As guess this story's been stuck in the Garages 'O
Nofendersville being repaired for quite awhile now...
In the immortal words of past great Mariners
Announcer Dave Niehaus: "MY-OH-MY!" As time really does Fly By, Eh?
As it's Back-Back-Back; Uhm, enough of the Baseball analogies...
AnyHoo, per Tipicali here on thou Isle of
Nofendersville, I've totally skipped posting anythingy' upon the outcome of
last year's epic Le Mans race, where once again the mighty Toy-Yoters' fell by
the wayside; CRIKEYS!
Especially that most Bizzaro incident
involving the No. 7 entry, when the Pole winner and Race leader "K-Squared"
(Kamui Kobayashi) got Faked Out by
an opposing Team's Driver to G-O! During a Safety Car period, when in fact he
was just giving Kamui the "Thumbs Up." As the constant strain
of Stop-Start-Stopping ultimately led to clutch failure.
Not to mention another cruel blow of a double
retirement from its fleet of three cars derailing the Japanese Auto Giant's
never ending thirst for its maiden victory at Circuit de la Sarthe, where they
first began competing at in 1985.
Although true to
Thar' Word, as Toyota's indeed signed-up for the entire 2018-19 FIA World
Endurance Championship's (WEC) "Super Season." They're returning with
only two entries, as the only Factory Hybrid effort and therefore, just how
much will victory resonate over the inferior non-hybrid Privateer runners?
Whilst I seem to recall more about the
Corvette v Aston Martin Contretemps over the race's final laps, which ended in
tears for Jordan Taylor, who cut a tyre while Bangin' Fenders whilst trying
mightily to fend off Johnny Adam for the eventual GTE Pro Class Win by the #98
Aston Martin Vantage.
And then there was the even stranger incident
involving the "Lucky" No. 13 Rebellion Racing LMP2 Prototype, which
had suffered from engine starter maladies during the race. Which the team
decided to unwisely drill a hole thru the rear Bodywork to speed up Pit-stops
vs. removing the rear cowling completely.
Then adding insult to injury, the team was caught
:Bear-handed" in Parc Ferme trying to illegally cover over the offending
hole with some Bear-Bond, which ACO Officials saw them doing in plain sight;
BUSTED!
As who knows what will happen in this year's epic
24 Heurs du Mans? Tune-in this June 16-17 if you're lucky enough to have the
Velocity Channel on your Cable TV Service provider Stateside...