DHH's journey to Le Mans

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62 points·stevejalim··15 comments

This 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.

DHH is more than a rich amateur. He's been pretty successful since the start of his racing career.

*facts later when not on phone

Two 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.

I 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/...

Awesome! I was pit crew last year at Monterey and also got to meet DHH while hanging out between races: http://twitpic.com/6mqz7y

actual pit crew? wow!

Since we are doing this http://i.imgur.com/5cWxu.jpg

awesome!

the pit i was a guest at is the one DIRECTLY behind your head (TRG).

DHH commissioned a custom supercar, the one-off Pagani Zonda HH https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1670712

This isn't hacker news. It's DHH and car racing fan news.

Spend less time hero-worshipping and more time being a hero.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy some very fast cars.

Try fixing new basecamp before poncing around with this bollocks

He's basically becoming Bruce Wayne

There are very few people on this planet who make me envious, but DHH is one of them.

What a waste of fuel.

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