assen again? given the chance.
 

think i may have an idea which way this will go but just for the fun of it......................

Would go again tomorow ( may try not to fall off ) but the dsc spirit and the hospitality were brill, and the track.... amazing
:cool:

I would think that being able to say you have raced a Ducati is special enough but, being able to say you have raced at somewhere like Assen - now that is REALLY awesome.

Frank

Can't wait.:roll:

Be interested to know how much it cost for the weekend, after all it is a budget series,
I worked out it would have cost me near on £500, for fuel, ferry, trackday, race entry, food etc.
Possibly acceptable if you get good weather for the weekend, but if the weather had been like much of the UK iy may have been a different story.

Oh yes lets go again:D:D:D:D

Kev. Three of us hired a van which is an expense we do not usually have. But including that and the all the other costs it was about £300.00 each which I think is good value for the weekend we had.


Mike

Boys

Dont worry I will be with Ron & Ton from the Dutch Club on the Giro next week and no doubt we will have a chat over a few beers.

From talking to Ton yesterday, to thank him, we should be able to go next year, but we wll need to commit to 44 on the grid to ensure that we keep our race. That is what you should be striving for, I need a committed 40+ racers for next year and then we will get a grid

Chris

I have paid:

£110 to cover ferry, fuel and hotel (2 nights @ €30)
£120ish to cover entry fees and trackday sessions
£30 on food and drink

It could have been cheaper if we didn't stay in the hotel, but the price was too cheap not to take!

For me it worked out no more expensive than going to a weekend meet at somewhere like Cadwell and staying in a local B&B for the two nights.

Skid !!!!! Weather was superb,, Paddock was bloody awesome.. People were amazingly friendly.. The welcome was superb.. Sod the £500,, rob a granny or something.. u gotta be there next year.. Chance of a lifetime!!!

We could only commit 44 riders to Brands and unless we maintain two grids at the UK rounds I can see the number of DD entries dropping if we have to resort to quallifying for 34 or so places on the grids. the idea of me racing to my budget is so that I can continue racing next year and the year after if I don't let my racing get me into debt.
Antony's £260 does make it look like very good value only slightly more than what a two day DSC trackday will cost me at Cadwell, may come down to the case of one or the other in the future, and at £130 entry at Brands I'm not suprised some riders dropped that round in favour of Assen,

Steve as you say the weather was superb and if you could gaurantee it would be the same next year I will start budgeting my £260 for it now and arrange sharing transport.

Kev... Get urself there, Il get ur bike there and ur luggage!!!! plenty of room in the trailer for one more..... unless of course u keep beating pete,, then u can walk !!!!!!! Make it happen buddy,,, it was well worth it!!!

Kev, it cost the following for us to get there with 2 bikes & 3 of us: (andy sorted his own way there & accom in hotel, we camped in the van and Bones had his tent)

entries: £160 (lads paid the extra trackday cost, and insurances etc)

ferry: £79.00 (and an extra £29.61 to change time on the way back)

Diesel for van: £100.70

Petrol for bikes: £35

AA cover for Van: £29.89 (and the flipping thing didnt miss a beat in the 1000 miles done in 4 days)

total round trip: £434.20 - tho booze etc NOT included tho:saint::saint:

not cheap, but with the help of Intrall consultancy we got there & back, and are now going to put a holiday fund together for next year.
Would'nt go any further tho - and still think that this shouldnt have been a points round if the grid is limited to numbers, tho we would still go there for no points


:)

yes it was worth it, despite the extra effort and cost I'd go again.

off the top of me head...
race entry - 80
licence/insurance - 50
fuel (car & bike) - 150(ish)
ferry - 44
euro breakdown - 75
grub/drink - 25
Dom's expressions on the cool down lap - Priceless!

so approx £420 for me, but that's without sharing to cost.

Thanks dude :D I was a little bit relieved I can tell you ;)

Really nice that all the other DD'ers seemed happy for me too :)

Worth every penny and yes i'd do it again. One track i'd really love to learn properly.
It was nowhere near as expensive as I thought it would be.

What price 'that' atmosphere and track ? :D I'd happily have paid double :)