{"id":5,"date":"2012-04-03T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2012\/04\/03\/1997-chrysler-viper-returns-to-le-mans\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T15:09:45","slug":"1997-chrysler-viper-returns-to-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2012\/04\/03\/1997-chrysler-viper-returns-to-le-mans\/","title":{"rendered":"1997 Chrysler Viper GT2 racecar returns to Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/6a00d83454f8b869e20167649934f2970b-popup.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chrysler Viper GTSR chassis C3 LM24 1997\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83454f8b869e20167649934f2970b\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/6a00d83454f8b869e20167649934f2970b-250wi.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>It&#039;s back to the track of its glory days. During the 24 Hours of Le Mans of 1997, this very Chrysler Viper (yes, it was a Chrysler in Europe and a Dodge in the USA), was the only works car that finished the famous race. Driven by Justin Bell (GB), Pierre Yver (France) and John Morton (USA), chassis number C3 was defending the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympia-charger.com\/2008\/12\/new-old-pictures-of-the-dodge-charger-at-le-mans-in-1976.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"vintage MOPAR at Le Mans\">MOPAR<\/a> colors in La Sarthe. It has now found a spot in the Le Mans 24 Hours museum. However, it will not rest still, as it is scheduled to run again on the big track during the coming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympia-charger.com\/2012\/03\/join-team-oly-express-at-le-mans-classic-2012.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"book your stay at Le Mans Classic\">Le Mans Classic<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#039;s back to the track of its glory days. During the 24 Hours of Le Mans of 1997, this very Chrysler Viper (yes, it was a Chrysler in Europe and a Dodge in the USA), was the only works car that finished the famous race. Driven by Justin Bell (GB), Pierre Yver (France) and John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":7773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chrysler","category-dodge","category-motorsport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1997 Chrysler Viper GT2 racecar returns to Le Mans - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2012\/04\/03\/1997-chrysler-viper-returns-to-le-mans\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"1997 Chrysler Viper GT2 racecar returns to Le Mans - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It&#039;s back to the track of its glory days. 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