F1 Driver in a Nascar Car at Le Mans? What?
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- Button was behind the wheel when the car began to have problems with the drive line. They ran as high as 27th overall in the 62-car field, and were achieving all of the goals they established for themselves. In fact, they were ahead of the entire GTE field 20 hours into the race. They completed 285 laps and finished the race, which was their ultimate goal.
No NASCAR but being in 24 hour race for 19 hours for a NASCAR that’s very good
Cars have 4 tyres
@@endorphineguy very funny🖕
@@Andrew-rd4ig indeed
They also didn’t expect it to complete the race they thought it could only get a few hours but did way better
@@jtrigs8338 Nobody thought "it could only get a few hours"... They quite literally had a full 24hr test at both Daytona and Sebring with the same car just to make sure it could last. The gearbox exploding was a freak accident more than anything.
a transmission change in 40 minutes is crazy
It really is. Having done one transmission swap with my wife and her father, it took the three of us the better part of a whole dang day. Then again, it was on an older vehicle with everything a bit rusted and stuck, but still!
Still 37th/60
Bruh it's a Chevy. Consider the typical Chevy owner.
People that parents are cousins that live in homes on wheels, everything they own comes from Wal mart and consider McDonalds fine dining can work on them under a tree. Not exactly an Elon Musk rocket....
That’s why they get paid the big bucks
That was my thoughts when he said the gearbox exploded. I thought OK well he’s done now. Just give me less than an hour, bro. That’s crazy.
The car had its own set of regulations. It was allowed more horsepower than all the other cars and completely different aero regulations
Then again, it would have more drag because it’s a taller car while you look at the Ferrari. It was very low to the ground compared to the NASCAR vehicle.
Let’s face it you can’t tell me that the NASCAR people were not telling round to Ferrari and say come on see how quick you can do a lap in those cars on our circuit at home how they would handle the banks for instance .
@@alistairjamesheaton9155The NASCAR was in the open class. And then you think beating other cars in restricted classes is somehow great?!
Get a grip. You are trying to make a loss into a win.
@@NotASeriousMoose no our interesting how they perform in a different sphere from that that were designed for. Also by pushing the car to its limits under racing conditions, they can make improvements to ensure better reliability fuel consumption etc. plus others will look at what those cars did better than theirs under those conditions and look to learn lessons. It’s a giant data gathering exercise.
Sounds like someone's butt hurt that is supercars couldn't hold a candle to it on the straight aways. Sounds like someone still whining over the fact that they even let it enter the race, and that it did better than most of the overpriced supercars. And tell you something America's been telling the world for years. No replacement for displacement baby
@@mikeprimm4077 road car based cars are slower than a tube frame unlimited purpose built race car with no engine restrictions? The hell you say
It’s probably the coolest nasacar ever because of the actual working lights and all of the extra areo
It looks much better than regular nascars but in terms of performance it would only be better in tracks with lots of corners thanks to the aero. That same aero would also be the reason why this car wouldn't do well in top speed tracks but a full championship with nascars like these would be great
Nah, I think the 70's Challenger NASCAR that showed up back in the day is even more bad ass. Pure Yankee
@@vincentgarreau6611 A full championship with these cars would basically be America's version of Australian V8 Supercars. And I'm so fucking down
@@NEEDbaconSuperBird 🔥
Bro invented NASA cars 💀
In summary: jeson button is a mad skilled driver and nascar gear boxes dont last
Tbf unlike the other cars there the NASCAR car wasn't designed to run the 24 hour LeMans in fact NASCAR races typically only last a few hours and it still went 19 hours lol
yea, the gearbox on stockcars arent meant to drive over 10 hours, its a suprise it lasted 19
Not to mention this car had more than the normal nascar horsepower (normal nascar has restricted hp)
Don’t last is really relative here. Sure it didn’t last, a whole 24 hours. It still made it 19 straight hours of flat out track running and was faster than most of the field doing it.
