Weekend Whimsy - Le Mans (Spoilers)

This weekend is the weekend of the Le Mans 24 Hour race. I'm a huge race fan...F1, IndyCar, WRC, ALMS, FIA GT, MotoGP. Le Mans is one of the highlights of the year. 24 Hours of racing. Ahhhhhh! I don't watch it live; because of the time difference, it starts too early for me. A number of years ago, when VCRs were used and Speed TV broadcasted all 24 hours, it was difficult due to the 6 hour length of videotapes. I'd have to get up in the middle of the night to change tapes. Now, DVRs make it easy! :) I became an Audi fan back in 2000 when they changed the entire rear end of the car in just over 5 minutes. That was incredible. This year's race was close, with the Peugeots faster, but with 2 hours or so remaining, it was Audi's reliability that won.

Friday's Feature

Formula 1 season has started!!!!

Formula 1 is back! Today was the first practice session for the first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain. New rules, the biggest change is the refueling ban, new drivers - Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi, Nico Hulkenberg, Vitaly Petrov and Karun Chandhok, comeback drivers - Michael Schumacher and Pedro de la Rosa and new teams - Lotus F1 Racing (not related to *the* Lotus team in any way but sharing the name), Campos Meta, Virgin Racing, BMW Sauber and HRT. Montreal and Spa are back on the calendar and the Korean GP at Yeongam is on the calendar, pending approval. It will be an interesting year!

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