The hilarious Ring trip last weekend ....

[peppernick]

Despite the jet lag, the weekend gone was definitely one of the most enjoyable outing. I flew in from New York City the night before, slept for 4 hours and was on my way to Folkstone at 6am ........ but what a weekend! :cool:

Highlight of the trip was this :D .......... Sneaking onto the track at Adenau Bridge and this was what we had in front of us ........

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Literally could see jack! ....

.... but amidst the darkness, a bunch of pranksters .... :D

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The obligatory EvoTechnik Ring christening that was long overdue ...

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And BMWland ....

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We had some paint left over, and the Doc got his hands on it :eek: ..... :D

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He even bap-pisstised ExMuhle so that no one overtakes a blue M3 vert at that corner ....

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With the left over paint, we had a firefly dance ......

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God knows how this section looked like in daylight ....... LOL :D I'm sure some one will have more pics :)


.... More to come :D

[Tilly]

LMFAO 10 outta 10 for effort :D

[acshnitz_328i]

Vandales......... hahaahahaha classic, top marks for effort,

btw did you use a roller or sumfing? cos they all look the same width and stroke lol

or is this just me looking a lil too hard???

[thegolfather]

Marking your territory boys...well done!

Just hope that's permanent non-removable paint :)

[Scholesy]

quality! :p

[peppernick]

Some of my pics :)


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[benny boy]

:eek:

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Very nice :)

[peppernick]

Yep, Gumpert Apollo, driven hard. Exhuast note a bit muffled though, even the GT3 outshouts it.


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[thegolfather]

Superb photo-fest!

The Gump looks sick!

[peppernick]

Some forum cars .....


Doc Matt's Gyrominge ....

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Raj's traction control galore ....

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Paul's (Mystic Sport) yellow bird ...

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Paul (PaulM3). His new GT3 RS. Thanks for the pax lap :cool: M cars are good but the 911 RS is a different league of performance car, especially on a track. Everything else feels like a boat after you've been in one of these.

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[big pimp]

awesome again nick!!!

[benny boy]

Yep, Gumpert Apollo, driven hard. Exhuast note a bit muffled though, even the GT3 outshouts it.


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Nice pics Nick. Ours on tick over is very quiet but under load is very loud. The Apollo round the ring has brokern the 7 min. barrier but was not one complete lap at the same time they aim to a full lap next year some time.

[PAUL ///M3]

Nick , glad you liked it and thanks for the pic , better than the bloody pro's! Sorry i never got to take you out matt , would also have loved a lap in the Z!

[MEGA]

LMFAO at Vorsprung Bone Technik

Matt for pres :D

[zarnd]

Was a very enjoyable trip, thinking of going again this year if i can swing it at work as i only had half a go this time!

good pics as usual nick!

cheers

[SYE]

quality pics once again enjoyed looking

[mystic sport]

Going to go through my pics later but suffice to say what a bloody excellent weekend. Some of the very best people to spend time with :D . I didn't stop laughing when we went onto the track for our little bit of artwork. Just finished stripping my brakes for the second time and am now back to OEM front disks and axxis pads. Finally the vibration is gone and so it is official, I have managed to bend the DBA5000s :( . I put this down to the crappy single pot sliding calipers as the warping is a little odd when you view it but never mind - BBK next, only thing that I want now then I can really give the M3 some grief :D . Can't wait until our return next year. Pics and writeup to follow.

[huzi7]

awesome pics mate

[peppernick]

so it is official, I have managed to bend the DBA5000s :( .
Can you actually see the twisted discs? Might be worth putting them on a lathe.

[taroni133]

good pics ,looks like fun

[Vert]

Like I said in the other thread, fantastic trip, great to meet you all again and thanks to Matt for picking me up and everyone for taxi-ing me around! Look forward to the next one! :cool:

I've started to sort through my 2gb+ photos but here's a quick preview: :D

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[scorcher]

Love the decals Matt!

[mikem]

Love the decals Matt!


Yep, Matt was in stealth mode. Apparently the decals can`t be seen above 160. :D :D

[peppernick]

A few more non-blurry ones :cool:


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As it's DTM weekend, Team AMG was out in force. One of their very gorgeous Black Series cars. Here's a CLK63 :cool:

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And a brand new 997 Turbo, not even taxed. Trade plates on show. Still it was ragged like it was a seasoned car on the Ring.