@@Pitviper134they didn’t used a originally nascar gearbox, they used that one of the C8 GTE, they also used a lot of things from the C8 GTE, like the steering wheel/display/Seat/ suspension and many more things
People talking about how much better nascar is, but are we not going to talk about Jensen Button who drove a NASCAR in a 24 hour of LeMans race and still manage to out qualify a Ferrari
They could do what ever they wanted to do with the car they had no limitations the other cars do have limitations
@@Yousawmycomment1 that is where I disagree with you, driving for formula 1 and driving a nascar in the 24 hours of lemans is different. When you are driving in F1 the cars are totally different from a nascar in LeMans.
They out qualified the GTE and GT3 cars, that just because the NASCAR isn’t in that group and has more power and is not at the GTR limitations
Probably bc the first part you mentioned.
Um, that's the whole point of this video?
Not just a F1 Driver but a F1 champion slight difference!
Yeahhh
and a 7 time nascar champ but alr
Let’s not forget this was also unlimited. So while other class cars were limited in performance, this wasn’t in the same class. It was allowed full power and full specs which is why it did so well. If it was class limited it would be a different story. But it wasn’t actually competing, it was for exposure and to get euro fan bases to look at NASCAR as a promotion car.
I think the real story here is the snooty European car manufacturers have basically said the American market could never replicate their success from the 60's and make something that could compete with European cars at Le Mans. And we took that personally 😂
The reality was no one expected it to last or perform well so it was given experimental classing, or in short they didn't really know WHAT to do with it and didn't WANT to find out so they just threw it in it's own class.
Might I remind though, the car is limited anyways, it's NASCAR spec, it's using the restricter plate engines from official NASCAR racing, now imagine if someone was given the budget to actually build for LeMans
Why limit race cars? Your argument is ridiculous
@@bobbyrusselljr5077 Race cars are limited by the class they are in, each class has different rules. If you didn't have technical regulations cars would simply become unsafe, and manufacturers would end up in a tech war where the teams with the most money have the biggest advantage and very little development is actually relevant to their production cars.
@@blusox78 we Americans have different racing divisions for each class of car,we don't put several classes of cars together on the same track at the same time, with the exception of the 24 hours of Daytona, I may be wrong though, all in all the Camaro kicked ass and took names 🤣🤣🤣
The eagle scream gets me every time
That's what she said
it's the ford lights on ALARM in the background for me LMAO
The sweet sound of "WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETEEEEEEEER"
@@arcticowl1091 1000 meters.
Or 10000 decimetres
Or 100000 centimeters
Or 1000000 millimeters
@@HTOP1982 that confuses them even more LMAO
“Left turn only cars”… nascar who just just went to Sonoma
And have been turning right since 1954 😌
Fr outdated piece of info
Exactly
@@laynenorris1913 Technically prior to that. You will definitely turn right on a dirt track.
Then they go to Watkins Glen they now have a street race in Chicago and they race at COTA and one of the ovals they go to also has a road course in it that they use
They forgot to mention the nascar was in its own class racing against itself, not the rest of the field.
So.. it finished 1st?
😂
@@GarthKlaus and last!
Reminds me of the Pontiac Tempest that kept lapping Ferraris, Mercedes & Corvettes in the 1963 Challenge Cup.
-The engine was naturally aspirated and tuned DOWN to 800BHP to better last the 24H. If I remember right, 2nd gear blew then a few others*
For regular nascar, those engines are completely broken down after every race; this Le Mans car was acceptional in keeping it's pace for as long as the gear box survived.
-The overall place it finished is moot- was the only "experimental" car in that class- was literally just there to essentially race against itself (officially*) but it was fantastic seeing it overtake ferraris!
How do you put a line on the text like that?
What do you mean? After every race, engines get broken??? No bro, you need to see at least one weekend the NASCAR. They don't have a new car for a single race. The same car is used in other similar tracks.
@@epygames
It was by accident*
@thebestkickmen
So, like, yeah BRO, the nascar engines are toootally taken out of the car then broken down (you know, like "taken apart" bro) after every race! Bro, you need to spend time down in the pits bro. Watch what the mechanics do bro. Listen when they talk about what goes into preparing their cars before & after every race bro
that's what ybeu make in NASCAR nice try
The car had no restrictions and was in its own class.
