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Old 12-11-2013, 12:46 PM
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Default LeMans 991 @ Porsche Museum

While I have been to the Porsche Museum many times when I get to Stuttgart, this is the first I have been since they put the 991 LeMans car on display. It is really a BAD Machine.....
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Thanks for posting! I was in Stuttgart this weekend and was thinking of going to the museum again but decided not to - now I regret. What a great looking car....
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Brilliant !
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Could you possibly shrink the pictures a tad?
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Very cool. Thank you for posting. Sick looking thing.

Also , enjoyed the recent pics of the 2014 spec ones from Bahrain:









Pics source: http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/pat...preparer-2014/
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Think the sport mirrors cure the wind noise?
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Haha, well, if not, hopefully the ventilation slots in the quarter windows solves the problem.
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Originally Posted by stealthboy
Could you possibly shrink the pictures a tad?
Done
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Thanks for those great pics.
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Will there be factory support for any other catagory becides LMP1 and GT3 (WEC)?
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Originally Posted by MerlinsGarage
Will there be factory support for any other catagory becides LMP1 and GT3 (WEC)?
Was wondering the same. I sure hope so !
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GTLM in Tudor.

GT Le Mans (GTLM) – 12 Entries Aston Martin Racing (1), BMW Team RLL (2), Porsche North America (2), Corvette Racing (2), Krohn Racing/Risi Competizione (1), Risi Competizione (1), SRT Motorsports (2), Team Falken Tire (1)

http://www.imsa.com/articles/tudor-c...-29-prototypes

Here is the Porsche blurb on TUSC:

http://press.porsche.com/motorsport/...ease.php?id=61
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Looking forward to the start of the alms season or whatever it's called now.



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