Isle of Man

[BraindG]

From the makers of TOTB




as part of next years event plans, we have been asked to get
involved with

the Isle of Man tourism Board to run a car weekend for performance
car club members to the Isle of Man.
200+ club members have already been made aware of this event, but
we are opening it up to all the same clubs and groups who competed in TOTB2, to bring together some fantastic cars and clubs.

basics of the trip would be a friday 18th June 2004 midday ferry
sailing to
the Island, for all the cars, followed by 2 nights B+B, with a
return home on the sunday night 20th june.

the first full day INSERT INTO post VALUES (Saturday) would be a free days drive for all,
around the
isle of man TT course, and the rest of the island. INSERT INTO post VALUES (remembering the island has NO speed limits once of out the 30mph villages!)

on the sunday we have the use of Jurby Airfield for a timed
sprint/top speed
day INSERT INTO post VALUES (optional at extra cost of £30 per car); or again a free day
driving the
island on its superb roads. the airfield day will be run with
classes/trophies and an award presentation in the hotel on the day.
returning home on the sunday evening.



:boing4:



the cost per person is likely to be around £180 all infor ferry and 3 *** hotel INSERT INTO post VALUES (b+b) for the weekend. this price is subject to slight variation, depending upon the hotel quality wanted, and also subject to getting enough people involved.


Information is fairly scetchy at the minute.. but who would be up for this? its on a first come first served basis, so you would have to plan this now :)

im up for it.,. sounds like a right old laugh..

CURRENT INTERESTED ATTENDEES

1: BraindG
2: Spirit979
3: Brind
4: Pudd
5: Simon
6: Interlec
7: Lomy
8: Kieran & Alex
9: Nick Mann
10: H7
11: Bigdaveackers

[PUDD]

:thumb1: Cheers Barry for the info.
You can put me and lesa down plz,it sounds gr8:D

[Simon]

Im up for that

[SGHOM]

oh go on then, If I must !!! It'll be my 46th birthday on the 19th :INSERT INTO post VALUES ( gotta make the most of that !:D

[Spirit]

Sounds good to me too :D - put me down

[Brind]

No need to ask me twice! so that's very much a yes.:)

[Spirit]

Any more news on this one yet Barry ?

[BraindG]

not as yet..
im speaking to the guys anyways this week.. will enquire then

[LOMY]

I fancy that Barry. Always wanted the chance to max out the old bird INSERT INTO post VALUES (and the car too :D ). S'quite close to me too, so even better. Count me in please.

[Spirit]

Usual list of attendees now started

[Spirit]

Originally posted by BraindG
not as yet..
im speaking to the guys anyways this week.. will enquire then

Did you speak to them mate ? Any news ?

[BraindG]

not had a chance this week.. INSERT INTO post VALUES (as per post in mod)
will get it sorted though..

[Spirit]

Following tonights Top Gear INSERT INTO post VALUES (in which they did nothing but rave about the I-O-M) I reckon there will be a lot more people interested in this one so is there any way we can get an update to confirm our places etc Barry ?

[Kieran]

Funny you should say that Pete!!!:D

Put me and Alex down!!

GLS power comes to the Isle of Man!!! Mwahahaha!

[Spirit]

Done mate

/whispers - gonna be fun - don't tell me missus lol

[BraindG]

its confrimed that we have a club stand.. and to go round track..

[Nick Mann]

Outstanding!

Please put me down. We have friends on the IOM, so I don't know if I will be wanting the hotel thing. Will decide later.

[Spirit]

All done Nick:D

[zedy1]

when is it and costs anybody

[Roadrunner]

Go on then, put me down at No 10 :) Planning that length of time ahead is not something I usually do because circumstances and commitments can change so much in that time but, assuming I've still got the beast then, I'll be there :D

Brian

[enigma]

If there is space for a number 11..........put me and Helen down.....we have a busy couple of weeks around then, but it sounds too good to miss! The week before we are both going to be competing in the World Masters Swimming Championships in Italy, and the weekend after is Japshow at Santa Pod........hell its only money! :p

[matthew slade]

I grew up on IOM and it is a great place. A couple of years ago the Porsche Club of Great Britain did one of these tours, I took the 911C4 and had an awesome time. Running the mountian section of the TT course on closed roads was totally fantastic. I actually got my passenger to close his eyes for the 'goose neck' one of the best chicanes on the planet!

Jurby race track is good too, it is the fastest circuit in the UK, down the main straight we were pulling nearly 160mph before the hairpin! Be warned though the track is never swept and you can expect to need a bonnet respray after the event due to serious gravel rash!

[Spirit]

Put you both down Brian and Dave :D

[Spirit]

Originally posted by zedy1
when is it and costs anybody

Mo I think the original estimated cost was £180-£200, plus of course petrol money and spending money etc

[Spirit]

Just seen Japanese Performance Magazine are going to do two shows next year - a two day event and another Pod day in October - provisional dates are:

June 19th & 20th
October 10th

The trouble is the June one is the same weekend as the I-O-M trip :Cry1:

[enigma]

I thought the June one was the week after.........? :Cry1:

[zedy1]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :Cry1:

[Nick Mann]

What's happening with this? Is it going to be JPM or IOM? Are there details of the JPM anywhere?

If we can get info, maybe we should read and vote. I would rather go where everyone else is going, or what's the point?

