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18 Jun 2013, 07:02 (Ref:3264188) | #1 | |
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THE SECOND 2013 10Tenths Le Mans Garage Visit - Greaves Motorsport
This is the culmination of what (for some considerable time) has been 'a work in progress'. First contact from the team was as long ago as November 2010 (if memory serves me right)!
So, it is with HUGE thanks to the team in question, that I can reveal our hosts for our SECOND 2013 10Tenths Le Mans garage visit will be..... GREAVES MOTORSPORT The visit will take place on Friday morning. The scheduled start time will be 11am and the visit will follow our usual 2 group format There will be 2 groups of 6. I would ask everyone involved to meet against the pit wall opposite the Greaves Motorsport garages no later than 10:45am. I have allocated all the places to members not selected for the afternoon visit....the list (in no particular order) is as follows: Alex Toropov Elaviel whitemr2 wewantourdarbyback Natalia Beetle eps Truckosaurus Muppetdave901 kpkorsager Dominique tonypowe If the timing of the visit makes it difficult for any of you to attend, please try to let me know as soon as possible. It is imperative that we have a full compliment of Tenthers for the visit. That said, I suspect there will be a fair number of 'veterans' on hand should a place become available! As is always the case, any major 'incident' involving one of the cars on Wednesday or Thursday could lead to the cancellation of the garage visit....the team will be too busy to host us. My renewed thanks to Greaves Motorsport, I shall look forward to seeing you all on Friday, for what I am sure will be a terrific garage visit! |
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18 Jun 2013, 07:17 (Ref:3264195) | #2 | ||
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Another group of lucky sods. Great work again their James. ;-)
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18 Jun 2013, 07:31 (Ref:3264202) | #3 | ||
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Wow and woo hoo! James many thanks to you and all involved for arranging this.
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18 Jun 2013, 07:35 (Ref:3264203) | #4 | ||
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Well done indeed James.
Looking forward to comparing notes between the lucky groups on Saturday. |
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18 Jun 2013, 08:02 (Ref:3264221) | #5 | ||
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Great work James!
And you know I will be on the spot if anyone misses theirs |
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18 Jun 2013, 09:33 (Ref:3264263) | #6 | ||
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18 Jun 2013, 09:37 (Ref:3264264) | #7 | ||
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Very happy to see this. Will bee the Crown of this years trip. unless the winner is the #2 Audi, then it will be a fine 2. place.
look forward to see you all on Saturday. |
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18 Jun 2013, 10:33 (Ref:3264283) | #8 | ||
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Hopefully all the people on the list check their internet! I believe some have already left on their travels?
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18 Jun 2013, 10:35 (Ref:3264284) | #9 | ||
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See you all there
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18 Jun 2013, 10:42 (Ref:3264288) | #10 | ||
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Thank you James for making this possible, I feel very honored, like I earlier said and learned on Tenths, the icing on the cake.
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18 Jun 2013, 11:03 (Ref:3264303) | #11 | ||
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well done James !
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18 Jun 2013, 11:05 (Ref:3264305) | #12 | ||
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might mess up my plans for the GBW, Helen will be either have to stay behind and then she can collect the others from there when i get back with the car for the oak visit, or we just let the others go and we both just miss the GBW, either way will not miss the visits for sure.
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18 Jun 2013, 11:17 (Ref:3264311) | #13 | ||
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Another top job, Gents. Well Done to ALL involved.
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18 Jun 2013, 11:39 (Ref:3264319) | #14 | ||
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18 Jun 2013, 11:42 (Ref:3264320) | #15 | ||
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19 Jun 2013, 09:17 (Ref:3264733) | #16 | |
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Just wanted to confirm on behalf of wwodb that he's seen this and will be there. Awesome stuff.
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19 Jun 2013, 09:38 (Ref:3264748) | #17 | ||
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Thanks a lot for this great opportunity! Awesome job!
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19 Jun 2013, 16:01 (Ref:3264943) | #18 | ||
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*cough, splutter*
Well, merci! Will be there by 10-ish and ready to explore the Greaves Motorsport garage. Thank you SO MUCH for inviting me to this meeting - it means a great deal to me and I will enjoy it immensely, as will everyone else invited. |
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21 Jun 2013, 09:25 (Ref:3265965) | #19 | ||
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21 Jun 2013, 09:53 (Ref:3265982) | #20 | ||
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lucky bar stewards!
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21 Jun 2013, 14:51 (Ref:3266099) | #21 | ||
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Well I wasn't a visitor this time, but I did hear what those who were had to say about it afterwards. All highly positive - everyone seemed to enjoy it immensely!
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21 Jun 2013, 15:32 (Ref:3266119) | #22 | ||
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A great time at Greaves Motorsport this morning. Really enjoyed going behind the scenes and seeing so much of the Greaves operation.
Many thanks to John for showing us round and talking us through everything and good luck to Greaves, hope you have a better time in the race than in qually. And big thanks to bentley03 for organising it (once again!). |
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21 Jun 2013, 15:43 (Ref:3266123) | #23 | |
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Thank You Greaves Motorsport!
Well, we owe a massive debt of gratitude to Greaves Motorsport. Despite an extremely challenging couple of days on track, and with their pit crew facing a full day's work in the garages, they accommodated a 'revised' 10Tenths Garage Visit which began at the appointed time.
An early morning phone call from John Brooks, who was due to host our garage visit, brought news that the team were in full work mode in the garages and that the 'planned' visit would, by necessity, need to be somewhat shortened. Moreover, access to the garages would need to be limited due to the ongoing work being undertaken by the crew. But, he said, he would see what he could do. What transpired, turned out to be rather different to what John had described to me over the phone.... Instead of 2 groups of 6 lucky Tenthers, he split the 12 into 4 groups of 3. And, what I had assumed would be a whistle stop peek into the Greaves garages for each group, turned out to be 4 full blown tours of the garages. John showed each group all areas of their garage set up, giving a full commentary of what they were seeing, together with a comprehensive explanation of all aspects of the Greaves Motorsport operation. Needless to say, the visits were thoroughly enjoyed by those involved. John, you are a legend, you really did us proud! On behalf of 10Tenths (and the 12 lucky forum members, who I am sure will offer their sincere thanks individually, as and when they have internet access), a HUGE thank you to you for hosting us so brilliantly, and to Greaves Motorsport for accommodating our members. We understand that this is a special privilege and are all extremely grateful! THANK YOU! |
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21 Jun 2013, 15:46 (Ref:3266124) | #24 | ||
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I felt so lucky today, the visit was supposed to be short but still they managed to show us arround and made us feel very welcome. A big thanks to Greaves and James.
THANKS |
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21 Jun 2013, 16:00 (Ref:3266129) | #25 | ||
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James, you made my day! Thanks for making me part of this visit
And a big thank you to John Brooks for taking his time for us. No need to say I'm a fan of his work, I couldn't dream of a better guide. |
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