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Nice plate! :cool:

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When it comes to the baddest Porsche, Edo Competition wins. Interesting to see a 993 Turbo and a 997. I asked one of the personnels why there wasn't a 996, he said the 996 was too unreliable and not sharp enough. The 997 is the proper model to succeed the 993. Interesting.

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Next year, half the cars sold will be white!

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Perfect! :cool:

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If the only TVR that can run continuously without any reliability issues, it has to lose some of it's body panels to compensate for it's reputation. These guys lost their bonnet at Brunnchen. The laugther from the crowd was something else ......

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[SpeedTrap]

Great one Nick..:) Thought you were taking your D? what happened?

[peppernick]

Why 'D' when you can 'M'? :D ..................... ;)

[Chaos]

so it is official, I have managed to bend the DBA5000s :( .
A lathe may be a tad harsh, Nick.. :D Paul, if it's surface corruption then skimming may sort it, we can get that done for you without too much bother. If it's actually visibly warped tho, it's dead Jim...

[beauforty]

Great pics Nick, glad you had a good time.

Starting to think about my next project so would like to bounce some ideas off you...

[zarnd]

some more great pics nick

your old M3 shot past me tonight on the way home, still as it was sold from BMW with the M3 BBK plate as well!

cheers

[mikem]

I`ve not had chance to sort through the pics on my phone. Just over 1800 miles in 4 days for me !! Great to meet up with you guys again and to meet smoe new faces, fantastic weekend and haven`t laughed so much in ages. I found a few pics on Bridge to gantry but think this is the best one.

Anyone want to hazzard a guess whats going through Zarnd`s mind in the passenger seat. :D

[zarnd]

cool pic mike! Must say that i had a blast with mike as a passenger when the M5 decided to eat it's front brake pads after 6 laps and i was reduced to being a passenger!

thanks to everyone for the laps and for everyone trying to help out, it was all very much appreciated!

brake pads ordered, just got to wait for the car to be returned now!

cheers

[zarnd]

I`ve not had chance to sort through the pics on my phone. Just over 1800 miles in 4 days for me !! Great to meet up with you guys again and to meet smoe new faces, fantastic weekend and haven`t laughed so much in ages. I found a few pics on Bridge to gantry but think this is the best one.

Anyone want to hazzard a guess whats going through Zarnd`s mind in the passenger seat. :D

ha ha, that was the last lap i had with you when the Exige binned it before our eyes and we had o stop to help, can't think what i was doing looking that way though...

cheers

[RDG 40]

LMAO at the painting of the track nice one, trust Matt to be involved heeh

[444bhp Ray]

:eek: Nice to see some great pics ,thanks! you lot do have fun when your all out thats for sure.;) :cool: :cool:

[mystic sport]

A lathe may be a tad harsh, Nick.. :D Paul, if it's surface corruption then skimming may sort it, we can get that done for you without too much bother. If it's actually visibly warped tho, it's dead Jim...

I probably exaggerated about the 'warping'. Basically, with the nearside wheel removed, when you spin the brake disk it binds up at three points during a single rotation. It is fine with the OEM disks back in now but I guess it is down to my driving style. I like to carry alot of speed into a corner, probably using the brakes excessively. I can't seem to change my driving style so best change the brakes :p .

Anyway, here is my little writeup. Started off at around 7am from maidstone services to catch the 8:20am out from folkstone. Pretty uneventful journey down so straight to the hotel we went, checked in, dumped the bags and off to the 'Ring.

I got in three laps that evening and it was pretty empty, car seemed good but very understeery which resulted in me going for an excursion at one lap going through Breidsheid :o . Only shot over a bit of grass so no damage done other than to my pride. Understeer got me again, this time at chicane with Nick as a passenger (sorry mate). I had just finished blabbing on about the understeer when suddenly it hit me again and we went ripping over the grass into flugplatz, bollox, but again no harn done and a wake up call. That was it, the car was awesome until some spanner in an Astra wouldn't let me past and to hammer his point home he locked up in front of me so my only option of safety was more grass :mad: . Other than the brakes getting a bit bendy the car was immense, can't wait to try it with a BBK next year ;) .

Here are my pics, all 40 of them :eek: !!!!!!

