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Well...

After waiting six long years, I finally saved up enough cash and had the right car with the right mods to join the annual Streetrace trip to experience the Nurburgring Nordschleife :D Left home at 9.00pm Fri night and then arrived at Dover just after 1.00am going into the Sat early hours. Only my mate with his white Mazdaspeed FD 'convoyed' with me down to Dover to meet the rest of the gang. Then hopped onto the 2.00am ferry over to Dunkirk. Once we arrived it took us a few hours through France and Belgium then into the Eifel mountains arriving at Nurberg around 10.30am.

First we got some breakfast then headed into Adenau which is the largest town in the area. Paid a little visit to the local Nurburgring fan shop where I got some goodies like cap and polo shirt hehe :thumbs: Didn't actually get to the main Nordschleife entrance area until 5.00pm when it was open to public Sat evening (touristenfahrten). By this time I had already met up with Benne and it was great to see his S15 and have a chat!! Unfortunately the opening of the track on Sat evening was already delayed by an hour and then some idiot had a bad crash within the first 10 mins so the Nordschleife was closed and did not re-open in time for any of us to get out in our own cars :cry:

So we left it on the Sat and headed into town for a meal and a few drinks. Good night's kip at a fantastic place Benne recommended and helped us book into meant I was fresh as a daisy in the early hours of Sun and ready to get out onto The Ring!! Did first couple of laps as passenger in Benne's car and he showed me how it's done like a pro - the boy can drive and he's nailing all the corners, taking the crests flat out, hammering through Karussell... AMAZING!!! :notworthy:

So then I started to lap the circuit myself and a mate estimated my first ever lap to be around the 9:20 mark (bridge to gantry) so I was pleased with that. I pushed as hard as I dared and really glad I had quite a few track days under my belt as this put me much more at ease than other mates on the same trip who did not have this kind of experience to rely upon. I had a sneaky look at the speedo halfway down Flugplatz and was topping 140 mph :eek:

By the end of the Sun I had paid for and completed 10 laps equating to over 130 miles of hard driving... and I still wanted more!! However, the return ferry beckoned and we left Nurberg around 6.00pm but missed our ferry by 5 mins grrr :mad: ended up only waiting another 2 hours for the next one back to Dover. There's a few videos to view and some of the best pics I took from the weekend as well.

It goes without saying I'll be back next year and deffo going for midweek trip (also recommended by Benne) as this will be much less busy and the track won't keep getting shut everytime some crazy fool decides to bin his Porsche 911 or Honda Civic haha?! :wack: Many, many thanks to Benne who has been a true gent and excellent local guide :) There were so many other things to do which I never had time for in the end like finding a decent viewing point and spending a few hours taking pics, walking sections of the circuit when closed, Schumacher Karting Centre... and my mates managed to get some pics with Sabine *cool* :D

J

Video of me lapping the Nordschleife:
http://vimeo.com/12978290

Fun video of the entire trip:
http://vimeo.com/12978873

Short clip showing massive flames:
http://vimeo.com/12981411
 
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Looks like you had an awesome time.

quick note: I can load the second vid and the third one is private.
 

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Nice pics, will watch the vids when I get some time, so I can watch it fully.

I nomintate Lupix to organize the s15oc Nurburgring trip 2011! :nod:
 

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lol don't worry I'll be organising one for next year now that I can meet up with Benne and know a little bit more about the place myself ;) We need more S15's on the Nordschleife!!!

BTW - dunno why the third vid was private but it's ok now...


Here's a pic I found from pro tog site (looks like they were snapped at Schwalbenschwanz or Mini-Karussell):









 
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Awesome, something I've longed to do for ages.

Would love to take my 15 to the ring.

Bet the whole thing cost a bit though?
 

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You won't regret it mate :)


Here's a cost breakdown as far as I can remember lol...

Ferry (overnight ones booked months in advance much cheaper) = £40
AA European Breakdown Cover (weekend) = £25
Car Insurance For Europe = FREE
High Vis Jacket + Light Deflectors = £10
Fuel (1000 mile round trip from Telford) = £180
Ring Fuel (10 laps roughly 1 plus quarter tank) = £80
Ring Laps (10 laps) = £162
Food & Drink = £50
Fan Shop (caps, polo shirts etc) = £65
Accomodation (only stayed one night) = £22

TOTAL = £634


Might seem a lot to some but as a petrolhead I enjoyed 2 days in Germany way, way more than if I had spent that money elsewhere. UK trackdays will still be fun but doesn't begin to compare to the experience and thrill of Der Nuerburgring ;)
 
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It was a great, funny, amazing weekend!
I´ve met lots of nice people, real petrolheads :)
Enjoyed it so much to be there with James and friends!
 

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Benne - come over to England when you get a chance...


All we can offer is Oulton Park (about as up and down as you get lol) and fish 'n' chips!!! :D :D
 
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Benne - come over to England when you get a chance...

All we can offer is Oulton Park (about as up and down as you get lol) and fish 'n' chips!!! :D :D
no, that´s not all, I know another reason for me to come over :D
 

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Can't see the 2nd vid, comes up with an error? Watched the other 2 though, and looks great, can't wait to give it a go myself :)
 
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some lovely snaps ther(as usual) car looks awesome squatting down under load man ,there was a nice selection of motors there too by the looks of it!! for that price its defo worth it ,looks like you had a really good time
 

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Looks like you've had a fun weekend there mate :)
 
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