Club Arnage

It would appear that there will be a good US CA invasion to Le Mans this year.

It's pointless you dragging un-necessary gear over here if it can be arranged by any of us European CA'ers.

Therefore, I've raised this thread as a sort of "who can provide" / "I can provide Swap Shop.

So, Team Impala (Randy, Mike, Gregg); YFDS (Chop, Hardpoint etc); Canada Phil; Fax, Matt and Dave; JohnnySpa or anyone else I've overlooked - if you have any gear problems or concerns, post them up and maybe someone can match up and help out.

 

I think we can all offer general hospitality .....for the newbies/oldies  from across the pond!!!!

If you all want to congregate on the same pitch  I can offer  an 8 man tent which is going spare this year as we are all using pup tents.

We have a couple of small Gaz stoves and cooking utensiles fold up chairs, table ect - am restricted on transport though but happy to put them into a pool of kit. Maybe somebody with carry space (i.e. a van for their own kit) should be a single point contact to co- ordinate whats avalible other wise you'll end up with 16 chairs and no tents! Perhaps the Planning meeting could be a revendos point for contributions.

I can provide a map of Yurp...  ;D

I have a spare tent, roll mat, and you guys are welcome to pitch up with the main Platinum Triangle Ca'ers. I also have a spare stove but I am sure it is easier if you just join up with other CA'ers for Dinners etc. Welcome at ours certainly.

Tent is a coleman 3 man would suit one with luggage possibly two, Used it at Le Mans several times and has held out the water in 1998 and 2001!

We have loads of kit that we are already taking down, let me know of anything you need and I am sure we can put something together.

Don't forget swimwear as I will have the pool that is also at your disposal should it be as hot as last year.

Looks like I'll be towing a small trailer so probably some spare room for kit.

Not much to offer though except some cold beers...  :P

every little helps, smokie ;)

The kind of love you all are showing is what drew me to this site over a year ago.It is also responsible for letting me realize a dream. :'(

Thank You All ;D

Don't trust them Randy - they're after your wedge!

OH YEAH !



whats a wedge? ???

Man, you all are excelent!! Your offers of hospitality is awsome. 8)
I can't wait to put faces to some of the personalities on this forum.  (Some I have already met)

I do have one request. Can we have a roll call of North Americans making the trip over, and where they
are camping/staying? How many times at Le Mans and where from ?  Have you ever been to Turn Ten?       

I mean no offense to the Europeans, just curious if we have met or soon to. :)  Thanks

Good idea...I've already pm'd Pieter to say we've got:

3 x self inflating roll mat
1 x sleeping bag
1 x 5 man tent - has two "rooms" and will sleep 1 in each room with space to spare, has full head height in the bedroom so no stooping!!  It's tried and tested in bad weather! 

We've also got lots of crockery etc.  Do I gather from Pieter's other posts the plan is for our trans-atlantic guests to experience (!!!) the hospitality of the DfH boys?  so it will just be a case of sorting "beds"? 

I can't wait and I can't believe that we're nearly in the last month countdown - it must almost be time for a chart for my desk  ;D

Can they bring the Margarita maker from Turn ten that was a great machine for info it was a blender driven by a chain saw engine!!!!!!! I have some pictures some where..... two of the main "drivers" signing pictures in the paddock http://www.gtphotosport.com/sebring2005/kpk_5005.html

Our group for Le Mans consists of:

Me* - Wisconsin
Flobee1kenobi* - Ohio
Hardpoint* - Ohio
Warlock* - Ohio
xSander* - Holland (Not in North America, or so I'm told).
Jack - Wisconsin
Dirtyboy - California
Mrs. Dirtyboy - California
Dirtyboy's friend - California

Possibly one pasty Norweigan, too.  ;D

* Denotes YFDS member.

We're staying on Karting Nord, starting Thursday afternoon.  This will be everyone's first trip to Le Mans except our Norweigan friend, if he shows up.

I think our friend Sander has most of our unflyables covered, so we look to be in good shape.  Thanks for the offer - you guys are the mufuggin' bomb!  ;)

This is the one!

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Man, now that's going to be hard to fit in my suitcase!!! ;D

You can take the man out of the caravan but you cant get him into a primitive tent with no facilities!!

 :D

P.S.  Hope the swimming pool will be included in the packing list tho!

You shoulda asked nicely...  :P  ::) :P

Yep the pool is high on the list!!

Thanks for the offer Wishy, sounds like we may need it!!!

