Jim Busby and the 24 Heurs du Le Mans

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6uOyXhrs6U

Resumen

TLDRThe video provides an in-depth and personal narrative of the experience of racing at the iconic Le Mans. It highlights the unique atmosphere and immense pressure felt by participants, surrounded by the best cars, drivers, and teams. The narrative explores the psychological and emotional rollercoaster faced by drivers, from the loneliness and awe at the vast crowd to the adrenaline-fueled intensity required to handle high speeds. Preparation involves detailed coordination and testing to ensure readiness. Challenges, such as mechanical failures, require drivers to adapt their strategies. The event's atmosphere changes dramatically between night and day, with the final stages being a blend of physical and emotional endurance, concluding with the euphoric culmination when crossing the finish line. Audience involvement is intense, peaking as the race nears its end. The narrative compares the race's sensory experience to fantastical visuals akin to a fairground, emphasizing the surreal quality of Le Mans.

Para llevar

  • 🏎️ Racing at Le Mans is an unparalleled experience, highlighting the best in motorsport.
  • 🌌 The emotional journey during the race is intense, blending excitement and loneliness.
  • 🛠️ Preparation is crucial, involving extensive testing and teamwork.
  • 🚗 Drivers operate at high speeds in a focused, almost meditative state.
  • 🌕 Transition from day to night alters the race dynamics significantly.
  • 🔧 Mechanical issues require drivers to be adaptable and resourceful.
  • 👥 The presence and enthusiasm of the audience are immense, especially towards the end.
  • ⏱️ The race requires both physical and mental endurance from participants.
  • 🎆 The sensory experience of Le Mans is compared to fantastical visuals.
  • 🏅 Completing the race is a relief and a moment of shared joy with fans.

Cronología

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The opening segment highlights the unique ambiance at the Le Mans race, describing it as incomparable to any other racing event, featuring the world's best cars, drivers, and teams. Despite being amongst skilled co-drivers and cars equipped with 'comp T/A street tires' against others on racing tires, the narrator feels a deep loneliness. The scene reveals the overwhelming nature of the experience, brought on by the grandeur and audience size, comparable to major American races, causing an emotional challenge distinct from usual adrenaline rushes.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The excitement and complexity of the Le Mans race increase as the narrator discusses the dynamics of night racing and the necessity for communication among drivers during pit stops. The transition from night to day is mandatory and drivers must adapt to changing conditions. The race's unpredictable nature is highlighted, with the narrator recounting the striking visuals akin to an amusement park that momentarily breaks the continuous laps. These shifts evoke strong emotional responses and the surreal aspect of the race intensifies.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:18:36

    As the race progresses, detailed experiences include dealing with mechanical issues and the emotional rollercoaster of late-stage racing. The narrator describes a strategic mindset that emerges while conserving the car's mechanical integrity. With technical failures such as losing fifth gear, the focus shifts to adapting under pressure, balancing pace, and hoping for competitors' mistakes. The Le Mans race concludes with the unique finish where crowds flood the track before the final lap, reflecting the fervent enthusiasm shared between drivers and spectators.

Mapa mental

Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What makes racing at Le Mans unique?

    The atmosphere and the challenge of racing among the best cars, drivers, and teams in the world make it unique.

  • How do drivers handle the emotions during the race?

    Drivers experience a range of emotions, including nervousness, awe, and loneliness, and must focus intensely to manage these feelings.

  • What kind of preparation is involved for Le Mans?

    Preparation involves extensive testing and coordination, such as shipping cars to test facilities like the Vysoc test facility at Porsche.

  • How do drivers maintain focus at high speeds?

    Drivers enter a state of consciousness that blocks out terror, allowing them to operate at very high speeds with precise decision-making.

  • How does the race atmosphere change from day to night?

    The race begins in daylight and transitions into night, with pit stops and driver changes being crucial for sharing information and adapting to conditions.

  • What is a significant challenge faced during the race?

    One challenge is mechanical failures, like losing gears, which force drivers to adjust their tactics and manage their machines sympathetically.

  • What happens during the last stages of the race?

    Drivers experience increasing loneliness, radio communication may fail, and fans begin to encroach on the track as the race concludes.

  • What is the audience's involvement at Le Mans?

    The audience is highly engaged, especially at the end when they crowd the track to cheer for the concluding race moments.

  • How do drivers view the end of the race?

    Crossing the finish line is a moment of relief and celebration for drivers, sharing the enthusiasm and thrill with the fans.

  • Describe the imagery experienced during the race?

    The race is described using vivid imagery, like comparing entering a lit area with a fair to coming out of a dark tunnel into Disneyland.

