***Japfest 2012 Tracktime***

[steve garbutt]

Due to other commitments I\'m unable to make this now.

[Kodiak]

Vulture mode on:
 
Does that mean there\'s a space on the stand now? :Giggle

[Lisa]

Vulture mode on:
 
Does that mean there\'s a space on the stand now? :Giggle

PM Steve and see if if can post out the stand pass first class today for receipt on Friday.  However, if someone has bought his track session then the stnad pass will be needed by that person.

[Kodiak]

Done :Thumbs-up
 
Will wait and see what he says
 
EDIT: any news on the drop links Lisa?

[Mir]

I might be giving it miss too. . My car is not ready yet, I can confirm my attendance by tomorrow.

As promised with Casey, I will be letting Casey know about my attendance and I will let him decide with regards to who will be taking my space.

Cheers
Mir

[C J R]

Ah! - very good point, not good to go on track with all the gear on board. Hmm, looks like we\'ll have to arrive as soon as the gates open and dump stuff on the club stand before heading back to the pitlane before the briefing at 8.10am. Not sure if the gates open at 7.00 or 7.30am. I\'ll try and find out and post up on here.....

 
Thanks Malcolm,
I too will have a boot full of \'stuff\' that I will have to unload before going on track.
I\'ll bring my temp storage facility \'aka\' one man tent to put stuff in, happy to share if anyone wants to store their stuff also.
 
Chris

[Casey]

Mir, very sorry to hear you might not be able to make it. I was really looking forward to seeing (and hearing) your car on track!

Even if you do not go on track, will you be attending Japfest in another car? The problem is that;

1. It may be too late to resell your place and
2. Even if, at this late stage, we can resell your place, your tracktime papers need to be passed to the person concerned. Even if you were to post them to Lisa or myself today, there is a chance we won\'t get them before we leave for Japfest. Plus, if there is still a faint chance your car might be ready, then you won\'t want to post the paperwork anyway.

If you are still going to the event, and if you arrive before 8am, then we can arrange for your track papers to be transferred, if we have a taker.

[Casey]

Thanks Malcolm,
I too will have a boot full of \'stuff\' that I will have to unload before going on track.
I\'ll bring my temp storage facility \'aka\' one man tent to put stuff in, happy to share if anyone wants to store their stuff also.
 
Chris

That\'s a good idea, I\'ll put my one man tent in the boot too. I\'m booked onto the RX8OC stand so I can offer the same facility over there.

I understand the gates are normally open sometime between 6.30 and 7.00am, before the public are allowed in at 9am. So, it looks like I\'ll have to forego breakfast at the B&B, but I think the  lady I spoke to there said she might be able to pack something to take away if I ask the night before.....

[Casey]

Updating all the info, based on input to date.

You should all have recieved your track "pack" in the post from Lisa by now, containing your tracktime instructions and Windscreen "TT" pass. You shouldn\'t need the "TT" pass if you already have a club stand pass.

The MRC track times as shown below.  I have also shown the RX-8 Track Sessions for those of you that are in all four sessions.

Remember you only have to attend one briefing session, not everyone for each session

MRC First Session list â€" Session A18
Briefing time 8.10am
Track Time 9.00am

1. Sicknote
2. Lennycarloff  
3. Will66
4. Clive
5. Ian.Mothersole
6. Shaunwil
7. RX8Head  
8. shifty  
9. stewartm  
10. CJR
11. Arnie_O  
12. GreySilver Beast
13. DreRX8  
14. madder
15. Casey  
16. Boosted
17. Hypothermia
18. Mir
19. Phil Collard  
20. cyman

RX-8 Track Sessions
Session F
Briefing Time 09:10
Track Time 10.30

MRC Second Session list â€" Session J10
Briefing Time: 11.00 am
Track Time: 12.00 pm  

1. Sicknote
2. Clive  
3. Ian.M
4. Casey  
5. CJR
6. Arnie_O
7. lennycarloff
8. stewartm
9. Clarky
10. Festa
11. Mir
12. Will66
13. AVAILABLE**
14. KiwiDave
15. aundre-3000
16. DreRX8
17. Dan507
18. cyman  
19. shaunwil  
20. madder  

**depends on whether the tracktime pass is available for transfer on the day

RX-8 Track Sessions
Session O
Briefing Time 12:20
Track Time:13:48

If anyone can no longer attend the track sessions that they have paid for as above, please let me or Lisa know as soon as possible as we may be able to reallocate your place.

