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    #243 Crashton, Jun 15, 2012
    Thanks for the link Randy. Guess we will have to see if the reinvented wheel works. We'll know soon. I wish them luck & success.
     
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    #244 maxmini, Jun 15, 2012
    From todays notes . The theory is proving out so far .

    Randy

    DELTAWING TIDBITS — The Nissan DeltaWing completed a staggering 500 miles on a single set of Michelin tires, between the laps run at the test day as well as Wednesday’s practice and qualifying. And it’s not only great tire wear but also excellent fuel mileage, as Ben Bowlby tells SPEED.com that he expects for it to run 12 laps... with a 40-liter fuel tank. Compare that to the diesel-powered Audis, which should run 13 laps on 63 liters.
     
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    #245 Crashton, Jun 15, 2012
    Wow that is something!
     
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    #247 Steve, Jun 16, 2012
    Incredible! The DeltaWing is listed as first in class!

    Of course when there's only one car in your class you get to be both first and last at the same time. :biggrin5:
     
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    #248 minimark, Jun 16, 2012
    After a early unscheduled pit stop, me thinks they may have overtook themselves.......:cool:
     
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    #249 Minidave, Jun 16, 2012
    One of the Toyotas took them out......

    Better luck next year.
     
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    #250 rkw, Jun 16, 2012
    Le Mans 24 Hours seventh hour: Audi tightens grip as Toyota clashes with DeltaWing

     
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    #251 hbSean, Jun 16, 2012
    Gas pedal stuck.:wink:
     
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    #252 Minidave, Jun 16, 2012
    Right now the two Audis are the only cars on the lead lap!

    If this turns into an Audi rout, do you think they'll come back next year?
     
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    #253 minimark, Jun 16, 2012
    Yes.
     
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    #254 Steve, Jun 16, 2012
    From the DW team:

    NISSAN DELTAWING THRILLS LE MANS FANS DESPITE EARLY FINISH (DeltaWingRacing.com)
     
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    #255 maxmini, Jun 17, 2012
    In one dumb move takajima takes out one of , if not the most, interesting car on the track and hands the LMP 1 win to Audi .The sponsors must be crying their eyes out. It would be interesting to see how much of a drop the viewership took from the 6 hr on . Such a shame no matter who you were rooting for. The 2102 six hours of Le mans , great race :Thumbsup:

    Randy
     
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    #256 Angib, Jun 17, 2012
    The Sun is the very bottom of the British newspaper food chain, but their DeltaWing crash article at least had some good headlines:

    Smack! Baddies wreck Batmobile

    BAM! Pow! Holy jeepers, the Batmobile has hit the wall!
     
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    #257 minimark, Jun 17, 2012
    LOL...:p
     
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    #258 Angib, Jun 17, 2012
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    The collision:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJAiZVuC3YI[/ame]

    Just a little of the hour and a half that Satoshi Motoyama spent trying to get the car drivable to get it back to the pits:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi_AsxRuyus[/ame]

    (Are there YouTube embed tags on this forum?)
     
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    #259 Steve, Jun 17, 2012
    Yes, but YouTube adds tricky bits of code these days that mess up embedding and create links to force you to click through back to YouTube so you can watch their commercials, etc. Fixed now. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #260 Steve, Jun 17, 2012
    Nissan's even shorter summary video of Satoshi's struggle:

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJylUpzQ-iQ]HEROIC ATTEMPTS BY MOTOYAMA TO GET FANS' FAVOURITE - NISSAN DELTAWING - BACK ON TRACK - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #261 minimark, Jun 17, 2012
    Whilst the Deltawing was a very interesting piece, who proclaimed it the "fan favorite?"

    It was hardly this fan's favorite..... There were so many very fast cars with interesting technologies racing each other in their respective classes...that the race was hardly over when the wing hit the wall...:screwy:

    We wish the experiment had lasted longer but alas it just didn't....
     
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