JAPFEST SAT 17th MAY 2008

The Usual Suspects cannot miss this years Jap-car track day event. We havent missed any yet....

Following on from all other JAPFEST threads and since changing over to this new forum i can tell you the following.......... We are planning for this year to be the first with our own club stand!!! shock horror

Club booking form submitted with full payment today along with a covering letter to help explain about our club.

Club list, taken from the other thread.

1. Paul GTi-R
2. Soraya Type-R
3. Heath Supra
4. Jane VR-4
5. James R33 GTR
6. Simon R32 GTR
7. Claire Pathfinder
8. Paul EVO
9. James R33 GTR
10. Linda Starlet
11. Richard R34

I have applied for the 11 car passes with hardstanding as a wish list for James GTS, as its on a first come, first served basis we will keep our fingers crossed.

i have applied for Paul, Heath, Simon & James track time. 3 sesssions at £30 each session.

Entry tickets are £10 in advance.

We have the easy-up gazebo sat ready and waiting. Club merchandise is on order.

LIST BELOW OF PAYMENTS MADE OR TO BE MADE

1. Paul £100 to be paid
2. Soraya £10 to be paid
3. Heath £100 PAID
4. Jane £10 PAID
5. James R33 GTR £100 to be paid
6. Simon R32 GTR £100 PAID
7. Claire Pathfinder £10 to be paid
8. Paul EVO £10 x 2 PAID
9. James R33 GTS £10 to be paid
10. Linda Starlet £10 to be paid
11. Richard R34 £10 to be paid

TO DO LIST
1. BOOK INTO TRAVELODGE CHIP' Or Calne FOR THE TWO NIGHTS
2. SEND OFF APPLICATION done
3. ORGANISE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL done
4. ORGANISE CLOTHES RANGE done
5. ORGANISE FOOD
6. ARRANGE ON BOARD VIDEOING done
7. ARRANGE TO HOLD A CLUB MEETING AT THE EVENT

PLEASE post other suggestions on this thread i and will edit this one post so we can have all of the information in one place.
Cheers

Well done Simon - looking forward to the annual pilgrimage

Japfest is definite the best meet of the year, particularly because its at Combe

H or K ?

Excellent work Simon let us know when you need payment and we will do the necessary I will be on track this year thats for sure

AS SUGGESTED BY GAY HEATH

We need a banner:


http://www.banners.co.uk/Banner-Frames.htm

http://www.discountdisplays.co.uk/html/portable_banner_frame.html


Would work out about £32 each (approx 1 x 1.5m) - but we'll need some sexy artwork behind the Usual Suspects logo !

Comments ?

Good idea. would it be easier, as CC normally gets hit by a "hurricane", to have a rectangular banner that eaither goes across the top front edge of the tent or across the back section, this would save having to buy a frame and use the tent frame to hold it up? its a great idea and something that we will need to do. just gotta keep a handle on the costs thats all.

would be good to get the stand noticed!

theres also the Friday track day before! may go to watch rather than track....will see

Yes, do let me know when you need payment.
i agree use the existing geezebo to mount the banner, its cheaper that way. I would maybe do put it across the front, so it get's noticed more easily or depending on cost get two so you can have one on the front and one on the back

ive had a email adverising Japfest from Future Publishing so i guess they now have our appl' form. will now wait..... we will sort out payment once the credit card bill comes in....

Well done Si, very professional ! Remembered I hadn't replied to your txt...doh, sorry, but certainly looks like it's all in hand.

Still waiting for a reply from Future Publishing

Nice one Simon - well done

Derek would like to join us too, if thats ok?

J

Oh and if we are staying at Cepen Park, then I guess we should book that soon, seeing as the other lot are staying there too?

J

Derek is welcome is my view! so if he takes one of our entry tickets and a stand space that will mean that we still have one entry ticket and 4 stand spaces

i guess he aint joining us know

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29031&page=2

never mind....

Derek was ousted in 2006 for being a turn-coat

Yeah, I guess he has changed his mind - he only asked me the day before!! Hey ho.

