Brunty On Your Marks 8th Aug 2015 (Who's coming)
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Jonathan Rigby 1 hour ago
I happily would of but it was my first time going and IMO was poorly organised. I came with 2 other cars and it wasn't clear on what to do to any of us. From what I understood you had to que up to maybe get a lanyard but as soon you are finished for one stint you have to give it back and then que up again, a pretty poor system. Not saying I could do it better myself but there must be a better way. Was still a fantastic day out and will happily be back next year.
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Gareth Brierley 23 hours ago
Nice sound buddy. I was in the Audi behind you towards the end of the video
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Jonathan Rigby 6 hours ago
Yea no problem! I'll upload it to my Dropbox later on today and I'll let you know when it's up
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Gareth Brierley 1 hour ago
Thanks very much
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Drew Faulkner 3 hours ago
Did you not take any passengers? The whole point is to have paying passengers to raise money for charity mate, not treat it like a free track day...
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Andy Keedwell 2 hours ago
Did you take any passenger out.....as this was about charity passenger rides not 10 mins going around and around for your own pleasure...
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Phil Carroll 42 minutes ago
As an event organiser I will be making sure all Lanyards will be checked as the cars come out of the pits. This sort of behaviour is what we will be clamping down on.
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Phil Carroll 31 minutes ago
+Jonathan Rigby The Lanyards are distributed by the gate manager ie the person who invited you to drive for them be it Nissan GTROC or Help For Heroes etc.... The reason there were so many track cars in the field is because each car has a set number of sessions throughout the day so as not to wear out the brakes and give them chance to cool down etc... Out of interest who invited you to drive for their charity and who sent you the Track Vehicle Badge?
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Jonathan Rigby 26 minutes ago
Okay well I had no idea that's how it worked but now it's been explained to me it makes perfect sense. I wasn't invited by a charity but was invited to the event by a friend and was sent the track pass in the Facebook group chat.
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Drew Faulkner 1 second ago
+Jonathan Rigby Ah right - so you went on track without a briefing, without a lanyard, and with no idea what to expect? Did you know about the trucks and trikes merging and what to do about it? Any other safety items required? I'm stunned - we will certainly need to think about how to stop anyone just deciding to take their car on track to suit themselves in future. It hadn't really occurred that anyone would imagine they could just do that. Could I ask which club your friend belongs to, who sent you the track pass?
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Andy Keedwell 11 minutes ago
You had to be part of one of the 11 clubs that were there supporting the event to go one track.......Every lap was to raise £5 for charity which is what it is all about. Do not really understand if you are part of one of one the gates or just turned up and went on track. As an organiser of the event to see any car go around again and again with out raising money is a disappointment. Taking part on track is by invitation only and a lot of hard work goes into the event each year to ensure we raise as much money as possible for charity. We will need to revisit the system I think.
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Ian Dover 54 seconds ago
It's a CHARITY day you gormless tosser. The least you can do, now you know what an idiot you are, is send an appropriate (sizeable) donation to the organisers with your apologies. Most of the other cars went with the intention of helping others, not themselves to a free track day. If you aren't going to help, don't hinder. I, for one, will be looking for a Datsun 350 Z next year and I hope I don't see one.
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Gareth Brierley 23 hours ago
It was a great event. I will be back again next year
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Phillip Price 6 hours ago
Great Video Jonathan, I was in the Silver Evo...
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Chris Matthews 1 hour ago
Oh I can see my car as well. Clearly stopping to drop off and pick up passengers. Hope I didn't slow you down too much in the pit lane.
Jonathan Rigby 1 hour ago
I happily would of but it was my first time going and IMO was poorly organised. I came with 2 other cars and it wasn't clear on what to do to any of us. From what I understood you had to que up to maybe get a lanyard but as soon you are finished for one stint you have to give it back and then que up again, a pretty poor system. Not saying I could do it better myself but there must be a better way. Was still a fantastic day out and will happily be back next year.
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Gareth Brierley 23 hours ago
Nice sound buddy. I was in the Audi behind you towards the end of the video
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Jonathan Rigby 6 hours ago
Yea no problem! I'll upload it to my Dropbox later on today and I'll let you know when it's up
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Gareth Brierley 1 hour ago
Thanks very much
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Drew Faulkner 3 hours ago
Did you not take any passengers? The whole point is to have paying passengers to raise money for charity mate, not treat it like a free track day...
