Nurburgring 24hrs - advice needed!

[Steve Pyro]

Yo ho ho.

There's a late entry in the 'Going to Nurburgring' steeplechase.

Vegas has kindly offered me the spare seat in his boot by the spare wheel, so I'm going tooooooooooo.

About time I put my 'O' level grade C in German to good use.

[Boorish Grobian]

I admit to being very jealous of you lot going.  This has always been one of those "must see" races for me, its been a life-long ambition to see a race (and do a few laps) around the Nordschleife.  It remains the ultimate racing circuit.  I watched a dvd of the '73 German GP not long ago, it takes your breath away.
Fax

[Brad Zarse]

I'm really excited by the prospect.  The interesting bit for me, is that with all that track, I don't genuinely believe that a race driver would be able to learn it confidently in one weekend - especially when track time is shared, and alot of these drivers aren't regular racers.  It seems to me that it'll be the naturally quick, not the ones who have the best telemetry who end up being the best to watch...... I can't wait!!!

Fax....why not join us?  We will be drinking in the (hopefully) sun, cooking large dead animals on a BBQ, and watching cars...how could you ever resist??

[Dobbo]

A lot of the drivers have had a lot of practice on the Nordschliefe through taking part in the VLN series. Granted, there are also many drivers who are making their first appearance and it must be a steep learning curve! There are sections of track where you can watch 5 cars come through and see 5 different lines, Wipperman and Wehrseifen for example. Once the race gets going there are huge speed differentials and some very ballsy overtakes!

[Paddy_NL]

Paddy reporting for duty on this one, will be coming by van and not alone! Oh, and NBR24-virgin here!

[Steve Pyro]

Good good.  Looks like it's gonna be a cracker 

[tn*c]

Need more space in cars, We are now short of space.

Ian Wills need a ride and so does my brother.

[Bas]

For those attending the Nurburg 24h and Le Mans the ACO are selling tickets (€ 99) giving you access to both races here:

http://www.lemans.org/ticket/pages/adac_gb.html

[knetter]

Not a bad deal!

[Lord Pig-Pen]

That look quite good value...

[LangTall]

I'm almost sorry I'm going to a festival guys!
If I stay sober there, it's a 3 hour drive during the night from there to Nürburg......

Tempting!

Ok, spoke to shorty about it, looks like she's up to this also. Then the only thing I need is someone to take my tent up there in advance and to pitch it for me, as I'll be stralling in around 1 am on saturday then!

[Lord Pig-Pen]

So how many of us are going now.... My count was 16 if all get the lifts they need. Woo Hoo!

[Nobby Diesel]

Seriously tempted as I can't get to LM this year.
Has it been decided where everyone is going to stay? Probably going to get there on Thursday afternoon, so maybe not too much choice by that time.

[Andy Zarse]

Seriously tempted as I can't get to LM this year.
Has it been decided where everyone is going to stay? Probably going to get there on Thursday afternoon, so maybe not too much choice by that time.

Chateau Commer any good? 

[Paddy_NL]

I'm almost sorry I'm going to a festival guys!
If I stay sober there, it's a 3 hour drive during the night from there to Nürburg......

Tempting!

Ok, spoke to shorty about it, looks like she's up to this also. Then the only thing I need is someone to take my tent up there in advance and to pitch it for me, as I'll be stralling in around 1 am on saturday then!

We'll talk about this later tonight. I'll be sleeping in the van, but don't mind bringing & putting up a tent for you. Guess logisticly seen, I am the most logic person to give it to anyway...