Destination Nurburgring trackdays in 2015. April,July & Sept

[ukkid35]

[gruffalo]

Sorry to see the weather is against you.

[spadriver]

Who was the poor sod in the Blue Saxo? Anyone on here?

[DanielJames]

spadriver said:

Who was the poor sod in the Blue Saxo? Anyone on here?

The turbo one? First lap out wasn't it, saw him pull in! Was nice to see a Saxo.

[LaSource]

All are telling fibs. It was gloriously sunny




Actually both days started terrible but ended well. After about 2pm today the track was really dry...and very grippy (apart from Berkwerk and the right turn at top of Flugplaz...even those were not too bad...probably about 5-10 mph slower than peak speed).

I was going to throw the towel in this morning, but Darren persuaded me to stay as his forecast was looking good for the afternoon. Glad I stayed...got some laps in the afternoon at 95% pace

Edited by LaSource on Thursday 2nd April 23:38

[spadriver]

DanielJames said:

spadriver said:

Who was the poor sod in the Blue Saxo? Anyone on here?

The turbo one? First lap out wasn't it, saw him pull in! Was nice to see a Saxo.

Yep, thats the one, got the feeling he was hoping his damage wouldn't be noticed.
Hope he wasn't detained for too long, explaining where it happened.
I thought they had all been stolen and destroyed in the hot hatch series

[DanielJames]

spadriver said:

DanielJames said:

spadriver said:

Who was the poor sod in the Blue Saxo? Anyone on here?

The turbo one? First lap out wasn't it, saw him pull in! Was nice to see a Saxo.

Yep, thats the one, got the feeling he was hoping his damage wouldn't be noticed.
Hope he wasn't detained for too long, explaining where it happened.
I thought they had all been stolen and destroyed in the hot hatch series

I'm parked next to the car in our hotel car park so must be on the road! Not sure who owns it though.

[DanielJames]

Oopsie!

[Bradders901]

The rather excellent Frozenspeed photos are up - here is the public gallery and you can see the weather was challenging at times but actually perfect later in the day:

http://www.frozenspeed.com/gallery_event/dn_11_pub...

This is me

http://www.frozenspeed.com/gallery_event/dn_11_pub...

Dunc

[spadriver]

Interesting reg number. Jochen is an excellent photographer-he does all of our events-RSR, really nice guy as well.
Hope the Saxo guy got the car sorted for his return trip.

[ukkid35]

This time Jochen and his team have excelled, I'm going to have to fork out €50.

[krallicious]

Looks like a bit of a mixed bag weather wise. Glad you all managed some good track time though. It was hailing/raining/snowing in Frankfurt and I was glad to be at home with the heating on!

Who is going to be around for July?

[iguana]

Just back from DN & Spa, yes weather was a tad unsettled, but still good fun & yip booked July too & perhaps the Oct also.

[LivewareProblem]

I know the guy in the Saxo, he seemed in good spirits about it all, he's got an in car video on Facebook but its private, I'll see if he sticks it on YouTube

[DanielJames]

spadriver said:

Interesting reg number. Jochen is an excellent photographer-he does all of our events-RSR, really nice guy as well.
Hope the Saxo guy got the car sorted for his return trip.

You wouldn't believe it, but he patched it up, then went out, and crashed it again!

We saw it on the back of a transporter leaving Eds.

[Wh00sher]

DanielJames said:

You wouldn't believe it, but he patched it up, then went out, and crashed it again!

Oh dear !

[Wh00sher]

Just booked our Hull > Rotterdam crossings for DN12

Edited by Wh00sher on Tuesday 14th April 06:35

[spadriver]

Passport check sir.

Re saxo, shame to come all this way for two laps! Hope his bills aren't too high!

[Wh00sher]

Had a fracture of my exhaust manifold at Anglesey last week. I have Croft in July, then the next time out is DN in July !..

I`d rather the fracture happen at Anglesey than on Day#1 of a 2-day ring trackday. I could have welded it out there, but now I`ve time to fix it properly (I hope )

Anyone else have a shakedown event booked before the ring, or is that your next trip ? It`s only 2 months away now.

[Dakkon]

Looking at maybe Thruxton on the 26th, I am only doing the second day though and then off to the Spa 24h