All that doesn't even matter, this was essentially a test session and a big finger to everyone as you can judge by the sound.
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to be fair, they had their own self-imposed restrictions to maintain it's NASCAR-style spirit, it's not like they were entering into an 'unlimited' class
@@D5Dofinger to what ? American cars are a joke to eu cars always was and always will be ferrari is almost as old as your country lol
@@slavplaysgames The fact that the Camaro was the big event of the whole race says a lot against what you're saying.
But damn, y'all haters forget really quick what American cars can do at Le Mans.
That glorious eagle engine sound Lmao
The 24h of LeMans is the most brutal endurance challenge in the motorsport. Amazing job they did with The NASCAR car. 19 hrs without failing and overall a 40 min transmission change talks how well prepared that team was.
Jimmie Johnson a 7 time nascar champion drove it also
Yup, but he was consistently 3-4s a lap slower than Button and Rocky. Did great, but far from being a menace in the race. The same would apply if Button or Rockenfeller went race nascar, Johnson would dominate
@@nelsonmarques1334
Yeah, Johnson doesn't tend to do so hot on the road course races.
Jimmie is old@@nelsonmarques1334
Yep, and failed to get close to buttons time. 4secs is an eternity
@@nelsonmarques1334who's Rocky - what kind of racer is he
Nascar was basically racing himself on LeMans. It was Neither in LMP1 or GT3.
Still impressive for the attempt to test the car our for WEC
Both those classes you mentioned was wrong.
Hypercar, LMP2, and GTE-Am
@@jackson3190 I forgot that they renamed the categories. But either way, that Nascar was in his own class without regulations.
@MrDragonballzjp yes. Basically no rules for the NASCAR car. It wasn't a rename of the other classes either. It is a completely different set of regulations
Even if it was racing itself, it passed super car class racers
@@austink4712because they have ~300hp less and more restrictions
Jenson Button!!!! The Sultan of Smooth!!!! A very unique driving style 😎 brilliant idea at play here. Shame about the gearbox on this outing.💪👏👏
British driver, British gearbox. *shrug*
Even though it was a one-off, having a NASCAR vehicle come to LeMans24 was so exciting to see. And it performed far better than anyone expected, too bad the gearbox broke but at least it finished
770 hp nascar vs 480-600hp cars
@@coleh46if you did some research, it didnt have much disadvantage on downforce or handling. The nascar didnt have restriction, so engineers can go wild on everything. Max downforce max hp.
@@coleh46 yeah, the Camaro ZL1 garage 56 Edition, which will go into production will have 650hp, but the nascar camaro garage 56, which competet in le mans didn't habe ,,only" 650hp...(which still is a good amount more then everybody else). Please check your sources.
And yes it weighs 200 pounds more than the gte cars, but no i don't think it had worse downforce, etc. The engineers had no restrictions in everything, if I remember correctly.
So they could and did go full on everything.
But don't get me wrong. I really appreciated the nascar being in le mans. I think it's great for the motorsport, something new and it sounded like a beast in comparison to everything else.
(Source is ,,the drive - 2024 Chevy Camaro ZL 1 Garage 56 Edition Honors Historic Le Mans Nascar Entry (can't post links here))
@coleh46 my brother have you seen the straights in Le Mans?
@@coleh46 I don't think you really understand the points made here. I also like the fact that you rewrote your 1st comment instead of just accepting the fact you made a wrong statement.😂
But I think everything's explained looking at your profile picture.
I guess you're a hardcore Nascar fan, who wants to defend everything. But as I said, there's nothing to defend here.
My comment was not meant to talk negative about nascar, just writing the facts.
I really liked the new interpretet nascar from garage 56 ^^
@@coleh46 oh and have a nice day 👋🏾
Wow, a car without regulations or BOP beat cars with regulations and BOP madness
It didn't it got 39th out of 62
@@johnantonopoulous6381yupe, even worst. But americans still riding on nascar’s meat
everyone was talking about how slow it would be, it wasn’t slow and now everyone is talking about how it’s not fair lmao
@@oblied
Straight facts.
