I'm off to race in the Nurburgring 24 Hour endurance race

[rowdytoot]

I've got to ask:

21 263 BMW 120d Sorlie Stian , Viebahn Jörg , Riemer Kai , Schubert Torsten 6 9:38.104 52.052

120d in 21st? WTF?

fuckloads of boost FTmofoW... it'll effectively be a touring car with a 350 + hp and 11tybillion Nm of torque td engine...

[BigMuz]

I didn't even know that 2ofdem was going over there!!

[gxxr]

Might have been the Spa event a few years back, but from memory, one of the BMW diesels delivered a top 3 result. From the names, local knowledge FTW.

Even with the prolonged practices, how many laps does that translate into for a team of 3 or 4 drivers?

[Nero]

didn't a gold diesel win one year? They get 420-460PS from one at 5000rpm...when you work out the torque it is pretty impressive.

[Billzilla]

Drove the Corolla for the first time in two session yesterday, and the first session was only two hours so that was only enough time for each driver to do two laps - Yes, it takes a long time to get around the track!

Colin put in good times right from the start and the car is defintely a lot faster than it was here last year. We reckon it'll be about ten seconds faster.
My first lap was pretty fugly but the second one was not too bad and about 15 seconds slower than Colin. My helmet speakers unfortunately are nearly useless, and I can hardly hear what's being said so we've come up with some simple signals to sort out when to pit.
Paul Stubber is still working hard to learn the track, but he's an excellent driver and is picking up the pace quickly.
The second session was much better, and I did three laps and they were faster again. I'm apparently pretty much on the pace now so that's a big relief. There's some more time in the car without punishing it, so I'll be working on those areas. The track is utterly awesome at speed, it all unrolls at incredible pace and there's not a lot of places to relax. There's a period of around four minutes where you are working all the time, no break.

I'll be back on the forum maybe Monday morning or so, your time, and until then I won't have internet access.
Guys, in a few hours I'm about to run in the greatest touring car race in the world. I still have trouble believing at times I'm about to do this.

[trent from punchy]

u are living our dream...

go get em.

[Monk]

Good luck man.

[arcane]

Good luck dude. Awesome opportunity.

[BigMuz]

Top stuff. Take it safe bud.

Good luck!!

[Fatboy]

Good luck Bill, live the dream mate !!

[XAC15T]

Good luck matey!!!! :D

[S_E]

Sounds awesome, good luck with it!

[Escondido99]

Hi Got a progress report from my son Bill, Got within 15 secs of Colins time in the daytime but about the same at night, a little quicker than the third driver, the car is not quick in a straight line as he expected, but the brakes are the best he has ever driven, so far all going well, race starts 11pm our
time, can I hold my breath for 24 hours. 99

[BigMuz]

Cheers for the update Bill Snr!

Guys, in a few hours I'm about to run in the greatest touring car race in the world

ZOMG He's at BATHURST!!!1 :D

[piss98]

Go Bill go!!!!