Joe Dozzo
Well-known member
Ben's got a great history at LeMans in Vipers and now the NFGT. Congratulations to Ben, his entire driver lineup and the whole team!!!
The Forum was, indeed, with you!!!!
The Forum was, indeed, with you!!!!
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Thread starter dbk
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Great results! Congrats to all! Looks good for private teams for at least the next 2 yrs! Somewhat like 68/69! History repeating itself! Happy for all forum members and supporters who were there to witness it! (I did in 16 and was incredible experience!”).
Let me introduce you to the man that Ben Keating vanquished. On a serious note, after the race, Patrick walked up to me, because I was wearing a Ford GT shirt and said “you guys should be really proud of your win and go out and celebrate with champagne.” I had absolutely less than nothing to do with any of this and yet he was beyond class class class class. What a truly awesome human being.
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BtwoG
GT Owner
THamonGT
GT
For the lady’s, Carole Anhalt with Tint World walked up to Patrick Dempsey and said “Hi Patrick, my husband and I are sponsors of the winning Ford GT and he grabbed her and told he to keep being a sponsor, that’s good”. There is something for the lady’s in Racing!
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Sinovac
GT Owner
Sinovac
GT Owner
LM24: AF Corse Ferrari, Keating Ford claim GTE wins
GTE Pro, surprisingly, was the only class that was settled early in the 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was AF Corse’s year, the Italian team scoring the first win for the Ferrari 488 GTE at this famo…
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JOETWINT
FORD GT OWNER
Congratualtins to Keating/Wynn for a truely exciting und unexpected win as a privateer Team. Also Congrats to Ford/Multimatic and Chip Ganassi for the development of the NFGT and the efforts racing them for 4 years.
The 2016 visit to LeMans was one of the Most remarkable events in my life and I hope that it will be remembered comparable the adventures of the GT40 ..
The 2016 visit to LeMans was one of the Most remarkable events in my life and I hope that it will be remembered comparable the adventures of the GT40 ..
Gentlemen,
Sitting outdoors having dinner in Paris with DBK, Peggy, Dave & Roz celebrating #85’s win when Dave got the news that #68 had been disqualified. My first comment was “knowing race officials made 3 very questionable attempts to keep Keating from winning wouldn’t it be something if they did it post race”. And that’s exactly what they did.
Le Mans has a great history, and it use to be a great race that proved something about the cars racing there. But it honestly doesn’t anymore. The best and fastest cars have ballast weight added and horsepower lowered until it's the equal of the worst cars. Le Mans no longer drives automobile innovation, nor does it highlight superior design. With a differen't set of BOP rules for every team instead of one set of rules for every team there are endless ways for favoritism. This didn’t just strip this years GT victory for me, it’s stripped this year's Le Mans itself of any meaning. I’m really depressed about it. Ford Motor Company is finished at Le Mans and perhaps I am too.
Chip
Sitting outdoors having dinner in Paris with DBK, Peggy, Dave & Roz celebrating #85’s win when Dave got the news that #68 had been disqualified. My first comment was “knowing race officials made 3 very questionable attempts to keep Keating from winning wouldn’t it be something if they did it post race”. And that’s exactly what they did.
Le Mans has a great history, and it use to be a great race that proved something about the cars racing there. But it honestly doesn’t anymore. The best and fastest cars have ballast weight added and horsepower lowered until it's the equal of the worst cars. Le Mans no longer drives automobile innovation, nor does it highlight superior design. With a differen't set of BOP rules for every team instead of one set of rules for every team there are endless ways for favoritism. This didn’t just strip this years GT victory for me, it’s stripped this year's Le Mans itself of any meaning. I’m really depressed about it. Ford Motor Company is finished at Le Mans and perhaps I am too.
Chip
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THamonGT
GT
THamonGT
GT
My friend Daryl Thompson Of Houston sent this to me this morning he’s been working on since during the race! He is also working on a rear end shot of Bens winning Ford GT! More to come! This is a digitally enhanced picture that looks very much like a painting! Many of you have seen my GT as it was the first GT he has ever done
SYCO GT
GT Owner
It was a pleasure to meet Ben in person and the Wynn team who was kind in every respect to our enthusiast group. So happy so see them win in person. In talking over with a great friend from the forum, we both know in our hearts who the true winner is. Nothing changes that.
I will leave France believing Keating Motorsports as the rightful and impressive winners in their class. They made us all proud.
I am saddened and disturbed by the political post race shenanigans, but I will always remember seeing the #85 Championship team drive to an undeniable and beautiful victory.
I will leave France believing Keating Motorsports as the rightful and impressive winners in their class. They made us all proud.
I am saddened and disturbed by the political post race shenanigans, but I will always remember seeing the #85 Championship team drive to an undeniable and beautiful victory.
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BtwoG
GT Owner
Good summary from Ford Performance. Gonna miss these teams.
spartan
GT Owner
Anyone know where to get one of these posters?https://www.facebook.com/groups/232290310591482/permalink/620281691792340/
DanM
GT Owner
Just received this amazing illustration reminding me of the last race for Ford in 2019. It was nice to have Ben Keating‘s car in as well.
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