Mazda Rotary Club

Many thanks to all of you who came to Japfest especially the ones who braved sitting in the traffic that long, collectively you made a great varied stand, thankyou.


foot note/

Yes it was a pain if you did not get there before 7.15 when you could drive straight in, but I will say that I feel this event will not work at another track the way it does now, I say this because many of you who have been around for a long time will remember when JAE moved from Billing and has never been the same event again :(

I said it at the time that moving JAE was about the same as saying "lets move Glastonbury" I feel the same would go for Japfest.

For JAE at Billing we used to take 130/140 Rotarys there, then it moved to Peterborough and we had 25 cars over two days the following year 5 !:o

Once again thankyou to those who attended :Thumbs-up
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REgards

Would like to say thanks for everyone involved in helping organize this event this year... it was an awesome day, The 4 track sessions still left me wanting more.
Thanks to Clive for bringing brake pads... something i needed after my third session. The MRC done themselves proud and we all managed to show off our rotaries to a capacity crowd. I look forward to the next one (even though its going to be a year to go) We really do need to get a track day there an OPL jobbie would be epic.
    Thanks to Clive and Lisa for all the work you both put in, i know it got a little mental the last week but it all seemed to pay off.
     Casey the track sessions went down a storm. It was a shame i didnt get chance to chat to more people as the little brother wanted me to take a walk round after my last session (but i wanted to stay and be social for a bit)
     and to the person who had an off i hope both you and your car are ok...(you know who you are)

Lastly a big big thanks for Chris (CJR) for doing me a massive favour and popping back to the circuit this morning to take a look for my misplaced Rain Trays off my Carbon bonnet... It was the only thing to put a dampener on my day (but only when i realized i had not packed them half way along the M4 to London) Chris your a star and i guess that more insentive to get to Olton Park now.

Was a brill day many thanks for organising this.:god.....only spoke to a few people as my colt was parked up the other end and 3 sessions in that! The crowd was immense just meant getting around the circuit on foot was time consuming. On track first session car was awesome , found some weak points to address mainly brakes mushy last 2 laps and my video shows Clive only caught me after the chequer flag and my brakes where bad and i ran out of fuel ....LOL
...i got loads of excuses!!! Fair play caught me!:god:spank

Don\'t worry too much Clive is a nutter. Had a fantastic day and huge thanks has to go out to a wonderful weekend. Had a much better run on my 2nd session. Clive\'s corner speed is amazing, I have probably 200bhp and double ftlb of torque but my corner speed is nowhere near clives. I felt Like I was a couple of seconds slower on the 2nd session for a lap ! Maybe I need to buy some more brave pills :Giggle

Sorry I set my clock wrong, I was a whole hour out on my phone :Hammer Made it a bit of a rush and I just jumped out of bed and set off ! Amazed to see a queue at 7:20am getting into the track !

Looking so much to Oulton now.

Was absolutely wonderful :D Big thanks to the people who made it happen :D

Shaun

Hi everyone
It was really a good day. the rotary sound really tuned up my adrenalin. As Im new to the club, dont have a clue to see which one is driving which rotary on the track LOL Cant find anyone to talk to at the MRC stand so miss the chance to get to know someone. Look forward to meet you all at our next meet

Anthony

Big thanks to Clive & Lisa for organising , had a great time. Cheers

Keith

was fantastic, 2 years ago i was seriously thinking of not going afain and i only live 20 mins from the circuit but this even has completely turned around into one of the best in my opinion. lots to see on track and off track with lotsof stands to buy things as well.

Brilliant day thanks.

Wow, I\'ve never seen a busier Japfest - which was a pain for those who planned to arrive later and hit the queues. Fantastic to see so many rotaries support the event this year. I think we had about 40 cars on the MRC stand and the RX-8 OC opposite had ~60 too.

Massive thanks to Clive and Lisa for organising everthing.

Apologies that I had very little time to get around and talk to people as it was a complete mare to get everything done in time for the first track session at 9am and then to get back and forth for the further three sessions on track.

Massive thanks to all those who went out on track - I hope you all had as much fun as I had out there and the only sad spot was the RX-7 which had a big off at Tower (no details for obvious reasons) but I understand the driver is OK and the car isn\'t too bad either. I hope we can get this confirmed shortly.