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    thank you
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    racing at Lamaze is an experience That's
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    Unique unto itself there's a certain
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    Ambiance in the air around Le Mans not
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    only do we have the best cars in the
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    world we've got the best drivers in the
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    world the best teams in the world
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    there's just a certain something in the
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    air and that something is unlike
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    anything that I've ever felt in any
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    other race any other time in my career
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    foreign
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    thank you
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    even though I can hear it all going on
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    out there there's a certain loneliness
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    that's almost overwhelming blots out in
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    my mind the fact that I'm here with Doc
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    who's an excellent co-driver
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    even blots out in my mind the fact that
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    we're here with two cars running on comp
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    ta street tires when all the other teams
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    are on racing tires
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    thank you
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    when I walked out of the pit enclosure
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    and looked across the way and saw three
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    tiers of people in the main grandstand
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    on the pit straight that was more than I
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    could comprehend it was it was
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    Indianapolis and every other major race
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    and sporting event that you've ever seen
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    in America put together
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    it's impossible to describe and I was
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    just in awe of this entire experience
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    but now I don't know if I can handle it
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    I don't know if I can handle the
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    experience itself the race didn't bother
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    me I didn't know if I could could
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    emotionally handle the experience and
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    I've never had that experience in racing
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    before it's usually sort of a high on
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    adrenaline flow come on let's go and
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    it's a nervous feeling but it's a good
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    powerful nervous feeling
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    we'll spend the first hour sorting our
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    car
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    well all these other crazy men go out
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    and try to win a Sprint race which is
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    generally what happens at Le Mans
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    particularly toward the back of the grid
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    uh either they've never been here before
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    or they have been here before and never
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    finished so they know the reality is is
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    that they want to make a really good
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    showing until they fall out at Lamar it
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    was not and I don't believe that it ever
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    will be a sort of an adrenaline flow
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    let's get racing feeling it's almost
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    sick to your stomach because you're
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    participating in something that you can
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    hardly believe is even happening
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    goodrich's commitment to this program is
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    evidenced by the fact that both cars
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    were shipped to the vysoc test facility
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    at Porsche for race preparation Lamaze a
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    race that's probably 90 percent
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    preparation and 10 racing
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    the test session at viseac is important
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    not only for the preparation of the cars
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    but I think it put one driver in both
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    cars with one crew so that we could sort
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    the cars out before we left for the race
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    any additional feedback that we got from
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    the other drivers would easily then be
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    sorted out at the racetrack so it isn't
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    always exactly the same RPM but I would
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    say that it doesn't get any boost to
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    really talk about until it hits six this
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    particular circuit is what you would
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    call almost a go-kart circuit it's a
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    very narrow twisty little circuit it'll
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    bring out all the bad points of the car
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    immediately whereas on a longer track at
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    Le Mans we might not notice until
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    halfway through the race
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    if I could do this before every single
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    race it would be worth it
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    is
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    foreign
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    imagine yourself going down the freeway
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    at 220 miles an hour in a traffic jam
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    that's what the straight at Le Mans
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    resembles it's easy to terrify me on the
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    highways just as easy as it is anybody
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    else out there but in a racing situation
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    you move into a Consciousness that
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    blocks that out completely and you
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    become capable of operating at these
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    very very high speeds and making
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    decisions and thoughts that almost come
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    through in very slow motion
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    thank you
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    the idea of somebody else making a
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    mistake at 200 miles an hour is not
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    particularly pleasing to me it is a
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    challenge that I'll accept simply
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    because it's part of the race and at Le
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    Mans those sorts of speeds are the race
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    I'm not sure that it's absolutely
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    necessary either except that it does
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    make us unusual people that we're
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    willing to do it and maybe that's the
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    excitement of Le Mans
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    just come off the most on corner and
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    been passed by a Camaro with a wing on
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    it check out who that is
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    that is number 80. the billfish is 81.
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    foreign
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    state of change we qualify at night
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    during the last session and then the
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    race begins during the day this makes it
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    absolutely mandatory that during pit
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    stops all drivers pass on as much
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    information as possible be careful on
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    the main straightaway because
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    here out there than it was last night so
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    just break it up slowly
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    it's important the race everything looks
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    almost too good to be true
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    both cars are still in we're second in
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    class I believe about a lap ahead of the
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    other car but this is Lamar and you just
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    never know
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    beautiful perfect
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    really easy pace
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    should go all night like that
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    I remember leaving the pits going up
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    under the bridge the Dunlop Bridge down
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    the hill and making a left and my God
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    the whole skylit up there was a terrific
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    Ferris wheel out there and Affair and
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    things happening and people running
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    around and and it gave the impression
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    almost as coming out of a a dark tunnel
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    into Disneyland
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    and the flashing lights and then
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    immediately a right turn
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    and it all vanishes
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    it was a cross between 2001 Space
