So, whos coming to norway for the 3day Gatebil carfestival 2012?

[oyvindjs]

More and more europeans outside Norway, Sweden and Denmark have discovered the crazy 3day Gatebil car festival in Norway july each year. Cars in all shapes, types and sizes beaten to death in 201-drag, trackracing, drift-heats, racing series etc, all while the garage-queens of audio and carstyling get their share of attention on the nextdoor gocart-track and in the pit.
Got a 4didgit hp car you want to race? Bring it!  Got a 130hp golf you want to track? Bring it! We do it, so can you!
Spotting that old Volvo 240, old Merc 190, ugly rusty Bmw or Ford Escort in your rear view mirror in the pits while waiting to race, and you laugh asking yourself why its going out on the track?   Chances are high he will drift pass you in 4th on the straight with smoke pooring from both wheels. This is a sleeper-car heaven!

The event has been going on close to two decades now and the track was recently rebuilt to F1-testing standards, with hills, drops, awesome turns and speedy straights. Its a drivers dream!

Are YOU coming?




Ps. Even though it may look like it, its not a drift festival. Just as long as you dont drive recklessly swirving around in traffic, you dont get black-flagged for drifting when driving. In fact, its appreciated :driving


2006 gatebil trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrA--iriyQ0

2011 video from a norwegian dude, made for egarage:

[Will66]

I\'d love to go to Gatebil!  It looks mental!

[jayra]

Hmmm, maybe we should try get a few of us to go in convoy? Ill start the list shall I!
1. JayRA

[mjwebb48]

Maybe helpful if we had a date its on? Intertested possibly though

[oyvindjs]

more info:

Gatebil at Rudskogen Racetrack â€" 13-15 July
In the middle of the Norwegian summer, this Festival is  our main event. At most more than 45.000 people and 8.000 campers are  participating on this event. Car enthusiast from Scandinavia, England  and even Japan is attending making this event one of the biggest car  festival in Europe! Rudskogen Motorsenter has started building a whole  new racetrack witch will be just finish for Gatebil this year. A 4,6 km  track with a unique track shape with approval for F1-testing, this  course will improve the adventure at Gatebil. Rudskogen is located about  1,5 drive south east of Oslo, nearby the Swedish border.


more info abit down on this page:

http://gatebil.no/?p=3101

[m1tch]

You know I want to mate lol can\'t justify it at the mo!

[oyvindjs]

You know I want to mate lol can\'t justify it at the mo!

hehe, scrape up a 5man crew, get a van, stuff it with tents, sleeping bags and other needed stuff, and get the 7 on the trailer. A 5 man crew gets away pretty cheap transportationwise as long as the van is a turbodiesel-thing
There is no problems in life, buddy Only challenges

[jayra]

There is no problems in life, buddy Only challenges

to true sir, i\'ll be there, van and trailer loaded would be good to get more of us together though!

[oyvindjs]

to true sir, i\'ll be there, van and trailer loaded would be good to get more of us together though!

U be coming there with a bunch of friends, or just 1-2 ppl?
Would be fun to meet though. Ill be attending with my FD, and a friend of mine will be there with his Supra.

What are you driving? Have you been to Gatebil before?

[jayra]

haven\'t been before, and will be in my rex, at least it\'ll be on a trailer! just working on the route and travelling time. Should be me and a couple of mates, if they can get it off work

[oyvindjs]

haven\'t been before, and will be in my rex, at least it\'ll be on a trailer! just working on the route and travelling time. Should be me and a couple of mates, if they can get it off work

Sounds good!

Shouldnt be any problem getting time off work, its maaany months from now

I recommend you being there thursday evening, so you are all set up for Friday when it starts. MANY MANY norwegians and swedes arrive thursday as its in the middle of summer holidays up here and they allready have time off work.

If you wonder about anything at all, ill do my best to help out from here
Are you going to track your rex, or just show it?
Would be fun to find you guys and have a few beers with ya

[jayra]

Ok looking at ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland on night of Monday 09th July, arrive early Tue, spend day and night in Amsterdam, leave early Wed for 6hr drive to Kiel, leave Kiel 1400 Wed for 20hrs on cruiser to Oslo, arrive Thu evening!
Now to plan the return!

[jayra]

Return - leave Oslo 1400 on the Sunday, arrive Kiel 1000 Mon, 6 hours to Hook of Holland, leave at 2230 to Harwich, arrive UK 0630 Tue 17th

[oyvindjs]

Hmm, also check into theese two options, i only linked it from Kiel cause i knew its kind of like a crossroad wherever you go north from there

theres a ferry going from denmark to norway, it could save you some time.

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Kiel,+Tyskland&daddr=1890,+Norge+(Rakkestad+kirke)&hl=no&ll=56.872996,10.349121&spn=8.343384,23.269043&sll=56.823497,10.658233&sspn=8.354068,23.269043&geocode=FV3oPAMdDXaaACmtl-6PDVayRzEgA1jGY4kkBA%3BFaCJigMda3utACErLq7QMQsgeA&oq=rakkestad&vpsrc=0&mra=pd&t=m&z=6

Or, i would look into driving through denmark, over the bridges to sweden, and north from there, i will link the trip in next post.

[oyvindjs]

personally, i would take the drive over the bridges, its only 100km longer, and WAY faster!

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Kiel,+Tyskland&daddr=Helsingborg,+Sverige+to:Rakkestad+kirke,+1890,+Norge+(rakkestad+kirke)&hl=no&ll=56.860986,11.140137&spn=8.346054,23.269043&sll=56.860986,10.810547&sspn=8.346054,23.269043&geocode=FV3oPAMdDXaaACmtl-6PDVayRzEgA1jGY4kkBA%3BFYMzVwMd8LPBACklKaJQei1SRjGQeg4peJABBA%3BFaCJigMda3utACErLq7QMQsgeA&oq=hesing&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=6