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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: Nordic on April 19, 2008, 06:19:22 pm



Title: who, what and when
Post by: Nordic on April 19, 2008, 06:19:22 pm
As the title says,

What are the cars, What year did they race and the drivers.


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: DickieAttwood on April 19, 2008, 09:25:21 pm
Is number 2 a Toyota?

I remember the livery rather than the shape. Google therefore tells me that it's a TOMs Toyota TS010 from '92.

Masanori Sekiya, J
Pierre-Henri Raphanel, F
Kenny Acheson, GB

92 was the last year of the WSC, I seem to remember the car at both Donnington and Silverstone - was there some *issing around with the rules that year leading to depleted grids?

Number 1 looks like a Ferrari 512

D.A.


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: Lorry on April 19, 2008, 10:56:41 pm
Good ones.  I'm completely lost, so I'm going to have several goes.

Is there a TWR theme, because I think the top one is a Nissan, didn't a semi works car run in red and I thought the second was the Joest TWR Porsche, but I think its just a 962 derivative, but the mudguard isn't wide enough, and I don't recognise the livery, although the "O" looks familiar, from the 91 Dutch Lolas


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: Nordic on April 20, 2008, 09:11:10 am
Both wrong so far.

Picture one is very much a one off version of an iconic car.

Picture two is of a car that was part of a team. The car was made in England but it was not for an English team.

Both raced at Le mans in the 80's


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: DickieAttwood on April 20, 2008, 12:58:52 pm
Made in England, but not for an English team..... okay......still thinking


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: termietermite on April 20, 2008, 02:18:15 pm
A Tiga maybe?  Grrr, this is driving me nuts!


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: clkgtrlm1 on April 20, 2008, 02:35:38 pm
Here's my two penneth -

1/ Porsche 935 L-1 Bob Akin - 1982 #76 (Red Lobster)
Bob Akin (USA)/Dave Cowart (USA)/Kenper Miller (USA)

2/ Nissan R88C (Made by March in UK) - 1988 #23
Kazuyoshi Hoshino (J)/Takao Wada (J)/Aguri Suzuki (J)

Am I warm?


Title: Re: who, what and when
Post by: Nordic on April 20, 2008, 06:18:09 pm
A full and complete answer,

The Nissan should be back at Le Mans this year for the classic. This is what it looks like now.
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p49728243.html

The Porsche was maybe the most extreme 935 produced, I am pretty sure it had a Lola T600 front end grafted on and was described by Atkin as a nighmare to drive. It was not a success.
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p2780218.html