Club Arnage

What was HIGHLY unusual about the #29 Porsche 911 RSR that started and ran only 3 laps of the 1975 race?

Hey Matt,
You've caught me at work, I'll need to get home and dig out "Porsche at Le Mans".  The US Superbike Championship has a doubleheader at Mid-Ohio this weekend, some buddies and I are going to go up for the Saturday show.  Going to see if I can get Dave over for the afternoon.  Anything I can pick up for you while I'm there?  A new Ducati 999 perhaps?
John

Bollocks! You'll have me rumbled then, John. I too have a well-thumbed copy of Dominique Pascal's magnum opus, "Porsches at Le Mans", which is where this titbit came from. Very amusing little footnote, it is!
I wish I could make it to the Mid-Ohio Superbike round, but sadly I'm washing my hair that day.
Yeah, pick me up a Duke, if it's not too much aggro - an MV will do, if the 999 is a hassle.....

No sweat Matt,
One MV coming up, I'll throw in an Arai Agostini replica to boot.
Seriously, wish I could have given you and Dave a better heads up on this MO trip. Its all kind of a last second thing and it's just for the day, it all really hinged on the weather.  No one was interested in going if it was supposed to be boiling hot (which it usually is) or pissing down rain (which it usually is).  The forecast looks inviting so a couple of local buds want to go up, they've never seen the leather clad warriors before.
John

I have No idea what happened in 1975, i wasnt even born


But Fax - Are you watching American Supers , and how much would entry cost ?

Oh and I'll have an Aprillia Mille RSV-R, if yiou could also freight it ot me, i know DHL will give me 20% off at the moment.

Hi Robbo,
Yes its the AMA US Supers (plus the usual Supersports, Formula Extreme, etc)  Its $45 for a weekend pass at the gate, $15 for paddock pass.  Sat. only is $25 or $35 for Sunday only.  Really a pretty good deal.  Check out www.midohio.com for the low-down.
Go Bostrom Boys!
John

Matt,
That is f**k*ng classic!  About pissed myself laughing when I read that.   I keep waiting for that to happen at the Rolex,
with that many cars on the grid how in the hell would you keep track of who's supposed to be there and who's not.
Next year Truckosorous is going to make a few laps before they catch on.
Robbo,
No problem with the Aprillia, the paddock's a busy place, no one will notice it missing.
John

And the answer is...............????

Thanks for that  :'(  

My Parents had not even got married. I was the first child of theres but was not even thought about for another 5 years. See you all at the classic.

Verily,
According to the gospels (Snap-On, v12:2), the number 29 car in 1975 was a Lola T292 (DNF), so lo, it seems our Lord performed a miracle. Not happy with water into wine and fish paste sandwiches, he must have reckoned, in a sort of mazy holy moment, that Lola's should be turned into 911's.
Rev.H

"Magic our Morris"

(http://www.mrbensons.co.uk/sl/l/7/S_V0071842.jpg)

H has god on his side now.

Firstly, let me apologise. I had no idea that a condition of posting on this board was that I had to pre-determine the age of all possible readers and ensure nothing is discussed that pre-dates the youngest whipper-snapper. The race has been running since 1923, for fucks sake.
Rev H - your epistle is as wrong as your spiritual diatribe. Being a committed and enthusiastic satanist, I am somewhat offended by your missionary position on this forum. Be gone, foul evangelist!
Steve - you are a quitter. For one as adept as you, at the snappy internet search, I am thoroughly disappointed.
For the rest of you (who obviously don't give a rats ass), the answer follows - and is quoted from the afformentioned authority, "Porsches at Le Mans", which is second only to Razzle in my library of on-bog reading matter.
"Twenty seven Porsches start - sixteen finish.
.....an interesting footnote is that, in fact 28 Porsches started: an Equadorian Carrera, #29, which had not qualified, somehow slipped into the starting line-up and had done three laps before the organisers spotted the car and stopped it!"  

Apologies Mr Brown - I should have been levelling my disdain at JPC - I do beg your pardon, Steve......

Matt,
Grimbergen and carbon fibre wafers for you at communion mate. Blood and body of the devil. Remember that god loves a sinner though. (I'm not sure where I read that, and come to think of it, I might be misquoting)
Anyway, re your Porsche #29. You got me hooked on that one, and I spent a good while hauling around the web. (I know, prayer should really be the answer, but I'm beginning to think I'm transmitting only, either that or He really should go Broadband). No 29, according to various sources was a Lola T292 ran by Societe ROC, and rather unfortunately bust a CV joint in the 23rd hour. Now, a few sources had a Carrera RSR #9 starting, but no-one seems to know what happened to it. One site has it doing 3 laps and then being DQ'd and another, usually informative, site actually says "Did this car start the race?" in the results column.
I think we need an eye witness report (which rules out Robbo) or confirmation from another source before we can award you a CA quiz point.
H

Unbelievable story with the Porsche, even hard to believe for an atheist. Typically ACO. ;D

I have likewise conducted further independent research based on your response, your holiness.
I shamefully defer on the race number in question. It seems I'm hoisted petard-wise by a typographical error in my reference, the thoroughly useless, inaccurate and generally tawdry rag, scribbled by that bastard, Dominique Pascal. The 911 was indeed #9 - not #29. I should have cross-referenced and double-checked. It's an inexcusable performance on my part. Where's my hair shirt?

That's OK then, coz I've always been covered in the "couldn't give a rats arse category"!!!!!!  ;D

usted es a lilly livered a hijo de un bastardo

Correction, I am a "usted es a lilly livered a hijo de un bastardo" who will be in Le Mans tomorrow!!  ;D

BTW, what is Lilly Livered??  Punished Liver I could understand!!  ;)