LarsenGrind
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I was down there two weeks ago with the company. We are a small 5 guys carpenter company.
The boss invited us down there for a fully paid 3 days weekendtrip.
He even paid for my 102 Octane gas. All 5 tanks.
We left Copenhagen at 3 am. and began our 830 km roadtrip down to Nurburgring. We landed mid day, found the hotel, parked the cars and then what we was there for: The experience and just the feel of the area.
Friday we saw some of the track. Got a feel of the vibe that there are alot of it. So many nice cars. Build or bought. Cheap or expensive. It was all there.
Saturday morning he had rented two trips in a BMW M5 CS Ring-Taxi. As I was the only one who wanted to drive there, I got two trips in the taxi. Should be enough to remember all the tricks of the almost 12 mile track right...? Shit no!..
Dude did the lap in 8:20, Bridge to Gantry, and it was hella fun just to be a passenger.
After the two laps we drove over to watch some track action by the 'Youtube Corner' for a few hours.
I was soaking it all up. If I was to hit the barrier this was NOT the place to do it.
We went up the track to find some shade, as it was 33 Celcius and nothing but blue skies. Me thinking I could remember more of the track, the more I saw...
I was there to try it myself, so after a while I said, I'm ready now. I really wasn't that ready really. I was kinda nervous. My insurance wont cover accidents here, and due to our car taxes it's a 130K'ish USD car. So there's that.
I went to my car, drove the 2-3 miles to the track entry. Swiped my ticket. Drove onto the main straight, accelerated to 183 kmt, before I let it run towards the first turn. There a long series of slow turns at the start. Quickly found my self feeling at ease behind the wheel. Some cars passed me. I passed some. Was hoping to find some cars I could follow around as I couldn't find my way around all the turns. Alot of them are more or less blind.
Well I reached the YT Corner, and then the track was yellow flagged due to two incidents.
Rest of the tracks was all the cars just going back nice and easy.
I drove straight to the ticket booth. I wanted more!
Track was closed for 30 mins. When it opened up again I was at the entrance pretty quick. One slower car was in front of me, thru all the first slow corners, till the Flugplatz right hander. Then I just went with it and drove comfortably fast, but still I was holding back in some of the blind turns and drops (track has a 1000feet height difference). Wanted to get the car home in one piece.
Did the Bridge to Gantry in 9:17, and I'm stoked about that for a first real clean lap.
The guys from work, didn't think I was actually gonna go that fast, but they appreciated the screeching front tires when I went past them. They had spread out, so I got some footy from different corners. Pretty cool to have those.
Next day I gave my boss a ride along, and he enjoyed it a lot, even tho he though I would kill him. There was alot of fast Porsches that morning, so I wanted them out the way before it was just us without too much traffic. Was 30 sec slower that I did the day before, but we had alot of fun.
I gave my brother a trip down there for x-mas. Hopefully we will be able to go down there this summer. Cant wait!...
Pic is from the Fuschröhre section, and I was going 127 kmt thu the corner. My Pedders coils was on the hardest setting, but the car has a nice lean here.
The boss invited us down there for a fully paid 3 days weekendtrip.
He even paid for my 102 Octane gas. All 5 tanks.
We left Copenhagen at 3 am. and began our 830 km roadtrip down to Nurburgring. We landed mid day, found the hotel, parked the cars and then what we was there for: The experience and just the feel of the area.
Friday we saw some of the track. Got a feel of the vibe that there are alot of it. So many nice cars. Build or bought. Cheap or expensive. It was all there.
Saturday morning he had rented two trips in a BMW M5 CS Ring-Taxi. As I was the only one who wanted to drive there, I got two trips in the taxi. Should be enough to remember all the tricks of the almost 12 mile track right...? Shit no!..
Dude did the lap in 8:20, Bridge to Gantry, and it was hella fun just to be a passenger.After the two laps we drove over to watch some track action by the 'Youtube Corner' for a few hours.
I was soaking it all up. If I was to hit the barrier this was NOT the place to do it.
We went up the track to find some shade, as it was 33 Celcius and nothing but blue skies. Me thinking I could remember more of the track, the more I saw...
I was there to try it myself, so after a while I said, I'm ready now. I really wasn't that ready really. I was kinda nervous. My insurance wont cover accidents here, and due to our car taxes it's a 130K'ish USD car. So there's that.
I went to my car, drove the 2-3 miles to the track entry. Swiped my ticket. Drove onto the main straight, accelerated to 183 kmt, before I let it run towards the first turn. There a long series of slow turns at the start. Quickly found my self feeling at ease behind the wheel. Some cars passed me. I passed some. Was hoping to find some cars I could follow around as I couldn't find my way around all the turns. Alot of them are more or less blind.
Well I reached the YT Corner, and then the track was yellow flagged due to two incidents.
Rest of the tracks was all the cars just going back nice and easy.
I drove straight to the ticket booth. I wanted more!
Track was closed for 30 mins. When it opened up again I was at the entrance pretty quick. One slower car was in front of me, thru all the first slow corners, till the Flugplatz right hander. Then I just went with it and drove comfortably fast, but still I was holding back in some of the blind turns and drops (track has a 1000feet height difference). Wanted to get the car home in one piece.
Did the Bridge to Gantry in 9:17, and I'm stoked about that for a first real clean lap.
The guys from work, didn't think I was actually gonna go that fast, but they appreciated the screeching front tires when I went past them. They had spread out, so I got some footy from different corners. Pretty cool to have those.
Next day I gave my boss a ride along, and he enjoyed it a lot, even tho he though I would kill him.
There was alot of fast Porsches that morning, so I wanted them out the way before it was just us without too much traffic. Was 30 sec slower that I did the day before, but we had alot of fun.I gave my brother a trip down there for x-mas. Hopefully we will be able to go down there this summer. Cant wait!...
Pic is from the Fuschröhre section, and I was going 127 kmt thu the corner. My Pedders coils was on the hardest setting, but the car has a nice lean here.
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