UKGTP8 - The Ocho

[Mark T]

Just got back.

Had a brilliant time, thanks to everyone who went and particularly those who took the time to organise everything.

I think I forgot to say goodbye to a few people, Daan & AMG are the ones I can remember.

Luckily Famine didn't kill me, although he came very close. I'm sure the pictures of my serious injury will be up tomorrow.

 

[Famine]

We're back and intact.

That was brilliant, as ever. My thanks go to everyone who attended as, without them to drive the cars I've tested, the car testing is pointless.


UKGTP 9: No Spyker, no GT1s.

 

[Diego440]

UKGTP 9: No Spyker,

I thought we cleared that up in UKGTPVII?

 

[Alex.]

UKGTP n00bs are us


the special guest was an Aston Martin DBS, or should I say 'the'. If im not allowed to say for any reason delete my post or inform me

Thanks to everyone it was a great DAY, as I couldnt get there for sunday Damn parents

 

[Mrs. Famine]

Thank you everyone for a brilliant weekend. Famine is no longer climbing the walls

 

[Only_in_f1]

UKGTP n00bs are us

Yes i was part of that group 👍
Thanks to everyone for the day on Sat. Sorry i was late (Blame Alex.) and thanks to all who i lost to and the very few i beat

Thanks to all that organised it 👍

Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me.

 

[BlackSheep]

That was a brilliant way to avoid doing housework for two days! Thanks to the organisers for a cracking event, and thanks to everyone for making me realise that there is life beyond ASM, TCS and AT (even if the learning process did involve a few 'assisted offs'. Sorry Rob! )

 

[Alex.]

Yes i was part of that group 👍
Thanks to everyone for the day on Sat. Sorry i was late (Blame Alex.) and thanks to all who i lost to and the very few i beat

Thanks to all that organised it 👍

Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me.

No dont blame me, my dad wanted to work for a living, jeez who the hell would do that?

on the other hand I was extremley gutted not to be there for today

 

[Stevisiov]

Just got back!, bloody public transport. I am going to drive to the next one. Big thanks to Venari and Famine, very good event, I don't have much to compare it too in terms of LAN's although i am guessing it was a very succesful one judging peoples reactions.

I would also like to point out the special guest was a good ride

It was great racing against real people for the first time ever, and it was great to see the faces behind the avatar. Great racing everyone 👍

Thats all for now, I am knackered.

 

[Ren-Tec]

Hey guys i had a great time to day and i still have a lot to lear about lan driving but i can work on that

I would like to Thank Venari, Famine and his lady for all the work they put into this 👍

Its been great meeting you guys at the lan cheers

 

[Lee]

Yeah what everyone else said.

Massive thanks to Venari, for setting up the location. To Famine for setting up the LAN and the events and Kendra for keeping patience with everyone!

Finally thanks to everyone who attended for the great weekend's racing!

 

[Venari]

Indeed, the special guest was an Aston Martin. Some dodgy bloke I met down the pub had a sister with a friend who had a dog who used to belong to someone who works for Aston Martin, and he turned up with a car which was shaped strangely like a Bond car.

He asked us to keep the photos out of the press, though, so you'll only get the 'spy shot' style stuff here. Maybe in the New Year we'll publish an album (I think Roo took enough photos to do a 'Bullet Time' animated photograph of the thing...)

Apparently, everyone enjoyed themselves. I had a hoot, although I think another one in Banbury in the near future might do to the rest of me what the Aston did to my thumb this morning. Graphic photos of that appearing much sooner.

Our Dutch and Belgian guests were brilliant: fast, smooth and good fun - and that was just with the ladies! To Rob, sjaak, Jan, Ruud, and dustdriver (woo, beard trim for one!) thanks, you made one whole third+ of the event technically possible, and certainly helped make the whole thing great fun (and fast as heck!)

More ritualistic backslapping for everyone who turned up - I think you all enjoyed yourselves, at least, you said you did, so that was praise enough for me. Cheers!

Thanks also for the little prizes for moi. I hope you all thought I did my bit alright. Apart from the screwups. Which I've forgotten already. Which is good.

Bedtime now, I've been up since stupid o'clock, and I've got to be up again at stupid o'clock to go to work (down t'mill, licking coal clean...)

Venari.

P.S. And Ren-Tec is being modest, he was handing out large portions of ass-whup on the Clio endurance, I swear I could hear an odd Scottish accent from the PS2 screaming "that's all I can give ye', cap'n - ye cannae change the laws of physics!"

