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A few action pic. Sorry there all on the same part of the track but due to the weather i wasn't going to give up my dry seat.
Silverstone MotoGP Meetup 2011
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I just got back home from a truly great weekend.
Arrab - Thanks for the accomodation and pasta. Your floor is certainly one of the most comfortable I have ever slept on. Think the Woods navy rum, Westons Special reserve, Tequila and Irish Car bombs probably helped me sleep
Junkie -Thanks for just coming over. It was a real pleasure meeting you. And thanks for the signed Nicky T-Shirt
Gator - Same again mate. So good to meet you. Fck you can put some food away. Avocado anyone ?
Levi - Same again mate. Top guy and can put the Guinness away without no problems
I gotta say, the Yanks put a serious shift in over the weekend. These dudes turned up at the track straight from the airport and didn't miss a session or a beer. Respect is due.
Austin - Great to meet you and I am looking forward to catching up with you again at Oulton. This guy knows his racing
Basspete - Fck Pete snores from both ends when he is sleeping !!!
Lil Red Rocket - Top guy !
Chop - Good value as ever. I like the monocle and the waxed moustache. Shame you didn't bring the bin bags this year.
Bonnie - A pleasure as always. How the Fck do you live with Chop ?
Arrab - Thanks for the accomodation and pasta. Your floor is certainly one of the most comfortable I have ever slept on. Think the Woods navy rum, Westons Special reserve, Tequila and Irish Car bombs probably helped me sleep
Junkie -Thanks for just coming over. It was a real pleasure meeting you. And thanks for the signed Nicky T-Shirt
Gator - Same again mate. So good to meet you. Fck you can put some food away. Avocado anyone ?
Levi - Same again mate. Top guy and can put the Guinness away without no problems
I gotta say, the Yanks put a serious shift in over the weekend. These dudes turned up at the track straight from the airport and didn't miss a session or a beer. Respect is due.
Austin - Great to meet you and I am looking forward to catching up with you again at Oulton. This guy knows his racing
Basspete - Fck Pete snores from both ends when he is sleeping !!!
Lil Red Rocket - Top guy !
Chop - Good value as ever. I like the monocle and the waxed moustache. Shame you didn't bring the bin bags this year.
Bonnie - A pleasure as always. How the Fck do you live with Chop ?
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Well chaps, it looks like you all had a brilliant time!! It was great to see you although it was brief, i'm sorry sorry i couldn't put in more time, but Silverstone is a big place to get about and i was pretty engaged trying to entertain the other half through her first motogp! So thanks for giving me a shout and making the effort, i appreciate it and look forward to another opportunity in the future. I definitely feel like i missed out on plenty of action, so again i'm sorry i didn't get more involved. Cheers
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Just a few thoughts from the weekend:
Silverstone is fantastic, brilliant circuit, the wing looks superb, the entertainment and the viewing was properley world class. Donnington has been put in the shade, and at the home of Brtish motorsport i found myself feeling rather proud, especially with a certain few visitors in the photos above.
The flat-track on Saturday night was a blast, i've never really seen or known anything of flat track before but it was absolutely mental! No wonder the ex dirt trackers do the job when they go road racing. Also got some freestyle motocross and a bit of Dougie Lampkin to keep us entertained.
I didn't make it to a GP last year, and i'd forgotten just how brilliant it is. Anyone who hasn't been or doesn't regularly go should make the effort, for me it really opens your eyes to the fine line between major success and being an also ran in sport at this level. Stood track side seeing how small the differnces can be and how incredible ALL of the riders are really changes perspective. All the perception of riders who are 'average' and the one's i don't necessarily like winning too much and becoming a frustration goes out the window, replace simply by admiration.
BIG weekend, loved it.
Silverstone is fantastic, brilliant circuit, the wing looks superb, the entertainment and the viewing was properley world class. Donnington has been put in the shade, and at the home of Brtish motorsport i found myself feeling rather proud, especially with a certain few visitors in the photos above.
The flat-track on Saturday night was a blast, i've never really seen or known anything of flat track before but it was absolutely mental! No wonder the ex dirt trackers do the job when they go road racing. Also got some freestyle motocross and a bit of Dougie Lampkin to keep us entertained.
I didn't make it to a GP last year, and i'd forgotten just how brilliant it is. Anyone who hasn't been or doesn't regularly go should make the effort, for me it really opens your eyes to the fine line between major success and being an also ran in sport at this level. Stood track side seeing how small the differnces can be and how incredible ALL of the riders are really changes perspective. All the perception of riders who are 'average' and the one's i don't necessarily like winning too much and becoming a frustration goes out the window, replace simply by admiration.
