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| Keen's Porsche 911 GT-3R from which the video was shot. |
This video runs 10+ minutes (a full lap), and it's not necessary to watch the whole thing to get the idea. It was shot just before the 24-hour race on the Nordschleife earlier this year was red-flagged because the rain was just too much. Apparently Leh Keen had a lipstick camera attached to his helmet (thus the jumpy, low-angle, video).
Most road racing buffs have read accounts and seen movies about how challenging it is to race in the rain, especially when overtaking in the dark. One thing Keen didn't have to worry about was being overtaken by a Prototype: they don't race on the Nordschleife, so the "modified GT class" cars like his GT3R were the fastest cars on the circuit. Some of us may have done HSAX laps or a half-hour club race in the rain--in daylight. This footage makes a rainy night at LeMans look like...a day at the beach...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvN0EzEacU
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