Glemseck 101
When I look back at this thread the long team goal was to have fun and do some rounds of the Sultans of Sprint drag race series and the main event and last round was Glemseck. So lots of boxes ticked and 1200miles round Europe to Germany over this weekend has been another great experience. We split the trip into what seemed easy bites, Southampton to Eurotunnel than stay over night in Remagen - then down to Leonburg and Glemseck 101 which is the name of the Hotel that sits on this site. We stayed for 3 nights just outside of the venue and drove in leaving Velocity parked in the Sultans tent Friday night. Race day was Saturday and we were due to race from 3.00 but at 2.50 the heavens opened and we were delayed as the sun burnt off the moisture by 3.45 if was all systems go.
There were 22 bikes entered and so 6 quali rounds mine was to be 4th against Krautmotors No5, we had one practice run smoked him and came back to take the actual run.... lost by a wheel having missed a gear - that's how it goes... Krautmotors went on to come 5th so fair play to him. Long way to go for 2 runs a things could have been much different... We had a great time and always made welcome and plenty of banter and interesting people, on the Sunday we had a chance to watch the racing from the seating to the side of road and this gave a very different perspective that up close and personnel with a race suit on - far more relaxed.
The plan is to do it all again next year but hopefully with a bit more success and a few chosen mods to the bike, from what I saw Nos is almost a given if you want to be competitive or forced induction which if I am honest I wanted to keep clear of, the RM motor has performed faultlessly and he has always been a phone call away if I needed any info, we have discussed some options for next year but the piggy bank needs some love..
Thanks to everyone on the fourm who has taken the time to follow this journey