Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix 29-31 August

rbm · 20 Aug 2014, 12:26 (Ref:3445680)

Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix 2014

http://www.historicgrandprix.nl/english/

hopefully we will be back in the Revis in the 500 F3 race.

Richard

grantp · 20 Aug 2014, 13:28 (Ref:3445695)

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Originally Posted by rbm

Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix 2014

http://www.historicgrandprix.nl/english/

hopefully we will be back in the Revis in the 500 F3 race.

Richard

Glad to hear you are back Richard! All fit and well I hope.

rbm · 20 Aug 2014, 14:44 (Ref:3445715)

still in a fair bit of pain...

...but mostly fit, things obviously have moved forward over the last 19 weeks - still have some issues with nerve damage and there is still a potential op on the horizon to remove some bone fragments that came off the vertebra, however had the last trip to the dentists yesterday to have the damaged teeth fixed (three crowns and 2 teeth rebuilt with glue)

but best of all I have been signed off as fit to race (though the doctor did question my sanity) and thankfully got my bit of plastic back of the MSA at the end of last week!

cheers Richard

grantp · 20 Aug 2014, 15:11 (Ref:3445722)

That all sounds rather challenging Richard - not least the dentist part!

Glueing teeth together must be a challenging skill. Must ask my dentist about that for future reference.

I think it would be sensible to get any bone chips removed rather than wait to see if they cause problems later. Hopefully there will be improvement in the nerves over time.

The things one does for pleasure!

retrognome · 23 Aug 2014, 15:13 (Ref:3446573)

Why is it so expensive for one person to travel from UK to Zandvoort? Cheapest I can do it , by car from Worcestershire, via Dover is £205, plus two hotel nights, also meals. Flights start at £200 plus, while the P/O Hull -Rotterdam route is a silly £500. Must be because its still August. Any other photographers fancy meeting up and sharing expenses?

rbm · 23 Aug 2014, 16:46 (Ref:3446596)

Peter, if you come across stop by the 500s for a beer

Richard

retrognome · 26 Aug 2014, 18:55 (Ref:3447853)

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Peter, if you come across stop by the 500s for a beer

Richard

Trip sorted. Wife's Fiat non thirsty Panda, cheap hotel for a couple of nights under airport flight-path and good deal with P&O. Everything is right in the world. See you there. Images from my last visit.

FISCracer · 27 Aug 2014, 20:34 (Ref:3448293)

Marcos fixed after my wet weather excursion in the Marathon on the Nordschleife, so we will be there. No 96 in NKHTGT. Come and have a beer

delta · 29 Aug 2014, 12:46 (Ref:3448833)

We have an elva fj car with a broken clutch plate . Anyone have a spare it's a 1275 sprite plate . Thanks

retrognome · 30 Aug 2014, 19:10 (Ref:3449114)

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We have an elva fj car with a broken clutch plate . Anyone have a spare it's a 1275 sprite plate . Thanks

Can't get into my pictures, it was a great day of racing today (Saturday) but have sent a sort of report with some images back to base. Should be up tonight. www.retro-speed.co.uk

delta · 31 Aug 2014, 05:23 (Ref:3449183)

Clutch all sorted on elva . Owner very gratefull and he had a good race . Just my blooming back killing not the easiest car to work on . Just had a swim in sea now nice cuppa and then ready for another day in the delta world .

Jan Biekens · 2 Sep 2014, 10:28 (Ref:3449678)

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Clutch all sorted on elva . Owner very gratefull and he had a good race . Just my blooming back killing not the easiest car to work on . Just had a swim in sea now nice cuppa and then ready for another day in the delta world .

Too bad you missed the pudding

See you at Spa

retrognome · 2 Sep 2014, 15:51 (Ref:3449746)

A few pics. Copyright www.retro-speed.co.uk. We should have a full gallery up by about 18.00hrs.

David Hart looks rather pleased about beating Leo and Simon
Mike Dowd trying to keep his lead
Phil Stott Motorsport Intrepid
Chapman Junior
Andy Wolfe doing what Andy Wolfe does

rbm · 2 Sep 2014, 17:55 (Ref:3449772)

well what a cracking weekend. A fantastic circuit, great crowds and great racing.

during practice we found a few problems with Revis that had been missed in the rebuild so only 15th, in the 1st race the car held up better than the driver but we still gained 8 places 2nd race dropped a needle after the 1st lap - all good fun and great to be back in the car.

Ian thanks for the loan of your sock

Richard

delta · 2 Sep 2014, 19:53 (Ref:3449801)

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Originally Posted by rbm

well what a cracking weekend. A fantastic circuit, great crowds and great racing.

during practice we found a few problems with Revis that had been missed in the rebuild so only 15th, in the 1st race the car held up better than the driver but we still gained 8 places 2nd race dropped a needle after the 1st lap - all good fun and great to be back in the car.

Ian thanks for the loan of your sock

Richard

More than welcome, I'm getting desperate to own a 500. Sir John did tell me to drive the Arnott after he had shunted the Lotus but it did not seem right some how.
BTW I can now come to Castle Combe so will look forward to that.

henk4 · 3 Sep 2014, 13:13 (Ref:3449977)

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event...Zandvoort.html

Finally we visited something on home turf, and it was very very worthwhile.

scott fisher · 4 Sep 2014, 19:46 (Ref:3450336)

What a great weekend,enthusiastic huge crowds even though we were up in a dead end corner,mixed weather made for some interesting racing with last minute decisions on tyre choice,a first and second place were a great result for our drivers first time in the car,zandvoort is a definite date to be kept on the calender

White flag man · 10 Sep 2014, 02:51 (Ref:3451704)

Some of you who stopped out on the circuit may have been greeted by marshals speaking in a familiar language. This was due to the fact that nine of us made the trip, many for the first time. Just like to say a huge thank you to our Dutch colleagues for their friendship and hospitality and all the drivers for a great weekend.

MGDavid · 10 Sep 2014, 11:44 (Ref:3451803)

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Some of you who stopped out on the circuit may have been greeted by marshals speaking in a familiar language. .......

er, most of the Dutch speak better English than us anyway ;-)

rbm · 10 Sep 2014, 19:54 (Ref:3451964)

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Originally Posted by White flag man

Some of you who stopped out on the circuit may have been greeted by marshals speaking in a familiar language. This was due to the fact that nine of us made the trip, many for the first time. Just like to say a huge thank you to our Dutch colleagues for their friendship and hospitality and all the drivers for a great weekend.

thanks as usual to all the marshals..

... and hope you enjoyed the 'start the 500' on Friday

Richard

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