Mulsanne in a 917

"...But such was the ability of Mr. Piech's engineers in the following year, 1970 - indeed, in that white car, number 25, the one in the Steve McQueen film - I went flat out, through the kink, at night, in the rain, at 392 km/h (245 mph). And that, let me tell you, was exciting..." Vic Elford taken from "Porsche Legends - Inside History of the Epic Cars" Thats what we need man! give us a GPL style 70s Le Mans simulator now!

> "...But such was the ability of Mr. Piech's engineers in the following > year, 1970 - indeed, in that white car, number 25, the one in the Steve > McQueen film - I went flat out, through the kink, at night, in the rain, > at 392 km/h (245 mph). And that, let me tell you, was exciting..." > Vic Elford "Then I did the Le Mans test and, of the 16 or 17 times I went to Le Mans it was the fastest I ever went down the Mulsanne. The car had very little downforce; it did 240 mph, weaving from side to side. You hoped that when you arrived at the kink you were on the left hand side of the road" Brian Redman, speaking of his testing duties for the Porsche team in 69/70.... Yeah, but no realistic FF please, getting thrown off the road at 240 mph doesn't sound like much fun :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy

You guys might like this site...I'm not associated with them, I just like their work. There is tons of stuff on the 917 and McQueen. http://autosportsltd.com/autoart.html don [|]-(_)-[|]

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>> "...But such was the ability of Mr. Piech's engineers in the following >> year, 1970 - indeed, in that white car, number 25, the one in the Steve >> McQueen film - I went flat out, through the kink, at night, in the rain, >> at 392 km/h (245 mph). And that, let me tell you, was exciting..." >> Vic Elford >"Then I did the Le Mans test and, of the 16 or 17 times I went to Le >Mans it was the fastest I ever went down the Mulsanne. The car had very >little downforce; it did 240 mph, weaving from side to side. You hoped >that when you arrived at the kink you were on the left hand side of the >road" >Brian Redman, speaking of his testing duties for the Porsche team in >69/70.... >> Thats what we need man! give us a GPL style 70s Le Mans simulator now! >Yeah, but no realistic FF please, getting thrown off the road at 240 mph >doesn't sound like much fun :-) >Beers and cheers >(uncle) Goy

Yeah there it is: the no25 http://autosportsltd.com/lm70-09.html Thanks man!