Geo Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I know i asked this question - But do i have to pay the full £55 if i just want to go as a passenger up the strip with my dad? No its free for you. well except the £5 entrance fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bailey Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 No its free for you. well except the £5 entrance fee Cheers for the quick reply Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I think someone mentioned before that Santapod charged them an extra £10 or something to be a passenger in a drag car. But don't quote me on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 No its free for you. well except the £5 entrance fee See... Don't quote me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 No its free for you. well except the £5 entrance fee And the £10 passenger fee, but I'll do you a special discounted rate of £50 for sorting it out for you. Just find me on the day and I will give you the wrist band. And NO that is not a euphemism. PayPal to [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 And the £10 passenger fee, but I'll do you a special discounted rate of £50 for sorting it out for you. Just find me on the day and I will give you the wrist band. And NO that is not a euphemism. PayPal to [email protected] Or maybe do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have had to take a fairly major decision on this, Sky Insurance have offered to buy a 30 drag tickets and a number of drift tickets from us and they will then either sell or give those out to carefully selected cars from within their portfolio of clubs. They will be asking those clubs to apply for tickets and they will choose the best and more importantly most appropriate cars for the event. With the costs of Dragonball 2012 and JAE eating heavily in to the club funds I could not afford to lose over £3k on this event and I think this is a good compromise. Sky know what this event is about and wont be fielding any low power cars, they will be looking for the best from the clubs they have chosen. This will also massively increase the media presence on the day and get us more publicity. If any competitors who have signed up feel this isnt what they wanted then do please talk to me. The event is just over 4 weeks away and this was something that needed to be done. We will review whether we can run this event next year as I know it is getting harder for people to justify the costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 and in answer to the question about passenger rides, I believe they are free. We pay for exclusive hire so we can do what we want, we can have a running race up the track if we want!! So I would say passenger rides are free unless I find out otherwise. Blackett Photography will also be there on the day for anybody that wants to buy his shots. We can also arrange him to do staged shots during the lunch break if anybody wants those. Lined up on the start line etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probrox Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Last year my brother was told he would have to complete a form and pay £10 to be a passenger. This came from the lady at the sign on desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 we can have a running race up the track if we want!! abz may be interested in this if it can be organised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhy Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have had to take a fairly major decision on this, Sky Insurance have offered to buy a 30 drag tickets and a number of drift tickets from us and they will then either sell or give those out to carefully selected cars from within their portfolio of clubs. They will be asking those clubs to apply for tickets and they will choose the best and more importantly most appropriate cars for the event. With the costs of Dragonball 2012 and JAE eating heavily in to the club funds I could not afford to lose over £3k on this event and I think this is a good compromise. Sky know what this event is about and wont be fielding any low power cars, they will be looking for the best from the clubs they have chosen. This will also massively increase the media presence on the day and get us more publicity. If any competitors who have signed up feel this isnt what they wanted then do please talk to me. The event is just over 4 weeks away and this was something that needed to be done. We will review whether we can run this event next year as I know it is getting harder for people to justify the costs. I think that this is a good idea to cover costs and to still keep control of the day with the majority of cars still being supras. It will also allow for some friendly competition with others cars which will add to the excitement on the day.. TBH even though there is only a month left, there will still be quite a lot of people showing interest closer to the time providing it does not rain.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 As stated above I think it is a worthwhile idea to balance the costs of it all, Is there no way that people can buy tickets just to drag a couple of times as I never wanted to buy a days ticket and waste the place where a better car could run more often and be a better spectacle over watching another NA do 2 or 3 runs spread over a day, It might help with the costs as I would imagine a few other people would happily pay £15-20 just top do a few quick (slow in my NA) runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis6110 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think its a good idea what you have done branners like said above it will encourage some friendly competition, i also like the thought of the above idea where you can just pay a lower amount for just 1 or 2 rund maybe, as like graham i only have an NA so would just like the experience of going down the strip, not interested in racing as i know its not fast, i think there would be alot more interest in this especially if you had the NA owners going up against the other NA's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think its a good idea what you have done branners like said above it will encourage some friendly competition, i also like the