Olympia Charger

LMC10 Team Canteen: Hauptsach' gudd gess

As we say in my home country Saarland, a terrible day is not that bad if you have eaten well. So that is what Isabelle put in practice by organising the Oly Express Team Canteen. Hot meals were served for the crews of our Dodge and the Osella prototype that raced also in Grid 6. So my special thanks for taking care of the crews well being go to Isabelle! It all tasted great, so despite our mechnical breakdown, the mood was good. Now imagine how phantastic the Cassoulet would have tasted, had we finished the race!

Rooms and tickets for Le Mans Classic 2010

 

You better hurry as out of 36 spots, only 11 are left for you to book. The single rooms are all gone! The budget priced packages are all gone! But we still have a nice one room appartment that can accomodate 3 people, one luxurious en-suite room at the Chateau for 1 or 2 and a two bedroom appartment for 2 to 4. To book contact me via e-mail or leave a comment here below.

Dodge Charger drifting around the Reims chicanes

This picture, made by fellow racing photographers Gilles Vitry and Jean-Marie Biadatti, is way too excellent to keep it for myself! Is this Dodge seing some serious action at the Reims Circuit Week End or what ?

Team Olympia at Reims Circuit Revival 2009

We had a good fun week-end at Reims during the annual 12 Hours and Grand Prix Circuit revival. It not a race at all but about enjoying Champagne bubbles and vintage cars. Asides from a blown valley pan gasket and traffic jams during our trip around Paris, all went smooth. There is more about the Reims Week-End on LeBlogAuto and DasAutoBlog.

Oly rocks at Jim Clark Revival Lausitzring

Did we have great week-end? You bet! Our race at the 2009 Jim Clark Revival was absolutely fantastic. Even though it started with a couple of fried caliper seals, the Oly Express crew once more worked wonders, so that we even finished second in class behind the Porsche 911 RSR of Daniel Schrey. Along the way, laping the 3.4 km roadcourse in 1.50s, we had great battles with Mathias Beetz and Bernhard Voslamber's BMW 2002 tii as well as Urs Müller's absolutly beautiful Aston Martin DB4 GT. Add to this a few demo sessions on the big oval alonsige Stefan Oberndorfer's Skoal Bandit Lumina, where Bjoern drove the Charger and you can imagine that we had great fun. Our thanks go to Ronny Bredhauer and his crew who did a flawless job and used all the advantages of the Lausitzring track! We'll be back for Jim Clark Revival 2010.

Back to the roots: our next race truck

Our trucking partner KFZ-Transporte Erkrath is thinking about investing in a new 7.5 ton hauler. Would'nt it be just too cool to have one, decorated like these good old OLY beer trucks?

Nürburgring Test on rainy Grand Prix track

After a cancelled Nordschleife Test due to snowfall (!) on Tuesday, we came back to the Nürburgring on Sunday to participate in the FHR racing series session on the GP-track. The testing conditions were just perfect, because it rained most of the day and the track was really wet and slippery. Just what we needed to sort out the MOTUL Charger!

Team Oly Express 2009 racing schedule

Big news at Team Oly Express for 2009. First of all, we'll start racing the dayglow orange and slate grey 1972 Charger instead of the white and gold 1974 Dodge. Our OLY racecar is taking a well deserved break after two Le Mans Classics, two Monzas and two Nürburgrings. Click below for the race dates and locations!

At which events shall we go racing in 2009 ?

Now that the new year has begun, comes two most important questions. What colors should our 2009 team shirts be and where and when shall we go racing? Where and when do you want to see the Oly Express Dodge or its little cousin the Chrysler France Hemicuda on the track? Let us know by posting a comment here!

Team Oly Express wishes you a happy new year 2009

We wish our fans, sponsors, team members and their families a happy new year 2009 and a good coming racing season!