Le Mans 2023 results...

[72targa]

Personally, this was the most interesting part…

[moito]

Personally, this was the most interesting part…

click bait alert!!! ....did i miss any overtaking maneuvers or was there simply none to see?
if there would not have been the engine sound(there is better ones out there) i would have fallen asleep.

...or is it just me and my not understanding of nascar culture?

somehow this reminded me in burt reynolds movies

[myflat6]

I don't follow NASCAR, but I will say this was intriguing and they proved themselves in surprising ways. This is not a series they develop a car for and therefore do not have the experience and development time under their belts. Few interesting bits:
1) they qualified three seconds faster than the entire 21-car GT class
2) they finished the race - impressive for a car not tested for a 24 hour race
3) had a chance to actually to win the class deep into the race
4) they won the pit crew competition and were the only team to use a manual instead of air jack! I see this like a manual vs PDK comparison

Pretty interesting stuff if you are a NASCAR fan or not. Frankly, I wish Porsche showed up better in a race they have lots of experience and success in.

[Rick Cabell]

I am a following NASCAR fan. I believe that the joint venture between Chevrolet, NASCAR, and Hendrick, is a test for a new series that might be in the pipeline. They would not have spend the money it took to put this deal together if there was not a end plan.

[RSTarga]

Joe Huffaker used to say that we euro sports car guys were idiots. Nascar races $50k cars for $250K prize money and we race $250K cars for $50k prize money. Please adjust these values for inflation.
That said the sound of this thing was incredible.

[928cs]

I think the AOC changing the 'equivalence' a few days before the race was really unfair and really helped Ferrari at the expense of Peugeot ... Porsche seemed to be unlucky on several counts; I have no doubt they'll come back stronger next year.

Yes, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) changed the Balance Of Perfomance (BOP) a few days before the race and added 37 kg to the Toyotas.
I dislike when they do this.

Porsche wasn't lucky but the cars were never fast nor reliable.

[HughH]

Yes, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) changed the Balance Of Perfomance (BOP) a a few days before the race and added 37 kg to the Toyotas.
I dislike when they do this.

Was the "fix" in to try to produce a result that had the Ferrari win the centenary race?? It certainly made a great headline on their return after 50 years. The ACO have made some very "strange" decisions like this over the years