Showing posts with label 787B. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 787B. Show all posts
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Changing times: The car pr0n that never was.
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| Mazda 787B courtesy of: forocompeticion.com |
The year is 1991. Mazda wins the 24 hours of Le Mans and the FIA bans the Wankel rotary engine. This marked the first and only Le Mans 24 victory by a Japanese race car, and the Mazda 787B will never participate in an international race again.
Riding on a high, Mazda believed it was still their time in prototype racing. Conveniently for them, IMSA did not ban rotaries... and the successor to the 787B was created.
Behold, bitches:
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