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David Morton · 04-15-06, 05:57 AM

"During the race cars would pull in and out of the pits for driver changes and repairs with cars flashing by at about 140 mph a matter of feet away with nothing in between. At various stages I would wander happily along the pit lane on the outside of the pit lane, even closer to the passing cars"
Not any more - red line in front of garage adjacent to fuel rigs. At LM anybody crossing that line without an ACO tabard
incurrs on first offence massive fines on the team and on second offence exclusion. Additionally only Prat Perch personnel can cross the line not wearing approved fireproofs. It's a rather dangerous place to go anyway.
I tend to hide in the Audi hospitality unit [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banana.gif[/img]unless we have some trade on the screens.

04-15-06, 05:57 AM	#70 (permalink)
David Morton David Morton Lifetime Premier Supporter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Marlow, England GT40: The Jewel on th Posts: 2,535 Rep Power: 35	Re: Tiff Needell and the Superformance GT40 Mk11 "During the race cars would pull in and out of the pits for driver changes and repairs with cars flashing by at about 140 mph a matter of feet away with nothing in between. At various stages I would wander happily along the pit lane on the outside of the pit lane, even closer to the passing cars" Not any more - red line in front of garage adjacent to fuel rigs. At LM anybody crossing that line without an ACO tabard incurrs on first offence massive fines on the team and on second offence exclusion. Additionally only Prat Perch personnel can cross the line not wearing approved fireproofs. It's a rather dangerous place to go anyway. I tend to hide in the Audi hospitality unit [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banana.gif[/img]unless we have some trade on the screens.