Saturday, December 8, 2007

Racing Legend - Bentley Speed 8

Many of people can recognize Bentley not only as an extremely luxurious car brand but also an amazing racing machine. Bentley debut their racing beast in the Le Mans in 2001. The 24 Hour Le Mans is the most known race world-wide. It takes place in a little town of Le Mans in France. The Bentley only won in 2003, right before the project unfortunately was cancelled. The engine that made that win possible was a mid-engine 4.0L V8 TT (twin turbo). This produced a total of 600 horses. Ever since the first time I saw the Bentley it right away caught my attention. Due to its extremely flowing lines and unique aerodynamic design. I always loved the way that the car was so low to the ground that the car curved around the wheels. This gave the car and extremely low center of gravity to get the most traction and stability around the corners. It is sad that Bentley no longer races since they had a lot of potential. Maybe one day they will come back to racing like they did after 73 year when they came out with this car. Lets just hope it wont be 73 years.

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