Again though; a superb day out, great weather, and in the company of so many great rotary fans :)

Thread ont other site has talked about the off.

Driver says he is fine, cage and harnesses worked as they should. Car needs new wings bonnet and bumper. Had huge citation on the straight, brakes didn\'t work, went into barrier at 80-90mph!! Aparently a Marshall found what looks like a brake caliper bolt further up the straight.

Such a shame this event is roughly a million miles away from me, would loved to have been there especially with 100 rotaries there.

Rotors where dotted around almost everywhere too. I bet the total could have easily got into 150 rotors easily.

Shaun

Thanks guys for organising the club stand. I was pleased to have my car on display despite the niggling issues with my bodywork being done at last minute!!

Good to see some more rotary goodness, there were some very nice cars about and enjoyed hearing the Kyouto Drift RX8 and 7 sliding around Combe!!! Soo full of awesome!!! :D

Would also like to thank Keith for the compression test on me and Robs cars before we left. Nice to know my engine will be killing pistons for a while yet :P  Did think it was quite funny that someone thought we had both "flooded our engines" tho... i\'m not sure ive even flooded it once yet...

And sorry for not introducing myself to more people. Will try and socialise more at JapShow ;)

Quote from: Grant Monkhouse;823065Had huge citation on the straight.

"citation"?

So pleased to hear that driver (I know him) is OK and the damage sounds superficial. I have an in-car video of the car as it locked up and ran into the barrier. I\'d just eased off throttle and indicated for him to pass me on the straight just before that corner. I witnessed the impact and was quite worried until I went past on the next lap (the red flag didn\'t appear until I\'d passed the pit lane entry) and saw the driver, still in the car, but talking to a marshall.

What a great day & thanks to Lisa & Clive for allowing me to do a 3rd Session on the Track :god
 
Roll on next year :yes
 
Next Japfest 2 on Sunday 8th July & guess what,I am there with the RX-8OC :)

Vibration not citation, lol. Damn auto correct

Big thanks for the 2x track sessions I took part in and sorry if I inadvertently held you up :o (blue 8 with 787b livery on the roof). Was a great assortment of cars and experience.

Hope the chap in the green 7 is in good shape and that it is not too big a job getting the car restored to full health.

Cheers Stew.

Absolutely no need to apologise Stewart, seriously. You didn\'t hold me up at all, I was more concerned when you strayed slightly onto the grass, but you got it back on the tarmac again without any problem! As long as you enjoyed your time out on track that is all the matters. Lovely to see you both again.

Quote from: stewartm;823105Hope the chap in the green 7 is in good shape and that it is not too big a job getting the car restored to full health

I\'ve spoken to the driver this evening and he\'s absolutely fine, as is his passenger. The car has been recovered to his home (~60 miles from the track) and initial indications are that the car isn\'t too badly damaged.

Hi all, a massive thank you to Clive and Lisa for organising... must have been
a nightmare... just wish the Japfest stand/track time organisers were as good.

Thanks for all the well wishing with regard to the car, we\'re going to have a
good look over her tonight to see if she needs re-shelling.  My main concern
at the time was \'feck and arse..I\'ve screwed up everybodys track time\'  I\'m
mega sorry if this was he case, the incident was completely out of my control
as the vibration got so bad coming along side Malcolm that I thought my fillings
was gunna fall out, looking at the footage from Malcolm I was braking as I came
past but I had no brakes at all until the front right suddenly locked and by that
time it was too late, we just went straight on.

A big thumbs up to the marshalls at Combe too... they were great.

Again, really sorry if I screwed all of your track time up.

Dave

PS:  I\'m not fussed if you want to show the whole footage Malcolm.

I came by to see a marshall having the required chat to you before getting you out of the car so I knew you was ok.

I\'ve been involved in many race track crashes over the years and have had many bent or written off cars but after I\'ve always focused on the fact that cars mend more easily than people

Just really pleased your ok,

Just so every one knows, leading up to the event we tried again and again with the organisers to be around the other side of the circuit near the Tower chicane and told them repeatedly that if we were not there we would not have access to the back of the pits to get on and off the track.


