Re: OT,LeMans

[Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>]

Actually the reynard finished 5th
(http://sports.yahoo.com/m/sm/news/reuters/20010617/reu-racing_lemans_result.html)

And I am pretty sure it was in facta  2 liter 16valve (that it was
based on at least, I suspect HEAVILY modded).


--- Chuck Miller <catmill4@osdsun1.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> Fifth?  I'm pretty sure it was 4th.
> 
> VAG took the first 4 places!!!  That's total bitch'n.  I wish Audi/VW
> would
> jump into F1.
> 
> laterz...
> Chuck
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Jeremy Sawyer" <sawyer16v@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:35 AM
> Subject: Re: OT,LeMans
> 
> 
> The site must not have been updated cause that's the poop on last
> years
> race.
> This year one of the ROC Auto Reynard VW's finished fifth, 1st in LMP
> 675 beating the pants off the much hyped MG and Barbour racing
> entries.
> Engine was a 2.0 T Volkswagen.
> I can't find any data on the engine, but a dim little memory tells me
> I
> saw something a long time ago that it was based on the 16V. I've got
> to
> find this out cause all the 1.8T babies on Vortex that can barely
> find
> the ignition key will ASSUME it's based on the 20V engine and start
> pounding their chests.
> Dan
> 
> Jeremy Sawyer wrote:
> >
> > > There was a... a..... damn. "Something VW" that was
> > > 5th as of last night.
> > > All they kept showing was the Audi's and the MG. Any
> > > info on this beast?
> > > Is it in fact VW powered?
> >
> > > Shawn Méze
> >
> > According to the official Le Mans site, 2 Reynard ROC
> > VW's entered.  Engine was VW 2 liter single turbo
> > 4-cyl.  The first car retired at 3 hours 47 minutes
> > with engine failure and the second retired 5 minutes
> > later with the same symptoms.  Ouch.  It may have been
> > the beer-induced haze but I could have sworn the
> > closed-cockpit Bentley prototype was racing but no
> > record of it on the site.  ???  Anyway I still find it
> > interesting that Porsche is the only car represented
> > in the GT class.
> >
> > Jeremy
> > '86 16v
> > Columbus, OH
> >
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