TTAC Video of the Week: Looking Back on NASCAR Invading LeMans
One of the highlights of LeMans this year was that a NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro was entered.
It was literally in a class by itself, and it was driven part of the time by well-known NASCAR wheelman Jimmie Johnson. It stood out not just because of its looks but for its sound.
Naturally, race fans had fun with this over the weekend.
We decided to give you a roundup of select videos featuring the car before we move on from LeMans. Enjoy!
Here's the transaxle breaking, courtesy of friend of TTAC Bozi Tatarevic. This was repaired and the car did finish.
And one more from Bozi.
Listen to that sound.
Mulsanne at night in a NASCAR stock car...
Some TikTokers (is that a word? I neither Tik nor Tok) got a bit patriotic -- if not outright jingoistic -- and put Lynrd Skynrd's "Free Bird" to work.
Finally, we close out with the Garage 56 car finishing. We can't see it, but we can hear it.
Hope you enjoyed that, now let's move on to this week's races. I will be glued to IndyCar at Road America -- I can't make it person this year, but I will be watching on TeeVee.
[Featured image: NASCAR]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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