off to the ring !! well then ..
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01-07-2010, 11:45 PM
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I was supposed to be booking the ring for last year in September to go with mike once his Cossie was finished. This sounds like he would have been about a year late.
Have a great trip & good luck.
RW
05-07-2010, 07:07 PM
#23
well, where to start, 11 hours there, so was absolutely shattered, so we had a drink and a meal and a chilled night,
woke up saturday watched the porsche/bmw/dodge race cars fly round which was awsome just sooo loud and sooo quick !
then the track opened and so did the heavens
so first lap was gonna be a wet one. went out had a potter about and all i said was, "oh my god" and it got louder and louder the further i went
so great, sun was out dry line was out so thought id go for another had another potter and followed my mates cossie about and thought it go off on my own as was a bit slow with him not driving but his mate was
so managed a second lap on the saturday which was good, that night was up to the piston clause ??? for dinner which was amazing im told i have to try the steak on a stone but saved it for the last night,
back to the hotel, i was out for the count but everyone else was up all night with snoring by spanky
sunday morning we awoke to the thickest for ever ! couldnt see the tree 20feet away from the window so awsome
but by 11 it had cleared so off we went 1 lap to refresh the track had a good crack with phil from work, but had a slight problem of cooking my brake fluid oops
so cooled down bled them a little got a tiny bit of air out topped up the fluid ad off again, this time took rory the weekends top camera man, he was out with the camera so we have a good vid of one of my more tame laps, clutch had got a touch hot and wasnt brill so half way round had a minute or so break and the last half was good fun !
the next one was in a 400hp evo which was great fun had a good crack in that and thought id re pay the favour of taking ian the driver out.
now all weekend the was a bit of banter between us was a good crack, he took the piss out of my drum brakes and nankang ditch finders on the back, i said id spank his shonky evo round here you know what its like cracking fun
so off we went, nice half steady first lap as didnt want any probs with my car for the faster second half which i knew better, so second half where i had a idea of where im going we was on a mission plenty of lift off oversteer, loads of flames out the back and no problems, got to gantry under the bridge ? and ian said to me "fuck me that was a 9 minute 50" woooooo im over the bloody moon
broke ten mins with shonky brakes shit tyres and a slow first half, absolutely brillian imo for first time there and 5th lap 2nd which was fast
so absloutely chuffed with myslef, a little pat on "kagger" the escort for doing 1000miles and a ragging round the ring, mega proud of her
so back up to piston claus ?? for steak on a stone, and OMG anyone who goes MUST have it ! fillet steak was absolutely lush ! mega mega nice so i would go back just for that
another lovely night sleep for me and not for anyone else, especially when stu ran in wearing boxers completely asleep shouted my cossie is on fire in the workshop and went back to bed
and a early start for the 500 odd mile return ! 10 hours later im here, in one bit and chuffed with a 9min 50 and averaging 83.5mph
huge thanks to all the boys what an awsome bunch
pics and vids will be up asap
woke up saturday watched the porsche/bmw/dodge race cars fly round which was awsome just sooo loud and sooo quick !
then the track opened and so did the heavens
so first lap was gonna be a wet one. went out had a potter about and all i said was, "oh my god" and it got louder and louder the further i went
so great, sun was out dry line was out so thought id go for another had another potter and followed my mates cossie about and thought it go off on my own as was a bit slow with him not driving but his mate was
so managed a second lap on the saturday which was good, that night was up to the piston clause ??? for dinner which was amazing im told i have to try the steak on a stone but saved it for the last night,
back to the hotel, i was out for the count but everyone else was up all night with snoring by spanky
sunday morning we awoke to the thickest for ever ! couldnt see the tree 20feet away from the window so awsome
but by 11 it had cleared so off we went 1 lap to refresh the track had a good crack with phil from work, but had a slight problem of cooking my brake fluid oops
so cooled down bled them a little got a tiny bit of air out topped up the fluid ad off again, this time took rory the weekends top camera man, he was out with the camera so we have a good vid of one of my more tame laps, clutch had got a touch hot and wasnt brill so half way round had a minute or so break and the last half was good fun !
the next one was in a 400hp evo which was great fun had a good crack in that and thought id re pay the favour of taking ian the driver out.
now all weekend the was a bit of banter between us was a good crack, he took the piss out of my drum brakes and nankang ditch finders on the back, i said id spank his shonky evo round here you know what its like
cracking funso off we went, nice half steady first lap as didnt want any probs with my car for the faster second half which i knew better, so second half where i had a idea of where im going we was on a mission plenty of lift off oversteer, loads of flames out the back and no problems, got to gantry under the bridge ? and ian said to me "fuck me that was a 9 minute 50" woooooo im over the bloody moon
broke ten mins with shonky brakes shit tyres and a slow first half, absolutely brillian imo for first time there and 5th lap 2nd which was fast so absloutely chuffed with myslef, a little pat on "kagger" the escort for doing 1000miles and a ragging round the ring, mega proud of her
so back up to piston claus ?? for steak on a stone, and OMG anyone who goes MUST have it ! fillet steak was absolutely lush ! mega mega nice so i would go back just for that
another lovely night sleep for me and not for anyone else, especially when stu ran in wearing boxers completely asleep shouted my cossie is on fire in the workshop and went back to bed
and a early start for the 500 odd mile return ! 10 hours later im here, in one bit and chuffed with a 9min 50 and averaging 83.5mph
huge thanks to all the boys what an awsome bunch
pics and vids will be up asap
05-07-2010, 09:51 PM
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glad you had a great time and car looks ace
06-07-2010, 05:08 AM
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Nice to see you've had a good time there Jim and all is still in one piece 
Sorry for the biker but these things happen there unfortunately
I wasn't there this weekend, pictures taken by Tony Dewhurst, here you can find some more hopefully
http://www.ringportal.nl/fotografie
Sorry for the biker but these things happen there unfortunately
I wasn't there this weekend, pictures taken by Tony Dewhurst, here you can find some more hopefully
http://www.ringportal.nl/fotografie
06-07-2010, 08:35 AM
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we were over on the same weekend, saw you on track and think have a pic of you at the gate going on. Better than we expected too, our little silver clio 182 got abused all weekend and then drove home! 5 cars went and 5 returned so a good effort!
Only did 1.5 laps in in the evo on saturday can't fine any pics of that oen yet but clio has had some shots from the sunday
Only did 1.5 laps in in the evo on saturday can't fine any pics of that oen yet but clio has had some shots from the sunday
