DDK @ the Nurburgring 2005

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:53 pm

Keen? Yes!
Have enough time or money? Nope

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:10 pm

COUNT ME IN!

I could meet you chaps up there as I live about 2 hours away at legal speeds.

So....Luke are you going then?

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:49 am

I have a buddy (fellow 911 owner) who will be here from the US...he may join me on Saturday.

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:37 am

sadly work commitments mean I'm not going to be able to make the ring this month, but am aiming to go in September, will post details once its finalised.

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:39 pm

ok, I am going up on Saturday so if anyone is there look for me. I am going to check on Ben Lovejoy and see if he is going.

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:15 pm

Started off the day with a 0700 wake-up (7 am for you non-military types) to head north, destination the Nurburgring. The weather forcast is not so good but I decide that it’s worth the trip since the ring is open all day for the next three days. I meet up in Kaiserslautern with another Pelican member named John (bascobites) and his wife Lin. John’s 993 is in the shop so he is forced to take his Mustang GT instead, I told him not to worry as 911’s are a dime-a-dozen at the ring while his Mustang is not.

A few pictures:

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:16 pm

Basically I determined that I would attempt one lap to see how my old tires would hold up in the VERY WET conditions. The track as many of you know is very difficult in dry weather so I was not going to push my luck today.

I did manage to make it around without incident but hydroplaning your way around is not fun! So I parked the car and became a passenger/spectator for the remainder of the day.

A few more pictures:

More to come...

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:17 pm

More pictures:

More to come...

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:18 pm

And there is at least one guy who wishes he had stayed inside as well. =o(

More to come...

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:20 pm

Lin went for a ride in the Viper! She was pretty excited after the fact and I am sure she should be. At the time she went the track was closed due to the weather, so the only vehicles making their way around was the Viper and the two BMW Ring Taxis.

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:21 pm

And below are the rest of the pictures that I have uploaded.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:33 pm

wow

Some very nice machinery in the car park. Any more piccys of the girls

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:41 am

k9handler wrote: 911’s are a dime-a-dozen at the ring while his Mustang is not.

Hmm, I see what you mean !
Still want to take mine some day.
Tim

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Mon May 16, 2005 8:50 am

bad luck with the weather, but looks like you had a good few days of Porsche watching!

k9handler · Post by **k9handler** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:16 pm

the weather was probably good yesterday afternoon and today is nice, so Ben will have some good photos I am sure.

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