{"id":724,"date":"2011-06-12T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/06\/for-miracles-like-this-at-the-24-hours-of-lemans\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:23:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:23:27","slug":"for-miracles-like-this-at-the-24-hours-of-lemans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/06\/for-miracles-like-this-at-the-24-hours-of-lemans.html","title":{"rendered":"For Miracles Like This at the 24 Hours of LeMans"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-61Uj5acT49s\/TfTAe6ukeaI\/AAAAAAAAByQ\/Hd1zUmcCmrA\/s1600\/dm_110611_lemans_crash.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-61Uj5acT49s\/TfTAe6ukeaI\/AAAAAAAAByQ\/Hd1zUmcCmrA\/s320\/dm_110611_lemans_crash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"179\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s another Gearhead Feastday folks: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemans.org\/en\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the 24 Hours of LeMans<\/a>. About an hour into the race, there was a horrific crash between Allan McNish\u2019s Audi TDI (yeah, the fastest cars are diesels) and a Ferrari from the Sports Car class. Thanks be to God that no one was seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<p>But take a look at the video and ask yourself this: how did this Audi not continue on it\u2019s path over the wall and into the spectators? Actually, the car <em>was<\/em> over the tire wall. How did it seemingly defy the laws of physics and fall harmlessly back onto the warning track?<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AUSmotive: Allan McNish crash Le Mans 2011 (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JW3NDGk6YQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>No\u2014I don\u2019t see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4sundwVogg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iron Man<\/a> standing there to push it away from the trajectory it was following. Did you?<\/p>\n<p>Nope, no fence there, aside from the low tire wall. Who is the patron saint of racing? St. Christopher? He was praying hard right there! If this isn\u2019t a miracle, I don\u2019t know what one is.<\/p>\n<p>St. Christopher, pray for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update:<\/em><\/strong> Congratulations to Audi for winning the overall victory. From the crash to the top of the podium. Inspiring! And a hearty congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corvetteracing.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Corvette Racing<\/a> for winning the GT-Pro Class on the 100th Anniversary of Chevrolet. American V-8 power (pushrods!) rules LeMans! Recap and final results courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">anonymous editors at Wikipedia<\/a>. Have a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">concise history of this endurance race<\/a> while you are there.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vRYOV4TdH_k\/TfTBJAn7v9I\/AAAAAAAAByU\/d2NYv_QwO6M\/s1600\/St.Christopher_Racing.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vRYOV4TdH_k\/TfTBJAn7v9I\/AAAAAAAAByU\/d2NYv_QwO6M\/s200\/St.Christopher_Racing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-3475101857826523435?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s another Gearhead Feastday folks: the 24 Hours of LeMans. 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