Le Mans is similar to marathon races. Most people involved are just happy to see their player make it across the line, regardless of *where* in the standings they are.
It’s a nascar with extra aero keep coping
JB is a legend behide the wheel.
This was a piece of history!! I remember everyone waiting for the camero to go past just to hear that orgasmic scream!!
Isn’t this the plot of Cars 2?😂
Cars 3, Cars 2 was about spycraft and terrorism...
Cars 4...maybe
@@theanarchist9733 no, he meant about the Grand Prix where McQueen raced with other type of race cars
39th out of 62 cars is impressive none the less for a car that 'only turns left' 😂 it was phenomenal to watch
yeah and a car that had much more power and didn’t have to listen to le mans car regulations
Wasnt the car in different class, and this was basically test run for the team? Not same rules basically
It also wasn’t under the same restrictions as other cars in its class… 😂
@gixxersquid389 I was built without a rulebook but it started life as a nascar, that gave it a hurdle to overcome instantly because they are not built for a circuit like le mans
Like what lightning McQueen did in cars 2
yeah lol
Can't beat an American V8 sound
Unless it’s a Mazda 878b rotary…
@user-yk7dh9do9f ok you beat me on that one
@@BenML8910 but it was absolutely astounding to hear that v8 screaming and passing those gte cars..we need to have the old Le-Man’s classes back..give that yank car something to actually race against
Was there. Can confirm.
It put nothing to shame. It had it's own regulations.
@@RAaronShookdude, shut up. Fricken bot .
@@RAaronShook You're ridiculous... You think the US is the only place with a constitution?
The US is a country designed for corporations to freely kill humans for the interest of few shareholders... Nothing to be proud of.
@@snjert8406I race GT3, it had zero restrictions lol. Still did a FANTASTIC job, but it was DEFINITELY not restricted. If it becomes restricted like the rest it would be a different story entirely.
@@Boosted_C8 buddy does not race in gt3😭
@@Minnesota_228 I own a McLaren GT3 car and a 911 cup car I do club series with. Not in any big pro series but yeah, I do own and drive GT3 cars. But I’m not a professional, just your average track junkie with a license and little experience around the scene. I should have specified so I didn’t look like some wannabe IMSA racer 😂.
Jensen Button is a STUNNING good driver!!!
watching this really made me realize that multi class racing and wec are weird! i’m so used to the 1 team 2 cars 2 drivers situation in f1 but i’m liking this quite a bit I needa get into the endurance stuff
"Left turn only" completely ignores the fact NASCAR does street and road courses too lol. Also, the skepticism of how the car would perform just shows that people often forget that NASCAR's "stock cars" aren't stock cars any more but rather race cars designed to look like stock cars.
And this car was completely different to a nascar again. Also it didn’t have to filling the regs other cars have
Sounds like a very respectable racecar
"They put an F1 driver in..."
Climbs of of car with Jimmy Johnson's name on it. 😂
That's still nutty as hell. We want more.
Pity it's not there this year, what a sound it made 😊
"was doing great till the gearbox exploded" lmfao classic GM shit
It's a racing gearbox, has NOTHING to do with GM.
Lolicious, you have NO IDEA what you’re talking about.
The Garage 56 - Lemans project used “bulletproof” racing components in every aspect of the drivetrain.
You’d know that if you weren’t such an ignorant foreign car snob…
A British company made the gearbox
@@Yosh1azQuaife wasn't it? It was a specially built & adapted 1 off gearbox (obviously with a couple spares for the race) with limited testing, it did good lasting as long as it did heaving an 800bhp boat round lemans!
Damn brits
Now that’s an emotional tribute to Louis-Joseph Chevrolet.
That thing would wake up spectators each time it passed by 😂😂
Although the regulations for the nascar was not as strict as the LMP2 and others , it’s still pretty Impressive
It was never competing against any of those cars so it's okay to like it brother.
