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We can win Le Mans. I am not saying we will, but we can
Jim Glickenhaus

Two Glickenhaus 007C LMP-Hypercars will line up on the grid for the Le Mans 24 hours in 2021 after the US team completed the sale of a chassis to a customer, and recently confirmed it was in negotiation to sell a third chassis in time for the big race next year.

The identity of the customer team has yet to be revealed, but a press release issued early in June confirmed there would be a two-car factory team at Sebring, Spa and Le Mans.

Jim Glickenhaus, who has driven his company’s name forward in racing circles in GT3 racing (see Racecar Engineering V30N6) announced in 2018 he would prepare a Hypercar for the new generation Le Mans rules, originally due this year, but which have been delayed until March 2021.

The unexpected delay to the regulations actually

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