Club Arnage

Anyone in for this, it's end of July ?

What ho, any specific dates as this one may work for me?

28th - 31st August

August.  You said July to start with ???

Seriously confused now.  ???

Oh sh*t... ::) still not sober... it's 28th-31st July of course.

Arh hah.
That may be do-able.  What's the situation regarding parking / camping etc?

I'll be there for a whole week (170 kms from home).  Will stay at camping Eau Rouge in Stavelot.

As far as I know there are two official camp sites. One is at Les Combes and the other near the main entry in the woods. However there are no such creature comforts as power and showers. Toilets can be found at Le Combes and in the paddock. I use to put my tent up in the field next to the car. I think the official camping pitches are 15 € whereas just  parking is 10 €. Ahh, and don't panic, there's no booking needed. There's enough for all. Tickets are available at the gate. Enceinte Generale is 25 €, including paddock 45 €. Grand stands are seperate and I think 5 € to 10 € depending on stand.

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Pepsi 400 for me - July 3rd, full UPS hospitality and racing under the lights at Daytona - roundy, roundy crash'em, bash'em at it's best.
Boogidy, boogidy, boogidy.

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Matt, any driver cards going spare or being given out, don't pass them up, pass them my direction please. Will re emburse for postage etc. Thanks .
Regards
Chris

OK Chris - not exactly sure what it is I'm looking for. I'll end-up with a ton of Dale Jarrett stuff in the hospitality pack that they give us and we get garage and pitlane access before and after the race. Where do I get drivers cards from and are there any particular ones that you need?
Regards
Matt

Will Spa be foggy and wet, as it usually is?  :-\

First rule for Spa: Never loose your jacket  ;D

Eh, it's end of July. Last year I put up the tent and didn't realy need it. It was fabulous.

April is a different story, though. There was snow a week before the 1.000 KMs.

I doubt that I can make it this year but I'll be booking for next year.

I'm going to Croft next month so 3 in a year would be too much to ask!

Its only a short hop from Newcastle to Brussels  then a hire car to Spa.

I can even make it home on the Sunday evening!

Anyone have experience of the traffic from the circuit on the Sunday after the finnish.  Also from the entrance how far would it be on foot to the nearest village or Bar?

Stu

I imagine there's not that much traffic to Calais (?) on sunday afternoon. The circuit is close to a motorway and traffic usually clears quite quickly.
You will have to haul yourself for about 25 meters from the main entrance to the nearest bar.  ;D

The possibility of me getting to Spa is increasing.

What are people's plans

- arrival day
- camping/hotel arrangements


Paddy can you PM me the details for the place you stayed in earlier this year please?

I'll be there from saturday morning on. Depending on the weather I'll be camping or sleeping in the car.

Hi Smokie,

Don't know if Paddy already sent you the info you needed, but this is the website of the place we stayed at, really good place to be, next to a fine restaurant and bar.

http://www.laj.be/html/en/hostels/malmedy/aubergesmalmedy_en01.htm

Just give them a ring, they are very helpfull and do speak english and even dutch, it is truelly amazing.

Greetz

See Roy's reply. Were you that drunk there? I thought you stayed there too, same as Robbo SPS ???

Thanks - no it wasn't ME that was drunk Paddy!! I stayed in a hotel in Liege...

When are you guys arriving at Spa?

okido then ;)

I'm gonna have to dissapoint you as for Spa, next Sunday I'll be off to the UK for three weeks. Some of the guys will be there, but it doesn't look like more than a handfull...

Have fun anyway, see you at Silverstone :)

Ron's Schedule

28 - tunnel - malmedy - Nordschleife pm for a blast
29 - spa, Nordschleife pm for another blast
30 - 31 spa, Nordschleife (may be)
1 - malmedy - tunnel - home

What about some sort of CA meeting on saturday night. As far as I know Spa doesn't offer a shampoo bar but I'm sure a beer bar will do as well and there are plenty around the circuit. My favorite is the one on the outside of the circuit at Raidillon just behind the big wooden building on top of Eau Rouge. Actually it's just a couple of meters from where the Dallara did this (<-) last year.

Know that bar!! Why not, what time, I will be there Saterday morning till Sunday after the race!

It is also known to Paddy, he slept there for most of the 1000km of Spa after getting sick from some nasty snack he had the day before :-[ Or was it the beer afterall ;D

Saturday at 21:00 ?

Sounds good to me, I will pass it on to all DfH members going!

