| Year | 1992: The First |
| Team | Gooders & Neil |
| Weather | Rain at the start and then grey for the rest of the race |
| Highlights |
Realising I COULD hold a turd in for 3 days The experience, as one veteran told me: "you'll either love it or hate it - and will either come back every year or never set foot back here again" The feeling of finally being at Le Mans (I'd wanted to go in 1991, but didn't quite manage it) Mad Mick using the only female's handbag as a pillow |
| Lowlights |
Neil and his "death-metal-speed" music Not being able to complete a "Top 5 Birds at GMAP" ranking 34 hours on a coach vs. 30 hours at the circuit Only 4 beers consumed |
| Who won? | Peugeot |
| Year | 1993: The Second Coming |
| Team | Gooders, Neil, Sniffer & Dobby |
| Weather | Scorching |
| Highlights |
"Dave's mate", going for it large in a French motorway service
station I can STILL hold a turd in for 3 days Two full-on works teams, with VERY fast machinery Jaguar XJ200C - D.Coulthard esq. driving the class "winner" Dobby's punch, Sniffer's reaction Neil & Dobby going back to the coach at 10pm |
| Lowlights |
James Hunt dying just a few days before Cuddling up to Sniffer to keep warm Mr Intolerable and his manking |
| Who won? | Peugeot (1-2-3) |
| Year | 1994: Third Time Lucky |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, DT, J Holmes, Lofty Faggot, Dr Dick |
| Weather | Scorching |
| Highlights |
Beer on the grassy knoll "Me so horny, me love you long time, me so horny…" "Lofty Faggot" and his straw hat Dr Dick's bandana, with sunburn 4 turbos and glowing brakes on the Bugatti Derek Bell's Gulf "finale" "Tiff, Tiff, I thought you would be driving…" Being on the official video review "Are you coming down t'track, wi't'lads?" Ireland beating Italy in World Cup USA Hedley's breakfasts |
| Lowlights |
Toyota's dodgy gear linkage "Is that really a GT road car???" "Oh dear, I need a poo - NOW" |
| Who won? | (Dauer) Porsche |
| Year | 1995: The Biggest Team, The Worst Atmosphere |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, DT, J Holmes, Dr Dick, Chadders, Sooty, Watkins Eddie, D'Arcy |
| Weather | Wet, then dull |
| Highlights |
"Neil Armstead's in borstal and Janis sucks cocks…" "I went down to reception and what did I see?" available for to rent on video Porn on the coach - "the Ghassan Ali cock system" - big as your arm, like! Hedley's quotes: "Not you fuckers again?", "I like driving, me", "What rules about taking mandatory breaks?" The Motorway Service Station World Cup (bent aerials anyone?) Beer hunter Mad Mick joins us Stacey… Derek Bell's Harrods swan-song JJ's wet-weather skills 6.1 litre BMW engines Red and Green Ferrari F40 GTEs Chadders and J.Holmes asleep under the coach Obtaining permanent scar on my knee from the "house of death" ride Lofty's shotgun firing from the hip "He's got trousers and everything" "Nice shoes love" - the one funny thing D'Arcy said (on strippers) |
| Lowlights |
Being wet The WR on its roof (well, if it had one…) Harrods dodgy clutch D'Arcy's total destruction of Watkins, Eddie D'Arcy, full stop |
| Who won? | (The wrong) McLaren |
| Year | 1996: Back to Normality |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, J Holmes, Dr Dick, Lofty, Chadders |
| Weather | Warm & sunny |
| Highlights |
Dr Dick vomiting, "it was the sun" Mad Mick's Sunday afternoon antics on the pit-straight terraces Blowing the horn of plenty game England 2-0 Scotland, "Shearer, Seaman & Gascoigne" "It's coming home, it's coming home, football's coming home…" Turbo Panzer Porsche 911 GT1s Noel's promise to return… Sleeping al fresco J Holmes, Sniffer and Stacey in tent (purely platonic!) |
| Lowlights |
"Now, we do all have our passports, don't we?" McLarens totally outclassed No more Hedley or his £5 breakfasts on a paper plate |
| Who won? | (TWR-Joest) Porsche |
| Year | 1997: From Brussels to Leeds to Le Mans to Leeds to Brussels |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Dr Dick, Lofty, Chadders |
| Weather | Warm & sunny |
| Highlights |
Give us a "P", give us an "A", give us a "N", give us an "O", give
