FOR ANOTHER YEAR..........

Fifty Five Start .....you know the rest!

Ok - goose bumps moment - I'm in (not that I was ever out) and yes, of course, you are all quite correct, but I would like once more to be atop a straw bale barrier at Hunadieres in the middle of the night in the mid- 80's... hmmm....

**Aysedasi** · 25 Apr 2012, 18:12 (Ref:3065503)

Thanks for the great post Claire (even if I do think that Tertre Rouge has been improved as massively as the run down to The Esses has been massacred......). I think James and I tend to spend more time at TR than anywhere else during the week - it's a stunning place to view, day or night, IMO.

johngee · 27 Apr 2012, 11:02 (Ref:3066103)

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Originally Posted by Pilgrimage

Ok - goose bumps moment - I'm in (not that I was ever out) and yes, of course, you are all quite correct, but I would like once more to be atop a straw bale barrier at Hunadieres in the middle of the night in the mid- 80's... hmmm....

I think that we've had this conversation before

- I used to marshal at that post in those days and goose bumps are inadequate to describe the feeling - brings happy tears to my eyes just to think about it. It will always be the greatest race in the world but it does'nt have quite the same magic (diesels, the esses, floodlit Tetre Rouge etc.) but maybe I'm just getting old

Mal · 29 Apr 2012, 08:26 (Ref:3066805)

Most likely he thinks he is fed up with it but wont realise how much he will miss it until the weekend itself. A number of our long term members have on occasion missed a year for whatever reason and mostly they missed it immensely and came straight back the following year. So I think we can expect to see Mr Tyler back in 2013

**Aysedasi** · 30 Apr 2012, 11:01 (Ref:3067379)

Missed a year?

MISSED A YEAR?!!

Mal · 30 Apr 2012, 11:31 (Ref:3067391)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Missed a year?

MISSED A YEAR?!!

I would note that that situation has not applied to me for over 15 years.

kdr · 3 May 2012, 20:49 (Ref:3068993)

As a photographer who has only been attending since 1998 i've not seen all the changes but certainly some of the more devasting ones. I wish the ACO had thought to themselves ok we've to cut down trees here to make the corner less tight and the room for spectators a little better, but i think we should replant the trees just back a bit to retain the ambiance and sense of history.

I'm hopefully going back this year, first since 2009. I know there will be more changes and i know i will get somewhere and be told "you can't stand there" (in French obviously!), and i will curse it for large parts of the 24 hours and promise thats it for me.

Then it doesn't take long...usually only the Sunday night where we sit down and talk and we say i wonder if you went to such and such at such and such time, what would it be like, or took a longer lens, or, or, or...

The new Le Mans forces you out your comfort zone, its not as immediately appealing as it was only 10 years ago, to drivers, fans, snappers, all of us...but i still can't wait to go!

AndrewF31 · 27 May 2012, 20:06 (Ref:3080100)

Any idea who, if anyone, will replace Graham in the pit lane?
Could it be Jaime Howe?

**Adam43** · 27 May 2012, 20:25 (Ref:3080112)

Janice?

**Aysedasi** · 27 May 2012, 20:28 (Ref:3080113)

Cold I reckon........

nobster · 28 May 2012, 07:43 (Ref:3080343)

Do they have the same frequency for this year?

GT6 · 28 May 2012, 07:45 (Ref:3080345)

yes same as last year

Nordic · 28 May 2012, 16:11 (Ref:3080650)

Tricky one this, I am lucky enough to have caught the tail end of the Grp 5/6 era, all the Grp C and now the current era, 31 races in total.

Sure the place has changed and not always for the worse. The camping facilites are much better now, the village had fallen into decay, it could have been done more with more of a nod to the one it replaced, but even that was not the original, but its tidy and easy to get around.

The track has been butchered at the esses, i can never forgive that but Terte rouge is better now. The loss of the trees is sad, but access was needed.

The cars, well they have evolved as one would expect. I dont mind the diesels, it proves its not a spec class with a various routes available to teams. Could the ACO do more to even things up? maybe but thats the problem when you have works teams against private teams. Even when wet the Audi(s) were streets ahead.

Will I be going this year? yes.
Do i miss the old days? yes.
Do I still enjoy it? yes.
Do I look forward to each year? yes.

You cannot stop change, my first years were only a moment in time and the track had evolve to that. The 80's are my referance point for the changes, others will have different dates.

AstonGeoff · 29 May 2012, 12:15 (Ref:3081130)

Not quite sure what the last post had to do with RLM!

Anyway, the first part of the countdown to LM is on RLM tonight (29th) at 20:00 (BST)

Nordic · 29 May 2012, 16:56 (Ref:3081271)

Got carried away with all the looking back on the previous posts!

GT6 · 29 May 2012, 17:37 (Ref:3081305)

so take note everyone RLM is on at 8.00pm BST today get in the le mans spirit early with the voices that bring back memories

GT6 · 29 May 2012, 19:09 (Ref:3081368)

it is on now in case anyone is interested

CTD · 29 May 2012, 19:10 (Ref:3081370)

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Originally Posted by GT6

it is on now in case anyone is interested

Was just about to post this

GT6 · 29 May 2012, 19:12 (Ref:3081376)

great minds think alike

CTD · 29 May 2012, 19:14 (Ref:3081378)

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Originally Posted by GT6

great minds think alike

indeed

AstonGeoff · 29 May 2012, 19:24 (Ref:3081392)

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Originally Posted by GT6

great minds think alike

or...

Great minds listen alike....

**Aysedasi** · 29 May 2012, 19:26 (Ref:3081394)

Well that's the mutual appreciation section of this thread concluded nicely.... We now take you back to Radio Le Mans.........

CTD · 29 May 2012, 19:32 (Ref:3081405)

Was it only half an hour?

AstonGeoff · 29 May 2012, 19:35 (Ref:3081409)

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Originally Posted by CTD

Was it only half an hour?

I hope not i missed the first ten mins, the seem to be running a long advert for Travel Destinations at the moment...

Victor_RO · 29 May 2012, 19:37 (Ref:3081411)

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Originally Posted by AstonGeoff

I hope not i missed the first ten mins, the seem to be running a long advert for Travel Destinations at the moment...

Nah, the LM previews have all been in this way since TD have been sponsoring RLM. So there's 30-35 min of LM preview talk, then 25-30 min of travel tips, then back to LM preview talk.

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