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Right ho...who's still here then and are you watching/listening to LM?  What are your plans for the weekend?  Roll call time....

I'm watching Eurosport online - I've stumped up the £3.99 and I'm quite impressed with it.

The pictures really make me want to be there, it's just getting dark and it looks fab....I can almost smell the BBQ's on the campsites.

We're doing virtual Le Mans in the garden this weekend, so it won't be all bad!

im here but im 50/50 if to say balls to it load the car and go tomorrow from work  ::)

dont need camping as im sure i can fit somewhere or go back to my parents just the lack of sleep, being ill as hell and work monday 9am thats putting me off...........

Do you have a screen shot of the euro sport coverage to see what its like?

I'm still here :( :( :( a couple of weeks ago I had a secret plan to jump on the bike and head down tonight - tomorrow morning, however now going to Olympia in london to a work related exhibition and also a similar event on Saturday. We do have a bunch of friends coming around for a BBQ on sat night, but they are not Lemaners and dont understand. I think I will get drunk and try and explain to them....

I'm still here listening to radio le mans at the moment no chance for me to get there this year  :( so this will have to do, will be getting the barby on Saturday night and piping the radio out in the garden sad I know but there it is!

I can't work out how to post the screen shot, it's pretty impressive though.

I found myself surfing through the last minute camping ticket sales a day or two ago!  No time to do though but......

Yep found myself doing the same thing but its a no go this year

email it - kevin.greaves@inbox.com ill do it :)

Just explain it like this -

Imagine a 7 day p*ss up with a 24hr race at the end.

I said this to palls and they have been going ever since. No sure they made the race though 8)

Plenty of time on my hands but lack of funds keeping me at home :'(

No work yet then Leftie  :(

Will do it tomorrow...off to bed now!

 :'( :'( :'(

I'm still here. Just finished watching the qualis on Eurosport, and I watched the 6 hours of practice last night too.

The withdrawal is harder that I thought it would be this year, and I'm now on year 2  :(

thanks Piglet night x

Just arrived in Chicago. Can't see Speed on this TV (I guess it's a bit late now anyway) but I'm somewhere else over the weekend.

Well, over here on this side of the Atlantic it's yet another internet Le Mans!

It's all Radio Le Mans online, been watching eurosport feeds of practicd yesterday and Qually tonight.

We got live video from on SpeedTV, then I'll look for Eurosport in the gaps, or maybe the Speed TV online stuff will work...

Gonna be Jerri & I, Amazing Randy & wife (Laurie) TIRD Director of Development Mi Carr and the Lovely Mi Donna. Beers and snacks from 8:am Saturday Morning through till 10:00 am Sunday (that's how it falls here stateside)

The pics on this thread have kept me going so far.
http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=9822.0

Cheers, happy internet racing all

Thank God for Hindy and Radio Le Mans

-Lee

Here too. SPEED while it's on; T&S throughout as well as RLM. I've been enjoying RLM for years....don't even need the video as my minds eye sees it all with their excellent coverage. I'm 120 miles south of Sebring and have always planned to get over there and now I'm afraid this is the year (if the only one) I should've made it.  :'(
  Anyway to get a passport and over there tomorrow (friday) ????


Wishful thinkin' as this may be a classic. Woulda liked to have beem over in '69 but was too young (14-15). Gonna enjoy the hell out of every minute (got Monday off to recuperate) all the same as I've been around raciing since early 60's so I virtualy "feel" it and "see" it "live" from here. Enjoy everybody as I know you shall.  :)
 Just don't let the deflating balloon ("Damn it's really over...now what?) get you down after the fact.  ???
 It does me every 24. So much anticipation and adrenalin during the leadup and race and then poof....it's over.  :(

Ah well, then there's always next year.  :angel:

Caught some of the qualifying on the net last night and have been listening to Radio Le Mans

I am off to London today for some fairly nasty dental work (having a root filling removed via the side of the jaw) - so will probably feel a bit groggy for the rest of the weekend.  Hopefully I will be well enough to go to Brands Hatch on Sunday to get a motorsport fix.

Had the odd tinge of withdrawal - but Sunday night's weather forecast is leaving me smug - 41mm of rain predicted.  We normally leave on Monday morning - nothing worse than de-camping in the wet.

God I'm knackered after staying up to watch and listen to qualifying!  I really am a lightweight!

Good to see some others still here, Lee you got a mention on RLM on Thursday night I think. 

Anyway, another day at work (how can that be right if it's Le Mans  >:( ) If we stay home next year I may have to take Friday and Monday off!

Catch you all later once I've decamped back to the seaside....the FlyingPigRacing Flag will be up over our "campsite" tonight  ;D

Team Muz are still here  :(

We'll be watching on the live stream, with a few crates of beer and a barbie.  For added authenticity, we can sleep in the campervan  ::) ???

Muz

im here and in work!!First Lemans ive missed since 1991 and ive been to almost every prequal event.
Watching on the telly was really hard last night and I was planning in my head a trip for next year.I have got Canad Phil coming to stay next Friday though ,so I will have a small amount of the LM experience

PM

Hi Lee,
I wish i could join you guys watching the race on tv. ;)
I'm stuck in Holland :(

I,ll be there in the morning and for the important parts,but there will be no Lori[she will probably pop in in the afternoon],MiCarr,or MiDonna.
Unless things change.

Did anyone see on eurosport yesterday,the floating lantern/baloon?
That was Bob U.He brought those from Sebring.

