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The slide from one year to another encourages us to reflect and recall the past both recent and distant. I am on a scanning mission at present and this moment from the 1996 Pre-Qualifying at Le Mans caught my eye while plundering the archive. Not just the F40 GTE and the F1 GTR catapulting on to the Mulsanne Straight in pursuit of a distant 911 GT2 but the riot of emerald green.<\/p>\n

Simpler, happier times, or am I just dreaming?<\/p>\n

To the readers, may I wish you and yours a happy and healthy 2018, anything more would be a bonus.<\/p>\n

John Brooks, January 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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