 

[Moglet]

I'm gutted I missed this, but as I was having a lie in with my GF that seemed a good enough occasion to miss it for. I just couldn't afford the petrol in the end though, otherwise I'd have been there on the Sunday!

 

[daan]

I'm just home too.

It was a fantastic weekend. Great racing, bowling, and chat with a great bunch of people. I'll post a write up, pictures and videos at some point...

Special thanks to Mark (Venari), Andrew and Kendra for all the work they put into this. I'll work on putting some car lists together for the next one.

Talking of which, when is it...?

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

daan ive been meaning to ask(told alex to but he didnt go!) was there a memory card in my ps2? i thought i took it out but i can only find one here not the second one.

 

[daan]

daan ive been meaning to ask(told alex to but he didnt go!) was there a memory card in my ps2? i thought i took it out but i can only find one here not the second one.

yeah, there was a memory card in the bag. PM me when you want the PS2 back. I'm off to sleeeeep now.

There was a wee fellow there on Saturday who went by the name of Alex, and he brought a mini-Mike along with him.

 

[sukerkin]

Just a few quick words to let everyone know that we got home safely and that I did actually survive a night out on the tiles with out Netherland friends . I might have felt like I would've welcomed death through today but I proved again that man can survive his own stupidity .

Sadly it did mean that I missed the days racing but I hope the extra prizes and presents we (well, Michelle, if I'm honest ) provided salve the wound, in some small part, for my and Michelle's not being there {and I still paid too !}.

Many thanks to Venari for putting it together, Famine for technical duties and stirling admin from Milford Cubicle who worked all day at keeping the results straight - bows all round.

The racing quality was very good in terms of good track manners and contact avoidance, only being let down by one race at the end of the day when people were getting tired and taking half chances that didn't really exist. You know it must've been a 'clean' day if I say it was ROFL.

Loved some of the battles I had when fighting mid-pack for places with Roo, Ruud and Venari and a great race versus Blacksheep at Fuji 2005 GT where his BMW just left my Mustang for dead on the S/F straight. I lost it in a spectacular spinning wipeout on the last couple of corners trying too hard to get in front for the last turn in the hope that I could hold the lead to the line - good stuff.

Anyhow, time for bed, still a bit weak and shakey but, sadly, will be well enough to go to work .

 

[Ren-Tec]

Venari.

P.S. And Ren-Tec is being modest, he was handing out large portions of ass-whup on the Clio endurance, I swear I could hear an odd Scottish accent from the PS2 screaming "that's all I can give ye', cap'n - ye cannae change the laws of physics!"

Cheers Mark, i enjoyed the clio 50 lapper alot and i had a torrid time in the LMP's to the point of parking them. Gotta get use to them i guess for next time

 

[Jump_Ace]

What was ur guy's fastest lap time in the Clio? Hope you all travel safely! Cheers!

Jerome

 

[Sureboss]

Cheers Mark, i enjoyed the clio 50 lapper alot and i had a torrid time in the LMP's to the point of parking them. Gotta get use to them i guess for next time

You can't!

As all others have said, great weekend, thumbs up (or not as the case may be) to Mark, Famine (Fameen, Steve ) and Kendra. I think the quality of driving was very high, the Dutch were quick (although maybe they didn't realise it...) the noobs were quick (Ren_Tec, Stevisiov90, Car-Less, etc).

I do wonder if the Dutch guys got back for the ferry though, took us about 45 minutes longer than we expected as the M40 was slow so we skipped down the 404 to the M4, the M25 was quite good even if it was limited to 60. Thanks to all, superb weekend.

Oh and has anyone got any tissues, because when that Aston fired up....

 

[Famine]

What was ur guy's fastest lap time in the Clio? Hope you all travel safely! Cheers!

Jerome

We had 5 of the 6 teams breaking into 1'26s, with Ren-Tec running a 1'26.146 as the fastest lap overall.

 

[TheCracker]

Sounds like you all had a great time, looks like plenty of new faces too.

I was gutted i had to miss it, especially since i passed within 5 or 6 miles of Banbury on Friday and Sunday on the way to and from Reading

Just makes me look forward to the next one even more.

When do we get to see the pix?

 

[Sjaak]

Hi guys,Jan,Ruud and me made it home,broken and broke.

What a great weekend I had,top job from Venari and Famine.

Left Holland on the Friday morning with two cars fully packed with gear(7tv's,8 playseats) making our way to Belgium/Antwerpen to pick up DustDriver.
Our next goal was France/Calais,to catch the ferry to Dover.
The boat trip went well and seeing the white cliffs of Dover again, through a typical British fog,was nice.

