24 hours of LeMans 2016, ...anyone by chance going?? Options

[naro914]

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Nadine and I are going this year to celebrate our 25th anniversary.

Anyone going? Anyone been there that can give us ideas, pointers, or a list of things we shouldn't miss or do?

[naro914]

We are arriving into Paris a week+ before, spending a few days there, then driving down to LeMans Sunday before the race for scrutineering, during the week we'll do some exploring around, go to Normandy beach, wineries, castles, etc. staying at someone's house in downtown LeMans (never met him, just emails!!!) well do the tram back and forth to the track.

I'm working on getting Aston Martin hospitality passes (can't get Porsche ones... )

[tomrev]

Wed. prior to the race weekend, is free admission in all the grandstands, and a good time to check the whole place out. I camped out at the track in 2006; it's a crazy place, unbelievable amount of people, louder than you can imagine, trying to finally get some sleep at 3am, with cars evenly spread all around the track. Sitting near the inside of Tetra Rouge as it got dark, watching the instant red glow on the disc brakes as the cars hit the impossibly late braking zone. Even tho your eye's are seeing it, your mind can't accept the speed the cars carve thru the Dunlop curves, or how overtaking happens anywhere, as soon as the closing car catches the slower one, no hesitation, even if the slower is right at an apex, the faster car just takes the corner anyway, and it seems to work out. Be sure to take a lot of sun screen; I can't forget the sight of a row of red-haired, shirtless Danes, getting shit-faced, watching Tom K. rip around the track, and progressively turning a bright red all over, unaware! Or watching cool cars arriving from all directions in the week leading up to the weekend; Lotus 7's, with tents strapped on from the UK, killer 911's from all over, old 2-CV's, etc. I will have to go again, and will be doing Goodwood this Fall for the 3rd time; that too is too cool to believe!!!