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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">02/07/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">EMKA McLaren</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Expected At Goodwood</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/arenExpeLE%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">Steve O'Rourke's EMKA Racing McLaren will be at Goodwood this weekend for the Festival of Speed. It should appear in its 1998 Le Mans colour scheme (seen at Pre-Qualifying that year, above).<BR> <BR> How memory plays tricks - the Editor had it in his confused head that it was this car that set the record for the shortest time in the pits in a modern 24 Hours, but Charles Rickett provides the reminder that it was another GTC entered McLaren, the #41 car in 1997. According to the Le Mans Annual, #41 (Raphanel / Gounon / Olofsson) was stationary for 32 minutes and 32 seconds.<BR> <BR> Despite misleading information from elsewhere, I calculate that the shortest time spent in the pits this year was the 32 minutes 29 seconds by the winning Audi, so that looks like your GTC record gone Charles - by three seconds. Please correct me if I am wrong - anyone. Check the addition here <A HREF="http://www.totalmotorsport.com/Championships/display.asp?ID=450">link</A>.<BR> <BR> Tim Sugden has been putting a few miles on the EMKA McLaren at Snetterton. Paddock gossip suggests that, on two year old Pirellis, Sugden was down to a 1:03.6 within six laps, on the wrong gearing and the wrong set-up. His best ever lap at Snett. in this car was a 1:01.8.<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>