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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">29/05/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Hideshi Matsuda</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Makes Five At Barbour</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/wldspth69a.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">Dick Barbour has named Hideshi Matsuda to replace Eric van de Poele in one of his two LMP675 Reynards. The Japanese joins Didier de Radigues and Sascha Maassen in #36, while the third driver in the John Graham / Milka Duno car (#37) will be known soon.<BR> <BR> van de Poele was released by Dick Barbour to race with Bentley in place of James Weaver. Matsuda is a former Japanese GT Champion, and has considerable experience at Indianapolis - but only one race past Indianapolis corner at Le Mans. He finished 13th in 1992 in a Euroracing Lola Judd (above, the car that bears at least a visual similarity to the current Ascari).<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>