Though I was VERY pleased with my Peugeot 307 WRX #7, it had an issue. A TERRIFIC model from AUTOart, but with an incomplete livery 😏. Fortunately I was able to source a decal set and now it looks super. Not the easiest decal job I ever did, but now my model looks much better.
Click HERE for the full drama.
REALLY cool! 😎
2007 Creation CA07 #9
Pilots: J. Campbell-Walter, S. Nakano, F. Ortiz
Team: Creation Autosportif Ltd.
Race: DNF (LMP1 class) at Le Mans in 2007
Spark - S1420 (resin)
Review HERE
BMW takes the win! Corvette in first place in GT3 😎
2005 Peugeot 307 WRX #7
Pilots: M. Grönholm / T. Rautiainem
Team: Marlboro Peugeot Total
Race: 3rd overall (WRC class) at the Deutschland Rally 2005
AUTOart - 60556 (diecast)
Review HERE
Welp, looks like Toyota is back on top again 😎. Despite starting in the back, and a bad performance during training, they slowly climbed up and delivered. Yeah, finishing in first and third, it looks like they still have it. Ferrari, that I expected to put up a better fight, was disappointing. Cadillac and BMW (second place) showed some moments of dominance but just didn’t have what it takes. Genesis and Aston, as expected, weren’t contenders at all. And Alpine and Peugeot? Well, both, as always, didn’t have anything to show (and this was Alpine’s last year)…
In GT3, Corvette came in first (Ben Keating is King), followed by Lexus. I was routing for Lexus, and though they did do a strong race, Corvette was better. In LMP2 Inter Europol brought their two cars in first and second.
Honestly, one of the smoothest Le Mans I’ve ever seen, with almost zero drama. Kind of boring 🤔? Well, maybe you could say that… Nonetheless, even a not-so exciting Le Mans race is always a great Le Mans race 🤘🤘🤘
Seven years ago today, I posted W-143’s first post. After that, it was quite a few days (and many loooong nights) to get the blog up and running. Yet, blog or site? I honestly still don’t know what to call this… 🤔 Nonetheless, for me it has been seven years of love and joy. And to make this anniversary more interesting, in a few hours we’ll know who won the greatest race on Earth, 2026 edition! At least right now, it looks like Toyota will take the cake…🏁
So, I can only hope for at least seven more years of showing and talking about these fantastic little cars 🥰.
A toast to W–14 3! 🍻
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1966 Porsche 906 LH #30
Pilots: J. Siffert, C. Davis
Team: Porsche System Engineering
Race: 4th overall (1st in P 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1966
Spark - S4486 (resin)
Review HERE
In 7 days we’ll have the 24 Heures du Mans 2026!!! I think this might reserve some surprises: a brand new manufacturer in Hypercar (18 cars in the class), 19 LMP2 cars (seems like ACO will not kill the class, unlike WEC) and 25 LMGT3 (with just two Porsches 😲). Nonetheless, in Hypercar I don’t expect much from newcomer Genesis, so I guess it will once again be a battle of attrition between Ferrari and Toyota. Cool to have Astons in the fight, the same for BMW, but I doubt they’ll be true contenders. Well, unless shit happens, and shit happens a LOT at Le Mans. And just two porkers in a 62-car grid?!? I don’t think there were ever so few Porsches at La Sarthe since the early 50s… Troubling for sure 🤨.
Who’s gonna watch it? In my house the family has been officially notified that the TV is mine from early Saturday to Sunday at lunch and I don’t give a flying crap about soccer 😁.
