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The English pilot Dereck Bell, 5 times Le Mans winner has entered a 1974 911 3.0 RSR
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Some of the other cars
Maserati and Fiat 600
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AC COBRA
BMW
ALFA ROMEO GTA
FORD Galaxy
GT 40
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Maserati and Fiat 600
The oldest car a French 1949 Hotchkiss
Ferrari 250 GT SWB and 250 GT Lusso
Ferrari 275 GTB
Alpine Renault
Deutsch Bonnet Panhard powered
Lancia Stratos
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DeTomaso Panthera
Ligier
Ferrari Dino
More Jaguar E type
Alfa Romeo Zagato
Alfa tubolare
Lancia
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Nash Healey
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At the time I post the Tour Auto competitors are on their way to Nantes
Yesterday after a very early start from Paris to avoid the daylight traffic competitors joined the Breteuil Castle near Dreux west of Paris for the official start at 9 AM
On their way to Saint Malo on the North Brittany coast they raced a special stage where the competition group cars were clocked one by one the winner being the one achieving the best time on around 11 kilometers of a small country road closed to traffic
After they join le Mans for group races on the permanent track (a small share of 3.6 kilometers out of the 13 kilometers of the le Mans 24 hours track who is only open for the 24 hours race)
some videos will explain better than me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5SxotyM2Nk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Up5Ell5Oc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEenAbywmb0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK0YwnuJejg
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Bad luck to off the 5 videos have not shown
I try again
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I really enjoyed watching the videos with volume turned up. Thanks for posting these--awesome sounds!Comment
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to attend a meeting of a sailing organisation as a member of the board
By chance the road to this lake cope with the roads used by the Tour Auto for its third (Nantes/Limoges) and fourth (Limoges/Toulouse) legs
Thursday April 27th I was able to assist to the Tour Auto races on the "Val de Vienne" race track near PoitiersComment
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Some pics I took with my iphone
The great Finnish rallye pilot (several time winner of the Paris Dakar rallye for Peugeot and world rallye champion in 1981) has been invited to attend the 2017 Tour Auto as one of the 2 off opening cars
Jean Francois Penillard 1954 356 PRE A
Cockpit of the 356 PRE A
Jean Marc Bussolini 1963 904 GTS
as it is written this car is one of the 100 original cars built in 1963
A great admiration for these car collectors who dare to race with cars worth several millions euros
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JF Penillard 1954 PRE A prepared by Andy Prill in England is particullary performant being very often quicker than many of the 911 a seen on this pic who show it ahead of much more powerful cars
By the way I reallise that I forgot to say that the Finnish pilot (secon=d from right on the pic) is Ari Vatanen
The Belgian 1957 550 RS seen here waiting to enter the Val de Vienne race track for a regularity session
On the contrary of the 904 and of the 356 PRE A, this 550 was not in the competition category but in the regularity category which suppose much less hard driving
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sorry wrong post
I continue the Belgian 550 lost its right back wheel due to a brake drum breakage during the Le Mans session the first day of the race Tuesday April 25th
By luck the car slip outside the track without nearly any body damage
A new aluminium brake drum was sent from Italy to Le Mans race track during Tuesday night allowing the car to continue the race Wednesday morning with only a large time penalty consecutive to his abandon in the Le Mans session
The Austrian 1957 Carrera 1500 GT never restored who in fact came to the start of the rallye in Paris by the road was still there although not very well classified
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I try to post a video on the Poitiers Val de Vienne race" session
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDcUg1aKii0Comment
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I went to the Val de Vienne race track with a friend who owe a 911 and we left the race track after that the 2 Competition groups had finish their race in order to go back to Limoges following the rallye roads up to Limoges where the Tour Auto was spending the night in the Exhibition park
Although this "liaison" step have to be covered on open roads with a strict respect of the speed limits, unforgotable experience to be pass by several speeding up competition cars
Next day Friday April 28th same experience with my own car on the road to Rodez
I follow the rallye roads in the middle of the rallye cars up to Figeac where they stop for lunch and then drove toward Albi for another race session on the Albi airport race trackComment
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