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    24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery

    58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring

    Audi R15 Kicks Ass at First Official Sebring Test

    The Audi R15 TDI: Now In Glorious Detail!

    Audi R15 Coming to Laguna Seca, Petit Le Mans

    Audi R15 TDI LMP1 Induces Keyboard Ruination

    Peugeot Set To Crash Audi's Sebring Party

    Audi Pulls Out Of 2009 American Le Mans Series

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    That was a great race. I watched every second that SPEED showed live, and the rest online. Amazing.
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    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    I wish i could have seen more of the race, but my streaming online feed died at about 6am their time. The chunk that i did see, however, was brilliant. HUGE congrats to Peugeot for taking the win and de-throning Audi. I would have liked to see the Aston LMPs do better, but I can't really complain about 4th place.
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    06/16/09

    @fwa2500: Considering the fuel consumption disadvantage that the Astons had versus the diesel cars, I thought they did rather well.
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    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    I know this is petty, but hey, that's the kind of guy I am. I hate the Peugeot on looks alone. It looks like a reworked 2001 Lola or something. It's ugly, awkward and uninspiring compared to the modern, cut-bodied and shark-finned Audi and the sharp and lithe Astons. The ACO should add a rule that if you're going to have the quiet drony diesel, you have to make the car look awesome.


    The 905 that Peugeot won with in 1994 looked like it had dropped straight onto the racetrack from space. The 908 looks like it dropped straight on the racetrack from 1994.

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    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    *****THREADJACK*****
    Footage of the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans....Moss, Hawthorne, Fangio, Behra, Collins, Beub (pronouced boo-eb) et al driving various Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, Lotus, Porsche etc, etc...all of which look and sound awesome.


    + Watch video





    + Watch video





    You weren't that enthusiastic about work, were you?


    *****END THREADJACK*****

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @SCROGGS!!: I think when anyone sees a SCROGGS!! threadjack, they should comment immediately and repeatedly so it shows on the front page as the most discussed thread. Consider it a small service to your fellow Jalops.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: You are oh so helpful.
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    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: Careful Leeeeena. We don't want Ray to whip out Ol Burberry, do we?
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/16/09

    @Ray Wert: Believe it or not, I try.


    @SCROGGS!!: Oh ho, is that what we're calling it now?


    Dammit, now you guys are making me nervous.

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    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: I was referring to the banhammer. What Ray calls his.....er..um....pundit....is his own affair.


    \digging quickly toward China....ooh look, a CHUD!

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    06/16/09

    @SCROGGS!!: thanks scroggs :)
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/16/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: Hhhhhhhhhhh. Stop... helping...
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    06/16/09

    @SCROGGS!!: You're the man.


    Now, if you could find something from 1961 showing the Index of Efficiency-winning Sunbeam Alpine, that would really be something...

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    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    When do we get to vote for the people's curse?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/16/09

    @tek_nic: I did actually think it was LeMons, as I always do, so I was of course disappointed.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    A fantastic race, and a spectacular formation finish from Peugeot Squadron. Since then, I'v already changed my wallpaper. :)



    Congrats to all the winners, and a hearty, hearty well done to all those in the race, EXCEPT for that Lambo, the Queen of Garage.

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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    06/16/09

    @Mobius_1 now with a Star in Freakonomics!: Maybe we should tell the Japanese Lamborghini Owners Club that while wonderful machines, Lambos are, well, not exactly racing cars. I was at Le Mans in 2007 and the very same Lambo died on the very same lap-the first. I didn't even get to see it run.
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    06/16/09

    @Peter Orosz: TBH, they shouldn't even have accepted that Lambo. I would have loved to see more Astons at the race, and another epic Aston vs Corvette race.
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    06/16/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of Le Mans 2009: Stunning Mega-Gallery
    I was shocked to see Patrick Dempsey raced a GT2 F430 in this race, and did rather well.


    I kind of blew my mind when I saw it. The lead actor in a very, ahem, effeminate hospital show is driving in one of the greatest motorsports events in history? Arguably one of the manliest pursuits in the world?


    My mind was so thoroughly blown I couldn't come up with any snarky comments.

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    06/16/09

    @Unevolved- Recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists.: I was impressed with his effort, 10th in class and 30th overall. However, he's got a way to go before he catches this guy
    Porsche 935 Turbo, driven by Dick Barbour, Rolm Stommolen and Newman, which finished 2nd overall at LeMans in '79
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    06/16/09

    @SCROGGS!!: I'm not saying he's anywhere close to the Newmans and the McQueens of the Hollywood-LeMans interface, but just the duality of his emasculating show compared to his manliest of hobbies, endurance racing, is quite the contrast.
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    06/16/09

    @Unevolved- Recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists.: Nor was I.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    06/16/09

    @Unevolved- Recommended by 4 out of 5 dentists.: Did you ever meet an antique-dealing, furniture-restoring, poetry-reading, bowtie-wearing, soft-voiced man named Phil Hill?
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    06/16/09

    @John Krewson: You forgot opera loving.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    Nice. Just poke him so he dosen't fall asleep, and change his diapers every so often


    /lame incontinence jokes.

