Snetterton exclusive track day for your Aston,,,,,19th Sept.

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L0TT0 said:

Men...just a couple of thoughts for anyone going on Friday and coming from darn sarf (M11N onto A11N) or heading over on the A14

Beware of the big yellow box as you leaving the A11 northbound and joining the A14 south of the Newmarket junction. Everyone slows for the camera BUT I have also seen a scamera van parked just around the blind bend a mile or so after the aforementioned fixed one near to the Rowley Mile service area.

Keep an eye out also for scamera vans from A11/A134 junction at Thetford all the way up to Snetterton – There are some very tempting long straights and the dirty feckers hide up on the elevated slip roads so they see over the top as it were, down onto the carriageway.

You have been warned

See what good people we have on here. Nick, Tony, thank you.

[Y100]

GeordieDave said:

Ok I'm in!

Bob, can you let me know how you want paying.

Is the photographer still attending?

Edited by GeordieDave on Tuesday 16th September 20:13

1. Y100 ****PAID****
2. Speculatore - (PHOTO) ****PAID****
3. Robgt & MollyGTi (PHOTO)
4. Burntout & Mrs Burntout
5. Tonyhall38+ Tony jr (PHOTO) ****PAID****
6. V8V12VTECwoollie ****PAID****
7. AMDBSNick + Moose ****PAID****
8. Gettoff (PHOTO) ****PAID****
9. AdamV8V (note to self: Buy Aston beforehand)
10. Bismarck ****PAID****
11. BravoV8V - (PHOTO)****PAID****
12. Retman ****PAID****
13. NeinFondue & Mrs NeinFondue ****PAID**** (Unable to attend)
14. outofstepuk
15. sukh_m ****PAID**** (despite being unable to attend)
16. Reepster ****PAID****
17. DAMIT + Mrs DAMIT
18. Lotto and Jamie (PHOTO) ****PAID****
19. L.D plus victim ****PAID****
20. Peterr96 + hopefully MrsR96
21. FoxyGTO3R
22. dredders + 1 ****PAID****
23. yeti
24. NealCS (Unable to attend, will pay if required)
25. Simon Lane (V12VS Lancaster Cambridge)****PAID****
26. Playmaker (Friend of L.D) Unable to attend.
27. Chav12 (Friend of L.D) ****PAID****
28. Trek930
29. rpw2201 ****PAID****
30. JBaps ****PAID****
31. V8V Pete
32. J12MOC - Martyn & Mona ****PAID**** but unable to attend
33. SELON ****PAID****
34. Dynosoar ****PAID****
35. ASM DBR 796 YPC ****PAID****
36. Cockernee ****PAID****
37. ShrekV12VR & Barb (PHOTO) ****PAID***
38. GeordieDave ****PAID****

Payment received, you're in Dave.

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Speculatore said:

I had provisionally arranged for the Dom Romney, the same guy as Rockingham and he charges £500 for the day. We need 25 people to confirm that they wanted a photographer to attend which would have made it £25 per car like last time. As the 'PHOTO' take up was pretty poor I didn't finalise any details with Dom to confirm his attendance.

Its probably a bit late in the day but his email address is '[e-mail]' if someone wants to confirm with him

Dave, thank you. Given the unexpected extra expense for the day, a great shame in my opinion but maybe we'll have to do without Doms 'brilliance' this time.

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Cockernee said:

Y100 said:

Dave, thank you. Given the unexpected extra expense for the day, a great shame in my opinion but maybe we'll have to do without Doms 'brilliance' this time.

Don't worry Bob, I will take a camera in the car and snap you as I go past in my little Audi

Whats funny is, I know you'll do it.

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An important a reminder; Please remember to bring with you tomorrow your Drivers Licence,,,,go and put it with your Crash helmet now please.

[Y100]

Retman said:

Bob, do we need both parts of the licence? And the closest I've got to a helmet is a balaclava!

Yes please, both parts. There are helmets available at the circuit FOC.

[Y100]

W1111AM said:

Bob, just sent you a PM...

thanks Will

Replied Will.

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BravoV8V said:

Hello again Bob,

Just in case I've missed the post, could you please confirm what time it all 'kicks off' tomorrow?

