My Pick's & The Finish

Rain and puddles for the finish. For the final 50ish minutes the safety cars were out, but they ducked into the pits just prior to the white flag. No safety car at the end, but this race effectively ended under safety due to the weather. Tons and tons of retirements everywhere.

LMP1:

I picked Factory Audi, Joest Audi, Peugeot, Pescarolo, Peugeot, Factory Audi, Pescarolo.

We ended up with Factory Audi, Peugeot, Pescarolo, and Rollcentre. Six cars did not finish, including two Audis, the Audi powered Swiss Spirit, and one Peugeot. The Pescarolos were the most reliable by far. All three LMP1 chassis finished. The LMP2 Kruse was the only Pesky chassis to go down.

LMP2:

I wanted Barazi Epsilon, Team Bruichladdich, and Kruse motorsports to do well.

Darwin reigned here. Two cars finished. The Binnie Motorsports #31 took the win, and the Barazi Epsilon #33 got out of the pits just seven and a half minutes before the end and took second. Nine cars dropped out.

GT1:

I picked Corvette, Aston, Aston, Vette, Aston, Saleen, Lamborghini.

Aston Martin finally took it though. Corvette, much faster in the wet, was closing quickly when the safety car came out and they finished second. The other factory Vette dropped out, but this race belonged to Aston Martin. Six cars entered, six cars finished. Saleen (below) finished fifth, which is a great finish, and their second car finished eighth. The Ferrari 550 finishing seventh. Great finishes for the Ferrari and Saleens. Only two cars dropped out, the JLOC Lamborghini and the 64 Corvette, making this the most reliable class by far.


GT2:

I figured on an ALMS finish: Risi, Lizard, Risi, IMSA.

We got the IMSA Porsche at the front of GT2 and ahead of all of the LMP2 cars! Risi took second. Autorlando Sport Porsche took third. AF Corse Ferrari took fourth. Then the LNT Panoz took fifth. And that's it. The cheapest and most reliable class had eight cars drop out.

My Favorite Moments:

1: Aston Martin.
2: The #2 Audi's wheel falling off at Indianapolis.
3: Oreca Saleens both finishing in fifth and eighth.
4: The Ferrari 550 finishing.
5: The surprising longevity of the Peugeots (below).
6: The rain.
7: A GT2 car finishing ahead of all the LMP2s.


My Least Favorite Moments:

1: Both Spykers dying.
2: The JLOC Lamborghini dropping out.
3: LMP2 becoming a clusterf**k and the time with an hour and a half left when there were no LMP2s on track due to repairs being performed on both the final cars.
4: The #7 Peugeot dropping out with an hour and a half.
5: The Flying Lizard dying.
6: The rain.
7: A GT2 car finishing ahead of all the LMP2s.

My 2007 Le Mans Best Performance Award:

goes to Rollcentre hands down. Rollcentre used an old Pescarolo chassis, and took fourth! This privateer team only has 6 full-time people: the owner drives the truck and the race car. They went up against three factory Audis, two Peugeots, and two Pescarolos and still finished fourth. Granted, that finish was a mix of skill and a huge dose of luck and reliability.


Photographs by: termietermite.