We have the Petit Le Mans road race at Road Atlanta this weekend. Last night, the Aston dealership had a pre-race party for Aston owners at which you could see (and hear!) the Lola/Aston Martin DBR1-2 and meet the entire Aston Martin team, who won a couple of weeks back at Laguna Seca. It was a great event, and everyone on the team was extremely friendly and accessible. For instance, my girlfriend and I talked to one of the techs and driver, Harold Primat, for the better part of an hour. I learned quite a bit about racing and the car, which is built around the road-going Aston V12 engine (which of course is modified for racing). In addition to chatting with us, the team also gave everyone a pit demonstration, which I'll post of video of later. Best of luck to the team this Saturday!

 

Here are two vids of the pit stop demonstrations. This car absolutely screams! I think they did 10.2 seconds in the second vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIp8L..._order&list=UL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1d0_..._order&list=UL

 

A couple of further pics of the insides of the cars . . .

 

Thanks for posting those event photos/videos!
I only wish I could get my car serviced as fast...

 

That's nice! I bet you feel prouder owning your V12 Vantage.

 

Sounds great doesn't it. The car was a force at Laguna Seca, I enjoyed the V12 wail as it flew by many times.

 

Thanks for coming last night Dave. The car was amazing. Great pictures. Here are a few of mine - http://edbolian.com/?p=1096

 

Actually, what I'm most proud of is Aston's racing heritage and its commitment to racing today. I think Aston is still the only company to have a car in each GT category.

Cool pics Ed! Thanks for posting. And thanks again to you guys for hosting a top notch event.

 

Very cool videos, thanks Dave.

 

You bet Larry. It was cool to have such access and see these guys do their thing up close.