Doc Matt going through Briedsheid
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Oops, someone is getting a bill
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What we go through to get these pics, shak getting just a little close
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Gallardo getting it very wrong
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Instantly followed by the merc
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Matt showing how to stay on the black stuff
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Cooling down whilst the track is closed after what would appear to be an extremely serious accident :(
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His 'n' hers (check out the plates)
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Liking the plate
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Must admit, wouldn't be my first choice of car to drive there
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An audi I like, not as quick as I actually thought though
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Apparantly this scooby had some work done at a garage and an oil return line was routed incorrectly resulting in a fire :(
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Let the fun begin
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Evaluating where to start :p
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Lets get started
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Nice
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Should this be in the tate?
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Our barman 'Rapping Rodney' at the hotel :D
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A sad site, worn brakes so Alex decided a recovery to the UK was the safest option :( .
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At least it gave us a chance to check out its undercarriage, impressive stuff
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Starting a lap in Nicks Z4M
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The bridge to start your time from
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Schwedenkruz, one of the very fasted points, probably nearing 145mph here
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The foxhole, huge off camber compression that one northlooper has taken at 147mph in an E30 (3.5 litre engine) :eek:
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Briedscheid and the now famous 'Gyrominge'
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Kesselchen
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Eschbach
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Brunnchen
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Gaunts CSL getting a bit sideways
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My nemesis :p
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Yum
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Yuk
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The end - until next year ;)

[adecchio-London]

Really enjoyed it and had a good time over the weekend trip...

great to meet some new faces,, and if i had a chance i would love to go again next year.. Ill post up some pictures later .

[arkenphel]

Beautiful pics guys. I'm gutted i missed this trip. looked like a cracker!
it's a quiet night in sunderland at the moment...

Ben

[yas_530d]

some crazy pictures, love the idea of the painting!

[imu]

Another awesome trip guys, it just keeps getting better and better... :)

Looking forward to doing it all again next year :D

[Raj]

Finally get a chance to log on after the weekend. What a great time had by all.

The weekend started at 3am on Friday for me. Only 3.5 hours sleep unfortunately as the week was manic so had to do all my packing and washing of the car and other bits on Thursday night. Was supposed to meet Matt at J7 of the M6 (our usual) at 4am but as my little 'un woke up as I was getting ready I had to put him back to sleep first. So I told Matt to head off and keep to 60 so I could catch up a little way on the journey.

Ended up meeting Matt at about Gaydon...:eek: , hard to believe as he was doing 60ish and I was doing a ton..
After going passed him, I realised the one crucial thing I had forgotten (I really need to start sorting stuff earlier next time)....THE CAMERA....aghhhh. Theres wasn't enough time to go back, so no pics for me....BASTID.

We decide to pick up a little speed and headed down to Portsmouth to pick up Shak.

From there, we headed to The Tunnel. As we got caught in a little traffic, we decided at the first opportunity to really start to get into the weekend. From the slip road off the M25, we gunned it across 3 lanes of traffic and got to some very interesting figures...:D . I think at this point Shak decided he may not want to get into a car with me...:o .

Onto the tunnel and off the otherside we then met up with the rest of the gang at the TOTAL garage.

After taking an interesting detour (cheers Mike), we were back onto the open motorways. Traffic was heavy through out the journey to the hotel, but there were always opportunities to open up the cars a little. My trip would not be complete without me trying to get through the smallest gap I could find at least once (Alex knows what I mean....;) :D ).

Anyway, after dropping our stuff off, we head to the Ring where I get in a couple of laps. It's good to be back. Nick took me out for his first lap in the Z4M.......WOW, what a car. It is just so well balanced and with the mods Nick has done to her, she is truely awesome. Sounds just soooo right and goes so well. The Brembos are phenominal and you really can carry so much speed through the bends with her. If I had the money, I would buy her in a heartbeat.

Dinner at PK was a must that evening (infact we were booked in both nights) and then back to the hotel for a bit of a chill out.

Saturday consisted of getting up and heading straight to the Ring for the day. The roads to the Ring are nearly as enjoyable as the Ring itself...:cool: :cool: :cool: .

As Nick has said, Paul was there in his GT3 RS and he took me out of a PAX lap (seriously thanks for that Paul). The grin on my face must have been seen from Mars... Seriously stunning car and Porsche definitely got it right...:cool: :cool: :cool: .

