Announcement

**Porschinelle** · 07-08-2016, 10:26 PM

2016 Edition of the "Le Mans Classic" start to day

**Porschinelle** · 07-08-2016, 10:30 PM

Beautiful weather expecte'd
Over 150.000 spectators expected over 3 days
2016 Edition teaser

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rMEjya3I60

2014 Edition full report

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-gW3BfWEs

**neilbardsley** · 07-11-2016, 06:47 PM

Perhaps someone can explain to me how the Index of Power works for these events? For example this weekend in Grid 2 I noticed that 356s got the top three spots in the Index of Performance. My understanding is that the Index of Performance is designed to help cars with small engines compete against the cars with larger engine. Therefore I don't understood how a 1500cc Lotus can beat all the 356s (which I would but money on are running 1600cc engines) but finished below them in the IoP? I guessing that is the fudge variable that I'm forgetting to include in the IoP?

**Porschinelle** · 07-11-2016, 09:06 PM

Hi Neil

below the formula to calculate the indice de performance

**Porschinelle** · 07-11-2016, 09:15 PM

As you guessed each car has its own coefficient
I have not found how this coefficient is calculated but for sure the production year and engine capacity are very important
What I know for sure is that pre A 356 are the favorite car for some one willing to win this classification (cf the Tour Auto indice de performance classification won these 3 past years by a 356 pre A)

**Porschinelle** · 07-12-2016, 01:00 AM

This 8th edition of the Le Mans Classic benefiting from a beautifull weather was clearly a big success with over 125.000 paying visitors ie more than 150.000 spectators with the competitors mecanics and family and all the invited VIP

**Porschinelle** · 07-12-2016, 01:08 AM

Porsche Classic dept presented the 1972 911 2.5 S/T they had just finish to restore after over 2.5 years of hard work

**Porschinelle** · 07-12-2016, 01:17 AM

For those of you who don't know the story of this car ordered new by Mike Keyser in November 1971
For the 1972 race campaign, Mike Keyser obtain from the Porsche factory the help of Jurgen Barth to drive it in several famous races :

Sebring 12 hours
Daytona 6 hours
Targa Florio
Nurburgring 1000 km
and the 1972 edition of the Le Mans 24 hours where this car driven by Barth, Keyser and Sylvain Garant finish 13th overall and first in the GT 3000 class

**Porschinelle** · 07-12-2016, 01:20 AM

After this glorious race season the car had a hard life and was re discovered in the US 3 years ago in that state

**Porschinelle** · 07-12-2016, 01:26 AM

Only 24 off 911 2.5 S/T were built and a so excetionnal rare and expensive (when fully retored) car could not stay as it
Porsche Classic took the chalenge to have it back on track (thanks to Porsche original dwgs and tool jigs)