Big news, campers! We are back at Le Mans, and back in Camping Houx for 2026. Slightly incognito due to missing stickers and The Great Pub Sign Controversy, but we’re back coq’ing all the same.
Sensible Pete
Yes, after a rather subdued mini-Big Coq Racing trip to LM in 2021, we’re back in force in 2022. And thanks to Alex (3) we have a suitably banging playlist for your delectation: Amazon music playlist Spotify playlist here In the great tradition of BCR playlists, Alex has helpfully provided […]
We’re back! With the Sounds of Le Mans 2022
Big Coq Racing are keeping our collective fingers crossed for an open-to-spectators Le Mans 24 in September 2020. Failing that, we’ll be back stronger than ever in 2021.
Plague stops play
It's the moment you've all been waiting for: the release of the lovingly curated soundtrack to this years Big Coq Racing expedition to Le Mans.
Sounds of Le Mans 2019
It’s the now obligatory “who’s travelling when, in what” post. Please edit or complete below to keep this important historical record up to date.
Roll call!
The question on everyone’s lips is: will 2019 mark the return of Henry The Hoover to Le Mans? Last spotted in 2017 doing valiant work in the Aston Martin garage, we can only hope that they haven’t decided to replace it with a slightly awkward looking mk2 powered by a […]
An old friend returns?
The entry list for the 87th running of the Grand Prix d’Endurance looks like it will break records in more ways than one! 62 cars will line up on the grid on Saturday afternoon (assuming they survive practice and qualifying), and a record 12 cars of various descriptions will be […]
Record entry list for 2019
The 2018 Le Mans entry list has been revealed, confirming the Grand Prix d’Endurance’s enduring attraction for retired or easily distracted F1 drivers. Fernando Alonso will be driving for Toyota, while his erstwhile McLaren teammate Jenson Button has prised himself away from Japan’s Super GT championship to take the wheel […]
Alonso, Button and (wait for it)… Vitaly Petrov for 2018!
If you’ve been dying to relive the trials and tribulations of Le Mans 2017, then I advise you buy the Duke Motorsport video. On the other hand, if you want to see photos of slightly drunk people messing about in a camp site, then have a look here: http://www.daleynet.co.uk/Le%20Mans/2017/index.html
2017 photos
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