LFS UK Karting Meet 2008 - Post event discussion

Becky Rose · 24th August 2008, 09:25

Home sweet home. Re the race: Grrrr for self pwnage! I had loads of fun, it was one of the more enjoyable races I ever had. Real high quality field and lots of good race craft to contend with on my recovery.

Should I make some server space for uploading all the pics or something or are you guys ok for space?

**Bob Smith** · 24th August 2008, 11:41

Let's start a new thread to keep things tidy - that old one has got big enough.

I have to say, it was an excellent day, with equally excellent people. We've had fast, clean racing in the go karts, good talking at the pub, good drunken banter in town, and a good laugh racing back here.

We've got to wait for Ian to sort out all the photos from the day (he took 460!), but I took a couple of shots in the evening when people got back here, which will have to do for the meantime.

Also here is the results sheet for the karting: http://lfs.thefloatingwidget.net/pho...ts%20sheet.jpg

And I hate you all for keeping me up until twenty to five in the morning!

j/k

I would post more details of what happened for everyone but I've Thomas to be occupying for the day and we want to get out the house away from computers.

Math1js · 24th August 2008, 12:34

Looks like you guys had loads of fun there!
Hope that one day I could also come

.
But, more pictures please

STROBE · 24th August 2008, 13:26

Ok, here's what happened...

Everyone lined up in the pits as the race boss shouts his final reminders.

Then everyone went out for a few minutes practice before the qualifying session starts.

Some people were more focussed on the racing than others!

It's only practice but that didn't stop it being competitive...

I tried taking some good panning shots, which is bloody hard. I also soon realised it was fairly pointless, because from the side you can't tell who it is as everyone had identical suits and helmets, with only the kart number for identification. Except for Becky, who had her own racing gear and was easily identifiable in red.

Can't remember who this is... who was it that went off-roading at start of the practice session?

Reducing drag, but looking at the camera rather than the track...

End of qualifying
At the end of the qualifying session, the karts were returned to the pits and the drivers had a 10 minute break to prepare for the main race.

The Race
The race had a rolling start. Here is everyone on the roll-out lap.

Onto the start/finish straight, and the lights go green!

On the run down to T1.

The end of the first lap. IIRC, I think Thomas (#16) is in the lead, not Jason (#15).

The following are all general shots from the first third of the race.

The following photos are all from the final half/two thirds of the race, when I walked back down to the final corner leading onto the s/f straight.

STROBE · 24th August 2008, 13:27

A view of the karting venue - great place, well run, and the drivers all said the track was good.

The trophies

In third place, is Jason.

In second place, it's the big man himself, Victor.

And the overall winner? Thomas, by a massive 40 seconds! (For comparison, the next forty seconds covered everyone else that finished on the lead lap...)

The "podium":

A good day had by all:

Bean0 · 24th August 2008, 13:41

Great day out yesterday, I'm just uploading my pics now, 120 in total.

Just taken with a point & click camera, so nowhere near as good as those above.

Gallery

Edit: Pics now in Gallery for easy viewing

hrtburnout · 24th August 2008, 13:49

Those pictures are great, STROBE. Any chance of a group photo with username tags?

rediske · 24th August 2008, 13:51

absolutely great pictures STROBE!

AlienT. · 24th August 2008, 14:17

Are you sure that's Thomas? I reckon it's Nick Heidfeld....the beard gives it away. Nick/Thomas you should be in bloody Valencia man!

need · 24th August 2008, 15:28

Made it home about an hour ago.
Was great fun meeting everyone and racing on the karting track.
Those are some great pictures from both of you.

Thanks to Ben for organising things and for a place to sleep for the two nights

I'm looking forward to next years event allready

evilpimp · 24th August 2008, 15:42

Lol looks like fun and yeah Thomas does look like Nick a lot :P.

Grats Thomas, Victor and Mister Jason (

go SR!) aswell as everyone who was there and had fun :P.

ergin · 24th August 2008, 16:04

FEL nr. 1 !!

SO PROUD TO BE A PIE!

DavidSco · 24th August 2008, 16:57

Looks pretty good, I'll try harder to be there next year

tongey · 24th August 2008, 17:14

Great photos looked like a great day

Congrats to the podium guys (especially Jason

) - Go mate !