Opening time, brief time, noise test times, lunch time etc etc, please.

Thanks.

PS Getting v excited now!

Signing in and noise testing from 8:30,to 9:30, briefing 9:30 to 10:00,,,,lunch 13:00, final whistle at 17:00. Excited, thats what I like to hear.

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BravoV8V said:

Thanks.

Are there going to be coffee & bacon rolls for when we arrive? (Or do I need to plan breakfast elsewhere!)

Sorry, I thought I'd previously mentioned that there will be bacon/sausage butties available on arrival, tea, coffee etc all day, lunch too at 13:00.

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Good morning all,

What a fantastic day, the weather was perfect, no wind, no rain and no blinding sunshine. What a fantastic track, not only the circuit design but also that pit wall, allowing us to get right up to the track side looking down onto the cars just enough to fully appreciate their gorgeous shape and hear that awesome high speed sound as they shot passed us, absolutely megga!

Congratulations to everyone that made it on the day. I need to thank you all for making it such a fantastic day, great people together achieve great things,,VFM it most certainly was.

I/we also need to thank those that although initially adding their names to the entrants list, through no fault of their own were unable to join us. Several of you, you know who you are, in a very honourable way I am proud to say, even though you were unable to attend, generously made a full payment transfer, for which I am extremely grateful.

It is unfortunate that despite the above, there remains a deficit in payments received as follows:

26 payments (including my own of course) £9160 (Shrek V12VR paid £410 in error), plus £100 from Paul for the Corvette paid in cash yesterday (unecessary Paul but thank you) total in £9260. The bill for the day; MSV circuit operators, £11,352 inc VAT + Instructors Steve £275, Karl and Michael @ £225 total £725. Grand total £12077,,, minus £9260 received, balance remaining £2817.

I'm sure there is a fair way to settle it up,,,better people than me on here that will know how.

I'm trying to load a superb grid piccy of us all but for some reason today nothing happens when I click Upload an image (beta),,,any ideas please.

PS: Donington in March has been mentioned, so too was Brands??

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L0TT0 said:

peterr96 said:

Seems fairly straightforward Bob
9 people to pay 2817 would be £313 each
Which is so near as to the original sum I've transferred £350. Gutted to have missed the day and sorry you had all the angst

Peter thank you very much indeed.

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L0TT0 said:

Cockernee said:

L0TT0 said:

BravoV8V said:

L0TT0 said:

Cockernee said:

That looks like a very fast car on the right

Looks outside the track limits to me......... Again

The (other) evidence:

Caught bang to rights I would say

The only thing that caught me all day though

And Reepster in his Vanquish did try. It was good to see you there Cockers. Also good to see there were the DBR1 Le Mans replica cars,,,,I want one.

Edited by Y100 on Saturday 20th September 15:22

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Cockernee said:

There is a mildly amusing story about the incident with Dean in the Vanq

I took Jamie out for a spin and on the out lap, putting some heat into the brakes etc, he was catching quickly. Just as I was about to indicate to let him by, a blue flag was waved at me (or was it a red rag). At that moment some form of mist descended within the car and off we went. Dean then told the story from his perspective, which was... I was catching you up and I saw a blue flag waved, I turned to my passenger and said watch now, that will upset him. I said that obvious huh....

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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AdamV8V said:

There seemed to be 37 on the original list?

I also think, even as a gesture, the attenders who actually used the instructors could have picked up the tab for the £725, with the committed track costs (of which you all got c40% more of) shared between the 37 (£306). Those who paid the full £350 but couldn't attend should be credited the difference

Anyway, I'm sure the "fk 'em" attitude was the prevalent one trackside, and this is always going to be losing a battle, so Bob I've transferred the £313 as suggested by Pete and I genuinely hope you get the remaining £2.5k down to zero.

Glad you all had fun.

Adam, thank you, you sir are a good man,,,get well soon. There will be another Track day, option details will be posted next week.

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tonyhall38 said:

http://youtu.be/f4MA-f0zS_Q
http://youtu.be/pw9FSkZA_Sk
http://youtu.be/dhZujjaY-IA

Thanks Tony,,,what a priviledged lot we are.

