PistonFest - New stuff!
More events added to the itinerary for PH's summer spectacular
The event is taking place on Saturday August 30 at Hertfordshire County Showground and is being organised by the team behind our activities at Le Mans and is set to be a great weekend. Furthermore, you can enjoy waking up to a high-octane dawn chorus on Sunday as we're joined by over 600 cars that are booked in to what will be one of our biggest Sunday Services ever.
Better still, thanks to the nice folk at Dunlop the ticket price has been halved to just £25 per adult and under 16s go free. Included in this price is entry, a pitch for your tent and numerous free goodies, again from Dunlop and our friends at Autoglym.
Once at the festival, the activities are 100 per cent free (except your food and drink) and include:
Live music on stage from The Mighty Goodfellaz
Sit back with a drink and enjoy the music as the Goodfellaz rock late into the night.
Flying lap challenge with RMA Trackdays
Everyone loves an opportunity to show the world what a dab hand they are behind the wheel, so we're giving you the chance to shine. Simply set the fastest time on our driving simulator and win a free track day courtesy of RMA.
The PistonHeads Darts World Championship - with Dunlop tyres
We couldn't think of a more noble and honourable sport in which to find a champion worthy of winning a complete set of Dunlop tyres for their car. Bringing your own darts (it's just a regular board) and gold jewellery is optional.
Caterham wheel change challenge
Have a go at being a member of a pit crew as you go up against the clock to see how fast you can change a wheel on a Caterham SP/300.R.
BTCC team talk by Ollie Jackson and STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp.
Get the inside scoop on the BTCC from a driver's perspective as Ollie Jackson talks us through the highs and lows of being a competitor.
The PH Pub Quiz
A traditional pub quiz that focuses on all the subjects that we know and love. Namely cars, automobiles, motoring and vehicles. There may also be a general knowledge round... about cars. The winning team will be awarded both eternal recognition and some prizes.
Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym
Make sure your car is clean for Saturday as the car that we deem to be both shiny and a great example of what PH is all about will win a money-can't-buy prize from AutoGlym. They will host you and your car at their "laboratory" for the day. You'll leave with a VERY clean car, loads of goodies and a PhD in vehicle detailing. Maybe.
Hang out with the PistonHeads team
We'll all be at the event and look forward to seeing you all there and answering any questions you may have and generally chewing the fat. We'll also be entering a team in the pub quiz.
We're really looking forward to seeing lots of you there, so hurry now and book your tickets HERE.
The details:
Where: Hertfordshire County Showground, The Showground, Dunstable Road, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, AL3 7PT
When: 12:00 on August 30 until approximately 12:00 on 31st
Why: To celebrate all the things PistonHeads
Camping: Either bring your own tent or let our team on the ground sort that out for you for a small fee , if you want a tent setting up, please email info@1st-tickets.co.uk with a subject line of "PF14".
[BTCC pics: LAT]
Another brilliant update is that thanks to the kind people at the Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone, we've got one of their awesome driving experiences to give away. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to buy a ticket to PistonFest, one lucky attendee will be chosen at random so at the minute you have a 1 in 70 chance of winning the driving experience.
We hope to see lots of you there, buy your tickets here
Its probably the endless nonsense people waffle on about at these things that i find boring !
Alas I have a dusty dartboard in my garage I am more than happy to charge PH'ers a fiver to use.
Who booked them?
http://www.reverbnation.com/mightygoodfellaz?page_...
Who booked them?
http://www.reverbnation.com/mightygoodfellaz?page_...
Was expecting something less pub rock ! Still the other
bands there might offer a different musical experience.
Give that Harpenden Classics on the Common takes place 5 minutes from the Herts Showground if this were more broadly advertised I am sure it would get decent attendance. A car boot sale is also held at this site every few weeks which gets big attendance so there is plenty of passing traffic.
So is this 2014 lineup:
1. Live music on stage from The Mighty Goodfellaz (unknown band)
2. Flying lap challenge with RMA Trackdays (computer simulator)
3. The PistonHeads Darts World Championship (watch a game of darts)
4. Hear everything about the BTCC from Ollie Jackson (listen to a talk)
5. The PH Pub Quiz (pub quiz with strangers in your team)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show)
To be constructive, this is what PistonFest should be like:
1. Live music on stage from Jay Kay (or a known band with some connection to cars)
2. Flying lap challenge with real cars (could be a go-kart, could be an old Mk1 Fiesta, just make it real)
3. The PistonHeads Pit Girl Challenge sponsored by Dunlop (have a Miss England type competition to watch)
4. Interview with Murray Walker (listen to a talk from someone famous)
5. The PH Car Quiz (pub quiz just about cars)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show - ok keep this as is)
You could say what I propose wouldn't ever happen... but if you book them, they will come!
So is this 2014 lineup:
1. Live music on stage from The Mighty Goodfellaz (unknown band)
2. Flying lap challenge with RMA Trackdays (computer simulator)
3. The PistonHeads Darts World Championship (watch a game of darts)
4. Hear everything about the BTCC from Ollie Jackson (listen to a talk)
5. The PH Pub Quiz (pub quiz with strangers in your team)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show)
To be constructive, this is what PistonFest should be like:
1. Live music on stage from Jay Kay (or a known band with some connection to cars)
2. Flying lap challenge with real cars (could be a go-kart, could be an old Mk1 Fiesta, just make it real)
3. The PistonHeads Pit Girl Challenge sponsored by Dunlop (have a Miss England type competition to watch)
4. Interview with Murray Walker (listen to a talk from someone famous)
5. The PH Car Quiz (pub quiz just about cars)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show - ok keep this as is)
You could say what I propose wouldn't ever happen... but if you book them, they will come!
So is this 2014 lineup:
1. Live music on stage from The Mighty Goodfellaz (unknown band)
2. Flying lap challenge with RMA Trackdays (computer simulator)
3. The PistonHeads Darts World Championship (watch a game of darts)
4. Hear everything about the BTCC from Ollie Jackson (listen to a talk)
5. The PH Pub Quiz (pub quiz with strangers in your team)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show)
To be constructive, this is what PistonFest should be like:
1. Live music on stage from Jay Kay (or a known band with some connection to cars)
2. Flying lap challenge with real cars (could be a go-kart, could be an old Mk1 Fiesta, just make it real)
3. The PistonHeads Pit Girl Challenge sponsored by Dunlop (have a Miss England type competition to watch)
4. Interview with Murray Walker (listen to a talk from someone famous)
5. The PH Car Quiz (pub quiz just about cars)
6. Best PH car, supported by AutoGlym (car show - ok keep this as is)
You could say what I propose wouldn't ever happen... but if you book them, they will come!
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