Also, Does anyone have a 12 Man tour bus that Pieter can borrow to pick us up.  ;D ;D ;D

Now THAT would be practicle indeed, I even have some extra passengers for you then. ;D

I looked into renting one for a week early last year, and from the Rotterdam area to Le Mans and back for a week it was about €600,-
Excluding petrol and road tolls that is :-[

Thanks buddy.

Me and my group are coming completely unprepared. We have absolutely nothing. However, I’ll be there Saturday and leaving Sunday so how hard can that be? Any extra supplies would be greatly appreciated.

Hi dirtyboy, do you mean you'll be there for a week or just the saturday/sunday of the race weekend? 

Just the saturday/sunday of the race weekend.

I was already booked for the World Cup when I realized that I could also attend Le Mans on the trip. Thus I will be completely unprepared for camping/sleeping/eating – I’ll however be ready for drinking.

You know what they say on MB! No sleep till monday, so you should be good for saterday and sunday. Just pass out next to the track, the gentle humming of the car engines will put you right to sleep ;D

Yep no problem, who needs to sleep in 48 hours  ;D

I thought Le Mans ended on Saturday 4PM ???

Lightweight  ;D ;D

Hmm, yeah sorry. Forgot about the PooBar for a moment ;D

I have a 17 seater this year ?

5pm this year - please concentrate...

And I think you will find it ends on Sunday rather than Saturday too!  ::)

...I know that you like to leave early Smokie...but Saturday is a bit early.

As this grows it seems more and more like SEBRING ;D. Thank you all for the offer of camping gear, tent, bed rolls etc. Now really is the hard part--really trying to narrow things down. I know it always works itself out.

I thought maybe that large tent (8 man) could house us TT (Turn 10) blokes all in one, that way if we've made total asses of ourselves the authorities only have to come to one place. :o   

We dont need no stinking tents.All we need in some stinking Lemans dirt to sleep on.God knows I have slept on stinking Sebring dirt enough times.

Greg ,Mike and both can attest to that.

Dont you guys remember !

This is going to be the PARTY of our lives.Where we fall down is whwere we sleep.

But dont wont Pieter and DFH have everthing under control.

NO WORRIES ! We are going to Amsterdam! Oh yeah Lemans also !

Randy, have you been hitting the sauce again? ;D ;D  Can't wait to hear you strolling down m.b. singing your rendition of ......"
"THE BRADY BUNCH, THE BRADY BUNCH, The youngist one in pearls"  8) 8)

Amsterdam? Now I'm envious. It sounds like you guy are in for really big fun. Something tells me the anticipation levels are going to hit warp drive very soon. A problem everyone should have to deal with at least once.

 Speaking of sleeping on terra firma, I had the idea years ago to try a bare bones, no frills Lemans trip. Something along the lines of fying into Paris with nothing more than a cooler and hitch hiking from the airport to the track and back. That thought came to me 10 years ago and still has some intrigue. What's the chance of someone hitch hiking to and from the track without showing up on some militants web site with a gag and blindfold? If it's not possible, what the lightest way to do Lemans in a reasonable fashion?

 Back to dirt, I highly recommend the ditches ar Road Atlanta for quality sleep. Nothing like it that I've found. A firm foundatoin and very few fire ants or pedestrians to deal with.

hhmmm Road Atlanta,I have slept on the dirt there also. ::)

Hey guys,sounds like your been spoilt by nice comfy dirt, the dirt on MB is pretty hard, a thin layer of soil and then rocks (seems that way when your trying to get tent pegs in!) so I reckon that you need to get some cushioning between you and the hard stuff.  I have a spare camp bed (also usefully elevated if it rains and the tent leaks!) that I can bring over (about all I can in the MG) you are welcome to it if needs (can also provide a sleeping bag if needed).

Hi Atc

The tent is yours for the weekend.Just send me a PM to confirm  and I will bring it over.

the tent has 4 X double sleeping compartments with a central lounge area 9' x 22' long so if you want to get extra bodies in ,there is space for an  6 - 8 extra bodies if required.

For those of you who want to make space for our guests the tent is 24' X 24' overall.

This year the"Shed" has been retired for the trip and I will be bringing "Dennis Ducato" so if anybody wants gear transported that they do not have space for I will possibly have extra capacity to bring it down.

Wishy

Blimey - thats bigger than my flat.... quite a lot bigger actually!!

 :o

Fran

All we need is Lawnmower man to do some trimming before any erections take place ;D

I always find it a bit of a  softer base if you leave it bushy!   All personal preference i suppose  ;)

Fnar fnar

I guess then you are taking the queen size divan and quilt with you then?

Are you providing the Mower Wishy?  I don't normaly do site prep work,  Too many bricks and stones.
they tend to chew up the blades So I prefer a previously prepared lawn.

t.

