Who is Jack Rambo ?
Juergen ;-)
>
>In his next post he will ask what GPaL is :)
>
>>
>
LOL :-)
Juergen
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Before you buy.
Sorry for mailing this again!
I am just switching to deja.com and still learning.
Juergen
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Before you buy.
Some days ago Andre told us about his trip to the
Nuerburgring-Nordschleife and that the track was
closed. He was told to look at the Nuerburgring-
website for the opening times.
Yesterday I wanted to do a ride on the
Nordschleife and looked at the website several
times. I even called a phone-number where a tape
was running, telling the opening times.
Both of them stated 12:15 as the opening time.
Despite it was the day after the Europen GP and
parts of the Nordschleife were used for parking
and camping, I arrived at 12:30 at the
Nuerburgring. A lot of other fanatics like me
from all across Europe were waiting eagerly for
the track-opening.
Then suddenly a message board told us: opening
time 14:00.
So we decided to take a trip to the lovely
Nuerburg-castle. You guess ? closed on mondays!
Back to the track the message board was showing
opening time 16:00
BTW, it was raining most of the time.
Looking at the Caterhams, Jags 220, Porsche GT3
for 2 hours....in the rain....
16:00
Message board: 17:00 uahhhhhh!!!!
Well at 17:00 they really opened it, and most of
us crazy people were still there after waiting
for more than 4 hours.
The good thing: the track was mostly dry now,
except some parts at Pflanzgarten.
Did three laps, left with a smile :)
Juergen
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Before you buy.
>Sorry for mailing this again!
You sure you're not simply absolutely making sure Andre will be
sick of this? Bahaha?
-Laurens de Jong, The Netherlands.
P.S. Andre, you might also want to check
http://www.wetteronline.de/Rheinl-Pfalz/Nuerburg.htm when you go.
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On Thu, 25 May 2000 03:19:11 -0700, Laurens de Jong
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>>Sorry for mailing this again!
>
>You sure you're not simply absolutely making sure Andre will be
>sick of this? Bahaha?
In his next post he will ask what GPaL is :)
>
>-Laurens de Jong, The Netherlands.
>
>P.S. Andre, you might also want to check
>http://www.wetteronline.de/Rheinl-Pfalz/Nuerburg.htm when you go.
Thanks, racing against my friend will be much more fun when it's
raining :)
Andre
>
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How strange all of the bad luck you guys have when visiting the
Nordschleife!
I went there with two friends in March this year. We first went to Spa,
drove the old circuit, walked a great piece of the new circuit and of course
tried Eau Rouge a couple of times :-)
Weather was perfect (about the first warm day around here). After that we
went to the Nordschleife, watched a Corvette almost crashing two Porsches
911 in the Vedol chicane and after that we went on the track ourselves. It
was great, even though our lousy Ford Focus didn't get above 180km/h on the
long straight... the BMW that passed us definitely was a LOT faster :-)
After driving the track we visited the castle, again, no problems. GREAT
view from the tower! Very strange to be standing on top of it, in the middle
of great nature, and hearing engines roaring in the distance, tyre squeeking
sometimes. Really strange, but cool.
It was about the best day this year for us, full of GOOD luck. Yes, it does
exist when visiting the Nordschleife.... ;-)
---
Joeri J. Cox
J_Cox on N3 - ICQ# 60159253
Proud co-founder of 502 Racing
European Racing League - http://drive.to/erl
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> Some days ago Andre told us about his trip to the > Nuerburgring-Nordschleife and that the track was > closed. He was told to look at the Nuerburgring- > website for the opening times. > > Yesterday I wanted to do a ride on the > Nordschleife and looked at the website several > times. I even called a phone-number where a tape > was running, telling the opening times. > Both of them stated 12:15 as the opening time. > Despite it was the day after the Europen GP and > parts of the Nordschleife were used for parking > and camping, I arrived at 12:30 at the > Nuerburgring. A lot of other fanatics like me > from all across Europe were waiting eagerly for > the track-opening. > Then suddenly a message board told us: opening > time 14:00. > So we decided to take a trip to the lovely > Nuerburg-castle. You guess ? closed on mondays! > > Back to the track the message board was showing > opening time 16:00 > BTW, it was raining most of the time. > Looking at the Caterhams, Jags 220, Porsche GT3 > for 2 hours....in the rain.... > 16:00 > Message board: 17:00 uahhhhhh!!!! > > Well at 17:00 they really opened it, and most of > us crazy people were still there after waiting > for more than 4 hours. > The good thing: the track was mostly dry now, > except some parts at Pflanzgarten. > > Did three laps, left with a smile :) > > Juergen > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.