I LOVE NASCAR!!!
Bro appeared in every video
Especially Carthangs
It put no one to shame. A NASCAR car is a purpose built tube frame chassis racecar. While it ran it ran, it was faster than the production based GT cars and slower than the prototypes, then it broke. That is exactly how you would expect it to do.
Exactly. This thing was an experiment, they were seeing if they could take what they already had and make it work in LeMans. And it almost did. They stress test the hell out of the same before it went to the main race and it did two 24-hour tests with no problem. The fact that the gearbox broke after 19 hours in was more of a fluke. I'll let you watch that they'll go back in with another experimental class next time and we may see better performance.
This car had no restrictions. What they did was impressive, but at the end of the day, you can't compare a car that was unrestricted vs. cars that were restricted.
Certified “wtf is a kilometer” moment here
It's pretty self explanatory 😂😂😂🤦♂️
Hendricks knew the transmission wouldn't last the entire race. It was the same transmission used in normal nascar races and had to be rebuilt after every race. So considering that it lasted 19 hours is astounding
Is it? Or is it just that Nascar gearboxes are shit?
@@katrinapaton5283 well this prove that the Build quality isn’t what it should be in terms of its ability to stand 24 hours continuous hammer essentially they put a gun to this Cars head and beat the living hell out of it in this race. From a data point of view it must be an absolute gold mine and definitely worth going over there because they can see what is actually going to stand the hammer for 24 hours use and won’t. Essentially, it was a torture test on the vehicle and its components. The gearbox obviously didn’t pass muster in terms of surviving, but I wonder how the rest of the car stood up to it got in the race..
There will be a hell of a lot of lessons they will have learned from this race both for competing in this event in future but all certain terms of what they can do better in NASCAR in terms of Build quality and what they will accept in terms of quality of parts. If they have a consider trying to use this vehicle in a rally configuration, they’ll have a rough idea what is likely to stand certain amount of hammer and won’t from this event. As a basic starting point. Either way, I think it’s great to see how NASCAR vehicles stand up in a different discipline and handle the, racing surface and configuration and the hammer of the event.
I watched an episode of undercover Boss where the Boss went undercover in his NASCAR team and the car came into the pit on fire with the drivers suits on fire because it was flame retardant. They’re able to put him out and he was absolutely fine. Those lessons learned across motorsport which save lives may be different but I’m willing to bet they’ll be standards in the rule but regarding Driver safety which everyone has to follow in NASCAR and at this event
@@alistairjamesheaton9155 it might seem from some of my comments that I hated the idea of the Nascar at LeMans and this isnt the case at all. It was awesome to have it there and the sound was amazing. And as you say, the team would have gone away with SOOO much data they couldnt have gotten anywhere else.
However the constant "It beat Ferrari and Porsche!" from people who can't be bothered clarifying that it beat the Ferrari and Porsche GTEs...and lets not forget it also beat the Corvette GTEs too...just annoys the hell out of me. And of course it did, it's got more power and is designed for speed, and LeMans is nothing if not a power circuit designed for speed. And the guy who claimed Ferrari have never won LeMans...well, it sums the whole thing up nicely.
@@katrinapaton5283 fair play. It is a time trial. Just the data in terms of the goldmine of how much they will get out of it in terms of literally putting the pedal to the metal and seeing what bit of the car go bang and what bits stay in one piece at the end of it. For the manufacturer as well as the race team it’s a gold opportunity and definitely worth doing not just for the racing team, but also for the team designing the next street car version of this model. they’ll be things which they learn from that experience which they’ll realise yeah that was not a good idea. We needed to fix that on the next model of car or arrange an upgrade for the parts design for the new model both on the track and in the sales room. Also, it’s healthy competition it’s a case of we’ve put up who else is going to put there model of car up against the best and 24 hour cars there are about on their own home turf. It’s a case that the car was handled by Wong the best drivers around so they knew they weren’t gonna have somebody who never driven that type of course before and run it into a bank on their first try feedback Jensen and the other drivers will be invaluable as well as the Hallett coat on such a twisty course given American cars design for highways ones of the Japanese ones are designed for a lot of the twisty Rhodes we have both here and in Asia. It will be interesting if they took their next challenge to take it to some of the rallies and see how the vehicle Cope their.
