Club Arnage

Seeing as it has been hissing down all day so far I was wondering how much of a damperner the rain has on the race weekend? appart from a raincoat/bin-liner any pther sugestions anybody ? :(

Some of the wet years were the best ones. It adds a bit more fun to the racing and people seem to get together more. This year at Sebring the rain certainly made it what it was.

Speed Tribe's DVD was shot in 2001 and is a great review of the year. I think we are probably due a wet one, especially as it was the first time I remember it raining on the CA Planning meeting.

Hi Rick, must be raining with you too seeing as you answered so soon lol, anyway as for a wet race I expect the ACO lounge gets a bit packed eh? has the race ever been stopped because of weather conditions? I think I will load up by beach shelter if the weather looks a bit sh-te, and maybe pick up a bottle of calvados on the way down lol ;D

just looked at the L/M web cam ......raining there too :(

It is raining here, the reason for the quick reply is that I was watching the F1 GP

 ;D ;D ;D ;D check out motors tv this eve 6pm 1998 L/M , if you can pry the remote from the wife !

The wet races are interesting but the attrition rate's a bit high.  Can make Sunday a bit processional if the field thins too much.
  If you don't have a grandstand seat, Decathlon here sell neat little fishing shelters which are great for keeping you dry in a track-side spot.  Lightweight Gore-tex is the best sort of protection though because it can still be very warm even when it rains p*ss*stently.  It's 20 degrees here at the moment in spite of the rain and very high winds - even warmer next month.  Bin liners can be very unpleasant after a bit!

fishing shelters.......does it rain that much then ! I do have all the gear but I would rather not have to pack all the thermals, wellies etc ! the start to may has not been very good lets hope all this sh-te weather will end soon and we can look forward to a red hot june (just over a month to go now)cant wait!

Just less then a month for some of us!  ;D

yeah I'm not going till the thursday  :'(

It can be incredibly wet but it's been a few years now.  Although Wednesday practice has been pretty grim for a couple of years, for instance.   Remember the Pilbeam having the fastest time for a while because they managed to get out in the dry before the heavens opened? Thermals are ott and it's sandy soil so is rarely horribly muddy.  Decent walking boots are probably sufficient. The weather's grotty - but warm - at the moment but I see the sun's back on the forecast by Friday. :)

Personally I'm hoping for some decent rain this year……not sure why really……just thought it would make a change.

Don't say that, our tent has a firework induced hole in it from '04, gaffer tape only works for so long!!

If it does rain we will be carrying our EZ-up from bleu to the banking at MB, its a 20 footer so all welcome!!

Our tent's remained leak free through two Spas (the race - I haven't taken it to a health resort!) so it's got to start letting in the water soon!

Love your avatar, s/f.  However, as an aside, did you know that the great Henri P actually has real physical problems smiling because of his facial injuries?

oops! :-[

The o/h and I were chatting to a local mate of ours and said something like "Henri's great and all that but a pity he looks so miserable all the time."  It was then that he pointed this out.  As you say, oops!

I had a brief chat with him at the classic and had him laughing actually. On looking at the thin monocoque with the pedal box ahead of anything structural of the Altera he was about to drive I remarked that only a lunatic would drive that thing at 180 down the Mulsanne before offering to take his place, he said maybe another time, and maybe I should lose some 'balast'!! Cheeky sod!

Pic was taken in Pits after Donnington 1000KM and my friend had taken 2 pictures of his own eye before holding camera the right way round!

Wasn't last year's Wednesday quallie wet enough for you then? Or '05 for that matter, when I seem to remember giving you a lift to the Carrefour 'cos your Elise was a tad, er, damp inside... ;)

My first LM was '95...that was damn wet, and a cracking race too. Not sure what our female companions would think to a rainy weekend in France though... ::)

I agree trackside I also enjoyed '95'

Mainly cos I had a bet that one of those pesky McLarens would win - bit of procession, but power is not everything (god I feel the flack coming).. ;D

Only the boot was wet.......and I didn't want soggy bread.

I find its easier to stay dry if I avoid the challenge of trying to get in and out of my tent.....aka the coffin.

'95, remember it well! Lovely sunny Friday, then the heavens opened. All good fun until we realized that there is a slight slope to Houx Annex and we had put our tent at the lowest part  ::)

Classic comment from a fellow camper "someones going to get washed away in a minute", oh how we laughed until we realized it was our tent!!!!!

All was saved as some helping hands fished the tent out from the ever increasing lake and put it on higher ground!


*edit to add, it was '98 not '95 that we got flooded out*

Any idea what the odds are on a wet race? who going to open the book?

I was one of those in the water helping out, I was helping carry out a BMW touring bike that was nearly submurged in water. Then started on the tents. The guys whose bike it was found his leathers almost ruined in the tent, But could not thank us enough for getting his bike out.
I was pitched at the top of the hill!

Hi,

I was there in both 95 & 98 camped in MB in my Autotrail.  I seemed to have a high patch as I was on an island. I had my wind out awning at full stretch and a custom tent tacked onto that - all above water.

What really p*ssed people off is that I was downing some nice plonk and burning stuff on the barbie and sitting in the dry. The really anoyed ones were the ones that tried to gatecrash a party I held the on the Thursday night, if they were OK to me and mine they could have taken shelter.

'He who laughs last............'  comes to mind.

Jerry

I was with my brother in my Kermit green 205GTi. After the tent got moved to the other side of the drainage ditch I thought it best to move my car as the water was getting close to the sills!!!!

I have a good video of the 'river'. Shame its on VHS else I would post it up.

Thanks for the help by the way  :) :)

Rick,

Was the F1 that boring?

I agree that wet weather brings people together because it forces them to or they get very wet.

When the Bentley's won, WOW.

Jerry

After surviving Sebring this year I think CA members have proved they are pretty resourceful and ready for anything!

Yup, one hand hanging on to a gazebow to stop it blowing away and still managing to hold a beer in the other hand. Very resourceful ;D