Le Mans 88 Mulsanne

Back in the days when the Mulsanne straight was straight,you could watch from beside the bar.It got a lot more crowded later in the day.The electronic signature of some of the cars seems to have been every bit as loud as their sound to judge from the way the videocamera of the day throws a wobbly when they pass.At 0:52 a car passes,14 seconds later you can still hear it when(@ 230mph)the car is 0.9 of a mile away.But as the sound takes 4 seconds to reach the camera from that distance, the car was only 0.64 of amile away when it went out of ear shot.(very roughly).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7KRHv02IE&layer_token=21da60051bc85d0c

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

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• lemans
• mulsanne
• motor
• sport

[buttonisbest]

Why isn't the video working at all?

[panhardrod]

@buttonisbest Beats me ,and its my video.

[panhardrod]

@buttonisbest Even more bizzarley I've just connected a wii to the internet and it works fine ?????

[tommy9927]

Is that somewhere around where today the 2nd chicane is? I heard from a relatively unknown spot there. Some kind of hotel or restaurant, but they charge 10 Euros parking fee - for every person inside the car...

I only made it to the marshalling post at the Hippodrome once, but the cars are far from topspeed there having just exited Tertre Rouge

Today the whole straight is patrolled by police and I bet it's the CRS "Hit first, ask then"

[panhardrod]

@tommy9927 The position is 320m before the start of the first chicane,access began to get tricky in the early nineties, before that it was a free-for-all.

[TopThrillDan]

I have a question, what kind of camera were you using?

[panhardrod]

As mentioned earlier,the camera was a Sony CCD V-100E.8mm video tape meant that it was a lot smaller and lighter than the full size VHS cameras of the day but it still rested on your shoulder and you peered into a small black & white viewfinder.

[redriverman2006]

SCCA, in particular, and perhaps exclusively, SCCA Pro Racing, tends to screw things up pretty royally as well though.

[BuzzDaTower]

Last four cars were Porsche, Jag, I think Mazda and Jag. The Cats sound awesome!!

[lioHoil]

117 likes for a video which doesn't work, haha, Le Mans fans are dedicated!

[knut]

@panhardrod It seems like the 240p version is corrupted in Youtube's servers. I believe the wii pulls the mp4 version so that explains why it works for panhardrod. You should contact youtube or reupload it.

[brown9708]

convert it to a different format like avi or mpeg using koyote free converter, reupload it and it should work

[Dimix85]

i reuploaded it, check my channel if the user fix this version i will delete it from my channel greetings.....................­..

[brown9708]

This is the only video in history on the straight without chicanes. Please fix video

[BYasrad]

U have to watch this vid on a mobile device or wii or another game system for it to work. Shit is gay!!

[DannyBoySmith1993]

saw this vid ages ago, now it ain't working :( ! I wanna hear the rotary symphony of the mazda 757 again!

[brown9708]

Video not working