good luck Steve.
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i am a bit gutted as my local group decided quite late that they were going to the ring this weekend and then on to Holland show.... BUT i was already booked up to go with the 16i Tour boys, Show only... Damn..
hope u have a good one, whoever's going
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Was awesome - car never missed a beat
Defo going back - no were in the UK is remotely close to the ring....
Car is ok - got 28mph off boost driving @ 90mph
Pulled 165 on the motorway through belguim for about 10 minutes - used half a tank of fuel that
On saturday did 3 laps - in the rain - 17 mins then 16 then another 16min lap.....scary that...
Drunk sat night - up at 8.00 sun morning for 2 more wet laps - then it started to dry so i waited an hour for the track to dry out....
did 4-5 dry laps, was getting faster and managed a 9.30ish lap...was just getting used to it and getting faster then it rained again...
Scary moment - fog dropped on far side of track, not only did you not know where the track was going you couldn't see it either - had a moment in the rain approching a bend at 100mph and not being able to see foook all.
Didn't get much footage as they were strict with camera but did a couple of laps.....
The track is amazing.....the whole village sit's in the middle of the track, everyone is so friendly - we even stayed in a bar on sunday night with 2 german tank commanders - like 7 foot, blonde blue eyes etc...we thought they were gonna kick off but managed to get em drunk.....they left in a mess - we stayed till 4.00am drinking and got 100€ of free booze from the landlady.....wasn#t nice driving @ 11.00 the next day home though....
The ring taxi you see for about 10 secs then its gone sideways past you....
The dodge vipers were fast too
saw a 1/2 million quid Carrera GT car - MY GOD!!!!! awesome...
I never lifted a spanner to mine all weekend - hammered the hell out of it and drove home
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Congrats Dingy.
Long distance in an old mk2 Escort is a sensory challenge isn't it?
Is that a good time?. That bird on top Gear did a quickish lap in a Transit diesel van didn't she?
I know she broke 10minutes in a diesel Jag.sigpic
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