Spec racing is boring

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Spec racing is boring:

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/pruett_the_spirit_of_status_quo

Design by Paolo Catone / Ben Wood for Courage Competition

A Courage LC75 AER is shown. It had a 2.0 liter turbocharged AER inline-four cylinder engine.

Jacques Nicolet and Bruce Jouanny were at a test on December 8, 2007 at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track in southern France. Michelin tires were used.

No driver has ever died in a Courage Group C or Le Mans Prototype.

http://www.michelinsport.com/sport/home/en/home.jsp?lang=EN

http://www.aerltd.com/

http://www.oreca.fr/UK/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage_Comp%C3%A9tition

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3210/Courage-LC75-AER.html

Jacques Nicolet of OAK Racing (was Saulnier Racing) and Henri Pescarolo of Pescarolo sport have merged to create Pescarolo Automobiles.

http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=273771

http://www.pescarolo.com/

2009 spec Pescarolo 01 Evo Judd

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghand_39/3918469777/in/pool-33264971@N00

http://www.oak-racing.com/

http://www.lemans-series.com/

2005-spec Pescarolo Judd:

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/couragec60-05.html

Rollcentre Racing, a British team with a Pescarolo 01 Judd, finished 3rd in the 1,000 km of Silverstone in September, 2007 and 4th overall in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dunlop tires.

http://www.rollcentre.co.uk/

http://www.dunlopdriversclub.co.uk/

# 18 machine from the 2008 1,000 km of Catalunya:

http://www.endurance-info.com/2008_LMS/02_Barcelona_PescaroloRollcentre.jpg

Does Rollcentre really only have 7 full-time team members?

check: http://almsfan.blogspot.com/

Saulnier Racing (now OAK Racing) used the new 90 degree DB V-8 from Judd in 2008. It went on the dyno on Friday, January 25th, 2008.

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/newsjan08.html

OAK Racing used turbocharged Mazda MZR-R engines in 2009, but went back to Judd V8s for 2010.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/12/19/saulnier-racing-confirms-mazda-engine-...

2008 LMS lineup:

Pescarolo Sport's 2009-spec Pescarolo 01 Evo Judd

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4109/Pescarolo-01-Evo-Judd.html

http://www.pierreragues.com/

Henri won the 1991 Sunbank 24 at Daytona which was one of the last times the race was in darkness (NASCAR lighting used for night races later and the Rolex 24 at Daytona). He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1984. Henri also won the 1970 1,000 km of Buenos Aires in a Matra-Simca MC630/650, the 1975 1,000 km of Spa in an Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 33-3 TT12, and the 1982 1,000 km of Monza in a French Rondeau M379B with a Cosworth V-8 (co-driver Desiré Wilson, wife of Alan Wilson).

Interview with Bruce Jouanny after the 2007 1,000 km of Spa.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.endurance-info.com/article...

The Saulnier Racing Courage LC75 AER was rebuilt from the Swiss Spirit Courage LC70 Judd from 2006:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2788/Courage-LC70-Judd.html

Racing great Oreca has purchased French Le Mans Protoype constructor Courage. Courage-Oreca built an all-new Le Mans Prototype for the 2009 Le Mans Series, the Oreca 01 AIM.

http://www.planetlemans.com/2007/09/14/oreca-announces-courage-takeover/

Team Oreca Matmut's drivers and updates revealed for the Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd

http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/04/01/team-oreca-matmut-launches-new-courage...

video from new launch:

http://video.eurosport.fr/auto/24-heures-du-mans/2008/chaunac-un-commando_vid...

Stéphane Ortelli's crash in the 1,000 km of Monza on April 26:

(only broken ankle and bruises)

http://www.yahoo.com/s/869394

More pictures and information:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/3690/Courage-Oreca-LC70-Judd.html

Tech notes of Courage LMP1s at Le Mans, 2008:

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/sportscar/257549/courage-lc70.html

Team Signature raced a Courage Oreca LC70 Judd in 2009.

http://www.signature-team.com/

Another French Le Mans Prototype:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4049/WR-LMP-2008-Zytek.html

http://www.welterracing.fr/

from EI

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[LolaJudd]

the LC75? 2007 was its first year there.

[khrisinfo]

CougrageLC75 AER Where to Buy one.

[LolaJudd]

IIRC, the Courage LC75 is built in Le Mans, France while the turbocharged AER I-4 is built in Basildon, Essex (England)

[blastun]

@osa67 yea i was gonna say it sounds a lot like a WRC car

[MrMicTest]

damn the turbo is slapping my ear

[lionking666fulify]

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[superiei]

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[JENSSCHLAU]

AWESOME !!!

[osa67]

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