i think they are all televised on speed channel, but tonights race will be rebroadcast on cbs tomorrow afternoon
LeMans is on CBS right now -- pretty cool views particularly when they round the Astrodome and all the aerial views are nice. Bummed I couldn't make it down this weekend, but whatever.
I went to the first one when it was in downtown. My dad used to sell printing presses, plates, film, and other stuff to small newspapers in mexico. That year, a guy he sold to was able to get media credentials for us (me, my brother, my cousin, and my dad). So we had all this awesome behind the scenes access. We stuck out, obviously as none of us were taking any notes and our cameras were some cheap Kodak Advantix (they just came out at that time and we have lots of long widescreen type prints of cars from that weekend). We got to go into the free press buffet for lunch, that is where the true journalists kept giving us the "you don't belong here" eye. Anyways, it was fun hanging out in pit row and going back to the section of the garage that fans didn't have access to. The race, was kind of hard to watch. since you can only really see what's going on at the part of the track you are sitting at and have to follow most of the action via the leader board. The second time we went, my dad got the three of us tickets but he decided not to go at the last minute and he told my brother to try and sell the unused ticket. He ended up trying to sell it to undercover cops and got a ticket. Luckily the cops didn't come to court so the case was dismissed.
We go to the race in Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring, every year. It's an American Le Mans Series race. I did some contract work for a website there. I enjoy motorsports and if I didn't have the AP NFL gig, I'd be doing that. Besides, the winner of the race was the Audi R10 diesel. It'll likely win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Amazing car, so quiet. The party atmosphere is so crazy. Girls driving around, showing their boobs. My cousin, who flew in from his job in Alabama, is a proper Japanese-American man until he gets a bunch of Miller Lite in his system. Then he yells "Lemme see your pooper.........." "pooper!"