Another highlight was another PAX lap in Nicks Z4M, but this time with the roof down. We ended up catching a Corvette but he wouldn't let us pass, so Nick decided to have some fun and just stay on his tail. It must have been such a site for the driver and those watching at the viewing points, seeing us all over this Corvette with big smiles on our faces and the top down....LOL.

Sunday saw Alex's M5 being taken away (what a sad site) and then us heading back to the Ring for the final day.

We decided to start back at about 2pm as we thought with it being the DTM weekend traffic would be murder if we left it any longer. In usual fashion, Matt and I decided a leasurely drive was not for us and we gunned it... Nick and Mike decided to go with us so there we were 4 loony BMs charging through Germany. Unfortunately, Mike got caught up behind some traffic and we ended up with just Matt, Nick and myself. The 330d held its own, well at least to about 125ish at which point Matt did start to edge away. I did find out something interesting though..... Cruise control does work at 140.....LOL. Nick also ended up getting caught behind some seriously slow moving cars and then there was just Matt and I.

Finally got to the Tunnel to find that even though we had made excellent time and did the journey in about 3 hours, we still couldn't get onto an earlier train. So we had some food, as the rest of the gang caught up with us and then waited for what seemed like ages until being called through. We were then delayed at passport control and had to queue for quite some time before being able to board the train.

Got off the train back on UK soil at just before 10pm and then started the long drive home to Wolverhampton. After clocking up 1400 miles in 3 days I finally walked through the front door at 12:15am...that wasn't too bad considering door to door from the Tunnel to my house is 247miles....:D .

The D performed very well and over the whole weekend I still managed a healthy 31.6mpg......

[zarnd]

My trip would not be complete without me trying to get through the smallest gap I could find at least once (Alex knows what I mean....;) :D ).

you could barely fit a gnats bollock through the gap you went through mate...

[peppernick]

I found a pic of the E36 that actually went over the armco and into the ravine at Brunchenn :eek: No roll cage, the roof was squashed. The driver had a lucky escape.

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/trip_reports/trip53/53-99-bmwcrash.jpg

[Black Sabbath]

I found a pic of the E36 that actually went over the armco and into the ravine at Brunchenn :eek: No roll cage, the roof was squashed. The driver had a lucky escape.

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/trip_reports/trip53/53-99-bmwcrash.jpg
No big deal Nick,I see this sort of thing day in day out.To be honest theres no better feeling than putting a strop or a set of chains through a car and lifting it up dangling it for all to see before it get dumped on the back of the truck :D :D

[peppernick]

Now that's cold .............

.......... but to hell am I prepared to miss a photoshoot opportunity like that! If given the chance :D

[gie0320]

Cool pics guys, hopefully one day I'll get there!

[Amuro]

I found a pic of the E36 that actually went over the armco and into the ravine at Brunchenn :eek: No roll cage, the roof was squashed. The driver had a lucky escape.

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/trip_reports/trip53/53-99-bmwcrash.jpg
I feel very sorry 4 that owner. Suppost to be have fun but end up like this. This is a good picture to share in a way. Hope everyone of us here take it easy in the ring or any other place where u decide to put your right foot down.
Good pic nick!!

[sixspeed]

Looks awesome guys - just like ever trip to the 'Ring should be!

I'm there first weekend in October, with a day at Spa on the Monday. Would have loved to come to this one but already had plans for that weekend!

Will be there a fair bit next year though (3-4 trips planned, and plenty of track mods for the Z over the winter months), so will definately make sure I see you there next time! :D

[Vert]

As already said, great to see you all again. And a massive thanks to Matt for going out of his way to pick me up and drop me off for the weekend, as well as everyone else for the PAX laps! :cool:

We set off from Calais and I was able to take the following photos. At one point, I swapped over to Tariq's 335d so I could get one of Matt, but Nick somehow ended up further up the motorway as we took a slightly different route. I didn't manage to get any of Tariq at any point, though. He was just too quick lol.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0023.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0033.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0035.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0018.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0040.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0052.jpg


The "gang," with Tariq looking rather cool lol:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0154.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0819.jpg


You couldn't miss us!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/friday/images/DSC_0072.jpg


These guys were out in force. One of the drivers looked like a spotty teenager but they were all quick!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/friday/images/DSC_0092.jpg


There were four orange 997 GT3 RS' in the same gang!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/friday/images/DSC_0139.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/friday/images/DSC_0141.jpg


