What an epic weekend (Ring/Spa)

[mole]

Got home midnight last night after a detour via Brussels for some chocolate and beer solutions (and dinner) with TMAQ.

Such an amazing weekend - the weather (although wasn't ideal) didn't affect how much fun was had :thumbs:

Glad I managed to get a (half) place at Spa - although for the wrong reasons :bigcry::bigcry:

My co-driver took loads of pics of a lot of you that he'll get uploaded in the next few days.

Great to meet even more faces over the weekend, and here's to the next one :beer:

[csl_mba]

What happened at Spa? Only asked cos a bunch of my mates went

[phat///M3]

Nice pics, looks like good fun.

[mattCSLnut]

Here here :thumbs: an epic weekend has been had, brim full of SOLUTIONS :beer:
I got home @ 11 pm after CSL/Z4M Convoy Solutions with Flatout & Shimmy, with some Tunnel Solutions :whistle: thrown in for good measure.

Great we could share the place @ Spa, me being the other half ticket holder :thumbs: Sorry for the small diversion we had on my fifth lap ever @ Spa, which was instantly rectified by semi slick Tyre Solutions for the short but ever so sweet dry spell we had mid afternoon.

Cant wait for Picture Solutions from Andrew :smt041:smt041:smt041

Got home midnight last night after a detour via Brussels for some chocolate and beer solutions (and dinner) with TMAQ.

Such an amazing weekend - the weather (although wasn't ideal) didn't affect how much fun was had :thumbs:

Glad I managed to get a (half) place at Spa - although for the wrong reasons :bigcry::bigcry:

My co-driver took loads of pics of a lot of you that he'll get uploaded in the next few days.

Great to meet even more faces over the weekend, and here's to the next one :beer:

[_Nathan_]

What happened at Spa? Only asked cos a bunch of my mates went

Some talentless mong lost control of his evo at la source and t boned someone as they were leaving the pits minding their own business.

[mattCSLnut]

Some talentless mong lost control of his evo at la source and t boned someone as they were leaving the pits minding their own business.

Yeah... that was TOTALLY MINDLESS ... the poor, totally innocent German guy got his E46 M3 badly damaged after 30 minute wait in the pits and less then 10 seconds on the track he got whipped out by the UK Evo Numpty who was trying, badly I may add, to show boat. A friend of mine has the whole accident on Video, from start to finish, which very clearly shows how & why.

AlexGTT was VERY lucky as he was the car in front of the German M3 as they pulled out of the pits.

[_Nathan_]

Said German M3 is a mate of mine, not a good day for him.

[mattCSLnut]

Said German M3 is a mate of mine, not a good day for him.

Poor guy :smt085 I saw the damage up close :119: seems quite extensive. I really feel for him as he was totally innocent, trying to have a good time.
Did we meet yesterday ? :smt017

[_Nathan_]

Nah, I couldn't make it, would've loved to have been there.

[Yanto_csl]

1000% agree with Rich - epic weekend guys...

Good company, driving, banter, steaks and booze...good to put faces to names/usernames.

Big thanks to Terryb, Shimmy and Rich for the pax laps blagged / advice on line etc :thumbs::thumbs:....it was extremely useful and helped me out massively (don't think I missed anyone !) and all others for advice in the garage at Spa :thumbs: ....very helpful for the new boy...

Apologies again to David...but lets not go there again :hahaha::hahaha:

btw - if anyone did catch a picture of me on track can you pls PM it to me prior to posting so I can photoshop it to show at least a slight blur in the background :whistle:

I have some pics that I'll post up but they're not all that....Bealo, have got a few seconds of shakey vid footage (compact camera) of you in Darth Vader, on it down the pit straight and around La Source. Let me know if you want it (zorst sounds good )

and finally Bounce, when in Rome.....

Bounce at Breakfast on day 1 : So, do you do a Full English ?

Sabines sister ?? (in deadpan voice): Full English ? NEIN, you are in Germany now !!!! :hahaha::hahaha: :hahaha::hahaha:

Got the bug...got 4 more CCI insured track days to use this year, so will start picking off the UK tracks...