> Tony asked:
> Ok, but can't you give more details?
> Like what were you driving.like mad ;-), as fast as I could afford (it was not my car and my
sister was with me)
that means pedal to the metal where you can see the the track, braking
just before the braking skid marks (?),
smooth in the corners, but whoopie!!! at the Flugplatz jump and
downhill at Pflanzgarten.
> How fast were you going?I stopped taking my times, after reading an article on Ben Lovejoys
website. But I suppose somewhere between 9:30 and 10:00
> How similar is it to driving GPL?GPL helped a lot in learning the track. So you know what will come
after the next blind corner. If you can remember the track in your
head, it is a lot more easier to drive and you can concentrate on
driving. And you should be careful with all these corners, that you are
careful with in GPL.
> Were you passing lots of cars?ca. 5, 1 bus, 1 bike
> How many cars were passing you?0 :-)
> What kind of cars were they?BMW 5, Volvos, Old Opel Ascona, Audis A4, lot of Alfa 164,
Mutsibishiususiu(?) Charismas, Subarus,
> How fast were they going??
> Were you scared?Not this time, but when I did my first trip to the Ring I was not
really scared, but very surprised how steep and fantastic this track
is. Maybe my sister was scared then.
> How dangerous was it?That is up to you :) I don't go to the track on weekends, because there
is to much traffic and to many silly guys driving round the track, and
that is dangerous.
> How many other cars were on the track at the same time as you?ca. 30 cars, 20 bikes, 1 bus
> Exactly where do you start from ( I know somewhere around
> Antoniusbuche Bridge)Right, ca. 2/3 of the long straight.
> Where do you end at?Where you start.
> What happens at the end of a lap?
> Do you have to pull off the track, or can you keep going?You have got to slow down, the track is narrowed by the little plastic
things that you drive over in NFS-Porsche.
You have got to leave the track, get the next lap-ticket, put it in an
box, start all over with 30 km/h for some time,
under the bridge, slow down to 70 km/h in the corners before Hatzenbach
and then you go. But this 30/70 km/h things change.
> Do you get a time slip?What's that?
> How much does it cost?21 DeutschMark for cars
Puuhh!
Juergen
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Before you buy.
Ok, but can't you give more details? Like what were you driving. How
fast were you going? How similar is it to driving GPL? Were you
passing lots of cars? How many cars were passing you? What kind of
cars were they? How fast were they going? Were you scared? How
dangerous was it? How many other cars were on the track at the same
time as you? Exactly where do you start from ( I know somewhere around
Antoniusbuche Bridge) Where do you end at? What happens at the end of
a lap? Do you have to pull off the track, or can you keep going? Do
you get a time slip? How much does it cost?
You know, stuff like that. Thanks.
-Tony-
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> Yesterday I wanted to do a ride on the > Nordschleife Did three laps, left with a smile :) > > Juergen > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.Ok, but can't you give more details? Like what were you driving. How
fast were you going? How similar is it to driving GPL? Were you
passing lots of cars? How many cars were passing you? What kind of
cars were they? How fast were they going? Were you scared? How
dangerous was it? How many other cars were on the track at the same
time as you? Exactly where do you start from ( I know somewhere around
Antoniusbuche Bridge) Where do you end at? What happens at the end of
a lap? Do you have to pull off the track, or can you keep going? Do
you get a time slip? How much does it cost?
You know, stuff like that. Thanks.
-Tony-
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> Yesterday I wanted to do a ride on the > Nordschleife Did three laps, left with a smile :) > > Juergen > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.Some nice in-car pictures of this trip will be available on
http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~tim soon. This weekend I hope to have
some time to scan some pictures (including one of the BMW passing
us!). I already uploaded a few Spa pictures from this weekend (some
older pictures are also available).
Greetz,
Tim
On Thu, 25 May 2000 19:38:20 GMT, "Joeri Cox" <[email hidden]>
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