In 1953 in a race at Aspen Colorado we had a Le Mans start. One guy in a hurry
broke the key off in the dashboard starting or trying to start his car,
another jumped in over the door, through his seat belt and took him a couple
laps to get undone. Another fellow jumped over the door and took the gear
change lever up his pants leg, had to get out and start all over again. I
heard all these stories after the event. Fun for me but a horror some .
--- Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com> wrote:
SOVREN does them for certain special events, like enduros or "Lollipop" or
other handicap races. For the Le Mans start the driver is already in the car,
belted in and set to go, while a pit crew member does the running. Kind of
fun, but just a sideshow.
On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:56 AM, BillDentin@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 02/15/2011 5:34:38 AM Central Standard Time,
> andre@gt6.ca writes:
>
>
>> Why not take it a step further.
>>
>> Lemans starts.
>>
>> Have to run to the car and hop in. ;)
>>
>
> The VSCDA tried some LeMan type starts in the mid 1980s. They were
> exciting, and seemed a good idea on paper, but not in practice.
>
> Vintage racing is complicated enough with its wide diversity in horse power
> and talent. In my opinion adding a further degree of difficulty with LeMan
> or standing starts, inverted grids, etc., etc. are not a good ideas.
> Adding further complication is looking for trouble. The old bricklayer term
> 'cluster f*ck' comes to mind.
>
> Bill Dentinger
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