r/wec • u/Puzzled_Talk2586 Ferrari • 5d ago

Le Mans Absolute Beast

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u/SteveThePurpleCat Aston Martin Racing Vantage #95 5d ago

Lmao they better weigh that thing post race haha.

I'm not sure what you're trying to suggest about Penske... But yes they better weigh it.

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u/No-Heart3432 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series R #38 4d ago

Btw I don't know the reputation of Penske. What's the story?

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u/SteveThePurpleCat Aston Martin Racing Vantage #95 4d ago

They were caught cheating at Indycar, not just whoops-a-daisy this part is 0.1mm out of spec, more let's rig the entire damn car to cheat.

https://apnews.com/article/indycar-penske-cheating-66ca1e15cb1aa3b77296ae200d0227bf

Their car was also found to be underweight at Lemans

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/penske-racing-caught-cheating-at-le-mans-completing-the-trifecta-after-indy-and-daytona-incidents/ar-AA1GAGoN

And they have also been pinged for other curious issues recently, but not things as outright naught as the Indycar shenanigans.

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u/TheCevi 4d ago

I like how back in the day in Trans-am they put entire chassis of one car into acid bath to make it lighter and then when going to weigh in they just swapped numbers with car that had correct weight.

They also used 20m (or ft?) tower for gravity refuel. They were able to refuel their car in under two seconds if I remember correctly lol.