Maybe due to the  repeated requests It could be that they punished us for pestering and put us as far from the track entrance as possible, but on a more serious note, I feel its deplorable to expect us to drive that far through crowds and crowds of people risking ruining a child over every foot of the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only that apologies to the people not on track because you could see very little from track side due to our location

Really feel we were let down as we have attended every Japfest as a club and without clubs like ours there would be no Japfest!

For those who weren\'t aware of Dave\'s incident, here is a short clip;

(Dave, no need to apologise about messing up the track time, I was just relieved no-one was hurt, that\'s ALL that matters!)

Quote from: clive;823143I\'ve been involved in many race track crashes over the years and have had many bent or written off cars

Thats worrying!................................................:3gears-rh:D



Seriously though,
Thanks alot Clive and everyone involoved for a great day!

well my day was a complete waste of time!!
 
left at 4.30 in the morning with a 3 hour drive to the show, all excited about my first show of the year and i got to the roundabout that says castle combe 4 miles at 7.30 on the dot!!!  and thats where it all went wrong!! 5 and a half hours later and i was still sat in traffic a mile away from the event and still not moving, so at 1 oclock i finally called it a day and headed home on my 3 hour return journey so in total 11 and a half hours sat in my car for absolutly nothing, what a waste of time and money!! not a happy bunny!! :(:(:(
 
even when i left there were cars still sat there right back to the roundabout and beyond in all directions with no chance of getting in before the show finished.
 
glad to see those of you that got there had a good time!! maybe i\'ll see you lot at the next show

Quote from: figman;823150well my day was a complete waste of time!!
 
left at 4.30 in the morning with a 3 hour drive to the show, all excited about my first show of the year and i got to the roundabout that says castle combe 4 miles at 7.30 on the dot!!!  and thats where it all went wrong!! 5 and a half hours later and i was still sat in traffic a mile away from the event and still not moving, so at 1 oclock i finally called it a day and headed home on my 3 hour return journey so in total 11 and a half hours sat in my car for absolutly nothing, what a waste of time and money!! not a happy bunny!! :(:(:(
 
even when i left there were cars still sat there right back to the roundabout and beyond in all directions with no chance of getting in before the show finished.
 
glad to see those of you that got there had a good time!! maybe i\'ll see you lot at the next show

bloody hell...didnt realize that bad half hour must have made all the difference! It\'s purely the infrastructural roads my mates all got in round the back coming through Castle Combe village. Its happened before for Japfest i\'ve queue myself hours so the organisers need to learn from this......inside was awful as well......so many people, trying to get your car to the pitlane was a joke.....I nearly missed 1 session and had to join mid session and 2 occasions I was shouted at driving through the crowds.

outside and inside needs sorting for next year

Quote from: figman;823150well my day was a complete waste of time!!
 
left at 4.30 in the morning with a 3 hour drive to the show, all excited about my first show of the year and i got to the roundabout that says castle combe 4 miles at 7.30 on the dot!!!  and thats where it all went wrong!! 5 and a half hours later and i was still sat in traffic a mile away from the event and still not moving, so at 1 oclock i finally called it a day and headed home on my 3 hour return journey so in total 11 and a half hours sat in my car for absolutly nothing, what a waste of time and money!! not a happy bunny!! :(:(:(
 
even when i left there were cars still sat there right back to the roundabout and beyond in all directions with no chance of getting in before the show finished.
 
glad to see those of you that got there had a good time!! maybe i\'ll see you lot at the next show

Very very sorry to hear this, I was told a couple of FD\'s simply gave up :(


Please could you post this exact post on Japfests face book page please as they really need to know of your plight :reallymad

For those that don\'t know defo take the back route into the circuit, still have
to queue but no where near as bad but it\'s been like this for years now and
nothing is done so I assume there IS nothing they can do about it, it WAS
worse this year due to the sun actually shining I think.:cool

Left Swindon at about 8:15 thinking it didn\'t start for the public till 9:00 so we\'d get there just in time. 4 hours later sat in traffic down some country lane thinking "I can just about hear tyres squealing...".
 
Sorry to Lisa and Casey for missing my track time. We were stuck out in the middle of nowhere with some lads in a Civic behind us from Lithuania! :eek
 
Saw a couple in a blue RX8, I believe they\'re well known on here ;), down from the Morrisons round about get out and start cleaning it.
 
Beautiful gold SA22c driving around the area and then parked up outside the Event?
 
