Belgium GP 09'

[Garry Driffill]

Any updates on the Brits! :)

[col300]

Any updates on the Brits! :)


http://electropower.forumactif.net/live-f3/live-gp-de-kampenhout-t90.htm

:thumbsup:

[Garry Driffill]

:D Thanks Colin!

[ben]

Tom Cockerill is pole in the A-main for truck.
Rich Lowe has TQ'ed 4WD!!!!

North east domination :drool:

[c0sie]

Haggis, top 10 in 2WD and 4WD? Get in my son!

[ben]

Tom Cockerill has won the first leg of the truck A. I think it's 3 legs anyways :blush:

[ben]

Tom Cockerill has won Truck!!!!!! :D:D:D

[ben]

Rich lowe has won 4WD!!!!! :D:D

[rcracer]

Well done guys :thumbsup:

[Garry Driffill]

Great news!, Who wont 2wd? - I guess it was a local then Ben as you havnt tried to spell there name :lol: (Not that id be any better!) LOL

[Southwell]

Nice one Richard. :thumbsup:

[Trish]

Well done to Team Trishbits!!:D

[NeilD]

Well done to both Rich and Tom.

[niggs98]

well done rich n tom. Simon bettens ( think thats the spelling) won 2wd, well done m8. had the fun of racing against him at EIR and i hear he is coming over to southport as well this year. might be a new choc off for the oople report i think lol

[V-Rossi]

Simon Bettens won 3 qualifiers and all three finals, so a well deserved win.

[brokkenpiloot]

Great work on sunday! :thumbsup: (two fingers!!!!)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1548/p1040176.jpg

Nice BQ hat! :lol:

[flipside]

well done rich n tom. Simon bettens ( think thats the spelling) won 2wd, well done m8. had the fun of racing against him at EIR and i hear he is coming over to southport as well this year. might be a new choc off for the oople report i think lol

Uhm, we already had a choc-off last year Nathan, actually I believe we had the honour of competing in the first edition of it :-) Not sure if I'm ready for a new edition...

The brits certainly made a big jump forward in 2wd compared to last year! Bad luck for Dan ending up BQ, was certainly A-main worthy. Thumbs up for Simon and matthew for great driving after a long night with the danish guys!!

wouter

[MattW]

It was fun this year I have to say, Indeed Wouter is correct, we did have a good evening with the danes on Saturday :D We did take our "team manager" with us to keep us out of trouble though!!

Was good to be back up there in 2wd, we really were miles off the ball last year. Especially good for me as it was first meeting with a different car (and the fact it was Si's old car and so keeping with tradition was especially funny !)

4wd, hmm, personally gutted about that rain. Car was on it while it was dry, but in the wet, hmm, not so good;)

...and Trish, bulkhead was good enough for my 4th placed rig on Saturday!

[madmax]

notice the broken x6squaed chassis as the centerpice of the hat

[Red-Bull-Racing]

Thanks to many people who helped me to the win,

Janus for the final touch to my set-up, and an extra pair of hands on sunday.
Simon Reeves for sharing his 4wd set-up.
Wouter W, the many help he gives me.
Tom C for tires and mental support.
Andy Gr for using spares of his 4wd and driving his 2wd
My fellow qualifyers for giving me space.
Richard lowe for the entertainment just before kick-off :D

And my dad, without him I wouldn't have won.

Hope to see you all next year! I'll probably see some of you in southport. I'm looking forward to it! :)

Simon

[Lee]

Well done Simon, just think how fast you will be at southport when you do the math :lol:

[janus_77]

Congratulations to all the winners
2wd: Simon Bettens
4wd: Richard Lowe
Truck: Tom Cockerill

Good job of Steven Verelst to making the B-main.

Thanks to all of the event organizers and all the drivers to make it into an awesome event

Made the C-final myself, but considering the car I was running that wasn't that bad ;)

Hope to see you all again next year, had a very good time.

[flipside]

Janus = legend

Thanks simon for your awsome 4th qualifier, secured my 2nd place on the grid :-) Oh and thanks stefan for the very clean finals :thumbsup:

And Igor, you lost our bet!