Cheers boys :beer::beer: :beer:

[mole]

Sorry for the small diversion we had on my fifth lap ever @ Spa, which was instantly rectified by semi slick Tyre Solutions for the short but ever so sweet dry spell we had mid afternoon.

No probs Matt - it wasn't that bad and could have been worse :whistle:

Remember - Goodyear are 3 and NOT 4 lap solutions in the dry :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

Remember - Goodyear are 3 and NOT 4 lap solutions in the dry :hahaha:

:hahaha: :smt037 Dunlop semi slicks are the only dry weather solutions :-D

[flow_csl]

The spa trackday was great .
Alot of CSL's .
At some point i was passing the start/finish ... in front of me 2 CSL's , i looked in my mirror and i saw 3 CSL's behind me .
Must have been a nice airbox concert .

First video .
I was driving the black belgian CSL (yca-204)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nsZmveD2Q

[Bounce]

1000% agree with Rich - epic weekend guys...

Good company, driving, banter, steaks and booze...good to put faces to names/usernames.

Big thanks to Terryb, Shimmy and Rich for the pax laps blagged / advice on line etc :thumbs::thumbs:....it was extremely useful and helped me out massively (don't think I missed anyone !) and all others for advice in the garage at Spa :thumbs: ....very helpful for the new boy...

Apologies again to David...but lets not go there again :hahaha::hahaha:

btw - if anyone did catch a picture of me on track can you pls PM it to me prior to posting so I can photoshop it to show at least a slight blur in the background :whistle:

I have some pics that I'll post up but they're not all that....Bealo, have got a few seconds of shakey vid footage (compact camera) of you in Darth Vader, on it down the pit straight and around La Source. Let me know if you want it (zorst sounds good )

and finally Bounce, when in Rome.....

Bounce at Breakfast on day 1 : So, do you do a Full English ?

Sabines sister ?? (in deadpan voice): Full English ? NEIN, you are in Germany now !!!! :hahaha::hahaha: :hahaha::hahaha:

Got the bug...got 4 more CCI insured track days to use this year, so will start picking off the UK tracks...

Cheers boys :beer::beer: :beer:

I think my name has gone down in her little black book:whistle:.What a fantastic weekend though,good to meet everyone,and to get some laps in at the ring and spa.I got back about 2 o"clock this morning,feeling fooked now,ill get some pics up later.:thumbs::thumbs:

[anissut]

Great to meet all of you guys. As said, what a bloody epic weekend!!!! Saturday night was seriously messy. Too much beer, wine, dodgy nightclub but a right laugh. Once my headache had cleared on Saturday morning the general vibe around the Ring was fantastic. Petrolhead nirvana and everyone so friendly. I was crap around the Ring and didn't really enjoy it as I was just too wary after all the stories and incidents. Managed to get a couple of passenger laps in a 996GT3RS and a CSL with a couple of guys from Pure GT who were pretty quick which was awesome.

The convoy to SPA was rather interesting to say the least, especially having to lead the pack and not getting my Tom Tom right. Had Terry in his 996 GT3 Manthey and Woppum in his 997 GT3RS all over my backside. SPA was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Didn't feel confident while the track was wet so first couple of times out I was a bit of a pussy but the last 2 sessions out were much better and when the track was dry I was starting to get to grips with it. What a fantastic place though, the scenery, the aura of the track. I can now always say I have driven the SPA circuit. I then went out with Terryb for a few laps. That GT3 really does motor. We had a brilliant dice with a std black 996 GT3 in front of us. Terry was clearly faster but this guy was on it and was not going to let him past. So, we dived down the inside of him after start finish but ended up overshooting and he was back in front again. Was a right giggle.

Left the track at 4.15pm just as the rain started again and hit the Eurotunnel at 7.30pm but earliest train was 21.06. Ended up seeing a few of you guys turn up at around 8.30, Yanto and a few others. Got home at 10.30pm and am pretty shattered at work today.

Excellent weekend guys, a real unforgettable experience.