I got a VERY LOUD drunk call from the group last night. ::)
Headed by none other than JPC himself. ::)
Sounded like a good time was being had by all.{ what a bunch of assholes.huh}   LOL

This eurosport feed has saved my arse these last two days.Like Piglet,I can almost smell the barby.

Speaking of BBQ's Mr. Lee.
What kind of beast shall we cook?
I was thinking of smoking something.

Randy
So I will be there early with my PG Tips,Kronberg 1606,and some chips.

Im still here, lurking about the back  ;)

I have no Eurosport!!!! So its drop in n out of RLM on line for me, BBQ Sat night tho.

Bobblehat

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Randy
So I will be there early with my PG Tips,Kronberg 1606,and some chips.
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would that be 1664?  ;)

1606 , 1664 or whatever it takes.  lol

Watching from home this weekend also on the East Coast of Florida, couldn't even make it to the Turn 10 party to watch....will next year though if that isn't the magic year we make it to the real thing  :)

Hi Bobblehat...you can stump up £3.99 for Eurosport online for a month, I can highly recommend it.  I'm in digs in the week and have no  Eurosport so it's been a godsend for the last couple of days.

There are also a couple of sites that seem to be streaming Eurosport for free, that's what Randy has been watching.   Look at the streaming video thread a bit further down the page for some links or look on 10/10ths. 

Are you GP'ing?  KK will be on the campsite and I'll be in my usual spot.  I've got my ear out for tickets but they are looking pretty scarce this time around

Sat listening to Radio LM with glass of vino seems a bit tame for mad Friday but there we are nice to know that I’m not along in this lunacy what is it with this bloody race that can make grown men (well sort of grown) when even staying at home still listen in to radio LM and prepare barbys for the sat evening

We must be mad!!!

 ;)

Spoke to Team Red Dragon this afternoon who are on the CA BN enclave.

They were all p*ssed ;D ;D ;D

Me and Brad where sat chatting on MSN while listing to Radio Lemans tonight. We where looking at tunnel times and costs for tomorrow but his new wife would kill him :(  ::)

Kevin... GO TO BED.....

And... My wife wouldn't kill me - the trip would..... I appear to have picked up some kind of nasty infection in the maldives....

Actually...the wife would kill me, but thats not the point - I still can't go....

What time was that ferry again??  >:D

I did have a thought whilst I was away though :)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y119/BradRWills/P6100238.jpg)

We used to call the standing bit of the circuit @ Tertre Rouge the beach on account of the sand so not far off I suppose.

LOL Like it Brad - it must be Dunlop beach shurley?  >:D

ITV4 today @ 11:20 am final Le Mans practice and then a century of Le Mans

 :)

Watching Legends on Europsport now...I don't think I've ever managed to see the support race before but at least from home I can sit in bed and watch!

Lovely looking grid and Neville Haye commentating - the man is a star, I love his voice!

I've only ever seen the support race once in Le-mans....watching from home was actually quite good....

I'm doing my best  not the think of the other entertainment being enjoyed...jealousy is a terrible thing.....

Hi Everybody,
Seems lika a lot of like minded people here

I am just about ot leave work to start my 'virtual' Le Mans, want to go through the night if I can (may be difficult) so any tips welcome

Hope we have a good race and enjoy everybody (getting excited now, I know, how sad) ;) ;D

Cheers,
John Ginger

Weather looks good there today VERY BLOODY WARM (swines)
No good luck to them weather was awfull early in the week so looking good for the race.


 8) 8) 8)

just had a 20 min conversation with Andy Zarse....all sound in good spirits, and he tells me they've been terribly badly behaved......

It did however take 19 minutes for him to realise who he was talking to!!!!

 ::)

Lots of beer and pace yourself  ;D

Hope everyone is having a good day, we've BBQ'd in the rain so it feels like LM (certainly the last few years at LM  ::)  ), KK is wearing his CA T-shirt, I'm wearing my 2007 DfH t-shirt.  We've had beer and champagne and so far staying home is OK  ;D

Go on Brad, spill, what have they been up to?  :o ;D

I couldn't possibly steal our illustrious leaders thunder....but I do believe it might have involved bashing french people, and locking poor defenceless people into Paddy's truck....not just for a short time, but for an entire night.....

Well, I'm glad I didn't go there now.  ::) Geez, thanks Brad.

Errm interesting...not sure that sounds great TBH?

Who's not left then?

Rocky, Luhr, Werner.

I'll get my coat.

Tee Hee
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

We're still not here in france since we're here in Florida/

Amazing Randy, Jerri, Sandy and Lee...

Wings on the smoker, a pork Butt also in the smoker,

getting ready for Steaks and Pomme Frittes with Mayonaise for supper.

we are living the Le Mans dream here on the left coat of America.

If you send a shoutout to HIndy at RLM, rememeber, "Who's your Paddy!" he'll say it sooner or later.

-Lee

Nice one Lee, I'm stuck here in the UK due to work watching the live stream finished barby and working through the stella

 ;D

Lee,

I agree with the barbie, but coats come in left & right.  Whats with 'left coat'. Did you leave somewhere? ;D

Just seen Werner on the Eurosport coverage, in his CA tshirt in the Kruse garage (whilst their car burned in the pit lane!)

Me too.

Rotten luck for them.

Great product placement!!

Just watched the last 40 mins too - podium ceremony just starting. Streaming coverage was good, with commentary from RLM. I like Audi, but it's good to see Peugeot finally get there - they deserved it.

Spot on, incident packed race, even managed to go through the night

Cheers everyone