[Spirit]

Still waiting for confirmation of IOM anyhow so it may not happen yet - JPM is a definate so far.

Another option thrown up by our events organiser is a club visit to the Nurburgring. It would probably work out not different in price to the IOM trip anyhow ? Lisa is talking to a friend of hers about it to get an idea of costs etc and maybe ChrisG and Richie can throw in some costs too as they have done this trip.

[Kieran]

Originally posted by spirit979
Another option thrown up by our events organiser is a club visit to the Nurburgring. It would probably work out not different in price to the IOM trip anyhow ? Lisa is talking to a friend of hers about it to get an idea of costs etc and maybe ChrisG and Richie can throw in some costs too as they have done this trip.

Now, THAT would be F*^$£&g fantastic!!! Oh yes!:D:D


GLS Power visits Germany!!!

Ich bein ein stompen der GLS Power!

[peterernest]

Put me down for whatever! It's all good!

[Brind]

I'm off to Germany in a couple of weeks, not too Nurburgring though.
Went on the Nurburgring years and years ago, the normal road outside of the track was having some maintenance work done so traffic got diverted onto the track. :cool:

Regarding the IOM, I'd much rather see this one!!! Japfest is good but IOM is pretty much a MUST SEE!!.

But again, Germany on the cards would be good.

[chris g]

I am interested in IoM trip - two people/ferry/hotel package

[chris g]

This is repeat of message sent for JapFest thread

My car is for sale so if car sold by date of IoM trip we would still want to go but would have a diff car

If still welcome as part of VR-4 trip in some other car, maybe even a scooby, keep our names on the list

[Nick Mann]

What's happening with this? I am probably going to stay on the island the week prior to this for the TT. I looked at taking the car for the TT, leaving it there for the following week and bringing it back at the end of this weekend. I have tried all sorts of variations on ferry crossings, including just for this weekend, but can't get the price down below £200, just for the ferry?! Also, there is no late afternoon crossing back. The earliest you can arrive back in england is after 11:00 at night, so it would be a late night for those that have to be at work on monday!!

Any idea on when bookings need making by and which crossings will be used?

[Big Ian]

put me down :| (provisonal) got-to check with work :sad3: . but sound like it'll be an awesome event! and a perfect time to meet you guy's (" come on all you north ohh the border folk get yer ass in gear!!2) and have a whale of a time? ohhhhh yeah an back up KIERAN with some "GLS-POWER" :-D :-D

[Kieran]

ohhhhh yeah an back up KIERAN with some "GLS-POWER" :-D :-D

Yeah baby!!! You know it! Hope you can get the time off work Ian, would be good to meet you and see your rather tasty looking GLS! :-b :)

[Big Ian]

:thumb1: CHEER'S KIERAN it'd be good to meet you an your's an everyone else :beerclash .can someone post a map (area) for the ferry and the cost for 2 pep's an a galant :wiggle:

[Spirit]

No costs, details etc have been confirmed mate - Barry was sorting this so need him to get on the case. The other idea being banded around if this did not go ahead was a visit to Nurburgring.

[Roadrunner]

Sorry guys, I'm going to have to pull out of the Isle of Man trip :( . I'll be in Italy at that time (I'll try to do Monza instead :) )

Brian

[BraindG]

ok sorry, back on track with this....
I spoke to the organiser, and i need to push this, and get things booked and processed... from there we will need to organise payment (ill do this through the agency - and hopefully you guys can call up individually and pay for it)

So is this the correct up-to-date list?


CURRENT INTERESTED ATTENDEES

1: BraindG
2: Spirit979
3: Brind
4: Pudd
5: Simon
6: Interlec
7: Lomy
8: Kieran & Alex
9: Nick Mann
10: H7
11: Bigdaveackers

[Spirit]

Certainly H7 has pulled out (see above) and not heard from Lomy for a long time - last I knew he was considering selling and emigrating - maybe worth emailing him ?

[pjjohnson]

I'll take H7's place. Me and Lisa, who will be my wife by then.

[Nick Mann]

I'm still in. Need to know ferry times before I completely commit, as my job doesn't allow floating holiday! Barry - PM'd you on this a couple of days ago, I am more than willing to do a bit towards this.

[Big Ian]

:thinking: i'm still unsure?
i would love to go but i need as many day's off work as poss in october for a holiday..

[Spirit]

CURRENT INTERESTED ATTENDEES

1: BraindG
2: Spirit979 & Shaz
3: Brind
4: Pudd
5: Simon
6: Interlec
7: Lomy ?? Not sure if gone awol
8:
9: Nick Mann - depends on ferry times
10: Bigdaveackers
11: PJ Johnson & Lisa
12: Scottish Ian - mulling it over

[Spirit]

Found this flyer from the company who run the events:

http://www.magic-holidays.com/NR/rdonlyres/e7dk6egfwqmb2o2vpinwnuop6tfwrlknkua5qcm5epeswtvkwu oq3qiabscgtv2hpdqwsinpy2otqm/Page1.gif

[Spirit]

Here's their track:

http://www.duketrackdays.com/media/JurbyCircuitMap.jpg

150MPH+ straights apparantly :-D

[Kieran]

Chaps...

:undecided :noshake: :noshake: :Cry1: :Cry1: :thumbsdow :uhoh:

Alex and I can't make this event anymore. :( :sick: Can you remove us from the list of attendees, please?

Sorry guys...

[Spirit]

Have done mate :(