IMPORTANT (PLAN B )- FOR THOSE IN THE 9.00am SESSION As pointed out by Ian.M, I guess most of us will need to disgorge some gear from our cars before going on track. I would therefore urge everyone in this slot to arrive asap at the circuit (I believe gates open by 7am for cars on stands, from 9am for the public). Have your MRC (or RX8OC) standpass in the window and proceed directly to the club stand area. CJR and I will each have a one man tent available to store any gear, first come first served (bring your own tent if you have one). As most of the traffic will then be "against us" to get back to the track, I suspect our best plan is to then proceed asap to the soundcheck and pitlane queuing area. If open, get a soundcheck done then park up in the pitlane queue (if running the same system as last year), let the marshalls then know you are going to sign on and attend the briefing at 8.10am. By the time that is finished it\'ll not be long before they\'ll want our cars in the pitlane queuing to go out at 9am.

That\'s my advice, but again, we\'ll have to "wing it" on the day

[Ian.Mothersole]

Plan B sounds good to me.

Although Im not sure if the marshals will let us park in the pit lane queue while we attend the briefing... I think Clive nearly got his car towed away doing that last year!

Having said that as we are the first group out, then it makes sense - lets see if the marshals agree on the day.

[Casey]

Plan B sounds good to me.

Although Im not sure if the marshals will let us park in the pit lane queue while we attend the briefing... I think Clive nearly got his car towed away doing that last year!

Having said that as we are the first group out, then it makes sense - lets see if the marshals agree on the day.

That\'s exactly my thinking, we are the first group out, so we won\'t be blocking anyone and it\'s in their favour to see we are all lined up to go out as soon as they are ready (and start the track schedule on time) - but will they see it that way...............

[shaunwil]

Where has he gone again :Giggle

Shaun

[boosted]

:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rh:3gears-rhTBH Spring action day 2012 at combe a couple of weeks back was a shambles and total grid lock it was running 45 mins late for track sessions and the queue for noise test was routed through the grid back round the paddock i had 5 sessions on the day and an average of 25 mins wait in the car but had to be in it to get anywhere near track . The last 2 sessions i just turned up when i wanted to go out!
Think where lucky now first out but really hope people dont swamp noise test as this is what caused all the probs.....hope it aint raining ! I am getting to combe for 7am ! c u all there!!  :Thumbsup!:Thumbsup!:Thumbsup!:Thumbsup!

[Lisa]

Updating all the info, based on input to date.

You should all have recieved your track "pack" in the post from Lisa by now, containing your tracktime instructions and Windscreen "TT" pass. You shouldn\'t need the "TT" pass if you already have a club stand pass.

The MRC track times as shown below. I have also shown the RX-8 Track Sessions for those of you that are in all four sessions.

Remember you only have to attend one briefing session, not everyone for each session

MRC First Session list â€" Session A18
Briefing time 8.10am
Track Time 9.00am

1. Sicknote
2. Lennycarloff
3. Will66
4. Clive
5. Ian.Mothersole
6. Shaunwil
7. RX8Head
8. shifty
9. stewartm
10. CJR
11. Arnie_O
12. GreySilver Beast
13. DreRX8
14. madder
15. Casey
16. Boosted
17. Hypothermia
18. AVAILABLE
19. AVAILABLE
20. cyman

RX-8 Track Sessions
Session F
Briefing Time 09:10
Track Time 10.30

MRC Second Session list â€" Session J10
Briefing Time: 11.00 am
Track Time: 12.00 pm

1. Sicknote
2. Clive
3. Ian.M
4. Casey
5. CJR
6. Arnie_O
7. lennycarloff
8. stewartm
9.  Clarky
10. Festa
11. AVAIALBLE
12. Will66
13. Kodiak
14. KiwiDave
15. aundre-3000
16. DreRX8
17. Dan507
18. cyman
19. shaunwil
20. madder

**depends on whether the tracktime pass is available for transfer on the day

RX-8 Track Sessions
Session O
Briefing Time 12:20
Track Time:13:48[/COLOR]

If anyone can no longer attend the track sessions that they have paid for as above, please let me or Lisa know as soon as possible as we may be able to reallocate your place.

IMPORTANT (PLAN B )- FOR THOSE IN THE 9.00am SESSION As pointed out by Ian.M, I guess most of us will need to disgorge some gear from our cars before going on track. I would therefore urge everyone in this slot to arrive asap at the circuit (I believe gates open by 7am for cars on stands, from 9am for the public). Have your MRC (or RX8OC) standpass in the window and proceed directly to the club stand area. CJR and I will each have a one man tent available to store any gear, first come first served (bring your own tent if you have one). As most of the traffic will then be "against us" to get back to the track, I suspect our best plan is to then proceed asap to the soundcheck and pitlane queuing area. If open, get a soundcheck done then park up in the pitlane queue (if running the same system as last year), let the marshalls then know you are going to sign on and attend the briefing at 8.10am. By the time that is finished it\'ll not be long before they\'ll want our cars in the pitlane queuing to go out at 9am.

[Test Drives Unlimited]

I not going to get there by 7am & it will be more like 7.30am !!