You do understand that there's two separate races going on at Le Mans, right?
The GT cars have specific rules on what parts are from the street cars. Yes that's a real Ford Gt and a Corvette. The GT was designed from the get go to be a street car that has some of those specific parts nearly race spec, giving them a distinct advantage.
Who the f are you, to say Shelby was a con artist. Take a lame AC Ace, put real engine in it, fix the suspension, then sell it as one of the greatest sports cars of all time. That's more than enough work to put your brand label on the cars. The guy is responsible for producing the two best classic sports cars of all time. Pretty tough feat, even if it was all just sourced vendor parts.
Ford buys a Lotus, puts their engine inside, then does all of the work to get the car working well, and races it. That's more than enough work to put their brand name on the car. Lotus didn't earn those races, and would gladly set you straight on that.
Is a privateer motorcross racer, on a ''bought not built'' bike any less at risk of getting dismembered in a race than a factory pro racer on a handbuilt prototype? Are his wins worth less?
If I start racing with a Superlite SLC chassis, the teams going to Buliwyf Racing inc. You don't get to whine that I'm not a real racer because I didn't work in a Pennsylvania foundry making my own brake rotors. I'm using Roush engines.....so what? Is there a rule that I have to make conrods out of my own bones or something?
Not to mention how Ford's supported CART, F1, and Indy over the years. None of those we're made in Windsor canada, and they never had to be.
Lol.