[GRIFF55]

Thankyou all involved for a great week!!!! Simon for the redbull to get me home and Janus for stabbing somebody to get my transmitter:lol:

You all get a big Thumbs and Two maybe three fingers up from me:woot::lol:

Hope to see you all again next year:thumbsup:

[rob8246]

As appointed UK Team Manager I was very proud of the Brits both on and off the track and I made many new friends :D

All the lads performed well and well done to Simon who was a class act in 2wd. Lowey was also special in 4wd and having made the B main I marshalled the top boys and he showed some experience and driving excellence to bring it home so well done mate!! :thumbsup:

Matty white also done very well both days and TQ'd the dance tent Sat night. Reevsy TQ'd the rostrum every day with his relentless practice schedule and Cockers was just blundering around mainly looking stupid and being a shoe goo menace :o
Showtime TQ'd the breakages and also the drinking Friday night! Never seen him soooooo drunk before and he amused most people on sat with his snooring as he slept in the pitting area. (pics and video to follow)

I could go on for ever as there were many moments of pure comedy gold but I think this was one of the weeks top highlights, enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzlgjAT49oo

RR

[V-Rossi]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1548/p1040176.jpg

Nice BQ hat! :lol:
Kudos to Elvo, I finished it (and was test model) :lol:

[ben]

Tom you complete AMATEUR!!!!

[Lee]

Tom Cock at his absolute best!! :lol:

[OldTimer]

As above, it was a great meeting again with many funny moments :lol: and people.

But two GP's in a week it was busy for Harris & Griff ;) video of the 2nd GP coming very very soon :thumbsup:

[super__dan]

Just back absolutly shattered, was great though. Flanders you were an amazing motivational speaker and brought the T to team. Tom, that crash whilst videoing was pure comic genius timing.

Was gutted to be BQ but checking out leg 1 and then two amazing races, leg 2 from ninth to second and leg 3 a race long battle with Lowey almost made is better than being in the A. Also a couple of quality races with Stefan in truck, the driving throughout the whole event was a very high standard and very clean indeed!!!

The Belgium organisers are so good though, and the event so much fun. The only bad thing for me was if anyone finds my "lost" PT in their stuff PLEASE let me know, the number is 5078474.

[GRIFF55]

Have to say that the team effort in that heavy downpour was amazing. Great atmosphere and we all pulled together well to get all cars sorted for it. Thanks all!

[OldTimer]

The only bad thing for me was if anyone finds my "lost" PT in their stuff PLEASE let me know, the number is 5078474.

Not the only thing you lost ;)

[OldTimer]

Eurotunnel GP video is now online - http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26724

[Chrislong]

Good event, but a few things made it less enjoyable than previous years for me. I owe it to Willy to email him my thoughts rather than spill them out here, but the forum IS the place to talk about stolen property so here goes:

Things being blatantly stolen from the pits by fellow racers put a real downer on things (if anyone noticed the sign I made, it was written tongue in cheek just to let the theif know we were watching).

Dan = PT
Griff = Pair of tires
Cockerill = Green toolbox full of one ways, pulleys, Losi shocks
Lowe = Brush (from the floor behind Dan)
Me = a faulty fan (from the floor behind Dan, layed as a trap - but it still went without us spotting who took it.)

I say stolen by racers, as who else would know what a PT is, or how useful the stuff Tom had is? :mad:

Thanks to the Brits and the Belgians for being great sportsmen and making the event happen and be enjoyable.

[Chrislong]

Infact, Tom had to GLUE a load of stuff down - unfortunately the stuff he glued down was Raceys!!!! ha ha

[janus_77]

Good event, but a few things made it less enjoyable than previous years for me. I owe it to Willy to email him my thoughts rather than spill them out here, but the forum IS the place to talk about stolen property so here goes:

Things being blatantly stolen from the pits by fellow racers put a real downer on things (if anyone noticed the sign I made, it was written tongue in cheek just to let the theif know we were watching).

