24 Heures du Mans
With this newsletter, I wish an happy new year 2004. I hope
to keep you among Le Mans fans and regular visitor of my site, despite many
publicities which appear through the site. I think I have resolved this problem
now. I also hope to present you new Le Mans documents during this new year.
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Le Mans 24 Hours
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- 2004 Schedules of Le Mans tracks : 20, 21 march - Speed open moto French championship 3, 4 april - 24 Hours moto 25 april - Preliminary test of Le Mans 24 Hours car 15, 16 may - Moto French Grand Prix 12, 13 june - Le Mans 24 Hours car 10, 11 july - Coupe de France Promosport, course de côte moto 24, 25 july - Le Mans Classic 18, 19 september - Endurance 50 cc moto 25, 26 september - "Le Mans" Super Series FFSA, French championship 9, 10 october - Trophée Inter-Ecuries (Tracks French cup), Auto-Cross Inter-Ecuries (French cup), Fol'Car Inter-ecuries (French cup), Euroboss Championship Le Mans 23, 24 october - Trucks 24 Hours (Europe and French cup), Le Mans Truck Cross (French cup) --------------- |
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- Schedules of Le Mans Endurance Series 2004 : 1000 kms Monza - 7, 8 and 9 may - race on sunday 9th may from 13h to 19h 1000 kms Nürburgring - 2, 3 and 4 july - race on saturday 4th july from 16h to 22h 1000 kms Silverstone - 13, 14 and 15 august - race on saturday 14th august from 16h to 22h 1000 kms Spa - 10, 11 and 12 september - race on sunday 12th september from 13h to 19h --------------- |
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- The Le Mans 1000 kms took place on sunday november 9th 2003, on Bugatti track. Qualificative race for Le Mans 24 Hours and preparative to LMES (Le Mans Endurance Series). 1000 kms (240 laps) or 6 hours race. 42 cars on entry list, 37 were present, 35 qualified and 29 classified. Sunny weather during qualify and rainy during the race. Attendance 20 000. Best qualified times : 1- Audi R8 n° 5 (Ara/Kristensen) - 1'27"775 2- Dome Judd n° 8 (Lammers/Wallace) - 1'28"127 3- Lister Storm n° 4 (Campbell-Walter/Kinch/Coronel) - 1'29"056 4- (1° LM P675) Lola MG n° 14 (Erdos/Newton/Goodwin) - 1'29"533 ... 7- (1° LM GTP) Panoz Elan n° 10 (Beretta/Saelens) - 1'31"480 ... 12- (1° LM GTS) Ferrari 550 Maranello n° 80 (Kox/Sugden) - 1'35"822 ... 19- (1° LM GT) Ferrari 360 Modena n° 47 (Engelhorn/Montermini/Peter) - 1'40"083 Final race results : 1- Audi R8 n° 5 (Ara/Kristensen) - 208 laps 2- Courage Peugeot n° 2 (Sarrazin/Lagorce/Bourdais) at 3 laps 3- Dome Judd n° 8 (Lammers/Wallace) at 4 laps 4- (1° LM P675) Courage JPX n° 13 (Eyckmans/Rustinov/Muscioni) at 11 laps 5- (1° LM GTS) Ferrari 550 Maranello n° 88 (Davies/Turner) at 13 laps ... 10- (1° LM GT) Ferrari 360 Modena n° 47 (Engelhorn/Montermini/Peter) at 19 laps Best race time : Kristensen (Audi R8) - 1'30"518 --------------- |
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Next full informations on this sites --------------- |
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Official site informations
- 15/jan/2004 : Presentation with the press of "Le Mans Endurance Series 2004" - 19/dec/2003 : Le Mans Classic - 05/jan/2004 : Scedules Le Mans (news and prices) and Le Mans Endurance Series 2004 --------------- |
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"Le Mans" informations on site
- 16/jan/2004 : ACO, IMSA agree to delay ALMS rule changes - 08/jan/2004 : Guy Smith to drive for Team Veloqx - 08/jan/2004 : Champion Racing announces 2004 program - 29/dec/2003 : Barron Connor Racing test notes 2003-12-28 - 22/dec/2003 : Andrea Piccini signs with Lister - 17/dec/2003 : Biela to lead British Audi team's 2004 assault - 17/dec/2003 : MorganWorks driver Sharpe to attend LA Autoshow - 17/dec/2003 : Milka Duno keeps busy in off-track season - 04/dec/2003 : Aston Martin returns to motor sport - 03/dec/2003 : GM/Corvette 2004 tire supplier announcement - 29/nov/2003 : Andrea Piccini tests Lister Storm LMP - 27/nov/2003 : Audi UK announces new team - 14/nov/2003 : Marino Franchitti 1000km race report - 12/nov/2003 : Thomas Erdos 1000km race report - 10/nov/2003 : ACO confirms 2004 automatic entries - 10/nov/2003 : RML 1000km race report - 10/nov/2003 : Morgan Works Race Team 1000km race report - 10/nov/2003 : Veloqx Motorsport 1000km race report - 10/nov/2003 : JML Team Panoz 1000km race report - 10/nov/2003 : Kristensen, Ara take 1000km for Audi - 10/nov/2003 : 1000km race results ... more headlines on Le Mans 1000 km race --------------- |