The last part was to Banbury,which was planned to do in 2,5 hours but took us 3,5 due the longest queue I ever watched,

After being welcomed by famine and Venari we checked into the hotel.
Unloading the gear was done in a few minutes,thanks for the help guys.
It was cool to meet the LAN members on the Friday night and with a good meal and to many beers the day was ended.

The races on the Saturday were very cool and it was a pleasure to race with some really fast guys.
I personally had some very good races with VEXD,........great racing mate.👍
About the Saturday night party actions I don't recall to much,which was leading to a second hangover in two days.
I do recall however someone(MarkT?) saying many times,...let's go back,let's go back.

Steve,Venari,Vexd,Ruud


The races with the LM cars were again fierce but fair and the team endurance was a new experience for me.
truly exciting to do,and our team,Venari,Roo and me even ended on first place for a short while near the end of the race.
Again the UK guys helped us with the loading of the cars and the home journey could begin.
Off course with an even longer queue on the M40 and M25,but made it to the ferry with 10 min to spare.

Looking back it was a super,super weekend and it wasn't possible without the efforts from Venari and Famine and all who helped and participated.
Thanks for all.

I met many people and couldn't catch up with everybody but still have something to say to those I did learned a bit better.

Ren-Tec..hell of a guy,a pleasure to see you again mate,say hi to Molly.
Sukerkin...cool to meet you and your lady,we had some fun,didn't we.
Venari...My team mate,perfect host,very nice to meet you....in short you are the best.
MarkT....how is the head?
Roo.....you did good in the team race and even beat my ass hard in some races.
VEXD...Fast,fast ....did I mention he is fast?....yep a fast and clean racer.We meet again.
Steve.....Young guy but with a great GT future ahead.
Daan....A new Scottish friend from me.
DustDriver.......Did brake speed records in Jan's VOLVO on the way back.
Famine...Thanks again for all your work.It was a pleasure to race under your command.

Laters,

 

[Famine]

Absolute pleasure to meet you, sjaak - and Jan and Ruud were brilliant company and excellent racers (driving against two of you and with Ruud in the Clio Endurance was awesome).

Jan was a matter of a single place after 4 events from taking the trophy home - had he been one place higher in any of the Clio Endurance, GT1 handicap or Kei Car Pick'n'Mix, he'd have won overall.

Incidentally, for VEXD:

Kei car (K-car) (軽自動車, keijidōsha ?) (IPA: [keːdzhi:doːsha]), literally "light automobile", is a Japanese category of small automobiles

 

[DustDriver]

I went to bed when i got home, but i came home ok.
The journey from Calais to Antwerp was rather quick, with a top speed of 210km/h i believe in rainy weather. Not complaining though
There was a moment when Jan thought he blew up his engine, due to smoke behind the car. But no warning lights were flashing and the engine wasn't less strong as before, so we kept driving.
It was probably the rain splashing up behind the car that looked like smoke at those speeds.

But i had some great battles this weekends, although i also had some bad luck.
But thanks to Jan i still won the Kei Car series. (a vid of how i won the last race will be posted )

I'll have to practice daily if i want to have a chance at beating (or staying closely behind) the flying dutchmen.

 

[Mark T]

I do recall however someone(MarkT?) saying many times,...let's go back,let's go back.


MarkT....how is the head?

Yep that was me. I wanted to go back to the bar but I had no idea what the time was. I'm so glad we didn't go back because if I had drunk anymore it would have been game over.

No visible bruising on my head this morning. Thinking back to that incident, it could have been alot worse, I could have taken the Famine puck straight in the eye.

Me and Vex'd are looking to make a Dutch appearance next year, although I seriously need to get a wheel and some practice before I even consider racing against them.

 

[Sureboss]

*snip*
Off course with an even longer queue on the M40 and M25,but made it to the ferry with 10 min to spare.
*snip*

I'm glad you made it Sjaak, the M40 was slow (Did you try ramming the cars like the Minolta at Seoul?).

Great weekend, hopefully I can fit in the 'Nono' around my exams, always good fun.

 

[Alex.]

yeah, there was a memory card in the bag. PM me when you want the PS2 back. I'm off to sleeeeep now.

There was a wee fellow there on Saturday who went by the name of Alex, and he brought a mini-Mike along with him.

'Brought along with" sounds about right!
He was scared to go anywhere first so I had to drag him into the cromwell

 

[Famine]

Incidentally, I currently have custody of a very shiny, black DS2. If anyone's missing it, please let me know.

 

[Only_in_f1]

'Brought along with" sounds about right!
He was scared to go anywhere first so I had to drag him into the cromwell

I didnt need no dragging into KFC....