Why are you all talking about me?

Happy birthday TDRT!

I have enjoyed a few races against but also as a part of TDRT, and no word fits better for this team than "excellent"!

Once again, congratulations - I am looking forward to our future races

During a holiday in the belgian Ardennes, I lived in Bellevaux. A small village outside Malmedy (~20 km from Spa Francorchamps!), but with it's own brewery.

The Bellevaux Black is a fantastic black beer, tastes a bit like Guiness just without the creamy feeling when drinking it.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to purchase it outside the Malmedy region (as far as I know - if it is, TELL ME!), but if you are in the area, do yourself the favour and visit Brasserie Bellevaux!

http://www.brasseriedebellevaux.be

Another one bites the dust... Being a star isn't easy, me thinks.

A shame, I really enjoyed his acting in The Patriot, he was a very genuine and talented actor - compared to a lot of the other Hollywood actors.

Rest in peace...

Why don't we make www.RateMyePenis.com?? :eek:

Anyways... My ePenis goes like this:

Dad: Seat Altea TDi 140 bhp version
Mum: Nissan Almera 1.6
Me: Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0 DOCH 120 beasty HP's and rwd with a 5 speed transmission! Yeah FTW!!1111oneoneone!!1 :melting:

Father-in-law: VW Touran 2.0 TDI 170 bhp version
Mum-in-law: Mercedes Benz C250 TD '95
Girlfriend: Ford Mondeo 1.8 '98

That's Dennis alright! He is twice as annoying as he looks - and I know.

Good luck with the team, Dennis. Guess I'll see you on Jyllands-Ringen around May

Well, I know some danish racedrivers... Actually, I send them bills once in a while ( Being a freelance press officer for several danish teams )

Some of them:

Henrik Lundgaard ( Privateer World Rally Champion 2000, Danish Touring Car Championship top-runner )
Kurt Thiim ( 1986 DTM-champion, has raced Le Mans, DTM, Nordschleife etc )
Nicki Thiim ( Kurt's son - one of the young talents. Took 2nd place in his first DTC-race after Le Mans-winner John Nielsen )

Can't claim that I know them, but I've talked to Jan Magnussen ( Stewart F1, Le Mans, ALMS, etc ), Jason Watt, Tom Kristensen, and a whole lot more...

The danish Prince Joachim almost rammed me with a BMW 2002 last summer, when he participated in the Copenhagen Classic Grand Prix in the streets of Copenhagen. The throttle got stucked, so he took a concrete barrier with approx. 80 km/h. I was right behind that barrier, kinda close from getting half a wreck thrown in my face - maybe that's why you have to sign a paper that says something about "The track has no responsability of my health - if I get hurt, I should have stayed at home"
Anyways, we had a small chit-chat when he got out. He was a bit annoyed that he had just destroyed another mans car.

I actually did an interview with Nicolas Larini from the Chevrolet WTCC-team last spring, when he came to Denmark to help out setting up the danish Chevrolets. Interesting person - he should just learn some better english

Oh well. I want to be famous too. No, wait. Nah.

Som de fleste nok ved, er LFS-Forum.dk midlertidigt nede. Hvornår det kommer op igen vides ikke, så Onlineracing.dk har tilbudt at stille deres forum til rådighed indtil LFS-Forum.dk kommer online igen.

Der er ingen grund til at det danske community dør ud, så skynd Jer ind på www.onlineracing.dk og fortsæt hvor vi slap

English version

As many already know, LFS-Forum.dk is temporarily down. Nobody knows when it will be up again, so Onlineracing.dk has offered their forum until the LFS-Forum.dk is online again.

It would be sad to see the danish community to fade away, so hurry up - sign up at Onlineracing.dk and continue the discussion!

/Kim Gripping

Quote from frokki :

At least you Swedes, Britons and Germans have a touring car series. Ever heard of our series' or tracks? Thought so..

Botniaring FTW!!!

Hmm... Well, I don't know what you guys hear outside Denmark, but it's known to be better than STCC and BTCC to watch - and the racing is definately tough.

I'm going to see if I can make a clip or two from the last race.. Really great racing!

Edit: BTW: The FIA has stated that the DTC is the best national touring car championship in Europe at the moment

And why isn't the best touringcar championship out there mentioned? Danish Touringcar Championship is the best out there, with drivers like Jan Magnussen, Henrik Lundgaard and John Nielsen.

Michel Nykjær recently won the championship - two weeks later, he won the European Touringcar Cup in Adria, Italy - in front of Tomas Engström, Emmet O'Brien and other great drivers.

I think Mr. Nilsson should do some better research

Hi all,

I appreciate all the PM's I've received since I did this post. Some very good offers were among the posts, but as it's fairly impossible to race for seven teams in one race, I had to choose.