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For more informations (only in french) of the sites : see the french part of this newsletter. |
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Site
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- 1262 visits in november, 959 visits in december on the site, for a total of 48925 visits in 2003. --------------- |
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- New links added (2 unofficial sites, 1 official site and 3 miscellaneous sites). --------------- |
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- Change of every counters "compteurs.com" on each page, replaced by those of "devparadise", for the moment without publicity and popups. A live counter was also placed on welcome pages. --------------- |
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- New page on 1955 Le Mans accident created with history, links and photos, somes exclusives (6 from Thomas Lynch and 1 from Jacques M.) --------------- |
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- New summary of Le Mans Racing magazine n° 18 added. --------------- |
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- New summary of magazines n° 6,7,8 and 9 of "Les Plus Bellles Voitures des 24H du Mans" collection added. --------------- |
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- 29 new photos from Michel R., on Le Mans 2003. --------------- |
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- 24 new moving pictures added. --------------- |
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- New page on 2003 Le Mans Legend, with entry list, results and 72 photos. --------------- |
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- Update of Le Mans 2004 presentation with schedules, tickets and extras prices. --------------- |
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- Updates of all Le Mans pilots with 2003 results. --------------- |
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- All pictures on the site were reduced in capacity (nearly 50%), without decrease on quality. --------------- |
| - Last forum themes : [Le Mans 1981], [Michel Vaillant le film], [Pilotes des 24H], [Pictures from Le Mans 1978 to 1985 ? ]. |
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Advertises
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- Adrian Streather' book : "Porsche 911 (964): Enthusiast's Companion: 1989-1994" is available for order. 644 pages, 1130 photographs, illustrations, and line art, published by Bentley Productions. http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=GP64&subject=15 . This comprehensive book is dedicated to the revolutionary Porsche 911s built between 1989 and 1994, known to aficionados and factory insiders as Auftragsnummer 964 (project number 964). It covers Carrera 2, Carrera 4, and Turbo models from 1989 to 1994. Whether you're a 964 owner, a prospective buyer, or a Porsche workshop technician looking for 964 information, this is an invaluable addition to your technical library. This book is a buyer's guide, a maintenance and repair handbook and a technical reference all wrapped into one. It is full of tech tips, service hints and system descriptions, plus lots of DIY repairs collected from all around the world. You will also find an extensive section on 964 race cars and their drivers. This is a book for the hands-on enthusiast. It provides the information necessary to maintain your 964 to factory standards, gives you the assurance to speak knowledgeably to your service professional, and can provide you with the hot setup for the track. To bring you this authoritative volume, author Adrian Streather has scoured the globe in search of enlightened information and technical procedures for the 964. Author'site : http://www.adrianstreather.com/ . --------------- |
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- Jacques Mertens' site on 356 SL Porsche and on Mrs Gilberte Thirion, car driver during years 50'. History, chassis, photos and links. http://users.skynet.be/porsche356sl/ --------------- |
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- Site LM Scale 32, on Le Mans 24 Hours and the electric circuit miniature : www.lmscale32.fr.st/ . Views of Le Mans cars on scale 32 for Slot Racing. --------------- |
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- New sites (only in french), www.phototeck-prod.com/ , www.mulsanne.fr.st , www.motordream.com , http://www.nouvelouest.com/no/mag/mag/073/mans/mans1.htm |