Mike Bingo · 24th August 2008, 17:17

I'm gutted I missed it thats for sure.

MijnWraak · 24th August 2008, 17:54

I would have crumbled under the pressure of being within 100 miles of victor

Becky Rose · 24th August 2008, 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by MijnWraak

I would have crumbled under the pressure of being within 100 miles of victor

Easy fixed, just imagine him naked, it's what I did...

Mike Bingo · 24th August 2008, 18:03

Did anyone buy Victor a beer?

St4Lk3R · 24th August 2008, 18:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Becky Rose

Easy fixed, just imagine him naked, it's what I did...

Bad, BAD image in my head now...

PS: Wow, Victor has changed a lot since the last photo I saw!

[SR] Keith · 24th August 2008, 18:23

It was a great meet. I had a bad qualifying session, but a really good race - thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to 'Bob' for organising everything and thanks to everyone else for making it such a fun day/weekend.

JasonL220 · 24th August 2008, 18:54

That was a great day really enjoyed it, shame i couldn't start the race properly stupid kart

.

Joe_Keaveney · 24th August 2008, 19:05

Yeah, thanks everyone for making it such an enjoyable day. Well done to Becky for unequivocally thrashing us all in qualifying, and to Thomas for the win! The entire field was quick - every driver was quicker than the best lap time from the group who were on before us! Sim-racers win again.!

Nice to see such a strong turnout from the [SR] guys, hope we can all meet up again next year! Consider me pre-confirmed! I'm definitely going wherever the next one is!

Thanks again to all who made it there, and particularly to Thomas and Victor for making the trip to the UK. Hope to see you again next year!

**Bob Smith** · 24th August 2008, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Bingo

Did anyone buy Victor a beer?

He was driving, so no beer, but I did buy him a coke.

STROBE - any chance of an archive link to download them all? Likewise Bean0 I don't fancy opening up 120 tabs. Oh and a high res photo of the group shot would be great too. Cheers!

Bean0 · 24th August 2008, 20:01

I'm looking for some sort of script to make a nice easy album type thing...know of any ?

This should be all the photos - www.bean0.com/karting/allpics.zip

ebola · 24th August 2008, 20:01

Great photos STROBE all the effort was much appreciated. As was all the effort made by Ben (and his housemate) for the great setup in his living room. What a great bunch of people to have met I'm really glad I made it.

The whole day was superb fun even if my race was atrocious and all being well I'll see some of you next year!

Regards

Neil

rediske · 24th August 2008, 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bean0

I'm looking for some sort of script to make a nice easy album type thing...know of any ?

This should be all the photos - www.bean0.com/karting/allpics.zip

A few days ago I found this: (<50kB, only needs an xml file and a small html, the rest is flash. the only downside is, that it arranges the thumbs randomly every time you reload the page in the free version, but I thought it looks nice)

http://www.airtightinteractive.com/p...ostcardviewer/

edit: they have other free viewers where you can arrange the thumbs iirc: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/viewers/

It's totally easy, I did this with it:

http://turtlepics.rediske.de

Gnomie · 24th August 2008, 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Bingo

Did anyone buy Victor a beer?

And did you manage to lure out of him some interesting information about LFS? I feel that I know way too little about how the team works, how they arrange things inbetween themselves and all that stuff.. that's what I would ask Victor about if I met him. (I'd imagine he could talk about general stuff like that without feeling pressed to reveal secrets about future plans etc..?)

Becky Rose · 24th August 2008, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gnomie

And did you manage to lure out of him some interesting information about LFS? I feel that I know way too little about how the team works, how they arrange things inbetween themselves and all that stuff.. that's what I would ask Victor about if I met him. (I'd imagine he could talk about general stuff like that without feeling pressed to reveal secrets about future plans etc..?)

I'd rather just talk about racing, that's why we where there afterall ! We did get to see some vids of the new VW though, apparently a little slower than the TBO's. There might be some new stuff for LFS World coming, but he turned down my request for having the Pride flag on my forum posts!

chanoman315 · 24th August 2008, 21:25

in the last Strobe's photo, who is who...

jwardy · 24th August 2008, 21:34

so when do we get the thread LFS Karting meet 2009 opened and i will try and make the next one If its in spain, im not driving to the uk or flyingtheres a nice track in Benidorm ( i suppose youve heard of it ) ill find some pics when possible , i might organise a spanish one yet .

