Roll call - October 8/9 - Nurburgring and Spa
Discussion
agtlaw said:
such a shame what happened to the yellow gt2 on the exit road!keep it lit said:
such a shame what happened to the yellow gt2 on the exit road!
Thankfully all involved are well and no injuries suffered apart from cars.Fingers crossed the repairs won't be too expensive.
P.S. Anyone know the chap driving the white clio with clio jet on the number plate ?
dotty said:
shaunsmith said:
eah, it was me. You don't hang about...
That is in a 2.0L N/A Honda DC5 (260bhp) lapped round there all day long with no issues!Do you have any idea when the spa dates will be released for april 2013? (with Circuit days)
And any chance of a P-ride in that noble if you are in attendance?!
No idea with dates, on reflection they are usually around same times over the years.
No problem taking you out usually do 2 or 3 trips a year to Ring incorporating Spa now Zandvoort (great track) aswell, I'm sure we'll catch up next year.
Shaun
shaunsmith said:
mpressive, I reckon you'll have some fun in that punching above your weight suprising many, similar to my mate Neil who was with me, he has Red Golf GTi with 300 bhp he's on the heels of CSL's etc.
No idea with dates, on reflection they are usually around same times over the years.
No problem taking you out usually do 2 or 3 trips a year to Ring incorporating Spa now Zandvoort (great track) aswell, I'm sure we'll catch up next year.
Shaun
Yeah, normally average a couple of trips to the Ring each year, love Spa though, so will certainly be doing a track day there when circuit days release the dates for April (also booked to go to the F1 there for 2013) and tie in a few days at the ring prior to that! No idea with dates, on reflection they are usually around same times over the years.
No problem taking you out usually do 2 or 3 trips a year to Ring incorporating Spa now Zandvoort (great track) aswell, I'm sure we'll catch up next year.
Shaun
I have some more footage of your car from memory, which I will dig out when home
DiscoColin said:
Well, for one example I was patiently waiting for a safe passing opportunity on a Swift through Pflanzgarten and an Italian E36 overtook me down the right on the first right hander after the big jump. Fortunately I saw him coming and was going so slowly behind the Swift that there was not any kind of issue making plenty of room to avoid any potential impact, but I'd call that pretty bloody dangerous in principle, contrary to the principle of a track day and very definitely against the rules. The video would be a great what not to do for briefings. The thing is - in my experience (of all of the DN days so far held) it isn't Italians in general that are the issue, the ones that people complain about almost always seem to be in some variety or other of 3 series BMW... The Italians in Lotus, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and so on tend to be fine.
[Incidentally - I did mention it to Darren on the day]
Would you be the same Colin who had garage 30 next to us in the bora ?[Incidentally - I did mention it to Darren on the day]
Edited by DiscoColin on Friday 12th October 10:49
dotty said:
shaunsmith said:
mpressive, I reckon you'll have some fun in that punching above your weight suprising many, similar to my mate Neil who was with me, he has Red Golf GTi with 300 bhp he's on the heels of CSL's etc.
No idea with dates, on reflection they are usually around same times over the years.
No problem taking you out usually do 2 or 3 trips a year to Ring incorporating Spa now Zandvoort (great track) aswell, I'm sure we'll catch up next year.
Shaun
Yeah, normally average a couple of trips to the Ring each year, love Spa though, so will certainly be doing a track day there when circuit days release the dates for April (also booked to go to the F1 there for 2013) and tie in a few days at the ring prior to that! No idea with dates, on reflection they are usually around same times over the years.
No problem taking you out usually do 2 or 3 trips a year to Ring incorporating Spa now Zandvoort (great track) aswell, I'm sure we'll catch up next year.
Shaun
I have some more footage of your car from memory, which I will dig out when home
Yeah the F1 is a must for us lot too in 2013, we are gonna stay at the Ring for 5 days or so with hopefully tourist evenings
shaunsmith said:
ronic, I have just been looking through some of April to source any of yours. If I find any I'll put it up. I don't go out that much usually around 4 x 6 lap sessions. I spend more time in the Brasserie especially around lunch time
Yeah the F1 is a must for us lot too in 2013, we are gonna stay at the Ring for 5 days or so with hopefully tourist evenings
Ta-daaYeah the F1 is a must for us lot too in 2013, we are gonna stay at the Ring for 5 days or so with hopefully tourist evenings
http://youtu.be/PwIVTYIl5Vw
7 TVR said:
Once again great weather and great events ALL seven TVR's made it there and back without to much fuss!
I would have spent more time with you guys, but I was looking after my parents most of the time, as it is probably their last trip to the Ring/Spa, even though they came to Nurburgring 700 last summer as well.My dad took some great photos mainly at Brünnchen, and I'll eventually put some previews up in case anyone wants some full size copies.
The Walrus said:
Would you be the same Colin who had garage 30 next to us in the bora ?
Indeed I would - good to meet you guys. Gutted for you that the Bora had a failure so early in the day, so glad to be able to offer some pax time to at least get you out on track for a bit (I've been rendered carless before myself and I know what it is like). 
Bruski11 said:
Is anyone else having trouble accessing xtreme-sports-photography.co.uk website? (for the Spa photos?)
Yes, I have been trying since getting back from Spa on Thursday and it has been out of service since. I was hoping to find some good shots on there as they have done track days I have attended in the UK before and I have been impressed with the quality of their work.
t. On the DN day it's a tad risky entering the circuit with the folks aleady on DH usually at full tilt. A point Darren makes well in his briefing. I was behind a famous ring taxi driver who got out and to the left a little early, a first I thought it was all under control but the brake lights give it away.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZBeRZp9fms
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZBeRZp9fms
dotty said:
shaunsmith said:
ronic, I have just been looking through some of April to source any of yours. If I find any I'll put it up. I don't go out that much usually around 4 x 6 lap sessions. I spend more time in the Brasserie especially around lunch time
Yeah the F1 is a must for us lot too in 2013, we are gonna stay at the Ring for 5 days or so with hopefully tourist evenings
Ta-daaYeah the F1 is a must for us lot too in 2013, we are gonna stay at the Ring for 5 days or so with hopefully tourist evenings
http://youtu.be/PwIVTYIl5Vw
You certainly know Spa some great lines there you even passed the other black Noble he races an MR2.
I'll have a good look during the week to find some footage of your car too.
Look forward to catching up next year.
Thanks
Alfa Al said:
Yes, I have been trying since getting back from Spa on Thursday and it has been out of service since. I was hoping to find some good shots on there as they have done track days I have attended in the UK before and I have been impressed with the quality of their work.
Some pics of your car at the 'Ring on this site:http://www.tourifotos.de/galerie/album=2012-10-09/...
agtlaw said:
Some great pics there, Andrew, what's the story with that wheel?Gassing Station | Track Days | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff