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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Interesting race so far. Very aggressive early-on, some people knocked out. Saw a F430 knock out a Lola Radical, which sucked.

Comp. Vette is doing great leading in GT2, a GT40 is leading GT1.

The Frenchies are really kicking *** in the 908s, though S. Bourdais is out. Which also sucks.

I wish S. Pruett was driving rather than talking about driving though. There should be more U.S. drivers in the mix.

http://stream.speedtv.com/24-hours-of-le-mans
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Speed camera guy got tagged in pit lane, still down right now, but he is awake and moving a bit. A mirror got taken right off of a R15 in the incident too. Ouch.
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1st 5 spots in GT1 are:

GT
Vette
Vette
Saleen
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Lead GT catches fire, fills with smoke, and proceeds to pull next to a guard rail right by a fire marshall, which would have been a good move, save that the effing rail kept the driver (who has a broken leg) from opening the door. She got out the pass side, but it sure took a minute. Pretty scary.

I had a bad feeling for the race with 56 cars, and I still do. So far its tried to kill Mansfield (SP?), a journalist, and a GT driver.
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Respond you lazy *****!
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Yeah, they are streaming Le mans and Canadian GP qualifying is on the Speed Channel right now. Great day for getting your fix.
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Thanks for the streaming link!
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It is. PLus I am keeping an eye on the F1 aulifying right now, and watched the World Cup. Its just that kind of day I am on beer #7 or #8 I think right now, sort of pacing myself.
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I'm watching GP qualifying, streaming Le mans, shopping for shocks, surfing porno and playing with my *****.

I iz multitazkin bitchez!
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A bit of porno will add some character to the somewhat dull sounding diesel P1 cars. Good call!
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Shumacher qualified 11th in second round. He seems to be a bit rusty.
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The streaming on Speed.com seems to be pretty good, even on my old Toughbook.
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All cars today, almost! Went to the road course. Stripped my whip because it failed yesterday. Going to watch Le Mans at 6 until the fight and Gator baseball too. Gonna watch Liddell get his *** beat. Then me and my boys are doing our all night Le Mans tradition thing.

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Lewis Hamilton Takes pole in last qualifying lap and breaks Marc Webber's streak...and now...on to Le Mans.
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Damn an aston moved up to 4th in GT1, but still america in the top 3.
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And we own GT2 right now as well

I wish I could watch the fight. I missed Evans/Jackson too. I wont be missing Lesnar CArwin in July though. Now way. That's either going to be sweet or a total blow out. Not much chance of a ho-hum mediocre fight there.
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Anybody know when Speed's stream is gonna start back up?
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I dont know that it will, IIRC they will cover this thing to the end on the TV now. I wish it was on both, but it probably costs a ton for them to do it.
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I do know that I bought a 30 pack of Extra Gold last night. I used one can for the badd-*** stew I made, and the rest of the upper half of the box is now empty save for two cans. So I guess that means I am on beer number 12.........and now beer number 11. Go Lemans!

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My math makes no sense. I am not drinking my way to less consumption. I am on beer number 13, not 11. Stay tuned. I will update through the night.

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Originally Posted by KPLAFIN
Anybody know when Speed's stream is gonna start back up?
Anyone?



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