I hope you guys will have better weather than we had in April :-\

Have fun anyway! :D

Have a great time guys. Team JPC will be thinking of you while we suffer the rain in England! (although it's 26 degrees today!  ;D)

Don't forget the huge DfH banner, Roy. We'll put it up at Eau Rouge on saturday night then.  ;D

That will probably not happen!! It is in Rotterdam and since paddy won´t show up it will probably stay there, unless somebody can take it with from thereabouts.

If Roy promises he will look after it, then I can probably arrange transport from Zoetermeer (a guy called Pieter is coming too).
Flag still aint cleaned btw, all Maison Blanche staines are still on it - but the typical Belgian rain will probably clean it all off again...

Hmmm, I was actually trying to go incognito!!! Was going to wear my SPS shirt ;D

Well I thought we could pull it up all secretly on saturday night (after a few cold ones at the bar) to have a nice surprise for the drivers and Eurosport watchers by daybreak on sunday.

Could any of you English lads bring the flag from Spa to Silverstone then?
That would be cool! 8)

No problems, JPRacing delivery service will take care of that.  ;D

can i have plan then as your description means little as i aint been before

 

I'll be at Spa, I've managed to obtain myself a press pass :)

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See the red spot ? The bar is there.

You start your way from the start/finish line at the outside of the circuit and walk clockwise around the circuit. You' won't miss it.

The latest weather reports suggest rain and thunderstorms with maximum temperatures of 23 degrees and minimum temperatures of 12 degrees. So, do pack the appropriate gear.

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere but are you guys aware that the Astons will be there?

http://www.astonmartinracing.com/news?a=4d54bbf0-70e3-4667-9ed2-04a05594e03d

Nothing new here, they've been on the entry list for ages.

I'll be passing on Sunday en route to Frankfurt. Can't get away Saturday unfortunately...

Hey Smokie you could catch the last 4 hours  to replace the time you missed at Le Mans this year ::)
Phil

Smokie, give me a ring once you're there.

That is unfortunate, have fun on Sunday anyways!! I won't see you around then, only there on Saterday for the WTCC and the first 12 hours of the race, then return home for some sleep. Work next day for me, which sucks, but hey that's life!

I won't have time to stop hgb - but thanks anyway...

What a weekend again... I'm feeling quite whacked.

It was nice to meet some from here at the beer bar at Raidillon although there weren't many. On the other hand I'm glad there weren't that many because otherwise I would most probably be totally whacked.  ;D

There are some pictures here: http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=4080.0

Smokie, sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you.

It was a very good saterday, good racing action on track, relatively good weather considering we were at Spa. Not to much rain. Did not find the time nor the place to raise our flag. Our objective was blocked by a big grandstand. Robbo SPS, sorry mate but the MG sign has dissapeard from the top of eau rouge.

Good to meet up with Hgb and I think Ron Jeremy, no other members of CA around. Guess everybody is going to silverstone and skipped the 24 hours of Spa this year.  Anyway, good win for maserati, although the astons were still challenging for the lead at around one am. But a accident atop of eaurouge prevented them from staying in front of the pack.

All in all, a saterday well spend.

I drove past Spa at about 2 pm on Sunday. I only knew it was Spa cos it was the heaviest rain I have driven in for some time - couldn't see the road, let alone the signs.

Glad you enjoyed it though...

i'll post some picks soon but some crack head f**k*rs nicked the computer, printer, fax etc so a BIT PISSED OFF
 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

still we weren't as badly hit as the other tennants

Sorry to hear that! Did they catch the w**k*rs?

no but plod always have an idea who it is

so f**k*ng tell us and we'll go round to have a word

a few pics from our spa trip

visit to the ring

sunny grid walk about

wet start

visitors

why does the one not drinking look more drunk ???

i'm bored

trye heater

pit action

more

wheels come off the aston literally

all gone pete tong

change the brakes and peddle box

pete kox

refuller

refueling

a sleep

no 2 aston driver change

phillipe thingy now team boss

with the cyclist guy

track action in the afternoon

rained in the last hour

so hard the dry line disappeared only to stop dead on 4 pm

Great pics Ron - are you an Aston supporter by an chance?   ;D

Really good pics Ron, did look like your son had more to drink than we did! ;D

Sorry to hear that Ron. I think I could turn into a killer if that happened to me.  :-\

You're worried about your son's look although he only had a Fanta...  ;D

Any chance that you mail me the group picture ? My address is hansgerd@excite.com

mmmmmmmmmmmm maybe but they are perhaps the most accessible pit garage as others will testify, vitaphone wouldn't let you near, and at the time we were in the pits, it was the only action taking place.

Cheers Ron  :)