Scumball 2006

VENI, VIDI, VICI VIRIDIS ABYSSUS – JULY 2006

That's right... We came, we saw and we conquered the Green Hell!

Never has so much been so enjoyable to so few... If you missed out on the 2006 event you will probably kick yourself as you read on and see what a bloody amazing time we had. - I'm not sure where to begin, but I think we can cover most of the highlights.

The Piston Bud boys were in full flow around the Grüne Hölle, in fact they spent the whole trip in top gear, whether it was the quantity of Bud they drank, their hardcore driving skills or just having a great deal of fun, usually at someone else's expense! They've already confirmed for next year and we've said they can bring the same car with an additional £1k of mods. I think they're safely going to be the quickest team on Scumball next year...

To the right you can see what happens when there's friendly rivalry between the teams. There were plenty of practical jokes all the way there and back, with stink bombs, smoke bombs, silly string, gaffa tape and, of course, an innocent passing tree! Water pistols were also in evidence, which was a shame for The Duisberg and Salami Kids, whose roof was no longer watertight after this shameful molestation!

Of course it wasn't all fun and games. We had a total of three breakdowns and one crash through the four days. Breakdown number one was the white Supra of the Lords of War, sadly didn't make it more than 18 miles from home... Second was the Supra of the Dukes of Hazzard team. This one made it to the start at Nottingham, but looks like it was overcooked at Donington GP circuit on Friday, resulting in a 2nd withdrawal. - As we're not nasty people, we allowed the teams involved to bring an alternative vehicle, so as not to miss the event totally... We were expecting a Vectra, maybe a Focus. - We got an 8.3 litre Dodge Viper Roadster and a Ferrari 360 Modena. Maybe we should give them a £200 budget next time as punishment?

The crash occurred on the Sunday once we'd made it to the Nürburgring... Tom and Andy in their last-minute Audi 100 managed to lose control on a straight section of the Ring and belted the Armco. No injuries were reported (Andy: "Call that a crash?!") and the Audi managed to make it all the way home with the assistance of a pry-bar and duct tape.

Embarrassingly, the other failure was yours truly. After wilfully abusing my own rules and spending a small fortune to prepare the car, it chose to overheat and leave us stranded by the E40, 50km short of Brussels on the way home. We spent the following 24 hours in various cold, wet queues, waiting for ferries and recovery trucks and then, humiliatingly, in the cab of the flatbed lorry sent to repatriate us. She'll ride again though, although an engine swap may be needed before Scumball takes place next year.

Scumball can be seen on Men and Motors (Sky Channel 131) from September 12th 2006, thanks to the limitless talents of our camera and TV Crew, seen here in glorious form standing astride their Transit at Donington Park Raceway, shortly after being chased around the circuit by two insane Irishmen in an Omega. We had to apologise profusely to Donington and can only hope they'll let us back there next year!

We should take this opportunity to offer deep thanks to the guys and gals at Donny for letting us on the circuit for a few laps' send off. The bikers that were waiting for their trackday to start at 9am had the most confused expressions on their faces as we paraded round in our rustbuckets (and the Irish boys made tits of themselves) making it look as obvious as possible that we'd never actually been on a track before.

My personal highlights of the trip, other than the 24 hour sleepless journey home, had to be sitting outside in the sunshine in the 'quaint' Belgian village of Eupen, sipping various local beers, ordering sandwiches and ice-cream in very sketchy German and laughing as The Baron's clothes suddenly appeared in the fountain. Not to mention the fact that only a few minutes earlier the Piston Bud boys had paid the busking accordian player 20 Euros to just go away and stop making us feel like we were in a 60's Belgian B-movie.

Sitting in the lobby of the Dorint am Nürburgring drinking Schnapps was also great, with most of the entrants lounging around until the early hours, drinking, reminiscing their laps of the day and generally just annoying the night-porter. Some of the guys even tried to steal a Trabant from the 2nd-floor atrium and roll it to their room, which was brought to an abrupt half by the porter, who bore a strong resemblance to Odd-Job from the Bond movies.

The poor sod was jeered and flashed at by some drunken Englishmen!

There is so much more to tell and too many stories that just aren't safe to put on a public website, where any policeman, social worker or psychiatrist might find them. Instead, join in on the forum to hear some of the tales, or just come along in 2007 to see for yourself!

