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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:53 pm
by MdR
Keen? Yes!
Have enough time or money? Nope :(

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:10 pm
by k9handler
COUNT ME IN! :)

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

So....Luke are you going then?

Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:49 am
by k9handler
I have a buddy (fellow 911 owner) who will be here from the US...he may join me on Saturday. :)

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:37 am
by Luke
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.

Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 4:39 pm
by k9handler
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.

:)

How the Day went!

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:15 pm
by k9handler
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.

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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:16 pm
by k9handler
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.

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More to come...

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:17 pm
by k9handler
More pictures:

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More to come...

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:18 pm
by k9handler
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And there is at least one guy who wishes he had stayed inside as well. =o(

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More to come...

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:20 pm
by k9handler
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.

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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:21 pm
by k9handler
And below are the rest of the pictures that I have uploaded.

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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:33 pm
by hot66
wow 8) Some very nice machinery in the car park. Any more piccys of the girls ;) :)

Re: How the Day went!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:41 am
by impmad2000
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

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:50 am
by Luke
bad luck with the weather, but looks like you had a good few days of Porsche watching!

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 12:16 pm
by k9handler
the weather was probably good yesterday afternoon and today is nice, so Ben will have some good photos I am sure.