RE: PistonHeads Le Mans Friday Service

RE: PistonHeads Le Mans Friday Service

Tuesday 29th May 2012

PistonHeads Le Mans Friday Service

Could the Friday Service be the best Le Mans meet yet? Join us on the 15th June to find out



A few weeks ago we told you about our Friday Service to be held at Parking Du Fresne on Friday 15th June, nicely timed to take place just before the greatest endurance race known to man.

Location
Parking Du Fresne is in a great location, with easy access from all camp sites in Le Mans and only a stone's throw from the circuit with the Porsche Curves being just over the road. Large enough to hold 500 cars the entire PH team will be on the gate to welcome you and get you parked up quickly and safely, we’ll even mark off the bumpy section of the field to avoid any unwanted car damage as you drive through. We’re nice like that.

A map of the venue can be found here.

Gates open at 13.00 and close at 16.00.

Music
Today we can announce two great additions to make the Sunday, sorry, Friday Service even better. Nissan UK will come along in their Juke Box to add some (subtle and inoffensive) music in the field, but if you’re thinking nightclub, think more low-level, chilled out music that doesn’t intrude, but adds to the laid back feel of Le Mans in the sunshine.

Food by Jody Scheckter
Food and drink will also be available as we have agreed for Jody Scheckter’s Laverstoke Park Farm to tour to Le Mans with PistonHeads. The Laverstoke team will bring their excellent range of organic produce and full outdoor cooking rig to cater the private PistonHeads campsite from Thursday to Monday (more on that in a moment). On Friday, we’ll move the whole lot to the field for the Friday Service along with a full bar serving draught beers and soft drinks to ensure there is great food for all who attend. Pricing is to be confirmed, but expect to pay 10 Euros for a main meal of your choice along with a cold pint. Of course, you can choose to buy items individually too.

You can pay for your food in the field on the day, or pre-order online. As soon as we have set up the online ordering facility we will mail all who have signed up on the calendar with full details.

How to attend
Entrance is free; all you need to do is sign up on the calendar to help us keep track of numbers and if you fancy strolling over from your campsite please mark yourself as a pedestrian leaving the car spaces free for those who plan to drive.

We are very excited about hosting this meet and would love to see as many Le Mans going PHers there as possible. Thanks in advance for your support and also to Team Laverstoke for making the jaunt with us across the channel, 1st-Tickets for their ongoing support and Nissan UK for getting involved too.

Author
Discussion

Garlick

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40,601 posts

240 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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Latest news on the Friday Service biggrin

madbadger

11,563 posts

244 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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Good suff. smile

Is it time to set off yet?

WhiteBaron

1,394 posts

226 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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Less than 2 weeks until the ferry..................

smile

lost in espace

6,160 posts

207 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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St Saturin Friday (breakfast) welcome then off to the PH (lunch) meet, and the evening (meal) in Le Mans watching the parade. Bliss. Fat basteward.

fatboy18

18,943 posts

211 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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No free Bog rolls or Lap dancers then frown Not even a free Pie frownfrown
getmecoat

bsdnazz

762 posts

253 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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We're not going to Le Mans this year (a cousin is running a new car in garage 56 though) but can strongly recommend Laverstock Farm food. There's a Laverstock Farm shop near us in Twickenham and the produce is ace.

Edited by bsdnazz on Wednesday 13th June 08:12

lucky b

352 posts

202 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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fatboy18 said:
No free Bog rolls or Lap dancers then frown Not even a free Pie frownfrown
getmecoat
I bet you could bring gallons of free beer in your tanker thoughbeer Especially after you've fitted those very expensive new rear tyres!


Must admit though, credit to PH for organising quality catering.

Personally I'd be more interested in a half hour chat with/by Mr Scheckter. I hope he has the time to drop by.


D34NO87

832 posts

172 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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Good work PH chaps! See you there!!

Gary11

4,162 posts

201 months

Tuesday 29th May 2012
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will be there!

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

216 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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You want to put 500 vehicles in that field next to that roundabout on Friday afternoon?

roflroflroflrofl

Jolly good luck as it's a nightmare bottleneck at the best of times

Garlick

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40,601 posts

240 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Has been said before, but it is an 800 car capacity ACO car park....and near the PH camp too so we are aware of the location and the cars that use it.

We'll be fine, promise smile We'll get cars quickly in and off the road then point people towards the bar.

Pheedbak

704 posts

217 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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you can say it once you can say it again or you can say a thousand words in a picture smile


struttob

345 posts

149 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Can you arrange something similar for the Classic please, pretty please.

Garlick

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Wednesday 30th May 2012
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struttob said:
Can you arrange something similar for the Classic please, pretty please.
We are planning a meet at the LMC, I hope to announce details soon smile

struttob

345 posts

149 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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HHHUUUUUURRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !

Don't make it too flash though as I'm bringing HWMBO and she might get used to it and want to come again ;-)

Jenx

11,579 posts

242 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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struttob said:
Don't make it too flash though as I'm bringing HWMBO and she might get used to it and want to come again ;-)
Do what I did...took mine the year it pi55ed down andshe has no interest in coming again...ever thumbup

turbo-ww

1,766 posts

216 months

Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Pheedbak said:
Posted a pretty picture....
This year will be my 21st visit to Circuit de La Sarthe in June. Disturb away....

Garlick

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40,601 posts

240 months

Sunday 3rd June 2012
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Bump biggrin

eps

6,296 posts

269 months

Wednesday 6th June 2012
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Tip top.

Should be able to make it along to this, although we usually do the Great British Welcome on Friday am...

Garlick : Do you attend the meal on the Friday evening with the other Haymarket lot? Which they do each year. We usually go there on the Friday evening as well.

Garlick

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Wednesday 6th June 2012
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eps said:
Garlick : Do you attend the meal on the Friday evening with the other Haymarket lot? Which they do each year. We usually go there on the Friday evening as well.
Sadly not, I'll be beside the campfire with a warm beer smile