us a "Z": what an incredible noise!!! Toon Army Listers Noel's crying Lofty's Latvian crotch rot Lofty's tampon trouble Lofty's bungee-induced funny walk on getting back to Nottingham Sleeping al fresco |
| Lowlights |
Cars catching fire Boring, boring Gulf Team Davidoff Fatal accident to Sebastian Enjolras "Bone-head" driver, "touch me armrests and I'll knack yous like" Sniffer loses his passport, Lofty loses his wallet |
| Who won? | (TWR-Joest) Porsche |
| Year | 1998: Fresh Meat, TRUNC's Formative Year |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Chadders, Sooty, JT, TechSupport |
| Weather | Sunny (raining in the night) |
| Highlights |
McNish wins Toyota GT-One A tent: the first sign of luxury! |
| Lowlights |
Toyota's 23 Heures du Mans A generally low-key event |
| Who won? | Porsche |
| Year | 1999: Last of the Big Leeds Departures |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, DT, Chadders, Sooty, JT, TechSupport, JimmyG, Big Mac |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Highlights |
Thank God I've left Polk! The first Tour T-shirts (now a collector's item!) Full-on Works Teams from Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Panoz, Toyota and those ORECA Vipers Mercedes' acrobatics (also a lowlight) Toyota's chase, till the puncture The last Tango in Leeds (at least for JT & me) England 1-0 Germany (by radio) Tyrer's gloves The Chemical Brothers - Jester Hats and Beer Glasses out in every motorway service area, "alright lads?" |
| Lowlights |
Big Mac bottling it Where's the Panoz's roof gone? Toyota's accidents Mad Mick's lost it |
| Who won? | BMW |
| Year | 2000: New Millennium - Start of Audi's Domination |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Chadders, JT, TechSupport |
| Weather | Scorching |
| Highlights |
Softies start at Dover… Sniffer throwing up BEFORE Dover The lovely Ronnie (Veronica), cleaning up Sniffer's mess… A Panoz leads, for a while at least… The Chemical Brothers - Missing In Action |
| Lowlights |
Sniffer's Secret Where's all the Works' Cars gone, like? |
| Who won? | Audi (1-2-3) |
| Year | 2001: Last Hurrah for the Coach |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Chadders, JT, TechSupport, DT |
| Weather | Piss wet throughout! |
| Highlights |
We all meet in Dover Bentley's back Getting in to the Paddock; cold beer above the pits Le Mans Steve - back at Calais before the end of the race! Fast MGs Chaps in DJs (and shorts) having dinner on the track |
| Lowlights | Rubbish Panozes |
| Never been so wet | |
| Who won? | Audi |
| Year | 2002: It's So Civilised |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, JT, TechSupport, Pie Boy |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Highlights |
At last, we drive ourselves and stay for a while Checking out the cars on Friday Pie Boy falls over, then shits himself Eating Chinese food on the Mulsanne (just after a McDonald's in town!) Driving the track - 5 in a BMW 3 Series coupe The Gumball Rally from Rouen to Alencon Audi's hattrick, Bentley's turn next year Burn outs behind Maison Blanche England 3-0 Denmark - some go to the pub, others stay for the start "Crack on wi'it" Proper toilets - no more shitting in a hole, whilst holding on to the pole, in a desperate attempt to avoid crapping in your pants Sniffer takes a dump (blame it on the paella) |
| Lowlights |
Chadders' no show shocker Losing my car keys… "Are we nearly there yet?" - Calais is a LONG way from Le Mans Whatever happened to the film they made? Cheesy peas - with added bite (well, an ear…) |
| Who won? | Audi (1-2-3) |
| Year | 2003: Pushing the Boat Out |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Chadders, JT, TechSupport, Birthday Boy |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Highlights |
Letting the ferry take the strain; 6 hours on a boat never went so
quick JT's pedal to the metal - going no where fast Chadders the Copper! Fridges & cold beer, BBQs and everything Airbeds, pillows, tea and coffee making facilities Down-town Le Mans, at last Birthday Boy and the Pissedergeist Where's your kidney? Left, left, left (why was that so funny?) "That's not his knee…" (pulling on the bus) Touring the Circuit in the Love Rover Old Red MG in the gravel Cool Team photo from the track Swivelling toilets in Le Mans town - taking a dump in France was never so civilised Beer bobbing (I was shit!) Champagne and corks in convertibles |
