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It should be noted that the reason we have not seen a rotary win another LeMans since the race in the early 90's is that the LeMans race organizers changed the rules after that race to prohibit rotaries from running in the race. How convenient for their piston engines ... Similar to the way the Indy 500 organizers changes the rules to prevent turbines from running at Indy after Parnelli Jones' car beat all of the piston cars easily for 197 out of 200 laps (he had lapped the entire field by then), and failed to win only because a minor bearing broke. The piston folks simply legislate away the competition ...
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It is worth noting that the reason no rotary has won the LeMans endurance race since that famous race in the early 90's is that rotary engines were outlawed from that race the following year. Not unlike what happened at Indy when AJ Foyt was just a burned-out-ignition-wire from victory with 2 laps to go -- his turbine-powered machine was so far ahead of the piston-engine pack that they changed the rules the following year to prevent turbine-powered machines from competing in the Indy 500. The fact that rotary engine technology has not yet permeated GA has more to do with inertia than with technology reality ...