This Pearl White Gallardo is a UK spec car on Italian plates; it's a press car which has yet to be registered here.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0156.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0170.jpg


EDO Competition made an appearance. Like Nick said, they didn't bring their 996, but a 997, along with a 993. A rather nice young lady was at the wheel of the 993! :eek:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0158.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0159.jpg

Everything about the car was Carbon Fibre, even this!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0165.jpg


Due to a track closure, the officials had to stop letting people in, and the queue outside of the 'Ring car park didn't stop.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0173.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0174.jpg


The widow maker. The only one there, that weekend.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0789.jpg


An extremely mint example of an E30 M3 engine bay:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0791.jpg


This new 997 Turbo was still on trade plates.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0792.jpg


Closed track again, so the wait begins. This time, four motorbikes had gone off at the same time, and we think one of the riders may have died. :( I saw all four motorbikes being trailered off after about an hour. :(

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0848.jpg


Who could miss Thorlief's CSL:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0950.jpg


Paul and his nemisis, not very far from each other:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0971.jpg


On Saturday night, we hit the track and tagged it! :D

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0978.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_0979.jpg


AMG made an appearance with a few SLKs and a C-Class:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_paddock/images/DSC_0992.jpg


The Three Musketeers:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_paddock/images/DSC_1012.jpg


Didn't get a good look at what happened but a Zakspeed Viper left in not-so-great circumstances:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_paddock/images/DSC_1016.jpg

Considering it was DTM weekend at the GP circiut, the Nordshleife wasn't as busy as we thought, so quite moderate:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0944.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/images/DSC_0957.jpg


Various photos, trackside:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0252.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0330.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0362.jpg


At one point, I had a great view!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0459.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0470.jpg


Notorious Adenauer-Forst. We saw quite a few cars go straight across the grass! Including a black Gallardo, immediately followed by a Mercedes!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0537.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0540.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0541.jpg

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0606.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0621.jpg

A bit more traffic:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/images/DSC_0644.jpg

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1057.jpg


A bit of showing off:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1067.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1115.jpg


http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1091.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1103.jpg


Sabine wasn't to be seen this weekend, but the 'Ring Taxis still made an appearance. Apparently, they now have to stick to certain speed limits. I don't know if there's any truth in that. We still saw some sideways action, but I didn't catch of that with my camera.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1106.jpg


There were two red E30 M3s there. One of them had made a hell of a (good) noise. It turns out, a E34 M5 3.6 engine had been fitted!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1113.jpg

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1149.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1184.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1517.jpg


A Gumbert Apollo:

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1214.jpg


Well, I wouldn't!

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/images/DSC_1308.jpg




Not long before we left, good old TVR had to show their unreliability in spectacular fashion, with the bonnet flying off after the car fishtailed into Brunchen, mounting a high kerb, somehow missing the armco, where all four wheels left the ground before landing across the track! They weren't able to restart the car, so had to wait for the costly recovery company.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_1051.jpg
http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_1055.jpg
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http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_1283.jpg


Last but not least, just before we departed, we did a quick group shot. As you know, unfortunately Alex's M5 had to be picked up, due to a brake pad being non-existent.

http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/other/images/DSC_1589.jpg


On the way out, we spotted two E90 M3s heading in the opposite direction. Both had quad exhasuts and various parts of the car taped up. Though it was too late to catch any photos of them.

ALL my photos can be viewed on these pages:

Friday. (http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/friday/index.html)

Saturday - Paddock. (http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_paddock/index.html)

Saturday - Track. (http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/saturday_track/index.html)

Sunday - Paddock. (http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_paddock/index.html)

Sunday - Track. (http://nurburgring.5h4k.co.uk/aug_sept_07/sunday_track/index.html)

[huzi7]

excellent pics shak!

[beauforty]

Love the last pic Vert

[adecchio-London]

nice pics shak,,,

thanks

[zarnd]

some very good pics, got to look at the rest tonight!

got some brake pads though, but no car as of yet!

cheers

[mystic sport]

Have they given you a date yet Alex?

[zarnd]

Have they given you a date yet Alex?

not yet mate, they are not going to chase it until monday, and will let me know then!

cheers

[Juber]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b192/jubzsta/DSC_0969.jpg

The RS07 UFO - was behind my house parked up today, he must of been buying an Audi as he was in the dealers.......