Weird - i was just coming on to say I spoke to Derek t'other day and he was asking about stand space with us. Both of us had started on the beer when we had this conversation though......

I've booked my hotel space - looks like there's very little space left there already!

Just booked our hotel too - £126 for the two nights - what a fecking rip off!!!!

J

hi guys. i have spoke to a very helpful man at Future Publishing who confirms he has our booking form and that we have actually got it in before they were prepared. We wont know any details about our stand and track times until the week before Japfest.

I am also considering a track session with ClubVR-4.

Why so late - I'm sure the other clubs know well before then - I think we could be outta luck on this one ???

So not mentioning Nick 'On The Fence' Mann's pm then ?
Just gonna keep the peace ? Lets face it they are not concerned with us, just concerned with filling their sessions.

I'm not doing the CVRBore sessions as they may clash with our public sessions and I don't think I can take their excuses any more - "After you overtook me I had no difficulty keeping up and if ......"

H

No to keeping the piece, ive no need to. Yes, i did get a PM about us lot and i said i wasnt aware of anything up. I also suggested that any rumours could have came from Derek

Id like more than 3 sessions as i dont know when i'll have time this year to do any other track days at my "birth place". I wont be going for the 8 sessions from two years ago but 5 sessions would be good. I will wait and see.

Well done Si for sorting it out, is it definate we will get a stand?
PM?? What was that about?
I could possibly be interested in doing a session with Club VRbore

I thought it was quite cool of Nick to send that...I think you're getting very cynical in your (very) old age Keith!

I told him I had no issues with him, but took the oportunity to have another swipe at a certain AWOL website administrator (as you do). Also told him I wouldn't rule out track sessions with them, but it depends on money now as we've already committed 3 public sessions.

They only have a handful of people booked up so far - maybe wait till just before and get a session or two for peanuts....let's face it, we're celebrities now and should be treated accordingly

Mm, maybe Heath and I are making each other cynical but I'm afraid that I see it in exactly the same way, especially after the pager message I got from Pete last night - I don't believe they give a toss about our 'hurt feelings', they just want to fill their sessions and get some video out of us too!

I have obviously missed something, but I thought the whole point of Simon going to the trouble of getting a seperate stand and booking three public sessions was that none of you wanted to go out with them?

But if you are all going to end up booking with them anyway, you could have corrected Heath when he posted on the thread that you weren't going to. I realise he may have jumped the gun a bit (doesn't he always ) but now it looks like its just us snubbing them! You should know by now he doesn't need any help making himself look like a tit

J

/edited/ Ah balls, who cares - I have PM'd Nick to tell him we still love him, that Barry is a twat and Heath won't be doing any CVR4 sessions ('cos he says he doesn't want to?) - at least Pete has stopped stalking me now!! Next year, I'm pissing off to the Bahamas in May

hello! im not 100% sure whats going on?! nothing new there...

the way i see it is that i have requested our own stand and three sessions for four of us. Ive received a PM from Nick asking whether we as a group have been offended in anyway, wondering why we havent booked through them. i replied as stated above and i also said i hadnt owned a Vrbore for 3 years and thought it was time i made the break, especially as a stand, but i had never gave thought about their track time. i honestly have no problem with the club but i am now very interested to know what pager messages/texts you guys have been receiving?

A few vrbore members, without stating names, do take banter the wrong way and treat it as the truth!!! May be we have upset them...

on which thread did H post about not going on the vrbore sessions? if its on here, they wont see it. if its on the Vr site then i wouldnt see it!! DONT PANIC we will stick with our Leader and boycote the VR4 sessions..

HOLD ON!!!!!!!!!! this thread is sounding like a crap UJCC, VR4, GTR thread where everone starts falling out. SUMMARY. 1. Take it that we are ok with stand and track time. 2.we wont bother with VR sessions unless they are £20 a pop! (i can be bought!!) 3. id love to know what Pete has been Paging/texting?? please spill!!!!!!...

It does seem that me, james and pablo havent had the contact that you two guys have had to put up with from the VR4 peeps and therfore have more to be cynical about. "...especially after the pager message I got from Pete last night " pleas tell.................



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