Dan = PT
Griff = Pair of tires
Cockerill = Green toolbox full of one ways, pulleys, Losi shocks
Lowe = Brush (from the floor behind Dan)
Me = a faulty fan (from the floor behind Dan, layed as a trap - but it still went without us spotting who took it.)

I say stolen by racers, as who else would know what a PT is, or how useful the stuff Tom had is? :mad:

Thanks to the Brits and the Belgians for being great sportsmen and making the event happen and be enjoyable.

What makes it even more stupid that at the table where I sat, not even 2 meters from the Brits, we were even gullible enough to leave the soldering iron and power supplies trackside at night :wtf:

[Richard Lowe]

What a week, what an event :thumbsup:

Thanks to everyone at the club and everyone that helped run the meeting, well done :)

Special thanks to -
Janus for all the help through the event, you stagger-rib dremel legend!
Elvo, chief pizza translator - Goosebumps baby!
Flanders, you're the b******s mush
JC, AC diff balls are the best ever!
Chris Long, BEEPING!
Captain Understeer, for not suffocating me when I was snoring
And the rest of the UK team, the way everyone was there to help each other was awesome. Especially Tom 'UK Legend... Snap' Cockerill sorting everyone out with BB's on Sunday and generally helping us all out.
JConcepts, for the best 4wd car ever

Well done to Simon for the 2wd win, nobody would have caught you the way you were driving that day!

[Cockerill]

Great Track, Great Venue, Great People, Great Week.

Half of me wishes I camped so I could have seen Matt White's TQ run on the Sat night, and Showtime getting a little worse for wear on Fri Night.

Flander's, I was just keeping your stuff safe by gluing it down :D

[MattW]

Think we had a proper TQ run home last night, got back to Si's just after 10, and I was back to mine before midnight - that's a proper record that's going to be hard to beat.

First time i'd seen the practice vid - top work, pure comedy timing!!

Sat night was very funny, think that's probably the shortest time i've ever seen anyone thrown out of a gaff, and proper good work to get back in so quickly. You know who you are!

Showtime all day Saturday, top work, although we heard noises from our tent that i really didn't want to hear - let's just say it was a good job that i wasn't eating at the time. :lol:

Smaller GB camping crew this year, clearly going for quality over quantity this time round. The Danes were still in full effect, just as we know they always are. Sleep is always a little hard to come by though.

and Flanders, your motivational speech's really are the thing of legend - top work man.

[rob8246]

So this is what happens when you go out drinking with the dannish massive, yeah brilliant! :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAWlDIZw3E

RR.

[Body Paint]

Big up everyone involved, we had an absoloute scream!

Thanks to Jonathan Clarke and Andy Michelle Griffiths for making the week even more fun, I am very pleased to have won the mile low ET GP on the way home.

Well done to Rich and Tom for winning the 4wd and Truck, Rich really was on it... I like the way you roll.

Flanders man... I think I love you :blush: Your little pep talks got me in the A on Saturday, you the man!

Tom was also a legend, after dominating the trucks it lashed down with rain and Tom sacrificed running the last leg (he'd already won the meeting) in order to help us all get our cars preped and tyres glued, BONJOUR!!

[Chrislong]

:lol:
"BEEEEEEEEPING!!!"

(Claire also says "beepin'")

[flipside]

Sat night was very funny, think that's probably the shortest time i've ever seen anyone thrown out of a gaff, and proper good work to get back in so quickly. You know who you are!

Yeah that was indeed a record time! Was surprised he didn't get kicked out a second time after throwing his friend up and down with the help of a danish flag.

But the best thing was that all of you guys have been dancing to the crappiest dutch music ever made, going from real schlagers to kid show theme songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yCVHoz02vo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR-6R24I-34

[Belsten]

Tom was also a legend, after dominating the trucks it lashed down with rain and Tom sacrificed running the last leg (he'd already won the meeting) in order to help us all get our cars preped and tyres glued, BONJOUR!!

oohh do I have any tyres left ?