24th August 2008, 09:25	#1 -
Becky Rose S2 licensed Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,898	LFS UK Karting Meet 2008 - Post event discussion Home sweet home. Re the race: Grrrr for self pwnage! I had loads of fun, it was one of the more enjoyable races I ever had. Real high quality field and lots of good race craft to contend with on my recovery. Should I make some server space for uploading all the pics or something or are you guys ok for space? __________________ Is Pride a Sin?
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24th August 2008, 11:41	#2 -
Bob Smith Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 10,808	Let's start a new thread to keep things tidy - that old one has got big enough. I have to say, it was an excellent day, with equally excellent people. We've had fast, clean racing in the go karts, good talking at the pub, good drunken banter in town, and a good laugh racing back here. We've got to wait for Ian to sort out all the photos from the day (he took 460!), but I took a couple of shots in the evening when people got back here, which will have to do for the meantime. Also here is the results sheet for the karting: http://lfs.thefloatingwidget.net/pho...ts%20sheet.jpg And I hate you all for keeping me up until twenty to five in the morning! j/k I would post more details of what happened for everyone but I've Thomas to be occupying for the day and we want to get out the house away from computers. __________________ Vehicle Handling and Performance Analyser - Analyse your LFS setups like never before (thread) The Floating Widget - Home of LFS Advanced Setup Guide and more [but site is ancient] Setup packs: Road Going (last update 0.5Z) ... Easy Race (last update 0.5P) ... Drag Racing (last update 0.5U)

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Math1js S2 licensed Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 192	Looks like you guys had loads of fun there! Hope that one day I could also come . But, more pictures please
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STROBE S2 licensed Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,068	Photos Ok, here's what happened... Everyone lined up in the pits as the race boss shouts his final reminders. Then everyone went out for a few minutes practice before the qualifying session starts. Some people were more focussed on the racing than others! It's only practice but that didn't stop it being competitive... I tried taking some good panning shots, which is bloody hard. I also soon realised it was fairly pointless, because from the side you can't tell who it is as everyone had identical suits and helmets, with only the kart number for identification. Except for Becky, who had her own racing gear and was easily identifiable in red. Can't remember who this is... who was it that went off-roading at start of the practice session? Reducing drag, but looking at the camera rather than the track... End of qualifying At the end of the qualifying session, the karts were returned to the pits and the drivers had a 10 minute break to prepare for the main race. The Race The race had a rolling start. Here is everyone on the roll-out lap. Onto the start/finish straight, and the lights go green! On the run down to T1. The end of the first lap. IIRC, I think Thomas (#16) is in the lead, not Jason (#15). The following are all general shots from the first third of the race. The following photos are all from the final half/two thirds of the race, when I walked back down to the final corner leading onto the s/f straight. __________________ View through a DSLR

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STROBE S2 licensed Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,068	A view of the karting venue - great place, well run, and the drivers all said the track was good. The trophies In third place, is Jason. In second place, it's the big man himself, Victor. And the overall winner? Thomas, by a massive 40 seconds! (For comparison, the next forty seconds covered everyone else that finished on the lead lap...) The "podium": A good day had by all: __________________ View through a DSLR

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Bean0 S2 licensed Racername: CR\|S.Baker Online at: TDRT IGTC Train Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 4,224	Great day out yesterday, I'm just uploading my pics now, 120 in total. Just taken with a point & click camera, so nowhere near as good as those above. Gallery Edit: Pics now in Gallery for easy viewing __________________ +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++ Skins available from www.Bean0.com Last edited by Bean0; 25th August 2008 at 08:43.

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hrtburnout S2 licensed Racername: n1 Erik Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Elburg, NL Posts: 4,771	Those pictures are great, STROBE. Any chance of a group photo with username tags? __________________ <@vari> ...some say that he has a big #1 on the back of his helmet and he puts it on backwards <@vari> all we know is, he is called erik

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rediske S2 licensed Racername: rediske Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 740	absolutely great pictures STROBE! __________________ rediske.de \| turtlecam.rediske.de \| rediske2wheels \| LFS Radio! (2005) \| ...the Scirocco was a lie!