BIG weekend, loved it.
Truly my pleasure, i hope you had a good one. I'll keep in this thread to get a detailed report of your antics
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Ditto!
Arrab many thanks for sharing your home, you are a most gracious host, I hope I get a chance to return the favour one day. The rest of you guys, you are all wonderful, and very patient. I promise to learn how to use the camera on my phone properly before we all meet up again.
I love you all. Have a safe journey home.
My pleasure Bonnie. Perhaps do Thruxton BSB next year. .... man - Rog was more entertaining out last night than even the Chef's special!!
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I think i spotted Carmelo Ezpeleta wearing a yellow rossi sweat shirt.
Arrab shortly after being caught having a piss behind a burger van
Autsin, Arrab & wilski having breakfast
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Levvi in deep thought
Levvi and Arrab the ninja
Arrab shortly after being caught having a piss behind a burger van
Autsin, Arrab & wilski having breakfast
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Levvi in deep thought
Levvi and Arrab the ninja
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Excellent post - and I completely agree about Silverstone. Yes I concede Craners to Coppice is possibly the most wonderful ribbon of asphalt on the planet, but the Melbourne loop destroyed the flow of the circuit and the racing was invariably ..... as a consequence. It's my local circuit, but the facilities are akin to the Western Front - I was delighted to see it go. I've been banging on for years on here about GP returning to Silverstone, and that was prior to the redevelopments. Tom nails it - it makes you proud. This is a world class facility and as a circuit, it simply renders Donington redundant and moribund.
To those of you who think these guys are ..........go stand at the end of the Hanger Straight and marvel in awe at how late they brake into Stowe. Tom's last paragraph is dead right.
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Arrabbi! Damn you!!!
Haha, wow, do I feel stupid. Reminds me of those video, "dumbest criminals'. Well done sir.
The trip to Silverstone was beyond what I had envisioned. I can only describe meeting people you’ve never actually met in real life; yet developed a friendship through exchanges of countless thoughts, reflections, debates, and a shared passion for the Sport, as nothing less than surreal. Its part of the ongoing ‘social experiment’ I described back when I met up with the group at the Indy GP. Two of which (Levi & Gator) I met at Indy, and though they literally live 3000 miles away, we met far from our own homes to fly half way around the world for a mere weekend; the sole purpose, to meet up with another never met group, just to see a motorcycle race. The human connection between the virtual and the real and what transpires is simply wonderfully strange but fascinating, humbling, peculiar, and inspiring. I’m in New York at the moment, and trying to get home to Cali. There’s a few snafus, but Levi is working them out. I
I’d like to thank Arrabi, for being a fantastic host. I really don’t have the words to express how impressed I am with the man as a person, and stunned with the catalog of his racing knowledge. His recall of past racing events is quite astonishing. Levi and Gator are the best travel buddies you could ask for, sitting there in coach while they flew in the lap of luxury, the telling me about it all weekend made me appreciate the opportunity to hang on their coattails even more. Hehe, no, all kidding as side, these guys are the real deal, and generous to a fault, as the group found out. I know poor CaliKid must be seething with jealousy, as we both look up to these two gentz more than they even know. Wilski made a big impression on me. He’s got such a positive attitude and it’s contagious. I don’t think I saw this man frown once all weekend. His energy, optimistic outlook on life, and generosity left me humbled. Basspete is a joy to be around. The man is gritty, tough as nails and hardy as hell. Basspete, Wilski, and I must have hugged 50 times this weekend, just on the thought that we were at a GP together. Little Red Rocket came through with the tickets to get us in. He also said something that affected me profoundly. He said he’s learned a lot of racing knowledge from the forum and thanks us for our posts. I told him if he wanted to learn anything meaningful, to skip my posts and go immediately to Arrabi’s. His son Daniel was there, and I got the impression that he was a good kid, which speaks to his dad. I finally met Tom. It was brief, but he’s what I expected, a highly cerebral proper Englishman. He had a flag of the UK and we all took a picture. I thought it was cool of him to make the effort to meet up as I think he left somebody back on the stands to do so. I wish we had met up the next day; I would have liked to pick his mind about racing, as I’ve really come to appreciate his takes. Plus, I brought him a gift, which I didn’t get to give to him. I have a feeling he’ll eventually get it. He’s a good guy. I finally met my fellow American turned Brit, Austin. Like Arrabi, the recall Austin has on racing is amazing. Let me put it this way, Arrabi frequently consulted him on some racing event. It was a breath of fresh air to have a fellow American to ask about British do's and don’t before I made an ass of myself. Having him next to me while sitting in the stands was like having my own racing commentator. The dude know his racing. And of course, Chopper and Bonnielass arrived in grand style to the party. Eveybody admiring his wheels. Immediately the fun factor went stratospheric. Its good to be around life long friends. Speaking of life long friends, I flew with two, I met up with two, and I made several more life long friends this weekend. I’m beyond the moon.