[PTRU]

Showtime
just lovin that, its the way to roll baby thats the way to do bussinesssss

[Dadandson]

Hello,
If you want the live report and the pictures of this race is HERE (http://electropower.forumactif.net/live-f3/live-gp-de-kampenhout-t90-0.htm)
@+ JP

[rob8246]

Nice one Cockers I like the way you roll!!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/rob8246/P1010321.jpg

[Northy]

I bet he had the screws loose in the top plate.... heard that's been done before.... ;)

G

[bigred5765]

hehehe,mine wasnt

[Lee]

did you just leave yours off? :lol:

[bigred5765]

lol@lee

[Cockerill]

Nah it took the top plate with it, and the steering block.

It wasn't the cleanest landing I've ever done :o

Had the chassis changed and back in about 45 mins though!

[bigred5765]

tom is the mister Kipling of the RC world,if a jobs worth doing its worth doing exceedingly well,lol

[Darren Boyle]

I bet he had the screws loose in the top plate.... heard that's been done before.... ;)

GSeen a few like that myself too ;);)

[Cockerill]

I also managed to snap the ball of a ball stud in half, I think that's pretty special :lol:

[Darren Boyle]

Nice one Cockers I like the way you roll!!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/rob8246/P1010321.jpg

Tom, didnt think you were meant to be testing the new active front end in public yet.... :D

[Lee]

You bent your wing as well Tom :cry:

[GRIFF55]

Tom, your a uk legend mate!!:lol: Now where did i put that pine cone...?

[Lee]

I think your losing some commitment TC, usually you at least try and carry on, usually on a TQ pace :D

[madmax]

heare are some pics and vid i took

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/IMG_0007.jpg
sat morning showtime

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/?action=view&current=MVI_0002.flv

everyone cheer for showtime

and here are team two fingers bricked

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/IMG_0028.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/IMG_0030.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/IMG_0031.jpg

and a couple of other shots

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/IMG_0005-1.jpg

http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/leelexus/?action=view&current=MVI_0001.flv

[showtime]

my car was the only one going slow enough that you could actually get pictures of using your phone :blush:

i'm only just starting to feel 100% now :eh?:
it was a long way to go to feel that bad & have a 3 day hangover but would i do it again? too right ;)

book me in for the next one :woot:

[gerbil]

cheers to the belgium massive/ team manager(the cockney manc) the gravy drinkers had it large!!!
really enjoyed all weekend apart from sat morning (cheers tommy the dane) major hangover i was feeling showtimes pain
cheers to all the belgium team for having us there see you all next yeah:woot:

[Cooper]

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs154.snc1/5740_117835653065_827598065_2966976_2757005_n.jpg


http://picasaweb.google.be/bnkoffroad/GrandPrix2009


please check again later for saturday and sunday pic's

[elvo]

Browsing the pictures, one thing is very apparent: an amazing amount of grins and smiling faces.

[flipside]

Yeah, the smile on willem's face is indeed amazing

[Chrislong]

Staggered Ribs all round seemed to be they way to go, eh Elvo. ;)

[Richard Lowe]

Haha that was awesome Chris, you should run it like that all the time!

[Chrislong]

I was suprised just how ace it was. I found it hilarious to still be catching and passing other cars during that practice run - but the car was pretty balanced and drifty at speed.

[Cooper]

http://picasaweb.google.be/bnkoffroad/GrandPrix20092WD

2WD

[elvo]

Staggered Ribs all round seemed to be they way to go, eh Elvo. ;)

Hella fast, and a bit loose, excellent!

[GRIFF55]

Those staggers looked awesome coco, just a bit loose on the wood:lol:

[Chrislong]

Loose is fast. Loose turns the milk chocolatey!

[GRIFF55]

depends which way you point it. Ask haggis:lol:

[Chrislong]

Pointing what? :blush:

[Lowie]

Yeah, the smile on willem's face is indeed amazing
Willem's face tout-court is amazing!

[Cooper]

http://picasaweb.google.be/bnkoffroad/GrandPrix20094WDTruck

[Cooper]

That's it, I like comments :)

[Richard Lowe]

Great pictures Jeroen :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

yeh nice work thumbs up