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MollyGT3 said:

V8V Pete said:

Bob,

Congratulations on organising what sounds like a fantastic day. Still totally gutted I couldn't attend. £313 transferred to your account just now.

My vote goes to Donnington for next time BTW. To avoid all the financial angst in future my very simple suggestion is that you are not on the list until you have paid 100% of estimated costs to the organiser. If you pull out that is only returned by somebody else taking your specific place. Why not a deposit of say 25 or 50%? Because if you look at what happened this time that would still have left you very short of cash which is why I have paid the £313 rather than whatever the deposit would have been at the cut off time. Just my suggestion so that we can enjoy future events minus the financial stress.

We are transferring the same sum to Bob this morning. However, we have to mention again that we were the first to pull out because we no longer had a suitable car AND a reserve took our place. So why are we paying? 2 reasons:

A. Bob is an honourable bloke who set this event up with the best of intentions and we would hate to see him out of pocket.

B. We don't want to lose the friendships that we made on this forum even tho' we no longer have an Aston Martin.

Good luck getting the rest of the money in Bob.

Rob, Molly, thank you both very much indeed, good people. So sorry you were not with us at Snetterton, even more sorry you no longer have Pearl.

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V8V Pete said:

Bob,

Congratulations on organising what sounds like a fantastic day. Still totally gutted I couldn't attend. £313 transferred to your account just now.

My vote goes to Donnington for next time BTW. To avoid all the financial angst in future my very simple suggestion is that you are not on the list until you have paid 100% of estimated costs to the organiser. If you pull out that is only returned by somebody else taking your specific place. Why not a deposit of say 25 or 50%? Because if you look at what happened this time that would still have left you very short of cash which is why I have paid the £313 rather than whatever the deposit would have been at the cut off time. Just my suggestion so that we can enjoy future events minus the financial stress.

Peter thank you, thank you very much. I take on board your suggestion re 'payment to be transferred when adding ones name to the list', that is a simple and fair way to proceed. Thanks again for the transfer,,,we're getting there.

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Not a bad looking grid,,,,are we.

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More good men are doing good things.

1. Y100 ****PAID****
2. Speculatore - (PHOTO) ****PAID****
3. Robgt & MollyGTi (PHOTO)****PAID**** although unable to attend.
4. Burntout & Mrs Burntout
5. Tonyhall38+ Tony jr (PHOTO) ****PAID****
6. V8V12VTECwoollie ****PAID****
7. AMDBSNick + Moose ****PAID****
8. Gettoff (PHOTO) ****PAID****
9. AdamV8V (note to self: Buy Aston beforehand)***PAID***
10. Bismarck ****PAID****
11. BravoV8V - (PHOTO)****PAID****
12. Retman ****PAID****
13. NeinFondue & Mrs NeinFondue ****PAID**** (Unable to attend)
14. outofstepuk
15. sukh_m ****PAID**** (despite being unable to attend)
16. Reepster ****PAID****
17. DAMIT + Mrs DAMIT
18. Lotto and Jamie (PHOTO) ****PAID****
19. L.D plus victim ****PAID****
20. Peterr96 + hopefully MrsR96***PAID****
21. FoxyGTO3R ****CONTRIBUTED****unable to attend
22. dredders + 1 ****PAID****
23. yeti
24. NealCS (Unable to attend, will pay if required)
25. Simon Lane (V12VS Lancaster Cambridge)****PAID****
26. Playmaker (Friend of L.D) Unable to attend.
27. Chav12 (Friend of L.D) ****PAID****
28. Trek930
29. rpw2201 ****PAID****
30. JBaps ****PAID****
31. V8V Pete****PAID****unable to attend
32. J12MOC - Martyn & Mona ****PAID**** but unable to attend
33. SELON ****PAID****
34. Dynosoar ****PAID****
35. ASM DBR 796 YPC ****PAID****
36. Cockernee ****PAID****
37. ShrekV12VR & Barb (PHOTO) ****PAID***
38. GeordieDave ****PAID****

Willga ****CONTRIBUTED**** unable to attend

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How not to do it

http://youtu.be/NiVQ_-qVCfY

Kindly put together by my passenger and good friend Johnt. Click on the gear wheel bottom right to select HD.

Edited by Y100 on Monday 22 September 12:31