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So, UKGTP8. A triple LAN setup and the largest non-official gathering of GTers ever held in the Western Hemisphere. No pressure then... 
Most of the crew - and luckily I include our Dutch guests in this, who arrived in a VW Transporter with 8 driving seats and rigs - arrived on Friday evening and gathered in the Cromwell for one or two shandies and a quick feed at the local steakhouse. And a nice early night.
Moving on...
Series 1: Noughties Coupes
Traditional staple of the UKGTPs now - everyone starts off in the fastest car of a pack of 6 (in this case, the Ruf RGT as always) and, as they are successful, move into theoretically slower cars - ensuring a varied mix of race winners as the quicker drivers get bogged down in slower cars. Race winners move down 2 cars, 2nd and 3rd place drivers move down just the 1.
The 6-car pack was:
1. Ruf RGT
2. Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06
3. BMW M3 '04
4. Ford Mustang GT '05
5. Pontiac Solstice Concept
6. Chrysler Crossfire
The series winner is the first person to manage a race win in the slowest car in the field - the Chrysler Crossfire.
Series 2: GT300 Pick'n'mix
6 cars, 6 races each, each driver can pick each car once and once only. Not complicated, until you try to get 21 drivers into 18 cars and not get left with anybody trying to race themselves at the end.
Our 6 cars are the GT300s:
1. Toyota WedsSport Celica
2. RE Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7
3. Subaru Cusco Advan Impreza
4. Toyota SuperAutoBacs MR-S
5. ASL ARTA Garaiya
6. Nissan C-West RaZo Silvia
The Bowling
(work in progress - please bear with)
Most of the crew - and luckily I include our Dutch guests in this, who arrived in a VW Transporter with 8 driving seats and rigs - arrived on Friday evening and gathered in the Cromwell for one or two shandies and a quick feed at the local steakhouse. And a nice early night.
Moving on...
Saturday
Having hit upon a wizard wheeze - collecting memory cards ahead of the event to clone and localise - the setup was much less of a hazard and we were rolling by 10.40am. Nice change Series 1: Noughties Coupes
Traditional staple of the UKGTPs now - everyone starts off in the fastest car of a pack of 6 (in this case, the Ruf RGT as always) and, as they are successful, move into theoretically slower cars - ensuring a varied mix of race winners as the quicker drivers get bogged down in slower cars. Race winners move down 2 cars, 2nd and 3rd place drivers move down just the 1.
The 6-car pack was:
1. Ruf RGT
2. Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06
3. BMW M3 '04
4. Ford Mustang GT '05
5. Pontiac Solstice Concept
6. Chrysler Crossfire
The series winner is the first person to manage a race win in the slowest car in the field - the Chrysler Crossfire.
Series 2: GT300 Pick'n'mix
6 cars, 6 races each, each driver can pick each car once and once only. Not complicated, until you try to get 21 drivers into 18 cars and not get left with anybody trying to race themselves at the end.
Our 6 cars are the GT300s:
1. Toyota WedsSport Celica
2. RE Amemiya Asparadrink RX-7
3. Subaru Cusco Advan Impreza
4. Toyota SuperAutoBacs MR-S
5. ASL ARTA Garaiya
6. Nissan C-West RaZo Silvia
The Bowling
(work in progress - please bear with)
You're right! He is wrong!
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Plus, if you're going to be nervous about anything, save it for the earthquakes. 
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