With the FC not playing ball the night before it gave me an excuse to bring the girlfriend and daughter which was nice however the heat and the queuing Elise (the sprog) wasn\'t playing ball for the few hours we spent actually inside the gates.
 
Who had the black T2 on the MRC stand and what is your pillar gauge pod please? :chat
 
And, Boosted, does your other half post about your FD and Colt on Pistonheads?
 
Couldn\'t quite believe how quick Clive was in the 8 despite the lack of engine noise emanating from it. Was brilliant to see his braking getting later and later (AFTER THE HUMP!) lap after lap during the second RX8OC session. Phenomenal.
 
Two chaps in a fairly standard looking (aesthetically) FD passed us (Green Mazda2)  on the M4 which I saw later on the stand with a very polished engine bay.
 
All in all, Lovely Track (and local), Great Stand, Shame about the queues. :Thumbs-up

Quote from: clive;823155Please could you post this exact post on Japfests face book page please as they really need to know of your plight :reallymad

Is Facebook the right communication channel - loads of people (including me) have complained on there and not even a proper apology has been made.

After reading people\'s experiences I think the issue was that if, like me, you followed the official AA signs then you were looking at over three hours to queue even if you got there early. Many people got in quicker using alternative routes and back roads.

If I had missed track time or not got in at all I would be pretty hacked off - I still can\'t believe they charged us full price to get in, even at 2pm!

Quote from: Kodiak;823158Saw a couple in a blue RX8, I believe they\'re well known on here ;), down from the Morrisons round about get out and start cleaning it.

Yay! :rollin

I should point out that I was cleaning it - Neil was playing on his iPad!

You might be in this photo then - the postie behind us got out at least three times for a fag. We gave up at about 11am and went back to the Little Chef for some brunch and a wee! Thought we\'d give it time to clear but set off again at midday and still took another two hours to get in.

Quote from: Kodiak;823158Couldn\'t quite believe how quick Clive was in the 8 despite the lack of engine noise emanating from it. Was brilliant to see his braking getting later and later (AFTER THE HUMP!) lap after lap during the second RX8OC session. Phenomenal.
 
 
All in all, Lovely Track (and local), Great Stand, Shame about the queues. :Thumbs-up

Whilst I\'m sorry you took so long to get in, real pleased you enjoyed the day.

p.s. I was bedding in and testing some experimental front Racing Brake brake pads which I now wish I had fitted in the earlier sessions as they found me a good 2-3 seconds a lap :D

Quote from: clive;823162Whilst I\'m sorry you took so long to get in, real pleased you enjoyed the day.
 
p.s. I was bedding in and testing some experimental front Racing Brake brake pads which I now wish I had fitted in the earlier sessions as they found me a good 2-3 seconds a lap :D

Holy Moly, If that\'s how hard you push whilst you\'re bedding stuff in then you\'ll be no tail-end-charlie in the upcomming race series.
 
oh and thanks, Becky now want\'s me to ditch the FC and get an RX8... :rollin:2Confused
 

Quote from: AMH;823161Yay! :rollin
 
I should point out that I was cleaning it - Neil was playing on his iPad!
 
You might be in this photo then - the postie behind us got out at least three times for a fag. We gave up at about 11am and went back to the Little Chef for some brunch and a wee! Thought we\'d give it time to clear but set off again at midday and still took another two hours to get in.

Yep! there we are, 4 Cars behind you. Behind the Citroen?

Quote from: Kodiak;823158Left Swindon at about 8:15 thinking it didn\'t start for the public till 9:00 so we\'d get there just in time. 4 hours later sat in traffic down some country lane thinking "I can just about hear tyres squealing...".
 
Sorry to Lisa and Casey for missing my track time. We were stuck out in the middle of nowhere with some lads in a Civic behind us from Lithuania! :eek
 
Saw a couple in a blue RX8, I believe they\'re well known on here ;), down from the Morrisons round about get out and start cleaning it.
 
Beautiful gold SA22c driving around the area and then parked up outside the Event?
 
With the FC not playing ball the night before it gave me an excuse to bring the girlfriend and daughter which was nice however the heat and the queuing Elise (the sprog) wasn\'t playing ball for the few hours we spent actually inside the gates.
 