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		VENI, VIDI, VICI VIRIDIS ABYSSUS – JULY 2006 That's right... We came, we saw and we conquered the Green Hell! Never has so much been so enjoyable to so few... If you missed out on the 2006 event you will probably kick yourself as you read on and see what a bloody amazing time we had. - I'm not sure where to begin, but I think we can cover most of the highlights. The Piston Bud boys were in full flow around the Grüne Hölle, in fact they spent the whole trip in top gear, whether it was the quantity of Bud they drank, their hardcore driving skills or just having a great deal of fun, usually at someone else's expense! They've already confirmed for next year and we've said they can bring the same car with an additional £1k of mods. I think they're safely going to be the quickest team on Scumball next year... To the right you can see what happens when there's friendly rivalry between the teams. There were plenty of practical jokes all the way there and back, with stink bombs, smoke bombs, silly string, gaffa tape and, of course, an innocent passing tree! Water pistols were also in evidence, which was a shame for The Duisberg and Salami Kids, whose roof was no longer watertight after this shameful molestation! Of course it wasn't all fun and games. We had a total of three breakdowns and one crash through the four days. Breakdown number one was the white Supra of the Lords of War, sadly didn't make it more than 18 miles from home... Second was the Supra of the Dukes of Hazzard team. This one made it to the start at Nottingham, but looks like it was overcooked at Donington GP circuit on Friday, resulting in a 2nd withdrawal. - As we're not nasty people, we allowed the teams involved to bring an alternative vehicle, so as not to miss the event totally... We were expecting a Vectra, maybe a Focus. - We got an 8.3 litre Dodge Viper Roadster and a Ferrari 360 Modena. Maybe we should give them a £200 budget next time as punishment? The crash occurred on the Sunday once we'd made it to the Nürburgring... Tom and Andy in their last-minute Audi 100 managed to lose control on a straight section of the Ring and belted the Armco. No injuries were reported (Andy: "Call that a crash?!") and the Audi managed to make it all the way home with the assistance of a pry-bar and duct tape. Embarrassingly, the other failure was yours truly. After wilfully abusing my own rules and spending a small fortune to prepare the car, it chose to overheat and leave us stranded by the E40, 50km short of Brussels on the way home. We spent the following 24 hours in various cold, wet queues, waiting for ferries and recovery trucks and then, humiliatingly, in the cab of the flatbed lorry sent to repatriate us. She'll ride again though, although an engine swap may be needed before Scumball takes place next year. Scumball can be seen on Men and Motors (Sky Channel 131) from September 12th 2006, thanks to the limitless talents of our camera and TV Crew, seen here in glorious form standing astride their Transit at Donington Park Raceway, shortly after being chased around the circuit by two insane Irishmen in an Omega. We had to apologise profusely to Donington and can only hope they'll let us back there next year! We should take this opportunity to offer deep thanks to the guys and gals at Donny for letting us on the circuit for a few laps' send off. The bikers that were waiting for their trackday to start at 9am had the most confused expressions on their faces as we paraded round in our rustbuckets (and the Irish boys made tits of themselves) making it look as obvious as possible that we'd never actually been on a track before. My personal highlights of the trip, other than the 24 hour sleepless journey home, had to be sitting outside in the sunshine in the 'quaint' Belgian village of Eupen, sipping various local beers, ordering sandwiches and ice-cream in very sketchy German and laughing as The Baron's clothes suddenly appeared in the fountain. Not to mention the fact that only a few minutes earlier the Piston Bud boys had paid the busking accordian player 20 Euros to just go away and stop making us feel like we were in a 60's Belgian B-movie. Sitting in the lobby of the Dorint am Nürburgring drinking Schnapps was also great, with most of the entrants lounging around until the early hours, drinking, reminiscing their laps of the day and generally just annoying the night-porter. Some of the guys even tried to steal a Trabant from the 2nd-floor atrium and roll it to their room, which was brought to an abrupt half by the porter, who bore a strong resemblance to Odd-Job from the Bond movies. The poor sod was jeered and flashed at by some drunken Englishmen! There is so much more to tell and too many stories that just aren't safe to put on a public website, where any policeman, social worker or psychiatrist might find them. Instead, join in on the forum to hear some of the tales, or just come along in 2007 to see for yourself!
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