chris_uk
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Some of you may know we won the 2013 Time Attack season for Club/Pro RWD, and on the back of that season win we was invited to compete in the European Time Attack Masters which was held at Zandvoort, Holland.
I received a call on Tuesday from Mike (driver and owner) telling me we had been invited and even tho we both agreed at brands that the season win was it, the last time we would compete i just replied.. how are we going to get there? So Mike made the arrangements and I traveled to Luton late Thursday night after work so we could set off early on Friday morning to make the Tunnel.
quick coffee stop
Nearly there..
Arrived, this was our hotel.
parked up
strangely when we was shown our room, we came out of the hotel, down the street and into some house.. a bit strange, but it was comfy enough.
we set off in reasonable time to the track (2 miles away) got there and got setup, luckily we knew the guys with the HKS stall so they were happy for us to steal the back of their pit garage.
Saturday was testing day so we booked 2, 1 hour sessions and made use as much as we could.. neither of us had been to Zandvoort before but i had a couple hundred laps on the computer. One of the dutch speedster owners came along to show mike the propper lines etc so he could see where he was supposed to be going.
Mike managed to do a 1'56.4 which was pretty decent according to the dutch speedster guys.. so we was happy with that, i had a go but best i could do was a 2'04.x but i was fully held up by traffic, i was faster than mike in the first section, equaled him in the last but the middle section was woeful  stuck behind a beemer i think plus i had a passenger .
The testing sessions were soon over, and we chilled out for the rest of the afternoon, went out for something to eat and went to bed.
Got to the track early and got the car warmed up and sorted for the days first session, watched some drag racing and wondered around the paddock.
went out in warm up and didn't do too bad
and then qualifying
remember tho, we were the only car on normal semi slick (V70a's) vs everyone else on qualifying slicks, the results just seem that much more impressive. The Lotus Evora which was beating us is a GT4 Race Car, driven by Cos Euser who is a full pro (lemans 24hr etc) and Zandvoort is his home track
pics during the events.
We went out in the final but despite Mikes best efforts.. we couldnt catch Cor in the Evora.. but. we was never in with a chance.. we went there to have a bit of fun, as a nice end to a 2 year journey..
Warm Up Session
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89NlM-Gyivs
Qualifying Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Cv1Mu-Ghw
Qualifying Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7rIda_L-Fo
The Final
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcyXfIF1YDg
[Edited on 08-10-2013 by chris_uk]
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Dan295
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Where's Mike's Lifeline graphics
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chris_uk
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i dunno.. on the fire extinguisher? lol
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Dan295
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Hah, I know Mike through work & Autosport. Deserved win. Congrats from me
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John
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we were
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Kyle T
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 Congrats on the championship.
Out of interest, why weren't you running slicks at Zandvoort like everyone else?
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
Congrats on the championship.
Out of interest, why weren't you running slicks at Zandvoort like everyone else?
just couldn't afford them the tyres we were using were 2nd hand i think, and had seen 1/2 the season.. lol
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smcGSI16V
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quote:
Originally posted by John
we were
we won
[Edited on 08-10-2013 by smcGSI16V]
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birchieboy
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Congrats, I was at brands hatch for the last round but didn't see you going round :s
Did any other uk time attack teams go to this event?
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chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by birchieboy
Congrats, I was at brands hatch for the last round but didn't see you going round :s
Did any other uk time attack teams go to this event?
Yea, id say half of the field came from TA UK..
we were definitely at brands 
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Ben G
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Proper elite.
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chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Proper elite.
not as elite as steve.. but we try.
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chris_uk
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vids are all online now.
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Lee_fr200
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Well done guys
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
Hah, I know Mike through work & Autosport. Deserved win. Congrats from me
Where do you work?
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Wrighty
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really cool
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daine
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Hat's off to you guy's, watching the qualifying, how much quicker you could of been
on full slicks, seemed to be winding it up exiting every tight corner..
Looks an absolute beauty of a track, glad you had a great weekend 
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