the LM cars you fell in love with that you never thought you would? - Page 2

Owain Shaw · 7 Jun 2006, 12:38 (Ref:1629207)

The works Aston Martin DBR9s with the painted nose rims. Now the Corvettes are dominant I find myself wanting them to do better and stem the tide of wins for the yellow cars.

Karsten Krogh · 8 Jun 2006, 09:24 (Ref:1629804)

I thought The French Venturi where beutiful (not very fast though)

Lotus Esprit was beutiful and fast (Lotus whats going on with your modern cars

. Somebody hire a designer)

I allways love to see Ferrari and Lamborghini (It would be nice to see a factory team).

Splendid Cat · 8 Jun 2006, 09:52 (Ref:1629826)

Never thought I'd love Mazda 787B. Last minute weight reprieve before 91 race was a key factor in its win, and stopped what would have been a glorious Jag 1,2,3.

However, as the years have progressed I have started to love the car - noise, livery, fire

TheNewBob · 9 Jun 2006, 07:18 (Ref:1630395)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thundersports

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ wake me up and i'll be back in 1989 with the wonderful Group C cars.........
Seen these cars and they leave me empty compared to prototypes of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Get a life and go and see the Historic Group C championship.

Apologies - didn't realise we were only ever allowed to enjoy the cars that you like....

cptkablamo · 10 Jun 2006, 14:00 (Ref:1631163)

I'm another for the Rafanelli Lola B2K/10 - that Lola was an ugly car and there have been many teams like Rafanelli but they all seem to come together - with a nice paint job, and just had something about it

Alex Hodgkinson · 10 Jun 2006, 22:18 (Ref:1631361)

The crazy looking 1993 Allard J2X completely fits this topic for me.

When I first saw it I thought it was ugly, like someone'd merged a Harrier jump jet, an F1 car and Dick Dastardly's racer together. However, the more I looked at it the more I saw it's beauty, and realised how eccentrically wonderful it looks..

TheNewBob · 11 Jun 2006, 14:46 (Ref:1631688)

...looks like something that Bentley got their design ideas from...

ss_collins · 11 Jun 2006, 17:29 (Ref:1631800)

we did a feature on it last year - it caused an argument between two leading LMP designers - one said it was the inspiration for all current cars - the other said it wasn't.

Whichever is true the J2X (which never got a coat of paint) is one of the most innovative cars ever built

Shotteh · 11 Jun 2006, 18:27 (Ref:1631832)

As usual, mulsannecorner has a great article about it.

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/allardj2x.html

I had never seen this car before, but I must say it is utterly gorgeous and it's a real shame that it didnt get the development it so desperately needed.

**Aysedasi** · 13 Jun 2006, 18:46 (Ref:1633751)

That Allard was drop-dead gorgeous in my eyes!!

**Aysedasi** · 13 Jun 2006, 18:46 (Ref:1633754)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ss_collins

Whichever is true the J2X (which never got a coat of paint) is one of the most innovative cars ever built

I thought I saw a photo of it in MOMO (red and yellow) livery?

**FIRE** · 13 Jun 2006, 20:19 (Ref:1633811)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I thought I saw a photo of it in MOMO (red and yellow) livery?

[off-topic]

After the MOMO Ferrari I no longer heard much about MOMO (except the Logitech MOMO steering wheels). Are they no longer involved in sponsoring autosport?

[/off-topic]

TheNewBob · 13 Jun 2006, 21:05 (Ref:1633835)

There are pictures of it in plain red, but I presume that's by a later owner of the car, who probably didn't ever race it...?

NickC · 14 Jun 2006, 08:51 (Ref:1634104)

Kremer CK5, Grid Plaza, Aston Martin Nimrod, Lola T600/610, Lancia LC1, the Lucky Strike Argo, Rondeau M4 something (the one that was rubbish), Ascari, first incarnation of the Lister.

Just a few off the top of my head. Can you tell when I first started getting into endurance racing?

I just seem to be drawn to the (generally) outclassed underdog.

I also like the odd !! looking designs.

Integra · 14 Jun 2006, 08:53 (Ref:1634105)

Ferrari 550 Maranello, first I couldn't stand it, because it was winning everything, one or two years later it's my favourite GT ever made.

**Aysedasi** · 14 Jun 2006, 09:29 (Ref:1634131)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

[off-topic]

After the MOMO Ferrari I no longer heard much about MOMO (except the Logitech MOMO steering wheels). Are they no longer involved in sponsoring autosport?

[/off-topic]

Isn't MOMO Gianpiero Moretti's company? I assume he's now retired from racing. BTW - I still have my lovely MOMO Force steering wheel.......

Alex Hodgkinson · 25 Jun 2006, 20:33 (Ref:1641075)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I thought I saw a photo of it in MOMO (red and yellow) livery?

I think it did run in Momo colours somewhere once, I had a picture of it infact.

The car's now in America, run by Toad Hall Racing.

There are some nice pictures of it here

Tec-Mec 60 · 25 Jun 2006, 22:18 (Ref:1641164)

its a relatively new one and possibly an odd one, but i thought the Lambo mucielago R-GT was very ugly when i first saw it. i thought of it as another one of those cars that'd feature for a year or so then just disappear... but then i heard it! i fell in love with that noise and saw the car for the first time at silverstone earlier this year. i was surrounded by people at le mans last week that had never heard it before. due to its poor pace it was always in traffic and the noise of it was always masked by a porsche or a spyker. it finally came round on its own as we stood at terte rouge in final qualifying on the thursday night. as it screamed away down the mulsanne on its own, people's jaws dropped all around me! by the end of the race its what most people regarded as a highlight of the weekend. still not a pretty car despite being in unpainted carbon fibre, but i now love it.
it may not compare to the mazda rotary and some of the other engines of the past, but right now it stands out above everything else for me.

Sheila M · 25 Jun 2006, 22:27 (Ref:1641178)

I had "issues" with the diesel powered Audis at first but ...

To me, at least, that is one very, very nice looking car.

KA · 26 Jun 2006, 08:54 (Ref:1641397)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I thought I saw a photo of it in MOMO (red and yellow) livery?

There was a Momo-liveried show car at the NEC Autosport International show shortly after the car was first announced.

broadrun96 · 26 Jun 2006, 14:27 (Ref:1641675)

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Originally Posted by SL

That very noisy wailing banschee Mazda thing. Howling the night away

It had 3 very rapid F1 drivers who seemed to want to thrash the whatit's of it so they could go home as soon as it broke !

However it held together and only after 23 3/4 hours they realised they had it won and reduced the revs by a semi quarter of a tad.

anybody have any pics or audio of the mazda? wasnt lucky enough to have had access to racing programmin back then so only seen little pics of it in traffic and never had the chance to hear it run.

Splendid Cat · 26 Jun 2006, 14:43 (Ref:1641690)

try www.youtube.com search under Mazda Le Mans

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