Jan Verschueren wins at Nürburgring!

Improving on the excellent form shown at Zandvoort, Jan V. was the only driver who completed 9 laps on the cruel N�rburgring. G.B. took the early lead in the accident dominated race until a smoothly running G. Smiley overtook him on lap 2. Smiley looked completely uncatchable despite his start from the rear of the field. Clocking an amazing 8.23 followed by an impressive 8.25 under immense pressure, Smiley seemed to be getting a comfortable lead from G.B. when a squirrel crossed the road at Tiergarten causing Smiley to veer into the armco loosing both left wheels. The race was now in the hands of G.B. who had a distant Mochlos Hellblade as his closest competitor. However earlier engine problems resurfaced as G.B: was unable to make it through Nordkeile. It is believed that a message from the pits regarding the crash of R.Squires received seconds before the incident caused him to lose concentration in those fatal seconds when he should be braking. Finding himself in the lead Hellblade started pushing hard for a big lead, perhaps planning a pit stop for bladder maintenance. Unfortunately Schwedenkreutz proved his undoing as he lost traction and spun into the fence. Curiously in the exact same place as J.Kruuse's lap one accident. Thumbtacks were found on the track after the race and foul play against both Danes is being investigated. Topi Paavola and Jan Verschueren continued on with Paavola being 5-10 seconds faster each lap. On lap nine he finally went a bit too fast and crashed into the bridge at the lowest point of the track. Alone at last, Jan Verschueren completed the lap and as he crossed the finish line the race officials stopped further racing. Jan has now proven himself a fine endurance driver at Zandvoort as well as N�rburgring and must be the man to beat in the upcoming GP at Eldredsville. Congratulations to Jan, and thanx to Eldred for hosting another fine race. Our hearts are with him in his place of refuge as the officials banned his car before the start. Reasons unknown but the huge aerofoil in the rear is suspected to be the culprit. Jens "Truth, the whole truth, and a bit of embroidery"

Jens H. Kruuse <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Truth, the whole truth, and a bit of embroidery" Ohhh so thats what REALLY happened... Anybody got a replay ?? Jens, was that you all sideways in T1 ?? Thank for blocking the opposition and letting me slip through your roadblock... thats good teamwork :) Mikkel aka. Mochlos Hellblade who forgot to change drivername from the latest demolition derby attended ;)

Great Danes didn't make it to the Finnish? Oh my.... dave henrie "> > "Truth, the whole truth, and a bit of embroidery" >

In article <[email hidden]>, "Jens H. Kruuse" <[email hidden]> writes: >Congratulations to Jan, and thanx to Eldred for hosting another fine >race. Our hearts are with him in his place of refuge as the officials >banned his car before the start. Reasons unknown but the huge aerofoil >in the rear is suspected to be the culprit. > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> Jens, was that you all sideways in T1 ?? Thank for blocking the opposition > and letting me slip through your roadblock... thats good teamwork :) It was not Jens. It was me <blush>. I somehow forgot that I need to brake before T1. Realizing that I came in way too fast, I tried to avoid rearending the polesitter by going off the track. I did not feel comfortable at all with risking to crash out the polesitter in a full GP with pro damage mode. T1 crashes at full GP's are plain silly. I hope my actions did not end anyones race. Full GP with pro damage at the Ring....... <head shaking> My race ended after approx 4 minutes when a brigde all of a sudden jumped out from nowhere into the road and stole my right front wheel (actually I missed my braing point severely). Anyway: Full GP's are huge fun. I'd like to do this again. Jon Andersen

EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Jens H. Kruuse" > <[email hidden]> writes: > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > Eldred YEAHHHHH

Jens H. Kruuse wrote... > <nice report snipped>My race was pretty uneventfull except for the first lap. At T1 I had to take to the grass (suffered a slight scrape on the fence) and even had to stop a bit further on. A gap openen and I drove through it. Approaching Nordkehre I noticed the familiar Brabham/Tan Helmet combination of George Smiley. The way he confidently moved to inside shut off late and went down the gearbox made it a positive ID. Now, I respect George, as I respect anyone who can lap me 3 times in a 50% GP distance F2 race, so I decided to give him room. As soon as I did I knew I'd made a mistake, for I was certain there was an <censored> behind who thought he could brake just as late as the talented Brabham driver. I wasn't wrong and duly received a Ferrari up the backside. Spun out against the fence I waited for the field to go through before rejoining. Wasn't long before I caught up with the tail end again, following another(?) Ferrari from a distance. As the driver was pretty erratic I decided to just wait for him to do himself in rather than risk getting caught up in his accident. Also a bit of a mistake as I was driving below my cruising speed to do so. Made a judgement error, put a wheel off and shoved it in the hedge between Kallenhard and Wehrseifen. Thinking I was last on the track I immediatly selected reverse, but backed off just in time to allow a Lotus through (that has to be you, Andre?). I must say lady luck smiled on me last night, as I never incurred any serious damage, not even when I got "nicked" by a recovering Ferrari out of Karussel. All in all a pretty uneventfull, neigh cowardly drive. The finish also was a bit of a non-event. I didn't even get flagged. But the paper made up for that. <g> > Jan has now proven himself a fine endurance driver at > Zandvoort as well as N�rburgring and must be the man > to beat in the upcoming GP at Eldredsville. Nice tactic, putting the burden of expectation on me! ;-) Eldredsville.... lol, that name deserves a track. Wonder if the GPLEA boys are reading this. > Congratulations to Jan, and thanx to Eldred for hosting another fine > race. Thank you. I appreciate you returning the favour in publicising my win a little. Eldred: thanks for hosting. another great connect with jut a few stutters in evidence (luckily not in dangerous places this time). Jan. =---