| Lowlights |
Fannying around in Carrefour Getting lost leaving Carrefour Running my battery flat Where the fuck is the battery in this car (see above)? Firework display No strippers Champagne Bar & dodgy meat selection in the Italian Restaurant ("I can't eat this shit…") |
| Who won? | Bentley |
| Year | 2004: Football wasn't the Winner |
| Team | Gooders, Sniffer, Chadders, JT, TechSupport, Birthday Boy |
| Weather | Sunny/cloudy & windy |
| Highlights |
JT and the Pissedergeist (red sick) Russ the Rent-a-Driver Joey arrives late… Food and beer already prepared - the latter frozen the night before for that cooler, fresher taste Posh breakfasts, like Oasis, "Stand by Me" on the stereo, Peter Kay making us laugh 60 500ml “500ml can-equivalents” per person - quite a record New names (same faces): Sydney 1k, Bright Eyes, Joey and… Pikey |
| Lowlights |
England 1-2 France - the long road back to base The "Punch-up" Tavern Sniffer's fall from grace in order to get to the track, at the end of the race - foot'n'knee injuries |
| Who won? | Audi (1-2-3) |
| Year | 2005: Too Hot to Handle |
| Team | Pikey (Gooders), Sniffer, Chadders, Bright Eyes, Sydney 1K |
| Weather | Mucho, mucho scorchio |
| Highlights | Pikey and the Pissedergeist (yellow sick) |
| Tertre Rouge Bar & Rat Tails (Aurielle) | |
| New spectator areas from inside the Esses to Tertre Rouge | |
| Unofficial catering at the track | |
| Sniffer's cooking equipment (much enhanced this year) | |
| Sniffer's food supplies | |
| Sydney's radiation leak | |
| Sydney's "Meat Glove" stories | |
| TVR Boys and their Troublesome Toys (well, what do you expect from Blackpool, Russia?) | |
| Rockets going no-where | |
| Danish Hans: "Where's the steering wheel?" | |
| Three in a row: money shot - little squirt - flaps of danger | |
| The angry cock… | |
| Chinese food on the Mulsanne | |
| JT's Danish mates | |
| TK's Historic 7th | |
| MG winners too | |
| French: Losers (can't win the race even when the rules are written in/by the French!) | |
| 6 cars at Indy | |
| Lowlights | Too hot for beer, too hot for sleep, too hot… |
| No shade, Sherlock | |
| Only 2 of us made it to the track for the finale | |
| New BMW, same battery trouble | |
| Danish motorised scooter antics | |
| Moaning Southern wankers in the Chinese Restaurant | |
| No noodles/where's me Samosas… | |
| Aston's failure at the end | |
| American National Anthem x3 (but 1 for the UK!) | |
| Who won? | Audi |
| Year | 2006: The Best Yet, Very Well Organised |
| Team | Pikey, Sniffer, Chadders, Bright Eyes, Sydney 1K |
| Weather | Hot, but not bothered |
| Highlights | "Mr Taylor Sir, it's dripping out of your nose" on his amazing drinking (then vomiting) antics on Sunday |
| Chadders' "Stop & Search" Powers, Sniffer in tears (of laughter) | |
| New things: Overnight crossing to Caen, Le sac du Mans, daily trips to the supermarket, ice (peas), new places to watch the race, new Race Village, red toilets, large tents, cheesy peas - DO WE STILL FEAR CHANGE? | |
| TDI wins | |
| British success: 2 out of 4 class-winning teams, 6 out of 12 class-winning drivers | |
| A Panoz wins, 10 years on, and beats Porsche for the first time in GT(2) - a fully British effort too | |
| Andy Wallace gets a class win in LMP2 | |
| The Charlatans in concert | |
| Top catering from the Professor of Packing | |
| Chinese food for 4 on the Mulsanne while one passed out pissed in the car outside | |
| England 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago | |
| Lowlights | No competition to Audi at the front |
| Aston fails again at the last | |
| Missing the pit-lane atmosphere of the end of the race | |
| Missing "Burn-out Friday" (wrong turn) - The Houx Annex Roundabout-of-Death not much fun | |
| Crap fun-fair, no good at all | |
| Shrimp paste… | |
| Pikey by name, Pikey by nature - my damn tooth | |