Who had the black T2 on the MRC stand and what is your pillar gauge pod please? :chat
 
And, Boosted, does your other half post about your FD and Colt on Pistonheads?.........No mate my Mrs on Piston heads????:Hammer Not my misses, she is glued to facebook! LOL !
 
Couldn\'t quite believe how quick Clive was in the 8 despite the lack of engine noise emanating from it. Was brilliant to see his braking getting later and later (AFTER THE HUMP!) lap after lap during the second RX8OC session. Phenomenal.
 
Two chaps in a fairly standard looking (aesthetically) FD passed us (Green Mazda2)  on the M4 which I saw later on the stand with a very polished engine bay.
 
All in all, Lovely Track (and local), Great Stand, Shame about the queues. :Thumbs-up

Was a great day out, shame others got caught in traffic !

Better late than never...

Just want to add my thanks to all those involved :Thumbs-up
I arrived to the RX-8OC stand nice and early, so no queuing to get in (so glad I left when I did!!)

Many thanks to the MRC for the two track sessions, GREAT (addictive) fun as always.

Ian.

PS, Good to hear Dave is OK after the incident - hope you can get the car back up and running soon.
Also good to hear nice comment about the marshals out on track.

(Shame the parking attendants didn\'t receive better training :2Rolleyes )

I\'d like to join the many \'Thanks to Clive & Lisa\' for organising this event. I travelled down from near Leeds the Friday afternoon, to ensure an early arrival at the track, but despite arriving at just after 7.15 am we still had to rush to make the first track session.
Thankfully no one was injured by a passing RX going to and from the stand between track sessions.
 
I also apologies for not being around on the club stands until late in the day to meet other RX owners and to chat. It\'s amazing how much info can be picked up looking at different cars and chatting to the owners.
 
Big thanks to Clive for coming to my rescue with a large tool kit when my front pads jammed in the calipers. Thankfully we managed to change the road pads for the \'track pads\'.
 
Aston, I was so lucky when I went back on Sunday morning to find your rain trays. The track was locked up, but after half an hour of driving between the main and side gates I met an organiser who was kind enough to accept my story and let me drive down to the club stand area, where I found your trays.
They are now safely in my garage and I\'ll bring them to Oulton. If you cannot make it I\'m sure Malcolm or Ian would take them.
 
I had a fantastic drive home on Sunday morning with very light traffic.
 
Will post a few pictures up shortly.

to be honest the sitting in the car all day didnt really bother me its the fact that i\'d bought my ticket in advance with my club stand, £15 and then spent £60 in fuel, i may aswell have just set fire t0 75 quid:2Mad

Well my weekend was very not good either, i left the hotel at 8 to get to the track, que\'d for i don,t know how long, engine overheated twice with warning buzzer driving me mad, so had to leave the que to find water, and was lent a kettle from a snack van, this made me pull out of my track session, not quite knowing what the problem was, also i did not see one sign, or direction on how to get where i should of been anyway.
My son turned back after sitting in a 16 mile tailback. 2 miles from the track
Even if did decide to do the session, there was no way i would drive through all the public with children etc, if your foot slipped how many kids could be killed, a disgrace to Castle Commbe, why is there not a dedicated slip road fo those going on the track, i will never go again.

Quote from: Sicknote;823157For those that don\'t know defo take the back route into the circuit, still have to queue but no where near as bad but it\'s been like this for years now and nothing is done so I assume there IS nothing they can do about it, it WAS worse this year due to the sun actually shining I think.:cool

Currently it looks like they let one car in at a time.

I reckon they could do a lot by having multiple booths that are deeper into the car park to deal with ticket handling - 4 or 5 would help keep the queues moving forward for those who had tickets ready, and you wouldn\'t have too much wait if there were lots of people who had to pay.

I also had to take the back route into the circuit, and with about 25 minutes to go to the briefing had to go down on the wrong side of the road to do it.

Made it though and had a brilliant day meeting old friends and new faces :yes The track sessions were superb as was the chill out afterwards in the club areas.

Ian.