For me, it’s a amusing because I was image of these moonshiners driving the vehicles stupidly fast speeds through these narrow twisty country lanes and back roads in the end of nowhere trying to avoid the local police and in many ways for them it’s going back to the roots by driving in very very tight twisty courses And seeing how descendants cope with it.
Maybe they should have one race a year instead of racing at a bulk stand of NASCAR track they get a Formula One course or similar. It would probably be an absolute carnage equally would be very interesting to see how those drivers coped on a very different surface and circuit compared to what they used to at home.
It was just the gearbox. It blew when Button missed a downshift.
If nothing else it’s proof that nascar could be so much more that driving in circles and that Jensen really is a true legend of a driver.
The garage 56 car have no restriction, so not in competition with other cars. Furthermore it's forbidden to replace the gearbox at Le Mans, so they could change it because they have been allowed to do it.
It looked Like a nascar car (it was not)
It was actually pretty close to actual nsacar car
@gamenoobie6224 Not really. The engine was similar, just tuned, and most other things were extremely different to a standard cup car.
@@chogpamp123
From what I heard, they tuned it down, for longevity.
@@Fightre_Flighteinternals were changed for reliability also.
@@gamenoobie6224yep just different engine,gearbox,suspension and aero parts. 😂
This modified version of the Nascar Stockcar did a very good job and it sounded damn good there.
With no restrictions and JB himself driving. Put that on all the other cars and holy shit
How have I never heard about this?
Ole 7 time ran the car as well, Hendrick wanted to prove a point and I think they did.
Cause u never watched
All them Europeans shitting on American engineering got mortified 😂😂😂
Ngl fair point, but a gearbox that doesn't work?
@@smurffgaming3128dawg it was nascars first attempt out of this with little time to fully prepare a car for the race and to think they have never built a car for that is impressive to finish 39th even after a 40 min pit always hating but couldn’t even build a bike let alone a race car
The nascar didn’t follow any rules for the class it was meant to be close to and with no rules it’s always gonna be quicker
@@smurffgaming3128 needed a t56 not a junk gm transmission
I'm European and I appreciate all Motorsport and engineering. American engineering included 🏴🤝🇺🇲
I was impressed at left AND right turns.
Sure would like to see a whole class of them.
Farkin Americans still going on about garage 69. The car was competing without rules. Of course it went fast down the straight and sounded good. It wasn’t playing by the rules. 😂😂😂
it’s a camaro body, give it up you lost lmaooo
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@@nitro292shitrolling crapmaro p.o.s.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Chevy gearbox lasting 19 hours is actually a pretty long lifespan
Was not a Chevy one
Button is no slouch, he won an F1 world title for a team that had just been formed that year.
That car was in an unlimited class, basically unrestricted and literally in its own class. It's not surprising that it was faster than many cars when you know why, but it is still a really cool thing to happen.❤
It was VERY heavily modified and did NOT meet ANY category racing.
Tell the truth next time
Only thing it outperformed is horse power. It was adapted for leman pretty much as any GTE: downforce, brakes, and plus it was 300kg heavier than GTE cars, so if tell the truth need to say all of it.
@@gamenoobie6224 Look up Driver61
NASCAR at Le Mans
@@omgitsabloodyandroid5161 from where do you think I know that? I already watched it
say all of it in 59 seconds video
As if the other cars are NOT heavily modified? No other car has a 2-valve, pushrod V8.
Everyone is saying “maybe it’s not the car, it’s just jenson is just a good driver” but it also was driven but 7 time NASCAR championship winner, Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockefeller and people need to accept that that the car is good.
