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Hi Guys,
Just to confirm we have booked the RTOC National Day at Mallory Park for the 4th of June 2011. More details will follow shortly but it will be the usual setup.
Camping available for both Friday & Saturday Nights.
Track action all day Saturday Exclusive to RTOC Members.
The schedule will be similar to last year see HERE, prices may change slightly.
Regards Ashy.
Is that right - camping Saturday and Sunday night?
SWEET! I'm there :D:agree:
No sorry typo, should be Friday & Sat, now amended :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TNT ANDY
What happened to the alternative ND venue ideas?
thanks ladies and gents of the commiteeeeeee:)
its a good allround circuit, good for the experienced and the new......... plenty of track time.... some of the day last year the track was empty.... good for the beginers or those with mint motors to enjoythemselves without a crazy Martin trying to pass quicker than last nights ruby....... www.Gandh'is.revenge.com
ouch................:devil:
this guys comming back..................:)
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/attachmen...1&d=1282074776
im happy with the location, but can we get stricter marshaling and a better briefing this time please :).
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Originally Posted by Mart
you can still go... trade the evo for a VW......... The murphanators got one.......:cry:
Miller looked into it, spoke to all possible venues but nothing was suitable due to price, facilities and availablitiy (unless we could do it mid week). Miller has all the info on a spreadsheet which he will upload when he gets back on line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
If we want an alternative venue then we really need to start looking now for 2012.
Derby day.... errrgh
:agree: :cool:
Funny you should say that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugein Offord
I know this is the ND thread... But is there a pod day as this will be mighty close to the normal pod date?
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Originally Posted by Mart
do you mean its funny that the Renault Turbo Owners Club 's Track Day Organiser is Camping in Devon whilst driving a VW ......When every one else (68) is at a track day run by the RTOC?????????...................:wasntme:
Yeah they will effectivley swich dates, Mallory only had the 4th of June and a date in Sept / Oct. We are looking to agree the POD date this week, will probably be July / August.
As soon as we know we will update you, please keep this thread on topic :agree:
Thats wicked, i do like the pod days :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
i like pod days to...i like them alot...:cool::)Quote:
Originally Posted by JRP
Great news and great work again guys Bravo Zulu.
Selfishly I am gutted as I booked off a pair of weeks in Aug hoping to be able to make ND this year! Bring on Pod instead, last time i was there a geezer in a dodgy jumper was trying to flog everyone a set of Avo's....:laugh:
Yeah its that mart fella... he was dressed as tron trying to make me buy michelin tyresQuote:
Originally Posted by Alastair
pod is the new national day....ND is for tards.....:wasntme:
Pod is for drinking lots of cider :DQuote:
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
Aii, not good timing :crap:Quote:
Originally Posted by JRP
Lol that must have been back in 2003? I honestly thought he must be a market grocer, I'd only met him once before! "watcha, look at that one over there, so high it looks like a 4x4, GET IT LOWERED MATE! Got a loveerly set of coilover 'ere going cheap!". :wasntme:Quote:
Originally Posted by JRP
me too.. I might even get on the track this year :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooky
Sounds like my patter :laugh: :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alastair
6 months to go???? F#ck, better get a move on with the ghost (lots to do outter and inner sills, jacking points, bumper mounts, cross member, remove engine, fit new doors, repair the roll cage & fit, source suspension and fit, respray the whole car, refit engine, put new turbo on, fit charge cooler, set up the carb) only a small list.....
Anybody fancy teaching me how to weld?
Sounds like you need more than a welder.... a small miracle maybe :wasntme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Penfold
Yeh that would also help.... its do able... just.... was hoping i had til aug to get it ready but hey ho.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
looking forward to this :)
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Originally Posted by philg
Me to matej ust booked it with the Mrs's:agree::laugh:
if pod falls between end of july to mid august i wont be able to make it only been waiting 5 years :cry:
can we do early july for pod PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE:)
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Originally Posted by James5
Are you going on track james?
Early doors this year! weather should be nice :smokin: Need to get myself a track car sorted asap:D
Come out in mine mate :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brigsy
Prob wont be at national day with a hot derby prospect lined up.... ohh well rock on pod
Oh bugger, why the 4th of june? thats the day before the frnech car show:( damn thats gunna be a long weekend
well happy about this its only 10miles down the road from me happy days. :D:D
booked off at work good when tickets out :):)
We'll let you know the second they go in the shop
We gonna have maybe 2 half hour slots for less experienced people as mentioned in discussions for national day ?
how will you learn track etiquitte if your out with a bunch of guys who dont know what they are doing. you can all drive so just suck it up and get out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ranj
Pod was the national day back in the good old days when fuel was under a pound a litre:)Quote:
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
Cozzy briggsy mate ftwQuote:
Originally Posted by Brigsy
big fin for the win :DQuote:
Originally Posted by scott 5gtt
Any idea on track prices yet dawn?