Why not? I don't have to work tomorrow and I'm the designated driver tonight, so I'll be fresh and fit. ;-)) Jan. =--- EldredP wrote... > <snip> > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > > Eldred > --

>Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? What track? Silverstone or Monza may be boring tracks but I bet you'd get a few more finishers than the last 2 :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

In article <92nc43$fuc$[email hidden]>, "Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> In article <[email hidden]>, "Jens H. Kruuse" >> <[email hidden]> writes: >> Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? >> Eldred > >YEAHHHHH

Ok, let's try Silverstone - noon EST, New Year's day. Hopefully this is enough lead time to get a good turnout... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>> Jan has now proven himself a fine endurance driver at >> Zandvoort as well as N�rburgring and must be the man >> to beat in the upcoming GP at Eldredsville. > >Nice tactic, putting the burden of expectation on me! ;-) > >Eldredsville.... lol, that name deserves a track. Wonder if the GPLEA boys >are reading this.

Don't even THINK about it.... The GPLRank is embarrassing enough... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I don't think you need to be ashamed of your GPLRank (nor did you need to before) Eldred. As for the St. Eldred's cup.... well they'll have to cannonize (--> is that the correct term?) some other guy to serve as a target for aspirering drivers or seperate St. Eldred, the icon, from Eldred Pickett, the driver. You're getting way too quick. ;-) Jan. =--- EldredP wrote... > <snip> > Don't even THINK about it.... The GPLRank is > embarrassing enough... > > Eldred > --

Might want to give the announcement it's own thread to bring it "back to front". With a subject like : --= New Year's Day GP !! =-- I should make that timeslot easyly, BTW. Jan. =--- EldredP wrote...

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> <snip> > Ok, let's try Silverstone - noon EST, New Year's day. > Hopefully this is enough lead time to get a good > turnout... > > Eldred > --

EldredP wrote: > > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > *dogdare* *dogdare* *dogdare* There, you've been triple-dog-dared!

In article <[email hidden]>, Gary Stephenson <[email hidden]> writes:

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>EldredP wrote: >> >> Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? >> > >*dogdare* >*dogdare* >*dogdare* > >There, you've been triple-dog-dared!

How old are you, Gary? I haven't heard that in YEARS... Although I never heard more than a *double*-dog dare - inflation? :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

For a precise explanation of 'double' and 'triple dog dares' Rent the Christmas movie called,....The Christmas Story. One of the funniest pieces of film ever created. amid all the Xmas hubbub about a bbgun and school bullies is a part about sticking your tongue onto a frozen flagpole....priceless... dave henrie "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, Gary Stephenson<[email hidden]>

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> writes: > > >EldredP wrote: > >> > >> Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > >> > > > >*dogdare* > >*dogdare* > >*dogdare* > > > >There, you've been triple-dog-dared! > > How old are you, Gary? I haven't heard that in YEARS... > Although I never heard more than a *double*-dog dare - inflation? :) > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

All I can say right now is.....Errr I'm back up the stairs to bed. Hopefully I'll only be seeing one of everything later on. MS Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Why not? I don't have to work tomorrow and I'm the designated driver > tonight, so I'll be fresh and fit. ;-)) > > Jan. > =--- > EldredP wrote... > > <snip> > > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > > > > Eldred > > -- > >

On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:22:12 -0000, "Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Why not? I don't have to work tomorrow and I'm the designated driver >> tonight, so I'll be fresh and fit. ;-)) Don't ask me why, but for me Silverstone is one of the hardest circuits.. but I'll be there :) Andre

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>> Jan. >> =--- >> EldredP wrote... >> > <snip> >> > Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? >> > >> > Eldred >> > -- >> >> >

My favorite line from that movie: "My father wove a tapestry of obscenities that,to this day, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan !" "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QdV36.213530$[email hidden]... > For a precise explanation of 'double' and 'triple dog dares' Rent the > Christmas movie called,....The Christmas Story. One of the funniestpieces

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> of film ever created. amid all the Xmas hubbub about a bbgun and school > bullies is a part about sticking your tongue onto a frozen > flagpole....priceless... > dave henrie > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <[email hidden]>, Gary Stephenson > <[email hidden]> > > writes: > > > > >EldredP wrote: > > >> > > >> Do I *dare* try one on New Year's Day...? > > >> > > > > > >*dogdare* > > >*dogdare* > > >*dogdare* > > > > > >There, you've been triple-dog-dared! > > > > How old are you, Gary? I haven't heard that in YEARS... > > Although I never heard more than a *double*-dog dare - inflation? :) > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. >