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  1. bitzman

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    #1 bitzman, Oct 11, 2019
    On a popular radio show about cars on KPFK=FM I was surprised ehen co-host Dave Kunz congratulated his guest, a Ford official, on Ford's recent win at LeMans. I hastened to Google and found Ford has not won overall at LeMans since '67 wth a factory team and '68 and '69 with the Gulf GT40s.
    https://**********.com/2019/09/wishful-thinking-should-not-be-presented-as-truth-especially-about-important-car-races.html

    I haven't heard if they went back on a later show and corrected the mis-impression but in car circles I often hear adherents of this brand or that mis-representing their LeMans wins. A class win is not an overall win, no matter how much you want it to be....
     
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    #2 rdefabri, Oct 12, 2019
    I’m curious if the Ford official set the record straight (I’m guessing he didn’t)?
     
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    #3 Nuvolari, Oct 12, 2019
    That article is total garbage. LeMans runs 4 races at the same time where cars race to a rule set and 4 class winners are determined. The ‘overall’ victory is what people who know little about racing focus on and wildly discounts the efforts of real LeMans winners who triumphed in their class.

    I had this exact conversation with Mario Andretti a few years back. In 95 he won in class despite being beaten to the overall win by the McLaren. To this day few recognize him as a LeMans winner which he both is and has the trophy for.
     
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    #4 Nativetroy, Oct 15, 2019
    If they won their class, then it’s a win at Le Man. Unless the host actually states they had an overall win, I don’t see how it’s an issue?
     
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    #5 rdefabri, Oct 15, 2019
    Agreed - I didn't listen to the interview and haven't followed LM closely. If Ford won their class, they won - period.
     
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    #6 jimmyb, Oct 20, 2019
    I disagree. There were many years in the not too distant past where the LMP category had less than 10 entrants and the GT2/GTE category had 30. Especially in the years of Audi domination....2 works Audi R8/R10's and 7 or so other cars that had NO CHANCE. GT2 was where the REAL excitement was and it's certainly a LOT harder work to beat 30 cars than 10
     
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    #7 anunakki, Oct 26, 2019
    you post a lot of articles from **********.com
     
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    #8 Statler, Oct 28, 2019
    with bizarre arguments supporting opinions (a totally wrong one with the class win issue here)
     

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