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Guest Column: Murphy's Prototype Punter's Guide |
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Written by Murphy H. Bear
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Jun 05, 2009 at 02:34 PM |
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Guest columnist Murphy the Bear shares his Le Mans Prototype Punter's Guide with Last Turn Clubhouse, in a kind of "simulpub" with his own site, here.-Editor-
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Murphy’s prototype Tip sheet
77th 24 hours of Le Mans
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Le Mans Prototype 1 (LM-P1)
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007
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AMR Eastern Europe
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Lola Aston Martin
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20-1
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Enge + Mucke = Crash!
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008
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Aston Martin Racing
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Lola Aston Martin
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10-1
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Verstappen, Turner, Davidson. Jos. bent one, but this is the best by a long shot.
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009
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Aston Martin Racing
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Lola Aston Martin
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25-1
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Whole project is too much “slap,” not enough “dash.”
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1
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Audi Sport North Team Joest
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Audi R15
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5-2
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Les Trois Mousquetaires sing "tous pour un, un pour tous" on podium. Is it a swan song?
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2
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Audi Sport North America
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Audi R15
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3-1
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Rocky, Lucas, Marco . Breakthrough for the kids + 1?
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3
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Audi Sport Team Joest
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Audi R15
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7-2
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Timo and Romain are ALMS wonders. Can they do it on the “big stage?”
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7
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Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908
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5-1
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Put Brabs and Sarrazin here with Minassian and you’ve got something. Alas.
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8
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Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908
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7-2
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Bourdais, Montagny, Sarrazin. Can the rabbit last?
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9
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Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908
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4-1
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Can Brabham bring “wiley old man magic,” to Peugeot?
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15
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Kolles
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Audi R10
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20-1
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Embarrassed Audi has lent an engineer. It won’t help enough.
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17
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Pescarolo Sport
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Peugeot 908
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5-1
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All Gallic team could sing Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin on podium.
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The Field
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4
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Creation Autosportif
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Creation Judd
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6
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Team LNT
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Ginetta-Zytek
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Any win here is a win for
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10
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Team Oreca Matmut AIM
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Oreca 01 AIM
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a punter courageous enough
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11
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Team Oreca Matmut AIM
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Oreca 01 AIM
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to put down a sou or two.
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12
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Signature Plus
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Courage Judd
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50-1
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Other than Vanina there’s
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13
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Speedy Racing Team Sebah
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Lola Aston Martin
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not much of interest .
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14
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Kolles
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Audi R10
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Same odds as Mine That Bird.
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16
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Pescarolo Sport
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Pescarolo Judd
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23
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Strakka Racing
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Ginetta-Zytek
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Le Mans Prototype 2 (LM-P2)
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5
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NAVI Team Goh
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Porsche RS Spyder
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5-1
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The Spyders have run away and hid twice. Why not thrice?
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24
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Oak Racing
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Pescarolo Mazda
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20-1
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Even Henri entered a Peugeot.
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25
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Ray Mallock Ltd. Racing
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Lola Mazda Coupe
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7-1
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Good pro team, no one knows the turbo 4 better; hardware not up to Porsches?
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26
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Bruichladdich Bruneau
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Radical AER
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35-1
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Would be a really radical upset.
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30
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Racing Box SRL
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Lola Judd Coupe
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Intriguing Combination
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31
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Team Essex
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Porsche RS Spyder
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5-1
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See No. 5
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32
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Barazi-Epsilon
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Zytek 07S
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15-1
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Juan’s Amazing Adventure
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33
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Speedy Racing Sabah
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Lola Judd Coupe
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12-1
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See No. 30
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35
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Oak Racing
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Pescarola Mazda
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20-1
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See No. 24
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39
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KSM
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Lola Mazda Spyder
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25-1
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Weak combination.
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40
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Quifel ASM Team
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Ginetta-Zytek 09S
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15-1
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Guy Smith is bright spot
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41
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GAC Racing Team
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Zytek 07S
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30-1
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Ojjay-Peter Axis.
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