Must be a mistake guys.

MattM, did you drive the track? I remember one silver coop going seriously fast

Baby Cash-> I will post my pictures on the same photobucket when i have time to do so.

what exactly happened to your coupe?

Yes Martijn, i did drive the track and yes i was going seriously fast!!
I@m currently uploading a brilliant video, just waiting for it to download to youtube then i will post it.

did the silver coop going very fast have black wheels?

Im not sure if it had.. but i guess it was you then! Waiting for the vid

Well, What an absolute joy the Brussels ring road was this morning, during the rush hour!

It was a fantastic weekend. Great meeting everybody, top bunch of people. Couldn't ask for more out of a weekend - plenty of beer, laughs, fast cars, and good company.

Had some really good and very fast track sessions. I have destroyed my slicks, and the car attracted quite a crowd when i pulled into the pits and my brakes were on fire (nearly). Everyone was asking how much power i had, as they were saying the car was very fast around the track.

We did the coupes proud this weekend, we were one of the fastest cars out on track, going past Ferraris, Masseratis, Alfa touring cars, etc etc.

Have a look at this Video. It was taken during a Scuderia session on Sunday morning. The video is taken from inside my car,with my old man filming, and i am following my old car, driven by my mate Paul with MCMIKE as passenger. We were both really on it, and he REALLY didn't want to let me past! Plenty of flames, overtaking, and very late braking! Mike had to get out because he felt sick after!

Well Worth a watch;

Flames and Ferraris

Fuel comsumption was quite amazing. On the ferry home we roughly worked out that i was achieving about 5/6 mpg on track. While hooning around Spa it was costing £75 an hour in fuel! Well worth it though.

The brakes were amazing, and i was able to brake very late, as you can see in the video, i outbrake a lot of cars. It also handled fantastically, and was very reliable, apart from a small issue with a camber bolt!

I'm interested to see if Marco has any log of his lap times, to see how i compare. I have just timed a lap from that video, with lots of traffic, at about 3:20s. I'm not sure what a good lap time is but i think around 3:30 is respectable.

Mike had some good laps too, i enjoyed a good duel between him and a ferrari testarossa, which he won!

Excellent vid there Matt . Your Dad sounds as though he's having a good time giggling away while the camera is thrown from side to side in the corners .

Baz

Cracking Vid Matt

I am sure Mikes condition after the track session was not entirely down to Pauls driving

Haha golden how your Dad tells you youre braking too early

Nice video, and i am sure it was you who i was talking about. You where really pushing it, looks great!

"Whoo-hahaaa....wheee hi-hi-hi"

and:

"It's only an Ferrari"

Great Vid Matt, what a weekend you guys had, I have to go next year for sure, looks such a hoot

Note for dairy,

1. Book ferry for Spa
2. RangeRover and trailer
3. Hybrid coupe with track set up and slicks

Good to hear it Joe

Fuel consumption? Even including a full hour on the track I got from my home place (two hour drive) to the hotel, on the track and back home on less than a single tank! Ahh... that's why Le Mans is being won by Diesels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4F_EQO8-4
0:35 = Alfa 8C and some seconds later Marco
2:04 = still of Marco

Hey everyone we eventually made it home yesterday afternoon after what can only be described as an Epic weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped organise the accomodation and track time and keeping me rehydrated over the weekend. It was brilliant to meet everyone and finally put faces to the names. For me it's the best track i've every driven on and i hope anyone that managed to come out for some laps enjoyed themselves. Sometimes it wasn't that fast due to traffic but i did manage to stretch the legs of the coupe here and there. Eau Rouge is as good as you could imagine.

Highlight of the weekend for me was late on the sunday afternoon sitting at the end of the pitlane and the owner of the Alfa 8C telling me how great MY car was and that i was to be congratulated on such a fantastic sounding thing etc etc. I did ask him to swap but he declined. Just the fact that he felt the need to make a point of coming over really made my weekend.

I have looked at some of the in-car so i will be posting some videos up on you-tube when i get a minute.

Awesome, amazing, fantastic weekend.

MattM - great to team up with you, your Dad & Paul for some laughs / beers / driving, etc - between the 3 of you you were really *on it* - kicking Ferrari & Maser ass left, right & centre !

Anyone who thinks Coupes are no good on a track would have been made to eat their words this weekend !

Great to see 'Belisha-beacon' Bob, Trish, Pete P, Kayjay, Sparco, Stuart (& the red monster LE), Magoo & Mrs Magoo, the French club members and anyone else I've forgotten to mention. Thanks to the french club for organising the event.

My Coupe held up well considering the old girl has more than a few miles on her - driving on the fantastic SPA track was incredible, I consumed half a tank in 30 mins !

This is one of the very best 4-wheeled events I have ever been to, and I would urge anyone out there with a drop of petrol in their veins to get to this event.

I will be back next year for definite.

Here's a link to my pics

Spa Pics

Okay here we go this is one from the sunday session and i'm sure it's Jurgen in the victims seat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGI4Z1kpf40

That looks a good lap. How did you manage to get a clear track, was it a Scuderia session?

I timed you at 3:03s on that video and i timed myself at 3:25s during my busy Scuderia session.

I think i've deleted that one and replaced it with two more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu7Ox37UeJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjawZ48SUME

Matt i haven't got as far as the times yet but this was the coupe only session on the sunday morning

Hello all fccuking member
Fantastic Spa 2009 Edition ! Nice Coupè, nice guys, nice cars, nice weather, nice hotel...... it's perfect !
I'm very happy to meet you again (Pete, Bob and his wife and other)
So happy to see the Sparco's Monster Coupé too



I'm so glad that you enjoy my game, if we come on 2010, I'll try to show you very impressive card tricks


Sorry for my poor english

Yes those card tricks were superb, they looked even better after 10 beers! Well done mate

Nice videos Marco

Hello Julio - good to meet you, those tricks were really rather good, eat your heart out Paul Daniels !

MattM => PM

Hi all just checking if I've got this photo thing right

Really enjoyed SPA especially for my first meet. Just a few photos got hundreds (600 ish) should have pictures of most of the cars if not all of them including the track session. if you want me to send pictures of you car to you just PM with you cars reg or discription and I will send whatever I have of your car on to you (too many to upload)

Regards,

Giuseppe

Some nice pics mate.

Anyone know anything about the yellow 20vt with the Nurburgring sticker on the back? That was a very very quick car.

Here a few of my pics;

I'd be interested so know more about that yellow peril too - he easily passed me on the straight

This yellow Coupè have big turbo gt2860rs,FMIC, dump forge,walbro gss341,regul 3.8b,green air filter like mushroom,cufaro reprog,straight induction pipe,solenoide from General Motors, cold sparks & 6 gearbox from EL.

He's very fast in the straight but not so fast in the turn.
I mesure it in 3"23.

Just home from a great weekend/week.
Just to thank all our mods and The french crew for a top time at Spa.That was a fantastic first for me on the track.
Thanks Marco from Gill and I for the thrills in you,re beast.
I will post up some pics later.You never know what i may find in my Camera
We rounded our week of by a visit to the Mulhouse car Museum.

Great Joe i look forward to seeing myself in a right state. Great to meet you and Gill and glad she enjoyed the joyride.

Uploaded a couple more videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdgakzdxh2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq6ncE-eIJA

That's the only time i get to hear it properly when someone else takes footage from outside and i must say it does sound rather nice!

Very nice Marco

Nice one Marco,Top man stewart for those vids,when under the weather as well. I will try to put some stuff up.