I'll do my first race tonight - for The Danish Racing Team. R.Kolz contacted me shortly after this thread was posted, and we've had some conversations about it. I am confident that The Danish Racing Team can provide me some good racing in the amount that I need.

First off, I'll drive one of the TDRT cars in the IGTC race tonight. What will happen later on is still an open issue, but it will certainly be with TDRT.

Thanks for all the offers and kind words. I'll see you out there!

Regards,

Kim Gripping
The Danish Racing Team

Nice job there, I got all cought up by the story!

Hi, I'm Kim Gripping. Some of you might remember me from Spider-Web Racing. Because of my real life job in real motorsports, I've had no time for racing during the summer, but it looks like I'm going to have some spare time again soon.

I was the owner and manager of Spider-Web Racing ( SWR ). SWR was almost nothing the first long time, but after making good results during the qualification round for the danish championships, we decided to race outside Denmark too.

In the end, we took part in the IGTC, where I drove 2 or 3 races with only one co-driver - and I raced 3 hours by myself. The best result was a 4th position on Blackwood - though the setup was MUCH slower than the others.

So - what do I want now?
- Simple. I haven't got the time for handling a lot of drivers, leagues etc., so I am hoping to find a good team out there. I'm very consistant, I know some things about setups, and I am a very fair competitor. ( Only one complaint ever filed against me - which by the way was overruled )

I would love to compete in some 3-4-6 hour races again. I feel that I'm a good endurance driver, and the whole pit-strategy-thing is what I love. Of course, if you would like me to join a league, I'd do that

Please PM me, I'm sure we can work something out! - and you drifting/cruising junkies out there: don't bother

Design it for 1024x768... Anyone who is still using 800x600 should consider buying a pair of glasses or a new monitor ( I am a professional webdesigner, so it's not just blah-blah )

I usually make my websites 976 px wide - Perfect for 1024, even if you have the "Favorites"-folder open in IE

A HANS device is surely a lifesaver. You saw it at Hockenheim a few weeks ago when Tom Kristensen was t-boned by Premat in the DTM race. At impact, he was hit with 20 G - pretty damned much! It's only because of HANS, he did not suffer anything but a massive headache.

I work with a lot of danish racedrivers, and most of them use HANS. (In the Danish Touringcar Championship, it's illegal to race without ) None of them feel uncomfortable wearing it. You have to get used to the fact that you can't move your head so much, but it's not a problem after a while.

If I was to do some racing, I would certainly spend the money on HANS. Maybe you won't ever need it - that would be great - but if you get involved in an accident, you will appreciate it afterwards.

Enjoy your racing - I'd wish it was me

SWR - Spider-Web Racing is a danish team - with nothing but danish drivers. We are aiming to win the danish championship, and in the future, we will make an effort to win international races too... At the moment, we're only racing in the IGTC, but we are hoping to attend the next SimFIA DTM series

Was that the kind of answer, you wanted?

Ehm... Recently, I've met a new girl. A nice one actually. So, we had been dating for a while, and I finally invited her to my place. The first thing she saw, was the G25 at the desk - and my racing seat next to the table. :eek:

I could feel the panic in her head just waiting to burst, so I decided to tell her about it, and how good simracing is for the real life driving skills. She finally came to the conclusion that I am a cute geek, and she can almost accept the fact that I won't be with her this Saturday because I've got an IGTC-race to do

...I had an ex-girlfriend who became obsessed with Forza Motorsports on my Xbox... Until I beat her in 10/10 races with whatever car/track she wanted to drive. Then she asked me to take my bloody piece of baby toy with me home

Quote from r4ptor :

/me luv u long time :elefant:

5 dollars?

Going 200 km/h is not unrealistic - but I find it extremely unrealistic having a race using street tires.

I guess it's just me, then.

Okay then... Let's send an email to FIA suggesting that the WTCC cars must run on road tires next year - because it will certainly be better racing without slick tires...

Quote from MAGGOT :

Lots of racing series using near stock cars use road tires. I'd like the option for slicks, though, but with a server option to force road tires.

Brilliant idea!

I don't know which racing classes you guys are referring to when saying that many series are using road tires, but here in Denmark, they are all using slicks.

Anyways, the possibility just needs to be there - along with a server option to restrict the tire choice

Yes, I did seach for this one before I posted

I looked in the suggestions-log, and to my surprise, noone has mentioned having slick tires for all cars?

IRL, wheather you drive a 600 hp Aston Martin DBR9 or a 100 hp Peugeot 106, you will use slicktires on a racetrack. In LFS, they don't.

If LFS is a simulator, I find it very unrealistic that we have to use street tires while going 200 km/h...

So... Come on, make it happen!

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Somehow, the tweak file won't work for me? It has 0 hp, and it's sinking through the ground when I want to race