Thanks to Lisa for making me feel welcome when I first arrived, and thanks to Casey for the fast ride in his RX-8 (: :3gears-rh

I know what people mean about the queues, they made an announcement about some spare track time on the 4:30 session, I booked it and drove from the stand at 4, didn´t get there until 5, bit late lol, they gave me a refund so it´s all good. will do a proper track day anyway!

hey I made this suggestion to Casey but I´ll post it here too, for next year you could give people the option of getting their track passes posted or picking them up on the day; I think quite a few people might choose to pick them up because then if for some reason you can´t make it it´s easy to sell them on (to the last minute people like me!:o)

oh and who was the hot girl driving the black FD towards the pits at about 2pm?

I was over on the RX8 stand(at least some of the day when not fighting though the public to get to the track) but still was out in the first track session with the MRC lot and must say sorry to the guy in the black FB(think it was Jim according to Malcolm) after passing him on the next lap I went  off a little at Quarry guess it was a case of talent running out but lucky only minor damage to the passenger rear door.  Glad to hear that driver and passenger in the green RX7 were ok and not to much damage to the car.
Had two other great sessions out with RX8OC club the only down side was all three times I started out near the back so had to get passed a few slower guys before getting a few clear laps and the chequered flag came out in my last session just as I was starting to learn the track :2Rolleyes.
Guess maybe I should have gone for all four sessions :driving.
As for getting into the track we were just about ok leaving reading services at 6.20 and getting in at 7.40ish just having time to dump stuff out the boot at the stand and get to the briefing and be sound checked by 8.10.
Japfest really do need to sort out the traffic side of things plus look at putting the clubs that have dedicated track session near the pits.

A few random pictures on the day.

I really don\'t think they have a monkeys about us having 4 track sessions and being so far away from the track.
It puzzles me when there is plenty of room in the paddock area that clubs occupy this should really be priority parking for clubs with a number of track sessions. I heard from Scootg that the Z boys had one or two dedicated track sessions and they where stood right next to the sound testing.

Hey all,

As I mentioned over on the RX8OC, to all who were instrumental in making this event a success.....a BIG thank you, and to all those who where there to make the event another special one....thank you to you too.

My story of the day is very similar to many of the others, what with being on 4 track sessions, I felt like I hardly made it back to the stand to get to chat with everyone. But despite the brief time back at the stand, it was a pleasure to see all the friendly faces.

Its always fun to go out to play with all kinds of rotaries, I always come away feeling like I want to adopt a bunch of FC\'s and FD\'s to come and live on my driveway and eat out my bank account together whilst sipping on the finest oil and high octane gas lol.

I cant imagine any other clubs were up to the joined fun that was being had between the MRC and the RX8OC......!! :)

Now....about those 888\'s........mmmmmm!!!

bit late but would like to also add my thanks to clive and lisa for a awesome day

coming off the m4 wasn\'t two bad as i was a bit late and started queuing at 9
and i was on the club stand by 10 having wading through quite some blind and deaf people who couldn\'t hear a car literally 1ft behind them on a road :)

were the marshals at the gates with japfest and future events or are they working for castle combe?
because getting out was a nightmare will all three directions from our area and the both roads from the pits etc trying to get out plus no one could pull
out and we were waiting a hour till some one with some brains was stopping the traffic
so we could pull out

and ive finally broke my track time cherry haha was my first time on race track and i was bricking them going
 out and expecting every thing to pass me being as i
was in the car with the least amount of power but as
 soon as i was on track it was awesome cant wait till the next track day just a pitty oulton park and snett are so far away


ive managed to get some of the pics from the website so if anyone needs some pm me and i\'ll get them from the website
my egi
(http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx343/aundre-3000/Picture10.png)

Quote from: DreRX8;823250Its always fun to go out to play with all kinds of rotaries, I always come away feeling like I want to adopt a bunch of FC\'s and FD\'s to come and live on my driveway and eat out my bank account together whilst sipping on the finest oil and high octane gas lol.

I cant imagine any other clubs were up to the joined fun that was being had between the MRC and the RX8OC......!! :)

Hi there and welcome over to MRC! :wave

Thank you for your comments - it is good to here the stories from the guys who were out on track (although all the RX-8 guys tell me they were faster then the RX-7\'s and vice versa! :Giggle )

There are lots of RX-7 projects around at the moment but as you say (and as I\'m sure Malcolm, Ian and co will agree) they do tend to eat away at your cash and time. But then again what else are you going to do with it?? :rollin

Quote from: Arnie_O;823221I really don\'t think they have a monkeys about us having 4 track sessions and being so far away from the track.
It puzzles me when there is plenty of room in the paddock area that clubs occupy this should really be priority parking for clubs with a number of track sessions. I heard from Scootg that the Z boys had one or two dedicated track sessions and they where stood right next to the sound testing.

