Euro Trip 16

[DBK]

Cliff Notes: we shipped some Ford GTs from the U.S to Europe to drive around and then be at Le Mans for the Return of Ford GT. Here are some pics.

Awesome pics from logistics co.

Took off from south of London

I had a bum fog bulb I forgot to replace before I left. Luckily GT101 in the UK came to the rescue and fixed it on the spot.

The cars were popular in line for the Chunnel, especially since we took the oversize vehicle lane for more wiggle room in the train car. A bunch of RVs, vans, and Ford GTs.

 

[DBK]

First stop: Sint Martens-Latem, Belgium.

This crazy young photographer somehow he saw a video of us on Facebook driving down the Belgian motorway, recognized the area, and went blasting up and down the road until he found us. When he found us at a gas station, I literally thought his head was going to explode. He took some awesome photos, then came all the way to our hotel 45 minutes farther away.

Shortly after our arrival, we had a squad of photographers there.

The hotel had a big red guard dog in the back.

 

[DBK]

Apparently this is one of the largest volume Ferrari dealers in Europe. We had to stop for a pic.

Incinerating more money 1 liter at a time.

And onto our first historic racing circuit.

Luckily, more awesome photographers were around to take good photos. These were from a fellow named Tom Daem.

We managed to get out for a couple soggy laps before they shut down.

 

[DBK]

Showed up at the Ring past midnight, still drew a crowd.

 

[DBK]

Ring time. Very rainy, very dangerous Ring time.

 

[KyleSVT]

Wow thanks for posting! Best car of all time imo

 

[DBK]

Bombed south to Switzerland. Autobahn was often wet. Still managed decent speed.

 

[scott_0]

very cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[DBK]

Off to Lake Como. Weather was brutal so we skipped our intended Alps passes.

Further into northwest Italy towards Geneva.

Old castle in the mountains.

 

[DBK]

Italian Autostrada is the best. You can absolutely fly here.

 

[DBK]

Towards Le Mans

 

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Ford Hospitality at Le Mans was awesome. Parade lap time.

Raj Nair as wheelman with FIA boss Jean Todt shotgun.

 

[DBK]

I assisted putting together some of the hospitality stuff for Ford, so I managed to get a pretty good spot for the parade lap.

We got on the track and the 1-2-3 cars from 1966 pulled onto the circuit literally right next to me.

Shortly thereafter, I was involved in this situation.

 

[kaz109]

Awesome pics. I was disappointed in the cars then I seen the pics of the GT3RS and 675LT.....love them both for different reasons. Hope u enjoyed the trip

 

[DBK]

This time we took the Ferry back to the UK.

The staff are amazingly conscientious about low cars. That didn't stop this dude with a slammed car with a major front splitter from attempting to drive straight on for some reason, subsequently getting stuck, and having to have the passenger get out and help push the car off.

A final drive on the wrong side of the road.

Dropped back off for the ride home.

Wild trip. Got to watch the Ford GT whoop ass in its return to Le Mans. Drove about 2000 miles all over Europe.

 

[Brandon619]

Epic, just epic.

 

[mustangvsix]

A once in a lifetime trip. Pure envy! Epic!

 

[SID297]

Amazing pics. I would love to see more of the logistics getting there and back.

 

[94slowbra1]

Unbelievable opportunity. Great pics, thanks for sharing

 

[VenomGTX]

Holy hell that was incredible. That looked like quite an adventure. Thank you so much for posting.