1970 Rebirth III

Holger invited to Le Mans 1970 Rebirth III saturday the 10th of September 2005 and Le
Mans Club Denmark sent three drivers - Dannyboy, Vialli and Lars which after only 30
secs. at the Circuit Taps was rename "High Tower" by Panik - west in search for fame
and to try to win some trophies!
The Jutlanders were Holger, Gebrüder, Panik and Tobak - the rest of the usual drivers from
Jutland had "chickened out", just to use an expression used in another Jutland race.

Once again Le Mans Club Denmark took 1st place at a Rebirth race at Circuit Taps - first time
was when Michael and Klaus won the Le Mans 1971 Rebirth.
Too bad other drivers chose to let this race down, when there is always a guarentee for nice
trophies, cold beers, food and some close racing on a technical difficult track, but it only adds
to the experience which is fun, challenging and damn frustating!

Before the 7th heat it was now clear that the winner should be found between Holger,
Dannyboy and Tobak. Holger had already done his four heats and done 516 laps. Dannyboy had
done three heats and 386 laps, while Tobak ahd done 383 laps in his three heats. That meant
that Dannyboy had to drive at least 131 laps and Tobak had to do 134 laps to pass Holger - a
tuff, but not impossible task!
Both drivers did what was expected of them - Dannyboy drove amazing 144 laps and Tobak
was not far behind doing 137 laps. Gebrüderen came in on 3rd place in the heat with 129 laps
and High Tower did 103 laps.

The result:
1. Dannyboy (with a hang-over), Gulf Porsche 917K no. 21, 531,2 laps
2. Tobak, Ferrari 512S no 12, 520,8 laps
3. Holger, Porsche 908 LH no 27, 516,2 laps
4. Gebrüderen, Ferrari 512S no. 11, 472,2 laps
5. Panik, Lola T70 MK III no 4, 445,1 laps
6. Vialli, Gulf Porsche 917K no 20, 442,8 laps
7. High Tower, Sandeman Porsche 917K no 18, 390,3 laps

In 4th heat Holger once again took 1st place
with 136 laps, but Dannyboy was close with
131 laps and then there were a gap to Gebrü-
deren with 109 laps and Panik with 91 laps.
In 5th heat Holger would suffer his first defeat
in this rebirth race, when Tobak drove 132
laps, while Holger only got 129 laps.
Vialli took 3rd place with 119 laps and left High
Tower to 4th palce with 103 laps.
6th heat would be the most exciting heat.
Panik and Dannyboy was side-by-side for
almost the entire heat and both drivers was
giving 132 laps each, while Tobak had 130 laps
and Gebrûderen had 129 laps.

We started off with a qualifying round, where each driver should do three laps and the fastest
lap would count and perhaps give a little sign about how the race would go.

QUALIFICATION:
1. Holger, Porsche 908 LH no. 27
2. Panik, Lola T70 MK III no. 4
3. Dannyboy, Gulf Porsche 917K no. 21
4. Gebrüderen, Ferrari 512S no. 11
5. Tobak, Ferrari 512S no. 12
6. High Tower, Sandeman Porsche 917K no. 18
7. Vialli, Gulf Porsche 917K no. 20

Each heat was set to 35 min. and before the start each driver had to make a pitstop strategy
of 2 x 2 min. or 1 x 5 min. In 1st heat it didn't go to well for High Tower and Vialli since they
were smashed by Gebrüderen and Tobak which each drove 108 and 120 laps, while Vialli
struggled to get heat in his tires and High Tower had big problems just to keep his tires on the
car.
In 2nd heat High Tower and Vialli had some reparation, when they drove 115 and 112 laps,
butit was still Holger who won the heat with 123 laps in his flying Porsche 908 LH, while Panik
was last with only 103 laps.
In 3rd heat Holger was attacked by Dannyboy, but was able to win the heat by four laps,
meanwhile Panik and Vialli fought hard for 3rd place with only one laps between them.