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Silverstone, UK<\/p>\n

September 13, 2008<\/p>\n

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Bernard Thuner’s Lola T70 Mk3 won P1 class, and finished 4th overall.
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The Herve Dumas\/Gerard Cayeux Chevrolet Corvette is pressed by the Chevron B21 of Patrice LaFarge.
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Jan Guzen’s Ferrari 275 GTB4 and Christopher Ball\u00d5s GT40 re-enact the Ford-Ferrari wars.
Photo: Peter Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Dominique Guenat and Yvan Mahe shared this sonorous Matra-Simca 660.
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