I have emailed Japfest with a few of the comments made on here regarding our stand position,the problems and safefty issue of getting the cars to and back from the track.

It will be interesting to see I get a reply :(

Quote from: DreRX8;823250Its always fun to go out to play with all kinds of rotaries, I always come away feeling like I want to adopt a bunch of FC\'s and FD\'s to come and live on my driveway and eat out my bank account together whilst sipping on the finest oil and high octane gas lol.

Welcome to Mazdarotaryclub and thankyou for joining straight off the bat, no 2 zillion posts before you commited to the club then :Giggle

Looks like you have been sutably injected with the max strength Rotary Passion bug :D

Really pleased you had a good day, at the end of the day the club was set up to help enhance your interest in your Rotary and it looks like we just may have helped, which is great for us, thank you :Party.

Quote from: aundre-3000;823251ive managed to get some of the pics from the website so if anyone needs some pm me and i\'ll get them from the website
my egi
(http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx343/aundre-3000/Picture10.png)

Pleased you had a good day and put up this brilliant picture of your EGI in full flight :Thumbsup!


Do you have a link to more pictures ?

I liked this photo ;)

Quote from: DreRX8;823250Its always fun to go out to play with all kinds of rotaries, I always come away feeling like I want to adopt a bunch of FC\'s and FD\'s to come and live on my driveway and eat out my bank account together whilst sipping on the finest oil and high octane gas lol!!!

Oi!, what\'s wrong with the FB model ;)

A warm welcome to the MRC form me too, Dre :)

Really great to see you again, have a chat and see your car going super quick at Castle Combe. I\'m pretty certain you were quicker than me on the day!

LOL! Totally forgot about the FB (shame on me) - but I sure have room for one of those too.

Thanks for all of the welcomes.....im a bit embarrassed really - I cant figure out why after over a year of membership my post count is only a massive....2!!! including this one!! So really, I should be saying thank you for all of the fun last year too!!!

@AMH ....there is nothing like a good story....im sure I have rolled a fable or two off since the day "...and I came up to quarry at like 160ph......and didn\'t break...." lol...."Sure you did!!"  Also....thanks for the great pictures!!

@Clive I have an odd forum etiquette...straight in...full member....no posts....thats how I roll....ha ha....no, there will be more posts from now on. Being behind ObiWanClive for a few laps is a breath taking experience, makes you appreciate just how much sauce you are squeezing out of the 8

@Casey Always good to catchup. I feel like a naughty hoodlum when I watch your videos, you keep it so calm, and wide....I would imagine that our times very similar for the day....my guest sneaked into my car with app that seemed to magically spit a time out at the end of the day....(smh), but I gladly took the time from him he he.

(https://picasaweb.google.com/100088644024501606351/Japfest2012?authuser=0&feat=directlink&gsessionid=uYmSUiWQP7K_FQh3C6uagQ#5741746154067102594)

Quote from: clive;823302Welcome to Mazdarotaryclub and thankyou for joining straight off the bat, no 2 zillion posts before you commited to the club then :Giggle

Looks like you have been sutably injected with the max strength Rotary Passion bug :D

Really pleased you had a good day, at the end of the day the club was set up to help enhance your interest in your Rotary and it looks like we just may have helped, which is great for us, thank you :Party.

I am probably a bit of a bad influence on that front too... though Thanks to Carbon in Motion for putting us both together.

Quote from: Arnie_O;823317I am probably a bit of a bad influence on that front too... though Thanks to Carbon in Motion for putting us both together.

Probably? LOL.....your the worst offender! I should bring you to the bank with me to justify \'What Happened\' lol.

Good man you are!! :driving

Quote from: clive;823304Pleased you had a good day and put up this brilliant picture of your EGI in full flight :Thumbsup!


