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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">LE MANS</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">29/06/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Le Mans</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Top Speeds</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/MansTop%20LE%20.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Top speeds in the race would probably have shown up some bizarre results, depending on the weather conditions at any one time, but the regular speed trap just before the braking point for Indianapolis (during Wednesday evening's fine weather) revealed the following:<BR> <BR> Dome #9 329 kph<BR> Bentley #7 326<BR> Bentley #8 324<BR> All four Audis in the 319 - 322 range<BR> Dome #10 321<BR> Courage Judd 320<BR> Cadillac #6 316<BR> followed by the Ascari #20 and then the first of the GTS cars, Corvette #63.<BR> <BR> No sign of any Chryslers here, which would suggest that the LMP chassis is every bit as good as anything else......<BR> <BR> ...confirmed almost instantly by David Legangneux, who adds these speeds to the list:<BR> <BR> Chrysler LMP #15 314<BR> Chrysler LMP #16 313<BR> Reynard Judd LMP675 #36 313<BR> Chrysler LMP #14 312<BR> Ascari #21 312<BR> Cadillac #5 312<BR> Courage Peugeot #18 312<BR> Courage Peugeot #17 310<BR> Reynard Judd LMP675 #37 311<BR> MG LMP675 #34 310<BR> Panoz #11 303<BR> Panoz #12 302<BR> <BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>