I’ll post the highlights as I remember them and write them as 'lessons' learned from my Silverstone trip.
Haha, wow, do I feel stupid. Reminds me of those video, "dumbest criminals'. Well done sir.
The trip to Silverstone was beyond what I had envisioned. I can only describe meeting people you’ve never actually met in real life; yet developed a friendship through exchanges of countless thoughts, reflections, debates, and a shared passion for the Sport, as nothing less than surreal. Its part of the ongoing ‘social experiment’ I described back when I met up with the group at the Indy GP. Two of which (Levi & Gator) I met at Indy, and though they literally live 3000 miles away, we met far from our own homes to fly half way around the world for a mere weekend; the sole purpose, to meet up with another never met group, just to see a motorcycle race. The human connection between the virtual and the real and what transpires is simply wonderfully strange but fascinating, humbling, peculiar, and inspiring. I’m in New York at the moment, and trying to get home to Cali. There’s a few snafus, but Levi is working them out. I
I’d like to thank Arrabi, for being a fantastic host. I really don’t have the words to express how impressed I am with the man as a person, and stunned with the catalog of his racing knowledge. His recall of past racing events is quite astonishing. Levi and Gator are the best travel buddies you could ask for, sitting there in coach while they flew in the lap of luxury, the telling me about it all weekend made me appreciate the opportunity to hang on their coattails even more. Hehe, no, all kidding as side, these guys are the real deal, and generous to a fault, as the group found out. I know poor CaliKid must be seething with jealousy, as we both look up to these two gentz more than they even know. Wilski made a big impression on me. He’s got such a positive attitude and it’s contagious. I don’t think I saw this man frown once all weekend. His energy, optimistic outlook on life, and generosity left me humbled. Basspete is a joy to be around. The man is gritty, tough as nails and hardy as hell. Basspete, Wilski, and I must have hugged 50 times this weekend, just on the thought that we were at a GP together. Little Red Rocket came through with the tickets to get us in. He also said something that affected me profoundly. He said he’s learned a lot of racing knowledge from the forum and thanks us for our posts. I told him if he wanted to learn anything meaningful, to skip my posts and go immediately to Arrabi’s. His son Daniel was there, and I got the impression that he was a good kid, which speaks to his dad. I finally met Tom. It was brief, but he’s what I expected, a highly cerebral proper Englishman. He had a flag of the UK and we all took a picture. I thought it was cool of him to make the effort to meet up as I think he left somebody back on the stands to do so. I wish we had met up the next day; I would have liked to pick his mind about racing, as I’ve really come to appreciate his takes. Plus, I brought him a gift, which I didn’t get to give to him. I have a feeling he’ll eventually get it. He’s a good guy. I finally met my fellow American turned Brit, Austin. Like Arrabi, the recall Austin has on racing is amazing. Let me put it this way, Arrabi frequently consulted him on some racing event. It was a breath of fresh air to have a fellow American to ask about British do's and don’t before I made an ass of myself. Having him next to me while sitting in the stands was like having my own racing commentator. The dude know his racing. And of course, Chopper and Bonnielass arrived in grand style to the party. Eveybody admiring his wheels. Immediately the fun factor went stratospheric. Its good to be around life long friends. Speaking of life long friends, I flew with two, I met up with two, and I made several more life long friends this weekend. I’m beyond the moon.
I’ll post the highlights as I remember them and write them as 'lessons' learned from my Silverstone trip.
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Back in Orkney after an amazing weekend with some of the soundest, best guys I've ever met. Totally blown away by how well everyone just hit it off and the craic was amazing, photos to follow, looking forward to Silverstone next year an my first trip to Laguna in the next couple o years! I'll post properly tomorrow, but what can I say, great weekend, great of guys, an you're no even Scottish! How the .... does that work, you're no Scottish an your no crap!!!!!!!!!
All the the best guys
Pete the bass
All the the best guys
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