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"A true failure on my part would have been if I didn't take what I learned from Leadville 100 and apply those lessons to Rocky Raccoon."
"A full 24-hour race, you can imagine how many people are required to get that thing together."
"Endurance racing is not just about top speed, but about enduring to keep a little nugget going for 24 hours."
"Ford's answer was the GT40, a high-performance endurance car."
"The final win was spending 24 hours racing this little car with our mates on the other side of the world."
"For any endurance racer, this boat is the epitome of perfection."
"Endurance racing is the ultimate test for man and machine."
"Just making it to the end of an endurance race is an achievement in and of itself."
"There is no official definition of endurance races, but they typically last over 2 hours or 300 km."
"Endurance races in Gran Turismo offer a unique experience."
"The variety of events in GT2's endurance races was impressive."
"GT4 fulfilled the potential of endurance races."
"Everything was coming together to make the ultimate form of endurance races."
"It was in the back of my mind like man I've really become an expert at running 100 mile races."
"It's a long race around this Mandela International circuit."
"There's a certain type of race that happens within the ultra running community and it's called a last man standing race."
"The Malle Moto guys for me really are the crazy heroes of Dakar."
"Finishing the unbound 200 in under 10 hours had only been achieved once before in 2019..."
"The unbound 200 probably needs no introduction at this point..."
"This could be the best thing to happen to endurance racing since, well, since ever."
"Can we make hard last almost the entire race?"
"Just survive to the pit stops, let your co-driver be the hero."
"This is what endurance racing should be: hard racing, unpredictable strategy, and man, I absolutely loved this race."
"Whittington is just pushing that car and himself to the limit. He has to, because only a few seconds behind him is Al Holbert in that 962."
"It's all part of how endurance racing has entered this new golden age."
"We get so used to the modern era of endurance racing where the car is just bulletproof."
"What's cool about endurance racing is they seek to minimize these dominant errors and they really want it so that it's not predictable from the start of the race who's going to win that race."
"If you ask yourself the question after driving it, 'Could I drive this in the 24 hours of Le Mans?' The answer is yes. It'd probably kill me, but I feel like I could do it. It's just such a great car."
"During an ultra, the race is completely different in the daytime compared to the nighttime. When it is dark, it is a different course, it is a different race completely."
"We're on these bikes because tomorrow we're racing a Glen Helen 24-hour endurance race, which should be fun, or it could totally not be fun, I guess only time will tell."
"Everybody needs to definitely crew and pace and spectate some of these 100 plus mile races because they are just unique."
"This vehicle competed in a 600-kilometer Enduro style cross-country race and it won its class."
"Imagine doing five laps at Nurburgring and then starting your race. That's what you're doing at Pike's Peak."
"Bentley has been around for a very, very long time, one of the most significant brands especially when it comes to the coveted 24 hours of Le Mans."
"It's a long way to go yet, but the car is the most perfect car I've ever driven in a long-distance race."
"The 24 hours of Le Mans is the crucible of endurance sports car racing since 1923."
"It's a long race, and fuel economy is going to be key."
"This is exactly why endurance racing is awesome: a high-speed game of chess all the way to the very final throw of the dice."
"That is endurance racing for you, you can blow your bike up and if the team has the will to keep going, you can repair it quickly and be back in the race."
"The winning at Le Mans four straight years is like winning the Olympics four times in a row."
"The 600 is a big one, 600 miles in the car, and it was a big deal for us."
"Toyota has confirmed they're gonna be racing the car at the 24 hours of Le Mans in the WEC GTE class."
"This race is going to be two races: the race to the sunset and the race after the sunset."
"They've been the best at endurance racing over the past 10 years."
"Completing a Spartan race, you have to be mentally tough."
"It's the longest race on the circuit, and if you're fortunate enough to dodge all the wrecks all day... you've got a good shot to win this race."
"GNCC Racing is a mental roller coaster as much as anything else."
"They even went on to win the coveted most prestigious of all endurance races, the 24 Hours of Le Mans."
"I'm very excited. Essentially, my race plan is to start off the first 35 miles a little bit slower, hit the middle 30 where it gets flat a bit faster, and then give the last 35 everything I got to finish."
"It's a true race of attrition and power and suffering and all the things it should be, and doesn't lean so hard on the technological side and emphasize the marginal gains."
"The first rule of going fast over a long distance is don't stop."
"The biggest lesson in an early race potentially going to hot weather is the ability to self-pace and stick to your own race plan."
"Experience is so important, laps and experience of finding what you need the car, finding out how to get to the end of 500 miles."
"Always great to be back at Sandown, and this young man knows what it's like to win the big enduros."
"Race teams are looking for any advantage they can get, particularly in endurance races."
"It's fantastic to have him back, his pedigree in the FIA World Endurance Championship, so many Le Mans to look back on as well."
"That's what we love about endurance racing."
"Racing 200 miles on gravel is, I think we can all agree, very impressive."
"Old-style circuit, 21st-century endurance racing, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with the Mobil 1 sportscar Grand Prix."
"From 28th on the grid to first, a win in the total 24 hours of Spa."
"It's incredible what an achievement, for me it's the first 24-hour win."
"The endurance Champions, Rafaeli Machiello, Danny Junkadella, and Jules Gounon, celebrate here in Barcelona."