Gawain’s World » ALMS http://gawain.org/blog Learning to drive upside down... Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Audi R15 TDI: Friday Practice http://gawain.org/blog/2009/10/01/audi-r15-practice/ http://gawain.org/blog/2009/10/01/audi-r15-practice/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:15:14 +0000 Gawain http://gawain.org/blog/?p=593 Lucas Luhr in the Audi R15 TDI during Friday practice for the 2009 Petit Le Mans

Lucas Luhr in the Audi R15 TDI during Friday practice for the 2009 Petit Le Mans (click to enlarge)

Here’s Lucas Luhr again, this time during Friday during practice, Turn 1 at Road Atlanta. The Audi R15 TDI had been freshly polished to a mirror sheen and looked absolutely gorgeous. The sharp-eyed will notice that the car is sporting single dive planes underneath the headlights. In the race, this car ran two for additional grip on the wet track. FYI, I’ve added a lightbox plugin so you can enlarge the picture and feast your eyes on this stunning car.

But wait, there’s more… Here’s a sound clip of several of the cars going by. The Audi is first. Notice how much quieter and smoother sounding it is than the others that follow.

Sounds of the 2009 Petit Le Mans (MP3)

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Here’s a picture I took during Saturday’s Petit Le Mans. This is Lucas Luhr. When I took this picture Lucas was cruising by in his Audi at a stately 130mph or so with his foot solidly planted to the floor. In traffic, I should add. Why on earth was he looking down like that? You can’t even see the top of his visor for Pete’s sake! He could be taking a catnap, checking his seatbelt or contemplating his… OK, I have no idea what he was doing. What do you think?

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