thought of the above idea where you can just pay a lower amount for just 1 or 2 rund maybe, as like graham i only have an NA so would just like the experience of going down the strip, not interested in racing as i know its not fast, i think there would be alot more interest in this especially if you had the NA owners going up against the other NA's I was also not wanting to ruin my clutch ect by dragging it's lazy backside up to santapod to blast it down a dragstrip, maybe to make it more viable it would be a good idea for all the people wanting to just do a couple of runs to make a list and that way Branners and the rest of the forum lords can decide if it is worth the hassle over the money it would raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Will be paying for this mid June when back from hols Undecided whether to drag race yet though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Will be paying for this mid June when back from hols Undecided whether to drag race yet though! Does that put you in the group of possibly wanting to do just a couple of runs over a full day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yeah id be more interested in a limited 5 runs per day or similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) shall we keep this in here to keep it up to date? Member Drag Racing JamieP Justin Bieber tt paul Tony tt Marco79 monkpower cullcfc jimmenico Mooret neil Shane Ob1dude markssupra Member Drift Circuit Probox JamieP Member Entry Lee S tt paul Jimmy James Davis6110 Mugello Joiner91 clay chris blackwell a98pmalcom Neil1985 Graham1984 Monsween AilsaMX5 Karolina Drift_bear Clarkie Non Member Drag Racing Non Member Drift Circuit Non Member Entry Justin Bieber tt paul Jimmy james Marco79 chris blackwell cullcfc a98pmalcolm Shane Ob1dude Monsween AilsaMX5 Scott Forbes +1 Edited May 31, 2012 by mellonman (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davis6110 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 shall we keep this in here to keep it up to date? Member Drag Racing JamieP Justin Bieber tt paul Tony tt Marco79 monkpower cullcfc jimmenico Mooret neil Shane Ob1dude markssupra Member Drift Circuit Probox JamieP Member Entry Lee S tt paul Jimmy James Davis6110 Mugello Joiner91 clay chris blackwell a98pmalcom Neil1985 Graham1984 Monsween AilsaMX5 Karolina Drift_bear Clarkie Non Member Drag Racing Non Member Drift Circuit Non Member Entry Justin Bieber tt paul Jimmy james Marco79 chris blackwell cullcfc a98pmalcolm Shane Ob1dude Monsween AilsaMX5 Scott Forbes +1 IM FAMOUS !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 just payed got my brother to come with his girl to look after the little one while i rip it up with him as a passenger lol can we pay for drifting on the day might give it a bash depending on how destroyed my tyres get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Will be paying for this mid June when back from hols Undecided whether to drag race yet though! I'm going to upgrade to the drag ticket, you should to jamesy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Bieber Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 As stated above I think it is a worthwhile idea to balance the costs of it all, Is there no way that people can buy tickets just to drag a couple of times as I never wanted to buy a days ticket and waste the place where a better car could run more often and be a better spectacle over watching another NA do 2 or 3 runs spread over a day, It might help with the costs as I would imagine a few other people would happily pay £15-20 just top do a few quick (slow in my NA) runs. Its not wasting a place though, £50 is going back into the club account, and people in 'better' cars should be able to afford it already, so just man up and sign up its such a laugh mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADZsupra Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Id be happy paying a lower amount too and doing say a max off 3 runs. 55quid seems a bit steep... As for paying whats the cut off? As i dont get paid till mid june mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safely Insured Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have had to take a fairly major decision on this, Sky Insurance have offered to buy a 30 drag tickets and a number of drift tickets from us and they will then either sell or give those out to carefully selected cars from within their portfolio of clubs. They will be asking those clubs to apply for tickets and they will choose the best and more importantly most appropriate cars for the event. With the costs of Dragonball 2012 and JAE eating heavily in to the club funds I could not afford to lose over £3k on this event and I think this is a good compromise. Sky know what this event is about and wont be fielding any low power cars, they will be looking for the best from the clubs they have chosen. Thanks John. From our perspective on this, we like SupraPod, we like the Mkiv Supra Owners club so we are happy to support this event and the club. We do not want to take anything away from what is YOUR event and we were concerned about this from the outset. We are trying to find the best cars we can to fill the allocated Drag and Drift spaces we have been offered. Invites will be sent to a selection of our affiliated car clubs, we will invite applications and then offer our ticket allocation to those who are successful. We have affiliations with everything from our traditional Jap clubs to VW/Audi, Ford and Vauxhall clubs, this should mean we see a diverse selection of cars on the day. We will not charge for these tickets. I have been in contact with a couple of Mkiv Supra Club members who are customers of ours and we have offered tickets to these members. We have a blog page here which you are welcome to visit. http://www.skyinsurance.co.uk/blog/2012/05/suprapod2012/ If you have any questions about our involvement please feel free to ask me or Branners. Thanks Ollie Sky Insurance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Gutted dont think i am going to be able to come this year! first year i will miss since buying the supra. Cant find cover at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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