Legendary Paul Ricard racetrack hosted 30.8 – 1.9 the 14th Dix Mille Tours event for historical race cars. This Peter Auto event brought together 400 historic racing cars in 10 different categories and 25.000 spectators over the 3 days. For us this was a intensive and hot weekend. We drove two races: 60´s Endurance and 2.0 Liter Cup. This meant that we drove in total 6 hours on the track. The weather was beautiful and daily temperature was around +33 °C during the day and over +20 C° in the night.
The weekend was very good for us. The 2 hour 60`s Endurance Race was driven late on Saturday night in complete darkness. The race is for pre -66 sport cars: Shelby Cobra, Jaguar e-Type, Lotus Elan, … We drove in overall race to the position 31st out of 64 cars and in the performance race with engine handicaps we were 6th out of 64 cars. In 2.0 Liter Cup we were 14th in the qualifying after the spinning by Jussi on the fast lap. In the race we drove well and came to the finish line as 11th. Risto was driving again well and he had both in Qualifying and in the Race the 3rd fastest lap times.
The season 2024 for Carrera Classic Racing Team has now come to the end. We drove six races in Europe and two races in Finland. The season was good. In 60´s performance races we were 11/58 in Mugello and 6/64 in Paul Ricard. Jussi won both F/B starts in Finland. In the 2.0 Liter Cup we drove in all races in the middle of the pack (P10-P16) which has been our goal. Risto´s best laps were in all qualifying and race sessions between 3rd and 6th fastest. Our 1965 Porsche 911 was very good to drive and very fast: In Mugello in the beginning of the season and in the last race in Paul Ricard we had the best top speeds both in the qualifying and in the race. 2024 was a long and hard season starting already in mid March. It has been a lot of work but finally we have been successful, and it has been great fun. We thank everybody involved and supporting us as well as our fellow competitors and race organizers for a great season.
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