To give you some background information, Le Mans, is one of the oldest car races on earth. It is hosted every year in the city of Le Mans, France and has been a prestigious race for years. Le Mans is not just a car race, but it is 24 straight hours of hard-core driving and intensity! For many Le Mans is a way of life….a religion. Fans go nuts for the opportunity to be spectators and come in thousands to watch these high tech cars race. One of the major players of Le Mans is Audi Sport and we are lucky enough to know one of the best engineers Audi has on staff…..our great friend, Justin Taylor. Justin offered Miguel and I two tickets to Le Mans in September 2010 and we quickly said, “ABSOFRICKINLUTLY” We were also so thrilled to find out that one of my best friends and Justin’s wife, Elizabeth Taylor, would be joining us for the festivities as well! Miguel and I were so excited! We had been looking forward to this weekend for almost a year! HOLY AWESOME fast cars and great friends!!
We had no idea what was in store for us as we began our estimated 3-hour drive from Paris to Le Mans. Our “easy” 3-hour drive turned into 7 hours of complete craziness. We first had to fight standstill traffic for 2 hours just to get into the city limits of Le Mans and even before we could head to the race we had to pick up our tickets at the “châteaux” we were staying at with the Audi race team. Seemed easy enough, but we ended up getting royally lost in the French countryside and had to stop and ask the local law enforcement for directions. Completely hilarious because trying to understand French police speaking English is like trying to understand lost American tourists speaking French. 2-hours later we found the chateaux and finally made it to the race!
The vibe is amazing and so exhilarating! Fans dress up in crazy outfits, alcohol is poured by the gallon, all nationalities/demographics are present, and everyone has their game face on! We are ready, we are excited, and we are in line for beer…..it’s time to cheer on Audi!
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| Elizabeth Taylor and Court |
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| Love my Nasty! |
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| Best Dressed! |
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| Our Handsome Dudes |
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| View from our seats. |
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| 2011 Le Mans Winner - Audi R18 TDI |
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| Killer view |
Audi is hugely popular and our high expectations we not disappointed. Audi won Le Mans and we (with thousands of other fans) rushed the racetrack to try and get a closer look at the winning team! Biz and I kissed the celebrated track and we all just stood a starred soaking in such a great moment! We were also granted access into the champion garage! We cheered with bottles of champagne, took pictures with the winning car, congratulated the drivers, and had dinner with the Audi crew! It was so awesome….a once in a lifetime kind of experience.
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| Court and Biz jumping over the fence |
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| This is AWESOME! |
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| Kissing the Le Mans track |
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| Dutch crazies are everywhere |
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| Mini Biz and giant tires |
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| Justin's Groupies....For life:) |
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| Getting my party on with Stuart and T-Money |
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| No words....just love! |
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| Sugars |
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| Miguel's favorite moment...pic with the winning car! |
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| The Drivers |
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| Soaking in the vistory |
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| Audi Dinner |
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| Super Duper |
Thank you so much to Justin and Biz! Miguel and I will never forget the highlights of Le Mans and we will gladly be your groupies anytime!!! It was great to hang, to chat, and cocktail with some of our favorite people. We love and appreciate you so much!!!
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