He was 4s a lap slower than the other 2 drivers 😂 The car was also not under the same restrictions of other cars there. It wasn’t in any class, just racing itself pretty much. So… nascar driver = slow & 150hp more than cars that would be in the same class… lol
@@gixxersquid389 I’m just mad because no matter what nascar does it can’t seem to attract fans and become the sport it used to be
He is not just an F1 driver, he is the 2009 F1 champion.
The Nascar ZL1 Camaro-Garage 56- totally kicked ass! It was a $200,000 car going up against million dollar Porsche and Ferraris and blew their doors! Heck it not only outclassed the European sportscars but other American cars too!
the sound ❤
SVG should race this next. He’d probably win
Bro was a monster on the gears that it friggin exploded!! LEGEND! 🙌🏽🔥
Look up the Cale Yarborough Lemans run printed in Sports illustrated 6 page article . When he cranked the big block at the starting line after being scolded by the track officials the car , owners, drivers, and hanger- ons pretty much ran for it as his NASCAR announced it's straight exhaust big block presence . This was late 90s early 2k ...
pit for 40 minutes???? what the hell
40 minutes to replace a gearbox is fast ngl
@@tietieno4890 to replace a gearbox sure, but for a pit stop????
@@MainGoldDragon Where else would they do it? They will not tow it to a garage they will just do it in the pit stops
@@tietieno4890 what are you on about dude. have you read what I've written?
@@MainGoldDragon yeah. It apears to me taht you find 40 minutes a long time for a pit stop. And it appears that im saying that it isnt bc of the amount of damage
To me in a 24 hour race it doesn't matter what place you finished, in my eyes you won. The amount of skill and patience needed for such a race is unfathomable for most
Garage 56 is a very good initiative by FIA. Makes the whole 24 hrs of LeMans interesting.
bro brought freedom to the engineers
It was really running in a race of 1 since it was running under the open guidelines. Still, this is awesome given that all the snooty Euros thought it was going to be so slow as to be a hazard.
“To signal danger” 😂
‘Unfortunately it’s gearbox blew up’ is quite the racing pedigree
I went to LeMans in the seventies and saw the Greenwood Vettes. With the scream of the Matras and Ferraris going by on the straight, the roar of the vettes sounded like hell descending from above and the fans would cheer their approval.
That race event is film-worthy
Jensen Button rocks! That man can drive anything!
"put to shame" is one way to put it.🤣🤣🤣
That's very impressive. I hope they'll be back in the next years race
I love seeing different class cars in other races. It gives us a good comparison.
Bro is no one gonna talk about the fact that the nascars v8 roar sounds so much better than any other car on that track
that is still impressive to no end!
Reminds me of the Video Meme of America, France, and the NASCAR Fan trying to "reserve RV parking" for the 2024 Le Mans race!
Habitual line crosser you can still find him
39/62 after changing the gear box?! That’s a win in my books 🙂👍
Bro the fact that the driver outlasted the car is insane! Props to him!!!!
The reason it performed so well is because they changed basically everything on the car for GT-spec components. The only parts they didn't change was the engine and chassi. So it wasn't a NACAR-car, it was a GT-car with a NASCAR engine and a proper effing driver
having a gearbox explosion and still finishing above 23 cars is insane
Nascar car sounds like freedom
Every time it drove past it roared "mur-cahh".
man blew a gearbox and still managed to not finish last, that mind boggling tbh
i love how they can throw a new gearbox in and be race ready in 40 minutes
It's because of Jenson Button being an incredible driver.
by the way, since this was only a once in a lifetime opportunity, le mans did not give them any regulations except that it must have lights, so they could build the car however they liked.
More than just Jenson Button. Mike Rockenfeller too, who was on the Audi LMP2 team prior and won Le Mans.
"They put an F1 driver in a nascar" they're just gonna ignore the clips with nascar legend Jimmie Johnson in them lol
That car was not just adapted, it was a totally different car than a regular NASCAR and build from the ground up for this race
The combo is crazy we got a F1 driver in a NASCAR in Le Mans😂
I watched this and it made me so damn proud..go Gm go America!
Considering a NASCAR isn't made to be pushed for a full 24h, this is damn impressive
its not the car, its the driver. dude had skills