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    Odyssey and Walt Disney all in a capsule
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    of about a second and a half
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    then you do a lap after lap after lap
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    and if I live to be a thousand I'll
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    never forget that one
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    thank you
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    you flash in and out of the reality of
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    the happening when you make a pit stop
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    and change drivers and get out of the
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    car and look across and there's a
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    terrific sea of people and then you come
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    back in at midnight you look across and
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    there's nobody there they've all gone
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    out in the forest to do whatever French
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    people do in the forest in the middle of
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    the night
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    and then you say my gosh they've gotten
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    bored and gone home so you go to sleep
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    and you get up and you come back out at
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    five o'clock in the morning the sun's
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    coming up and they're all back and what
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    have they been doing probably having a
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    lot more fun than I have
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    but I think that those are the only
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    times that you sort of flash back into
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    the real sort of emotional experience of
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    the race
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    and I'm in the Indianapolis Corner 86
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    cars sitting off the side of the road
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    here and it looks terminal
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    we know
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    late in the race we came in for an
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    unexpected stop I knew at that point
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    that we had a vowed a 10 lap lead over
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    the second place car which was the Chevy
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    Camaro Gene Felton
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    and I know Gene's quite a good driver
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    and the car was well prepared and seemed
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    to run like a train the whole time and
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    they were a real threat to us I kept
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    thinking well it's a car that
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    historically hasn't done well here So
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    eventually I'll see him come down the
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    pit Lane instead of buying the track and
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    he'll stop and they'll make some major
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    repairs and it just didn't happen
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    this has got to be the most frustrating
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    part of the Lamar race here I sit in the
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    damn pit Lane genes out there clicking
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    off the laps we've run good all day we
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    got a terrific position in the class but
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    now the car is tired I'm tired crew's
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    tired they're working their hearts out
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    trying to get me back out there all I
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    can hope is that they get it repaired in
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    time I get back out and retain the lead
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    there's no question about a pace that
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    you fall into late in the race it's
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    totally different from anything that you
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    might experience in the front of the
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    race
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    I can remember thinking to myself how
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    many times do all those little teeth on
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    all those little gears in the
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    transmission have to get stopped when
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    you engage a synchromesh and coming down
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    that into Mall San and thinking okay
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    I've got two downshifts here shall I
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    make them both or shall I skip a gear
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    and save that Synchro mesh I mean you
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    start thinking as if you were part of
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    the machine rather than than operating
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    the machine you start imagining that
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    your hand is an extension of the
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    transmission and every time you move the
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    stick you have a terrific amount of
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    Sympathy for the machine itself I think
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    I must have counted every single shift
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    that I did for the last two or three
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    hours of the race
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    if you had frustration to frustration
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    here we are with a five lap lead we've
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    now lost fifth gear Gene's going to be
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    going back out he's running like a
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    freight train down the street we will
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    now give up all of our straightaway
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    speed because of our loss of fifth gear
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    best we can do is keep a steady Pace
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    going hope the gene makes a few mistakes
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    and I know this one's going to go right
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    down to the wire
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    foreign
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    there's no lonelier place than the
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    driver's seat during the race
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    particularly the last hours
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    increasing loneliness is the fact that
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    at the end of the say the 22nd hour the
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    batteries in your radio are pretty much
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    shot and the only touch that you have
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    with anybody that can feed you any
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    information is maybe for 100 yards down
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    the pit straight
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    stand for
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    well here we are winding down the last
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    few laps and I never ever in my wildest
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    dreams would have thought that we would
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    have been able to finish let alone win
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    this race on only five tires
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    the enthusiasm runs in waves it's very
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    very high in the beginning it wanes
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    about
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    darkness which is oh gosh I don't know
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    10 30 11 o'clock here in France
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    and then pretty soon gee the race is
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    still going on they start to March back
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    in they fill the trees and the stands
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    and and they start getting closer and
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    closer and closer to the safety wall on
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    the fit straight and the second they see
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    the leading cars across the Finish Line
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    beginning the last lap they go over the
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    wall and there would be no possibility
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    of finishing that last lap prior to four
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    o'clock because the track is absolutely
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    jammed with people it must be very much
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    like the running of the bulls in
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    pomplono Spain they kind of hope that
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    the cars will come around but the
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    officials have been smart enough to stop
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    the lap just prior to its finish and put
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    everybody in the impound area so they
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    aren't really in any danger but I think
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    they'd like to do
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    foreign
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    I thank you at that point joined the
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    crowds and uh if they want a little
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    piece of you I suppose you're willing to
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    fight it out with them because I don't
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    think that by my nature I'm a whole lot
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    different than the people that came here
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    to watch the race otherwise if I didn't
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    enjoy getting beat up just a little bit
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    I probably wouldn't have been here in
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    the first place
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    foreign
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    foreign
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