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    Image of War2d2: Secure In His Own Manhood War2d2: Secure In His Own Manhood
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    The Kristján Einar Story: Part III -- Enter the Master


    (part one, part two)


    SCENE: Late at night. Clouds pass in front of a full moon, and a wolf's howl can be heard on the wind. A rusty sign creaks in the breeze. The sign reads "Sebring--Pit Row." KRISTJáN EINAR pulls his track suit collar tighter against the breeze and looks around the deserted pits. He turns suddenly when he hears a voice from the shadows. HANS-JOACHIM STUCK enters, stage right.


    STUCK: She's a beauty, ay? In a few days she'll be buzzin' like a teenage boy's pants at a co-ed wrestlin' match. But now? Now she's quiet...like the morgue before a train wreck.

    EINAR: Who are you?

    STUCK: I'm like the darkness that lives in your soul, that never lets you forgive the things that have been done to you, nor forget the things that you've done. I'm like the wind in your ear, whisperin' 'faster, boy. Faster.' I'm like ever'thing you've ever wanted, an' nothin' you can have.

    EINAR: You're a racer?

    STUCK: Racer ain't nothin' but a man that fits a desk like a horse fits a pervert. You can cram 'im in there, but in the end ain't nobody gonna be happy.

    EINAR: Do you mind if I ask you a question?

    STUCK: Question? Question's like a woman. Just cuz she's asked don't mean you can't roll over and go back to sleep.

    EINAR (disgusted): Oh God. I just got the horse one.

    STUCK (smiles and nods)

    EINAR: How do you do it? How can you last this long without selling out? Without doing...things...you're ashamed of, just for a seat and a stick, and a needle headed to redline?

    STUCK: You don't do it, kid. It does you. But sometimes...well, sometimes you just gotta feed the dragon.


    HANS-JOACHIM STUCK slowly melts into the shadows. The slurred yelling of RAY WERT can suddenly be heard off in the distance.


    WERT: Einar? Where you at you little Icelandic minx? Poppa gotta get paid…


    Camera closes in on KRISTJáN EINAR.

    A solitary tear rolls down his cheek.

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    Image of domino domino
    03/18/09

    @War2d2 - Looking For a Star...: how much for you to do one with kristjan einar and richard goransson racing for a woman's affection? they're for a friend.
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    Image of jds108 jds108
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    Many apologies for the following question, but this is serious internet business: why the heck do all of the cars like the R15 have that second pseudo-cockpit? Just looks strange to me.


    Do they keep a cooler and 6 pack of Evian in there for the endurance races? Is there room for a sandwich?

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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    03/18/09

    @jds108:


    Carry over to tradition and the old rules... Thankfully they don't have to carry spare tires anymore!

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    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    Posted this yesterday...

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    Image of domino domino
    03/18/09

    @Vintage Racer is out taking pictures: thanks, i've been looking for that. damn hard drive failure ate lots of my youtube videos.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    I'm not surprised. Stuck's father was competing in hillclimbs into his 60's, beating drivers 4 decades his junior.


    I read in Motorsport that HJ Stuck looked forward to competing in the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring in 2011 with both of his sons. Stuck, Stuck and Stuck FTW!


    [www.hansstuck.com]

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    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    on a related note...I have a DVR that i have tried to teach to record any good racing thats is on (not NASCAR) yet is misses lots of good stuff...i would be forever grateful if on a Thursday or Friday Jalopnik could post a Weekend Racing on TV post! and i mean everything from ALMS to Speed World Challenge to Spec Miata Racing.


    Go TDI Power and Ass-engined Nazi slot cars!

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    03/18/09

    @GTI_MK5:


    This is what I use....


    [www.tvracer.com]

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    Image of .357 .357
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    These guys look like they belong at the golf course, but they are better drivers than most of the young guys.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/18/09

    In reply to 58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
    Youth and beauty are no substitutes for age and guile, particularly in endurance racing. Stuck should do well.


    Looks like Audi has built another strong contender. They may have their hands full with Peugot and Aston this time. Hope I can catch some of that race.

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    03/18/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I love your new handle. Trebuchets rule.


    The eldest driver on our LeMons team is more the double the age of our youngest. But even at 56, he can more than manage!

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