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AlienT. S2 licensed Racername: RSR.AlienT. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 1,042	Are you sure that's Thomas? I reckon it's Nick Heidfeld....the beard gives it away. Nick/Thomas you should be in bloody Valencia man! __________________ http://www.rsradicals.com [ctra]ctra/mini/AlienT.[/ctra] [ctra]ss/mini/AlienT.[/ctra]

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need S2 licensed Racername: Gray Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 327	Made it home about an hour ago. Was great fun meeting everyone and racing on the karting track. Those are some great pictures from both of you. Thanks to Ben for organising things and for a place to sleep for the two nights I'm looking forward to next years event allready __________________ Gray VM Racing GT Series

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evilpimp S2 licensed Racername: [SR] MistaTea Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,725	Lol looks like fun and yeah Thomas does look like Nick a lot :P. Grats Thomas, Victor and Mister Jason ( go SR!) aswell as everyone who was there and had fun :P. __________________ www.Sonicrealmsracing.co.uk

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ergin S2 licensed Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 29	FEL nr. 1 !! SO PROUD TO BE A PIE!
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DavidSco S2 licensed Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 70	Looks pretty good, I'll try harder to be there next year __________________ "My only concern is where I'm going to find a coffee." Colin McRae on if he was concerned about the last corner at the 2007 X-Games.
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tongey S2 licensed Racername: [SR] Tongey Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 134	Great photos looked like a great day Congrats to the podium guys (especially Jason ) - Go mate ! __________________ www.sonicrealmsracing.co.uk

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Mike Bingo S2 licensed Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 240	I'm gutted I missed it thats for sure.
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MijnWraak S2 licensed Racername: HUGHES Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 729	I would have crumbled under the pressure of being within 100 miles of victor __________________

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Mike Bingo S2 licensed Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 240	Did anyone buy Victor a beer?
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[SR] Keith S2 licensed Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cardiff Posts: 22	It was a great meet. I had a bad qualifying session, but a really good race - thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to 'Bob' for organising everything and thanks to everyone else for making it such a fun day/weekend. __________________ Sonicrealms Racing

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JasonL220 S2 licensed Racername: [SR] J. Lovett Online at: [SR] IGTC Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: loughborough / dor Posts: 271	That was a great day really enjoyed it, shame i couldn't start the race properly stupid kart . __________________

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Joe_Keaveney S2 licensed Racername: [NDR] JOE Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 430	Yeah, thanks everyone for making it such an enjoyable day. Well done to Becky for unequivocally thrashing us all in qualifying, and to Thomas for the win! The entire field was quick - every driver was quicker than the best lap time from the group who were on before us! Sim-racers win again.! Nice to see such a strong turnout from the [SR] guys, hope we can all meet up again next year! Consider me pre-confirmed! I'm definitely going wherever the next one is! Thanks again to all who made it there, and particularly to Thomas and Victor for making the trip to the UK. Hope to see you again next year! __________________

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Bean0 S2 licensed Racername: CR\|S.Baker Online at: TDRT IGTC Train Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Newcastle, UK Posts: 4,224	I'm looking for some sort of script to make a nice easy album type thing...know of any ? This should be all the photos - www.bean0.com/karting/allpics.zip __________________ +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++ Skins available from www.Bean0.com

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ebola S2 licensed Racername: ebola Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sheffield Posts: 408	Great photos STROBE all the effort was much appreciated. As was all the effort made by Ben (and his housemate) for the great setup in his living room. What a great bunch of people to have met I'm really glad I made it. The whole day was superb fun even if my race was atrocious and all being well I'll see some of you next year! Regards Neil

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chanoman315 S2 licensed Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cancun Posts: 6,459	in the last Strobe's photo, who is who... __________________ SGV - 44

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jwardy S2 licensed Racername: J.ward Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Javea , Spain Posts: 1,779	so when do we get the thread LFS Karting meet 2009 opened and i will try and make the next one If its in spain, im not driving to the uk or flyingtheres a nice track in Benidorm ( i suppose youve heard of it ) ill find some pics when possible , i might organise a spanish one yet . __________________ http://highpulsepoker.com/cgi-bin/sc...affcode=jwardy

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