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Andy Keedwell 2 hours ago
Did you take any passenger out.....as this was about charity passenger rides not 10 mins going around and around for your own pleasure...
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Phil Carroll 42 minutes ago
As an event organiser I will be making sure all Lanyards will be checked as the cars come out of the pits. This sort of behaviour is what we will be clamping down on.
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Phil Carroll 31 minutes ago
+Jonathan Rigby The Lanyards are distributed by the gate manager ie the person who invited you to drive for them be it Nissan GTROC or Help For Heroes etc.... The reason there were so many track cars in the field is because each car has a set number of sessions throughout the day so as not to wear out the brakes and give them chance to cool down etc... Out of interest who invited you to drive for their charity and who sent you the Track Vehicle Badge?
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Jonathan Rigby 26 minutes ago
Okay well I had no idea that's how it worked but now it's been explained to me it makes perfect sense. I wasn't invited by a charity but was invited to the event by a friend and was sent the track pass in the Facebook group chat.
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Drew Faulkner 1 second ago
+Jonathan Rigby Ah right - so you went on track without a briefing, without a lanyard, and with no idea what to expect? Did you know about the trucks and trikes merging and what to do about it? Any other safety items required? I'm stunned - we will certainly need to think about how to stop anyone just deciding to take their car on track to suit themselves in future. It hadn't really occurred that anyone would imagine they could just do that. Could I ask which club your friend belongs to, who sent you the track pass?
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Andy Keedwell 11 minutes ago
You had to be part of one of the 11 clubs that were there supporting the event to go one track.......Every lap was to raise £5 for charity which is what it is all about. Do not really understand if you are part of one of one the gates or just turned up and went on track. As an organiser of the event to see any car go around again and again with out raising money is a disappointment. Taking part on track is by invitation only and a lot of hard work goes into the event each year to ensure we raise as much money as possible for charity. We will need to revisit the system I think.
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Ian Dover 54 seconds ago
It's a CHARITY day you gormless tosser. The least you can do, now you know what an idiot you are, is send an appropriate (sizeable) donation to the organisers with your apologies. Most of the other cars went with the intention of helping others, not themselves to a free track day. If you aren't going to help, don't hinder. I, for one, will be looking for a Datsun 350 Z next year and I hope I don't see one.
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Gareth Brierley 23 hours ago
It was a great event. I will be back again next year
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Phillip Price 6 hours ago
Great Video Jonathan, I was in the Silver Evo...
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Chris Matthews 1 hour ago
Oh I can see my car as well. Clearly stopping to drop off and pick up passengers. Hope I didn't slow you down too much in the pit lane.
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D Walker
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Well, it *has*, but 'removed' is such a loose term in IT, I find
Your IT skills are obviously superior to my own Drew,
Well done!
CatmanV2
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Well, it *has*, but 'removed' is such a loose term in IT, I find
Indeed, removed from where
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CatmanV2
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I wonder how many others were doing it. I *assumed* that people heading up the right hand pit lane were simply heading to the gates at the front. Now I wonder more
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drewf
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Oh no, that was nothing dear boy...
But yes, you are almost certainly right in that assumption
Let's assume for a moment that it's not *very* secure, just a *bit* secure. They might as well not bother.
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I got nowhere near those speeds, but did peel off a few layers of front tyre tread
Still amazed at how well the QP handles.
Oh and any chance of a shirt, when the next order goes in?
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Lol trust Benny! We were all diplomatic and then it descended into comments and vid removed
Perhaps the penny dropped as to what a tw*t he is.
D Walker
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I didn't assume( lol), I never really progressed beyond programming EMMA to configure 4 way traffic lights!!!Oh no, that was nothing dear boy...
But yes, you are almost certainly right in that assumption
Let's assume for a moment that it's not *very* secure, just a *bit* secure. They might as well not bother.
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I think the point is less about the money and him having a free go but the issue of safety. Having had no briefing he would not know the rules nor the right of way for trucks and could have caused an accident and got the entire event shutdown.
There were plenty of cars in the track parking area that I saw that never went on track as well. What was all that about? Was it friends just emailing the pdf pass to all their mates??
Stickers next year are a must in my opinion.
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There were plenty of cars in the track parking area that I saw that never went on track as well. What was all that about? Was it friends just emailing the pdf pass to all their mates??
Stickers next year are a must in my opinion.
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