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DHH's journey to Le Mans
- sp332 14y agoDHH commissioned a custom supercar, the one-off Pagani Zonda HH https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1670712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1670712
- Graphon 14y agoThis is pretty typical of the series. There are 3 or 4 drivers to a car for the Le Mans race (24 hours continuous racing). Two or 3 of those will be professional drivers, and one is a rich amateur who brings money. Pay-to-play. How much you pay and how much you play is up for negotiation. Every team is different.
- thisischris 14y agoDHH is more than a rich amateur. He's been pretty successful since the start of his racing career. *facts later when not on phone
- petercooper 14y agoTwo or 3 of those will be professional drivers, and one is a rich amateur who brings money. Pay-to-play. Often, though, amateurs and pay drivers end up becoming respected professional racers (e.g. Schumacher). DHH's results are showing that if he chose to do so, he might be able to do the same.
- beastridge 14y agoWhat a waste of fuel.
- planetguy 14y agoThere are very few people on this planet who make me envious, but DHH is one of them.
- joshu 14y agoI was actually in pit crew (honorary) for another team at this ALMS. I did get to say hi to DHH tho: https://twitter.com/joshu/status/201736494426226689/photo/1/large https://twitter.com/joshu/status/201736494426226689/photo/1/...
- bherms 14y agoAwesome! I was pit crew last year at Monterey and also got to meet DHH while hanging out between races: http://twitpic.com/6mqz7y http://twitpic.com/6mqz7y
- joshu 14y agoactual pit crew? wow!
- kirubakaran 14y agoSince we are doing this http://i.imgur.com/5cWxu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5cWxu.jpg
- joshu 14y agoawesome! the pit i was a guest at is the one DIRECTLY behind your head (TRG).
- flatline3 14y agoThis isn't hacker news. It's DHH and car racing fan news. Spend less time hero-worshipping and more time being a hero.
- jiggy2011 14y agoMoney can't buy happiness but it can buy some very fast cars.
- earwolf 14y agoTry fixing new basecamp before poncing around with this bollocks
- vladiim 14y agoHe's basically becoming Bruce Wayne