Nurburgring Thursday 13th June

[r4_rick]

Just spent an hour or so packing the e30 for Wednesday and a bit of last minute fettling.

Now just enjoying a bud and looking forward to a few days away from work and a bit of self indulgence.

Must be some others going from here, looking at the entry list I reckon we'll be getting passed a fair bit !! I can't see us keeping up with anything !

[r4_rick]

Hopefully this picture is the right way up

[iguana]

Yip, I'm on the weds, Thurs, fri, leaving now.

[Martian O]

Looked like a wet one, how did you get on?

[tertius]

The morning was lovely, the afternoon was spoiled by a massive accident on Kesselchen that closed the circuit for a good two hours, while the sun was shining. When it opened I got two more laps in before the rain came down and pretty well put an end to the day.

[iguana]

The Weds & Thurs were brilliant, but the Fri was epic.

Will be a vid & article on the front page from Dale at somepoint, ref his ring shed development as I was the behind camera car filming for his new best lap in it.

Best time of the day I heard about was a tad swifter than I managed, 7.04 btg in a road car (e92 M3) blooming good going.

Edited by iguana on Sunday 16th June 09:17

[r4_rick]

Yeah it was a shame the circuit was closed for so long, and then the rain straight after when i passed the aston it didnt look that bad but i guess it was a high speed incident anyone know anymore ?

[iguana]

Yeh the later afternoon rain was a pain, always a gamble with doing just one day tho, doing the 3days it wasnt really an impact, tho finishing early just ment getting in the bar earlier & meant a bigger headache the next day, Doh!

Shame it took a couple of hours to clear up, I 'think' but don't know, that it was the fluid that took the time clearing up, the dust they used did go a long way up the hill, so would have taken some time.

I was lucky with that closure, I'd nipped off just before to do a bit of work in business hours- to load up a bashed car to come back to blighty at the recovery yard & with all the paperwork & faff it took about 2 hrs, but due to the closure I'd missed no track time.

[Adenauer]

iguana said:

Yeh the later afternoon rain was a pain, always a gamble with doing just one day tho, doing the 3days it wasnt really an impact, tho finishing early just ment getting in the bar earlier & meant a bigger headache the next day, Doh!

You and me both, mate. It was a great night but I was hanging the next morning

[Bitis gabonica]

I don't think it possible to do a 7.04 in a road going m3

[krallicious]

It would have been one of the Schirmer M3s. Road legal but had alot of money thrown at them.

[Dale Lomas]

Bitis gabonica said:

I don't think it possible to do a 7.04 in a road going m3

Schirmer M3. Like an M3, but turned up to 11. Klaus driving. Not slow.

Also, iguana, I put something up here: http://bridgetogantry.com/2/index.php/project-bmw-...

[iguana]

Cheers Dale, that looks ace, the embedded vid on that link is currently yr laps with the BRZ tho, our frolics couple of laps vid is below-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_tpB49u90&fea...

[ringweekends]

There's a video somewhere of a Tom Schirmer modified M3 doing some ridiculous time on a full VLN lap, DN5 I think?

If you search YouTube for Nitron M3 record lap you might find it, along with more info on the cars.

Amazing things, standard engines, lovely chassis.