Our trip to Das Drag Day #6

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Everything was loaded and ready on Tuesday,our trip started early on Wednesday morning.After about 20 minutes of driving we had to slow down due to some work on the road.Then we heard a strange sound from the right rear wheel.. I could'nt believe it,we had 1100 km left to Bitburg and a ferry to catch.Turned out it was only the center nut on the drum that was a little loose,luckily we had brought the tools needed to do the job.Torqued the nut and new pin installed,everything was ok..

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After a rather scary start we had a nice trip to Göteborg in Sweden.

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After a couple of hours at the port it was time to get on to the boat..

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We could'nt wait to arrive at Bitburg and "play"..

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Had a really nice time on the ferry,great weather on the way out to the open sea.

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cool trip

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After a nice evening on the boat with good food and drinks,we wake up early to have a solid breakfast before we arrived in Kiel.After 5 minutes Torleif began to feel some pain in the stomach,after maybe 10 minutes he was in terrible terrible pain.We had to get hold of a doctor on the boat to give him some pain-stilling,it was still 2 hours before we arrived at port.There was no doubt,Torleif had got kidney stones..
Had to find a hospital in Kiel as soon as we could,he had kidney stones some years ago and had to stay 2 days in hospital before they came out.After some driving around,we finally could park the trailer and get him in to the hospital.The service there was really good,Torleif was taken care of right away.More pain-stilling was given to him intravenously.After some waiting Torleif complained that he was dry as a desert in his mouth,he also began to loose his sight..Hmm,what the hell was happening? It turned out that the valve on the intravenously bottle was waaay to open,Torleif was really drugged..
We could not beleive our luck when he walked out 4 1/2 hours later,in some lucky way the stones must have passed trough at the hospital.Torleif was hungry but just fine,got a box with drugs in case of trouble and we where ready to hit the road again..

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Yeah,back in business!

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From Kiel we had a nice drive down to Iserlohn and Udo becker.Thought I had a bearing problem on the front wheel on the way down,but it turned out to be only a patch of bad asphalt and a tired driver.. After a few phone calls we finally arrived.

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We can't thank Karin,Udo,his mother and family enought for the kindness and hospitality they gave us.He was so kind to invite us to stay at his place,and we could drive together the last 250 km on Friday.When we arrived late Thursday evening,we had planned to sleep in the car.But Udo had other plans,he had arranged and heated up his sisters new caravan for us-it was awesome.Before we found the bed,Udo took us to a restaurant and we had the best meal ever.

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Hi Stian

I think it was a very late dinner 

Udo

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Hi Stian

I think it was a very late dinner 

Udo

Hey Udo!
Yes,it was quite a late one,but it was soooo gooooood..

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Friday morning we had a great breakfast and a shower,before we did a trip to the supermarket and a visit to his workshop.We fell in love with their house and the beautiful green fields with horses surrounding it.

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When we got back we had to say hallo to their lovely horses.I did'nt notice the steel vire around the fence,and of course managed to stick my hand trough it.Holy crap,I almost wet my pants I suspect that Udo had turned up the voltage just for me.. When I stopped shaking I was ready to race,loaded up Udo's car and headed to Bitburg 
More pictures to follow...

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Does the Lounge own his own Ferry Business?   

Pics remind me our trip to SCC. 

[Trond Dahl]

I thought It would be a good investment to get good prices for you europeans to come up to SCC next year :-D

[BeetleBug]

WOW - a new, great travel report here on The Lounge!! Thanks mate! Glad to see that Torleif had a good experience with the German nurses.... and I love the fact that Udo turned up the voltage for the fence... that`s one hell of a way to get rid of his competitors on the strip  At least it got you hair back up again 

Best rgs
BB

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I thought It would be a good investment to get good prices for you europeans to come up to SCC next year :-D

It would be a good idea to get a deal with the Stena line ferry .

By the way !!!!!! I forget to say a big THANKS to all the other Norwegian that made the long journey to Bitburg .  Thanks for comming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you next year
Udo

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So that you post all this pictures i want to mention that this is the horse that Karin takes care of . she does not only know how to ride a car on the track but also knows how to ride horses  And the little one gets larger each week 

Udo

[Trond Dahl]

Stian you have revealed Udo's secret way of getting more horses......

[Sarge]

Nice report and hospitality!

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Tekken - what is it with Totninger and their sandals? In the middle of the winter??

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Beetlebug,don't you have anything to do at work??

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Finally we arrived at Bitburg "Flugplatz",a lot of cars where there already.It was time to unload the car and equipment,also got a lot of help from our norwegian friends-Børge,Tuomo and Rune-thanks guys!

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Rune had to do some repairs on the tent,it's not the most fancy type but it works..

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Matt keene also made the trip together with som friends,he was flying around like crazy on his skateboard.In the evening Udo fired up his grill,and we all had a really nice time together.

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Delicious breakfast at the track with hot coffee,mmm..could'nt get any better than that.Was impressed by all the cars and people that turned up,think it was around 1800 trough the gate and even someon the outside.

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Karin worked hard in the check-in,when she got time she made some really good times and cool wheelies in Udo's really nice black 67.

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Don't have any pictures of the few runs I made,only some on video.Managed a 9.58 on the first run.The plan was to do a easy first run to check out the track.But the car hooked good and felt safe trough the gears so there was no need to step of the gas.
The second run was'nt so good.Drifted a little to the right after the start,and I was all over the place when I hit fourth.Just had to abort the run,it was slippery.On the third run the car launched good and straight.Suddenly lost a cylinder at the end of third and shut off at once.
After some wrenching and a leak down test it turned out that a exhaust valve had broken,that was the end of the racing for us. Appreciate the offer we got from Steve that he could help me vith a new valve.I just did'nt take the chance,in case other valves or piston was hurt.
I hoped the valves would make it trought two seasons,almost did though.. Running with draw trough turbo is hard on the valves.