So for my first blog post I'm stealing my own headline. The 83rd annual 24 Hours of Le Mans starts 5 Hours 8 minutes and counting. From the last time I checked Twitter the teams were still just warming up as it is nearly 10 a.m. in France.
For a person without cable, I thought keeping up with the race would be more of a challenge. I know every time I've been to the 12 Hours of Sebring trying to keep up with what is going on is a nightmare. Maybe it's because I've been at the race and wifi has been terrible and I've just been frazzled.
But the 24 Hours team seems to be doing their best to provide ways for us not so fortunate as to be in France ourselves to watch and keep up with the race. I just downloaded the 24 Hours app from the App Store and it's actually pretty great. It hasn't crashed once for one. It's also pretty fast and has a nice layout.
The home screen on the app shows highlights of what's currently going on at the track with a featured video, the entry-list according to starting position, a count-down to the checkered flag, and of course the 24 Hours Rolex to keep you in time with France.
I'm really enjoying the app, you can check the best lap times for all the practices and warm-ups thus far, standings for other races, and more videos. There is an option for a live cam, which is pretty neat but it requires a $9.99 subscription.
According to the 24 Hour website there is also a podcast from radiolemans.com, which I have yet to listen to.
Fox 1 and 2 will be covering the race, but that doesn't really help me and I have no intention of paying for their subscription service so it's off to find a live stream somewhere else.
Happy race day!
