This week we learned that Toyota’s Le Mans curse remains firmly in tact, having robbed the team of what seemed like a sure-fire victory. The loss, due to a comically unfortunate mistake perpetrated by another team, prompted President Akio Toyoda … Continue reading →

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I reflect that sports car racing is a game involving skill and luck.  The best of games.  For instance, chess is a game involving all skill.  There is no luck in chess.  And for racing, skill is reverently important.  Whether is is skill in driving or skill in preparation, skill is so, so important.  But the fun part about the game of racing has to deal with the unknown, or luck.  Toyota certainly had the skill part of the Le Mans game played out in excellence.  Porsche out-lucked them.