Charity Race Experience Sun Nov 18th Snett

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:45 am

Yesterday was such a cracking day, the cars, people, atmosphere and even down to the class aerial performance at lunchtime. Plus it was exactly what BP needed - a huge publicity injection and from what I saw the public certainly enjoyed it.

Obligatory thanks goes to Stu for setting this up and securing that hallowed ground inside the paddock. Another thanks to Team Extreme for binging such a hardcore collection of cars and the ex-BAR lorry.

An thanks to everyone else who turned up on the day. Was great to catch up with everyone. Viva la BigPower.

Oh, and now I'm looking at Impreza wagons. Thanks.

Danny@APT · Post by **Danny@APT** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:37 am

After what was a worryingly slow start to the day (3 passengers for Gary, 1 for Logan before lunch- the steep prices didn't appear to be helping), the arrival of the sun seemed to kick everything into life and the pair of them were running constantly until the 4pm end, with only some minor brake judder issues which we believe was down to the sprint pads leaving deposits on the discs.

I only managed to get over to the BP stand once in the end, and I've got to say- it looked epic! A real credit to everyone who brought their cars along and Mr Staples' hard work in organising everything. I think the renewed enthusiam can only mean greater things are on the horizon for 2013.

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:40 am

Stuart wrote:I saw a green Tomcat there and thought of you but didn't see you anywhere mate (please don't tell me you've painted yours and it's green now! )

no it wasn't mine looked nice and seemed to be going well though

Mines in bits as ripped off my splitter at snetterton last time out

stand was good , loving the cars on the stand big fills mustang the orange cossy was it chevy with 2 turbos must be animal! and the blue mk1 was immaculate build

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:48 am

Sounds like a great boost for the club, shame i missed it but stuck out in france.
Is this the end of 2012???

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:56 am

Danny@APT wrote:
I only managed to get over to the BP stand once in the end, and I've got to say- it looked epic!........ I think the renewed enthusiasm can only mean greater things are on the horizon for 2013.

Thanks Dan

Gary and Logan just looked like permanent fixtures from what I heard, repeatedly lapping all afternoon. I hope 2013 is better and more active for the club. It's certainly not for the want of trying.

tomcat wrote: stand was good , loving the cars on the stand big fills mustang the orange cossy was it chevy with 2 turbos must be animal! and the blue mk1 was immaculate build

Yeah, small block Chevy (not sure of displacement) with two sodding great turbos on there. It's about to receive a massive overhaul and will end up with one turbo instead so you can expect even bigger things from the car and owner next year

IWANT1 wrote:Sounds like a great boost for the club, shame i missed it but stuck out in france.
Is this the end of 2012???

Certainly is the end of 2012 mate......have fun in France

I made sure your auto-grass exploits got a small mention in the programme too

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:34 pm

Brilliant Day after a very slow morning.
I do think the prices need tweaking for next year but overall a great day all round!

Its brillaint fun taking out passengers that have never been in a racecar or on circuit before! They all seems to love it!

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:46 pm

Did the pricing structure change in the afternoon then? I know at one point that the organisers stopped taking payments due to concerns about non-fulfilment of rides @ about 2pm. (They started again once the queues had cleared)

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:53 pm

Stuart wrote:Did the pricing structure change in the afternoon then? I know at one point that the organisers stopped taking payments due to concerns about non-fulfilment of rides @ about 2pm. (They started again once the queues had cleared)

I went there to try to get ride at about 1:30-2pm and they had stopped I then returned at 3pm and they were only taking the expensive rides

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:04 pm

Thanks

Gedge · Post by **Gedge** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:54 pm

Stuart wrote:Did the pricing structure change in the afternoon then? I know at one point that the organisers stopped taking payments due to concerns about non-fulfilment of rides @ about 2pm. (They started again once the queues had cleared)

I went to get a burger at lunch time which took half an hour! When I got back I had a que of people waiting for me, ops! The morning was dead but after lunch it went bonkers. The que was right back past the 100 sign-in tent.