NE1 go see Le Mans tonight?

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Old 05-12-2006, 11:31 PM
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Thumbs up NE1 go see Le Mans tonight?

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Out of all the cars, you could tell when the C6R's were approaching.

It was badass. I'm going back tomorrow for F1.
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i wanted to go......
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yea the C6R sounded nice but out of our group the Panoz GT2 Esperante and Mazda Courage LMP2 were the easiest to recognize. my friends dad was working one of the corners and said they had measured the Mazda at 119 decibels. we also got a kick out of the number on one of the Aston Martins, 007. Might be going back tomorrow for the Champ cars if i don't bake to death at the UH vs Rice game
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man i forgot about that...i bet it was awesome...anyone have vids??
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it was badass, one of my other brother was at the Rice UH baseball game tonight at Rice and he said you could hear the cars loud and clear there. we took some videos with my brothers cheap digital but they aren't that great
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Originally Posted by white man
yea the C6R sounded nice but out of our group the Panoz GT2 Esperante and Mazda Courage LMP2 were the easiest to recognize. my friends dad was working one of the corners and said they had measured the Mazda at 119 decibels. we also got a kick out of the number on one of the Aston Martins, 007. Might be going back tomorrow for the Champ cars if i don't bake to death at the UH vs Rice game

Haha, nice. I never noticed the 007. The cars parked by the entrance also made me

The Panoz sounded like the Vettes to me. There were also many hot chicks out there dressed up like they were at a club. They're probably looking for the dudes diving the Ferarris.
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This thread gets locked with no pics!!!!!!!
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Here is a friends site whose going to the thing every day and is taking lots of pics. Enjoy.

http://www.corndesignsphotography.co...dex.php?cat=13

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Originally Posted by will69camaro
Here is a friends site whose going to the thing every day and is taking lots of pics. Enjoy.

http://www.corndesignsphotography.co...dex.php?cat=13

William

Thank you!!!
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I was there lastnight for the race. Quite badass I must say.
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The race was awsome! I sat in the grandstand right across from the corvette pit. Lots of action there! Once you figure out the lights on the cars you know whos running what. The C6-R's we kicking *** all night 1st and 2nd. Thats after they had to add weight. To make the field more even.
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I went tonight and saw the Champ cars. We saw two nice wrecks happen right in front of us. Those little cars are nifty. Lots of eye candy too.
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Originally Posted by will69camaro
Here is a friends site whose going to the thing every day and is taking lots of pics. Enjoy.

http://www.corndesignsphotography.co...dex.php?cat=13

William
wow for being a photographer he had the settings way off on the night pics, iso was way to high...even for those lighting conditions. better than nothing i guess
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Originally Posted by will69camaro
Here is a friends site whose going to the thing every day and is taking lots of pics. Enjoy.

http://www.corndesignsphotography.co...dex.php?cat=13

William
Pics look good, some people are way to ****. Damn I wish I could have gone to that it looked and sounds like it was badass.
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thanks for the kind words guys!

Originally Posted by SlowTA
wow for being a photographer he had the settings way off on the night pics, iso was way to high...even for those lighting conditions. better than nothing i guess
they were taken with a Canon D30 with a 70-300mm F/4-5.6 lens @ 300mm (480mm with the 1.6 crop ratio) I was shooting at 1/125th @ F/5.6 ISO800 and STILL underexposing. At the speed they were going I couldn't afford to shoot any slower, but thanks for the critique.




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