SEMA 2015

November 7, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #C7R, #fordgt, #FordSEMA, #hotrod, #lemans, #porsche, #sema2015 | Leave a comment

Well, a last minute road trip to SEAM presented itself and I hit the road! Arrived on Wed afternoon, hit the show for a few hours and headed over to the Red Bull Global Rally Cross Finals. What a wet muddy mess of a track, I can’t remember when it rained during SEMA. Great first experience with that, even though Ken Block didn’t win!

Spent Thursday and half of Friday wandering the many halls and aisles. There are endless things to see there and 2 days just isn’t enough time, it never is. The RWB Porsches were out in force, several scattered throughout the event. The Ford out Front area was as great as last year and the new GT Le Mans car on display was simply awesome. Chevrolet had a great area but as last year it just didn’t seem to have as much excitement as the Ford areas had. Enjoy the pictures…an 8 hour ride home is calling. Until next year!

June 26, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #C7R, #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24, #michelintires, #michelinusa | Leave a comment

This is a short video of the final moments of the 2015 24 HR Le Mans Race as viewed from the pit wall of the winning C7R team.

Winning C7R Pit Area

June 25, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #C7R, #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24, #michelintires, #michelinusa | Leave a comment

This is the scene a few mins before 3pm on Sunday at race end from the perspective of the winning C7R corvette team pit area.

Camping or “Glamping” at Le Mans

June 24, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24 | Leave a comment

The camping scene here was incredible in that there were so many campers in so many areas around the circuit, never seen anything like it!

Special Ferrari vs Ford Le Mans Display

June 24, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #fordgt, #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24 | Leave a comment

These priceless beauties were housed in a special building exhibit at the 24 HR of Le Mans 2015

Helicopter Ride over the Track

June 24, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24, #michelintires, #michelinusa | Leave a comment

Interesting perspective over the track, it was an incredible ride!

Michelin Hospitality at the 2015 24 HR of Le Mans

June 24, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24, #michelintires, #michelinusa | Leave a comment

The Hospitality provided by Michelin was unbelievable throughout the event, it was open for the entire 24 HR race. The balcony upstairs was right on the track at the last few curves before the finish line, simply stunning.

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Video – the start of the 24 Hr of Le Mans

June 24, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24 | Leave a comment

This is the actual start of the race 3PM Saturday, I believe the first full lap here. Notice how much the LMP1 cars are pulling away from the pack already! I believe they started to lap the GT cars after lap 3 or 4.

Le Mans 24 HR Race Day

June 23, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24, #michelintires, #michelinusa | Leave a comment

I have different perspectives from the start of the race here… we watched the actual start at 3 PM Saturday from the second chicane area, theres a few shots from the Porsche S Curves and a great viewpoint right off the balcony of the Michelin Hospitality area, also some random car display shots from around the circuit. This is what I called “sensory overload”

Le Mans Cathedral and Farmer’s Market

June 23, 2015 by Mike Sherman tagged #lemans, #lemans2015, #lm24 | Leave a comment

This is the Le Mans Cathedral (Cathédrale St-Julien du Mans) that dates back to the 6th century. Truly amazing construction details inside and out and I’m sure tons and tons of history. This was the backdrop for our vantage point of the driver’s parade on Friday but we visited it a few more times to explore inside and out. There was a farmer’s market there a couple of mornings which was very interesting, so many things sold there. I was especially intrigued by the food trucks themselves, unlike anything I’ve seen here. One of the mornings, we noticed a pretty massive French SWAT team presence in the city instead of the farmer’s market and later found out that the President was attending the race, no wonder!