| More comfort on the ferry (cabins next year?) | |
| Who won? | Audi |
| Year | 2007: Rain Didn't Stop Play, but Spirits did… |
| Team | Pikey, Sniffer, Chadders, Bright Eyes, Sydney 1K |
| Weather | Very wet, hot and cold at times |
| Highlights |
New things: Cabins on the way out, cabins on the way back (for some); gas fridge
& cold beer; genny (for a while); ice machine magic system; gazebo (most useful item); LM24.co.uk sun hats |
| Ice Machine Magic System; Gazebo (most useful item); LM24.co.uk sun hats | |
| Saturday evening revelries, more spirits than ever… THE SÉANCE!!! Featuring a Peruvian 4* drinking contest | |
| Syd's phrases: "Purging the Badness", "Right Turn Clyde…" | |
| Beer and poo at the Super U | |
| "You're not a gentleman" - fan mail, for my "real French" parking! | |
| Sniffer Slapping in the Tertre Rouge Bar - knocked out and on the floor… | |
| The Menu - Sniffer's Sumptuous Cuisine gets better | |
| Peugeot puts up a reasonable HDi/TDI scrap vs. Audi | |
| Aston wins GT1 (finally...) | |
| Henri gets his Podium, but whinges about those diesels | |
| Lowlights | A bit wet at times, windy too. OK, it absolutely pissed it down at times! |
| Messy Phone Porn, "Do a Poo" will never seem as funny again | |
| Waiting for food at the Mulsanne Chinese Restaurant is becoming "intolerable"! | |
| The Love Rover's getting full… | |
| Multiple Hangovers, Sniffer & Pikey lose their stomachs, Chadders not too far behind! | |
| Too hung over to watch the end of the race… | |
| No race cars seen during the whole weekend, for the Cavaliers! (though plenty of Veyrons…) | |
| Stuck in a jam on the Saturday morning (won't do that again…) | |
| "Nothing to Go On"; no seats on the toilets | |
| Allan McNish misses out with Audi once again, TK fails for the 2nd year running! | |
| Early morning departure (new approach next year) | |
| Who won? | Audi |
| Year | 2008: A Fantastic Show |
| Team | Pikey, Sniffer, Chadders, Bright Eyes, Sydney 1K |
| Weather | Hot and wet |
| Highlights |
New things: Cabins both ways; Go out on Tuesday, return home on Sunday; Leisure battery; Western approach to LM on the Wednesday (via McDs), Trams (though we didn't use them) |
| BUT: we didn't use the trams (that was too much change in one year…) | |
| Back at Caen for tea time on Sunday (note to Lord Steve: at least we left AFTER the race…) | |
| Getting older, but more civilised now... in bed by 11 on some nights! | |
| Syd's lucky excape from the breathalyser getting on the ferry (0.0 on the meter, WTF?!!) | |
| Friday evening revelries, several Frenchies and a German join in too | |
| Winkie and Chewie, after drinking the 2-Stroke… Also the Frenchie's TV pyrotechnics as it exploded | |
| JT's fall from grace, fighting a tent! | |
| The gazebo returns - and stays intact | |
| The Pissing Competition against the wall… | |
| Watching qualifying from the grandstands | |
| Watching the end of the race at Tertre Rouge (as in 2006) - with chairs! | |
| Timing the Pug's pace at Tertre Rouge | |
| Syd's plastic chair - The White Fantastic! | |
| Syd's "poo in a jug" story | |
| Syd's "wee in a bottle" antics | |
| Syd's angry rants against the world, and against cunts in particular, continue… | |
| Beer and poo at the Super U, again. Pelforth is a fine brew to get the bowels going… | |
| Working in McDonalds (free wifi…) | |
| The Pissedergeist in No-Show Shocker!!! | |
| The Menu - Sniffer's sumptuous cuisine gets better and better - beef curry a particular favourite | |
| Nishie does it again at last, 10 years later | |
| Peugeot puts up a superb HDi/TDI scrap vs. Audi; 3:18 in qualifying, 3:19 in race! | |
| LMP2 holds together | |
| Aston wins GT1 again - in Gulf colours (but strangely not as nice as in AMR green)… | |
| Ferrari wins in GT2 | |
| Lowlights | What's happened to Houx Annexe? Where's our "patch" of HA??? 5 of us in a flat spin realising some Audi corporate gits have nicked it… |
| No England football (didn't qualify for Euro 2008) - thanks to the Wally with the Brolly… | |
| Noisy French neighbours (well, their generator…) | |
| Who won? | Audi |