Do you have a link to more pictures ?

yeah heres the link

http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/i2i/albums/car_show_event_galleries/253702/browse/?start=0

Official response to the traffic issues at Japfest: http://www.japfest.co.uk/2012/05/14/japfest-2012-traffic-statement/

I have to say apart from having to get the car past the crowds to get to the pits I had a great day, we got in fine and when we left at about half three the roads were clear , it was thanks to Malcolm that we got there in time, fortunately for us he is organized. We only had the two track sessions so got a good look around and got a chance to watch the rotarys out on the track in the afternoon.

Thanks again to mrc and I will see you next month

Jim and Heidi:burnout

oh and who was the hot girl driving the black FD towards the pits at about 2pm?[/QUOTE]

I too noticed this, guess she should of had the windows open or aircon on, she may of cooled down, lol

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/05/the-japanese-invasion-japfest-2012/

Quote from: AMH;823307I liked this photo ;)

Thanks Ann, but the pics I like are where I can see the car working as I can get info :D

These tell me my springs are way too soft :(


(thanks to Alan for the pictures)

He has a great set on here http://www.flickr.com//photos/wessexcarclub/sets/72157629696135290/show/

Quote from: clive;823511Thanks Ann, but the pics I like are where I can see the car working as I can get info :D

No worries Clive - I just liked it as we can see you!

We\'ll have to get there earlier next time as we literally just caught the last 10mins of the final session.

Aundre-3000 thats some great Photos you have there....i\'d be interested in having copies of mine.....Session a Rx7...your first photo ! and the other 3 session in my colt?
Is there any chance ?

I didn\'t think much of the pics take by the so called pros they don\'t really give any idea of speed or movement unlike these take by stewartm.
Stews 2012 Japfest Flickr set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66238990@N03/sets/72157629713273870/with/7191350238/)

Me having fun.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5200/7191350238_38356099eb_b_d.jpg)
Clives yellow a better pic than the so called pro one Ann found as it gives a real idea of speed IMO.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7191190258_deb9c34f27_b_d.jpg)

There are more pics in the above link it\'s just a shame Stew was out in three of the four rotories sessions so only got some pics from the RX8OC session one.

Quote from: boosted;823525Aundre-3000 thats some great Photos you have there....i\'d be interested in having copies of mine.....Session a Rx7...your first photo ! and the other 3 session in my colt?
Is there any chance ?

they aint my photos  they are the company\'s that was taking the photos of all the track sessions i can copy just the image in the page on my macbook

what sessions was ur colt in u got the number plate so i dont get the wrong one :chat
does the rx7 end in xhw

Quote from: RX8Head;823761Clives yellow a better pic than the so called pro one Ann found as it gives a real idea of speed IMO.

That was one of Neil\'s Chris - he better get some more practice in then! :Giggle

Quote from: aundre-3000;823782they aint my photos  they are the company\'s that was taking the photos of all the track sessions i can copy just the image in the page on my macbook

what sessions was ur colt in u got the number plate so i dont get the wrong one :chat
does the rx7 end in xhw

Yes L414 XHW montego blue sess A
and colt gti B3 NUT black with guns on it sessions D K & Q:Thumbs-up

Quote from: AMH;823786That was one of Neil\'s Chris - he better get some more practice in then! :Giggle

Sorry Ann give my appolgese to Neil although his pic is better than most of the pros.

Quote from: RX8Head;823912Sorry Ann give my appolgese to Neil although his pic is better than most of the pros.

It\'s fine Chris, made me laugh. Neil will be the first to admit that he hasn\'t mastered speed photography yet.

Mind you he\'s started looking at the price of RX-8\'s as potential track cars now so it might be me having to take the photos next time! :eek

Quote from: AMH;823914Mind you he\'s started looking at the price of RX-8\'s as potential track cars now so it might be me having to take the photos next time! :eek

Hopefully that will come to something,I\'m sure he would enjoy it :Thumbsup!

Quote from: clive;823916Hopefully that will come to something,I\'m sure he would enjoy it :Thumbsup!

I\'ve told him he should have a chat with you Clive ;) We were talking about your current project on Friday night (had a meet in MK with Sean and a couple of the guys from the OC) and It\'s obviously got him thinking.

Quote from: boosted;823895Yes L414 XHW montego blue sess A
and colt gti B3 NUT black with guns on it sessions D K & Q:Thumbs-up

just done it what\'s your email dude so i can fire the over to you

b3nut"AT"btinternet.com

Thanks your a star.