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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">04/04/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Barbour </FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">At Le Mans</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/our%20At%20LLE%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"> There's a clear sense of relief in Dick Barbour's choice of words when reacting to the news that his Reynard 01Qs are both safely in the Le Mans line-up:<BR> <BR> "On behalf of the entire team, I'm grateful for the selection. More than any other single race, Le Mans is a challenge, and yet it has given me and my team such great opportunities over the years. After announcing our LMP 675 Prototype effort just five weeks ago, it's a tremendous honour to know that the selection committeee, in whittling down the 80 entries, has seen fit to include us among the 48 regular invitees to the preliminary practice."<BR> <BR> The relief might stem from the fact that his Porsche initially won the GT class last year, but was then excluded for technical reasons. 'No hard feeelings', seems to be the message from the ACO, plus an acknowledgement that Barbour's Reynards - or at least the lead car - could be the favourite to win the class.<BR> <BR> The third drivers have yet to be announced. </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>