Is LawnMower Man any relation of Bicycle Repair Man. ;D

Sadly nothing as practical as that Amazing!!

Oh no wishy... i have a full size double air bed and duvet... you never know!!


F
 ;)

WTF is Bicycle Repair Man?

Bicycle Repair Man was a scit by Monty Python in the early years.
No offense intended,I do some mowing and landscaping on the weekends for
extra cash.

At the Sebring fall event in October.I would bring my weed wacker.The track would not mow for such a small event.At first everyone thought I was an idiot, then once I was done and we were not walking through knee high grass.They all wanted to use it. ;D

Probably not but he does turn his bike around a lot.   ;D

This is him (on the left...)

(http://www.monty-pythons.com/album/Episode_03/04-bicycle-repair-man.jpg)

Glad to be of assistance!

Cant help noticing that "Steve Brown Global Moderator" is slipping a bit... thats another photo opportunity he has missed.

 ::)

C'mon Fran, fair do's.  Bless him, his knees are still white, give the lad a chance.

Tom

Don't you have a Strimmer for bringing the grass level down to mower height and rake to remove any stones and "foreign bodies" .......that may be lurking in the grass.?

I can bring down a roller for you use if you want?

Of course I have a strimmer.  But it's run out out of the Nylon stuff.
How much space you got gong in the Shed?

t.
 

And took a piss on the track at 3am to scientifically prove a point !

Tom,

The "shed " is put to rest this year after 8 years of continous service ....instead I am bringing"Dennis Ducato"which at the mo is at 40% capacity.

I can probably carry a couple goats as your strimmer is put of nylon ;D

Bumping this back up, Pieter, have you managed to assemble a list of what you need from whom for our esteemed overseas guests? 

I've got room in the car but don't want to brings things you don't need - takes up wine space for the return trip! 

All I'm currently short on are two sleeping bags an 4 pillows from Monday. If you can fill that in, that would be great.

I will see what I can do!! Pillow may be a problem but I think we have a couple of spare sleeping bags

Get back to you tomorrow.

I especially enjoy a cold budweiser beer(s)  on a hot day.   Is this brand available in Le Mans?
Maybe Carrefour?

Forgot to add that if someone could give me a return lift to LM from London or Manchester on
Wed PM they would be rewarded with beer of their choice and some petrol costs.

At least you've got your priorities straight. ;D

Budweiser is not beer, it does not even come in close proximity to beer!

Tsk Tsk

I'd take Buddies over some of the dumpy shite I see folks building into beer-amids every year.  Kanterbrau!  Export 33!  Utter naff.  I'll take Budschmeizer every time (if we're out of the "black stuff" that is).

Dave will you and Matt be making the trek this year?I sure hope to see you there. 8)

Hey Randy!

Sadly Matt is landlocked this year, but I'll be there.  I'm heading to Europe for work this coming week and back in Indy next Friday - then head out with the Mrs and crumb snatchers the following Tuesday into Paris.  Thunder down to my folks house about an hour south of the circuit that Wednesday and then I'll head to the track on Friday and meet up with the rest of our crew in Houx.  Bit of trans-atlantic back and forth, but all in the front so a bit more tolerable.  Will be staying in France after the race for another week - still trying to work out if we need to stay a little longer for a spot more work too.   It'll all work out.

I'll be with about 14 folks from the UK - all missing Matt and Fax - but certainly intent on necking their Guinness and Champers allocations.

When do you get in?  Where will you be camping?  Does your cell work in France?  If so, PM or email me and we can exchange numbers to ensure a meet-up.

Looking forward to seeing you over there - and of course at the Petit in the Fall.

Hope you realize you're getting into something that is just as addictive as the US circuit - but a little more "out of the way" and $$$$$$$.

Cheers!

Sleeping bags sorted!!!!

Can any one supply the 4 pillows??

Or 4 Pillow cases, used to put spare clothes in, makes a good pillow and keeps you tent nice and tidy  ;D

Brilliant!

Mmmmm.....  Nope, can't count on the condition of my clothes after I'm done with them!!!!! ;D ;D

Sorry about this guys, but i really think the moderator should step in here, helping with ESSENTIAL camping items is fine BUT PILLOWS for god sake.  CA will be the laughing stock.  Can you take this discussion off-line or onto one of those Nancy Yankee forum's like Sebring Fan.

What could be important than pillows?Other than beer of course.

After all why not be comfortable?

Pieter do not worry about pillows we can pick up some nice comfy ones on the way down.

OK great Randy, I'll remove them from my list.