Dances with Lotus

Whew! My first sub-9 minute lap of the Nurburgring. 8:51.48 to be exact! What a great track in a great car. Did you know... that the Nurburgring was actually built in England. The Germans just nicked it during WW2 :) YES! ALL 14.2 MILES OF IT!! Rob

Punk! I'm still in the 10+ range! 10:24 is my best lap ever still... Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited

Dont feel bad. Im 10:18 on my best lap in the Eagle. I once did a 9:xx but it was a freak occourance. Was never able to duplicate it. Chris

Stick with it. If you keep going back and doing a couple of laps now and then, you'll find you remember more and more of it each time. Memorization is vital at the 'Ring, since it has so many blind sections. I never thought I'd get a decent time in either; I seemed stuck in the high nines. But I finally memorized it well enough, and the times dropped a ton. Just be patient. Steve B. remove "edy" from address for email

Yesterday, I did a 9:23 in the Ferrari. In 3 laps out of a 5 lap Pro-race, I did 9:29, 9:28 and 9:23 and in that last lap, I even had a 360 degrees spin between Bergwerk and Carroussel. If this wouldn't have happened, it would have been my first 8:## lap! danny (is anyone else driving GPL in Belgium?)

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> >Punk! I'm still in the 10+ range! 10:24 is my best lap ever still... > >Dan Belcher > >Team Racing Unlimited > Dont feel bad. Im 10:18 on my best lap in the Eagle. I once did a 9:xx but > it was a freak occourance. Was never able to duplicate it. > Chris

my best was 9:40 on friday i went to 9:10 on saturday i did a 8:47 with my Eagle - AlisonCovSetuped ...;) i ve been without going to the ring since months ago ... this weekend I started to learn it too much narrow for me anyway y would be a lot bettet with some kerbs (not sure about this word ... i mean those red and white things used i many circuits right now, not in 67 for sure ... ) :) McKafre De La Rosa www.repsol.com >Yesterday, I did a 9:23 in the Ferrari. In 3 laps out of a 5 lap Pro-race, I did >9:29, 9:28 and 9:23 and in that last lap, I even had a 360 degrees spin between >Bergwerk and Carroussel. If this wouldn't have happened, it would have been my

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>first 8:## lap! >danny >(is anyone else driving GPL in Belgium?) >> >Punk! I'm still in the 10+ range! 10:24 is my best lap ever still... >> >Dan Belcher >> >Team Racing Unlimited >> Dont feel bad. Im 10:18 on my best lap in the Eagle. I once did a 9:xx

but >> it was a freak occourance. Was never able to duplicate it. >> Chris

Once you have begun to string together the different sections of the Ring together, you may want to check out the excellent guide by Peter Tabrams to attacking the course. I tried using it before I was familiar with the track and was just as lost as when I was driving it. But, after I was able to run a couple of consistent laps without wrecking every 100 yards, I found this guide the key to getting my times down to the 8:30's. Now, that is far from fast... But at least now I know how and where to attack to get faster. Check it out at the Oppositelock http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk/ -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Mike, I agree and I am still at that 8:20-8:30 range (8:30 is more like it consistently). That helps and so does this, once you know the names of the sections... http://cbsgi1.bu.edu/bmw/nurbcgi.html from a BMW club and is helpful. -_Dave

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> Once you have begun to string together the different sections of the > Ring together, you may want to check out the excellent guide by Peter > Tabrams to attacking the course. I tried using it before I was familiar > with the track and was just as lost as when I was driving it. But, > after I was able to run a couple of consistent laps without wrecking > every 100 yards, I found this guide the key to getting my times down to > the 8:30's. Now, that is far from fast... But at least now I know how > and where to attack to get faster. > Check it out at the Oppositelock > http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk/ > -- > **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* > Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

-- Dave Schwabe The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

***y Hell! We'd better claim it back then. I think there might be room for it on my door step. Might have to demolish a few hundred houses : ) -- Robin. http://www.oppositelock.freeserve.co.uk Nurburgring and Grand Prix Legends Remove nospam from e-mail address to reply

Wow. Nice find, Dave! ( http://cbsgi1.bu.edu/bmw/nurbcgi.html )

it on my door step. Might have to demolish a few hundred houses : )<< Yeah! Let's take back what's rightfully ours! I know, we can nuke Milton-Keynes and put it there :) Rob