I will be coming down in my gt, my kids 2.0l xr2i and my mates 2.0l nova, so 3 cars for the track :)
Once everything is confirmed, it'll all go straight onto the main site :)
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Originally Posted by philg
i make that 1 car for the track m8...:rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by jaffa
:) My kids fiesta gos well, we were at croft last year and he was having right good tussles with a focus rs and even a evo 9 gt with over 400hp. Its fully stripped, 2.0l with head work, cam and running on 45's with omex.
Nova is the same 2.0l cam and throttle bodys on omex.
Im hoping the gts are going to give them what for though :)
Its my 1st year tracking the gt and to be honest im more of a sunday driver then a polish in the afternoon type of guy ;)
"Hey, those kind geezers from rtoc are hosting another £59 (or whatever it is) ND @ Mallory. Let's all blat down there in our motors, have a cheap as chips full day on track, (feck 'em, they'll be grateful for our money anyway!!!!1 lolololol), and rinse their club day & p1ss the members off in the process, roflmao!!!!one".
:rolleyes:
:cartman:
Wrong side of the bed again Mart?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Not really Phil, just I can see the club heading in one direction. And the aforementioned comment was said in general btw.
Has anything actually materialised from the lengthy discussion at last year's AGM? There were some really good points made, but from what I can see it's status quo.
Im hoping thats not the case, it my first national day. There seems to be alot of new members like myself who will be attending for the 1st time, who im sure will just be like me, like minded r5 lovers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
I read about the problems last year with litter, toilets and unsociable non members. If enough members turn up then happy days if not im sure the bad eggs can all be dealt with and told to watch themselves by our members.
Its also nice to have a bit of a mix out on track i think it spices things up as long as everyone respects the rules and the site and don't take the piss.
Im hoping its going to be a great day, good weather, no accidents and my car hold together :scared:.
phil
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Originally Posted by Ashy
:dearme:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
SPOT ON.. who booked this anyway was it big steve if so id like a chat with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Is anyone from the committee going to say no to non members this time? Seing tickets sold on the m3 forum was a joke aswell as Clio sport. If we only sell 5 tickets then let's go with 5 cars as long as they are all members and not coming for a cheap day out courtesy of OUR membership fees. Miller you need to step forward and say what's going on.
What directions that Mart?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
I thought you had been speaking to Steve at the last curry meet, unfortunately its all been left too little too late for anything to be done for this years ND. As I said before any changes that you would like to make need to be considered and actions taken NOW for 2012 ND not waiting another 8 months and then hoping someone else will make it all happen for you.
I don't know what you mean by "from what I've seen it's status quo"?
All we have done is announce that ND this year is at Mallory on the 4th of June. This is to give members chance to book time off, make arrangements and make sure cars are ready in time.
We haven't said how the tickets will be sold, what % will be available to members / non members.
FYI, not that i'm sure why i'm trying to justify this to you, but the Committee have a list of 10+ points raised at the last AGM which we are currently working through to ensure we dont have a repeat of 2010 on our hands.
If you want to offer your help on the day then please step forward, if you just fancy a winge please do it somewhere else as it isn't helping.
Its a great Idea in principle, but we dont have enough membership fees coming in to cover this. If we just said if we only sell 5 tickets thats fine just have 5 cars on track, then we would lose about 6k on that one event. A hit like that on the accounts would mean we couldnt finance ND nor POD the following year.... We have to break even or make a small loss or we will end up with a ND like 2008 where we have a 1hr slot on the track at FCS.Quote:
Originally Posted by car.crash
Why do you need Miller to step forward and say whats going on, the committee have been keeping you upto date. Whats the problem?
There is no problem, but I don't think it was fair people offering our tickets on other forums. If somone wants to bring a friend along then that's great but seeing a fleet of cars gatecrashing is not. I mentioned miller because he is the chairman.
Whinge? It was asking a question - "Has anything actually materialised from the lengthy discussion at last year's AGM?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
You're right, you don't have to justify anything to me, but given that none of the issues raised at the AGM/way of resolving them has (yet) been posted on the boards, 6 months down the line, I assumed it was dead & buried, hence the question I asked, and thus, the SQ comment, based on the fact none of us have heard diddly since.
Fair enough, I guess it's coincidence that I bring up the subject out of the blue, yet unbeknown to me, the Committee are also working through a '10+ points' issue list...
As for the 'helping out' comment, I've repeatedly offered to help, to no avail. Why wouldn't I, given the number of years I've been in the club, and don't want to see it potentially fade away to nothing.
Btw, did Steve mention about my EasyTrack/BookaTrack block-booking/ND venue idea?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
I've already put the wheels in motion, IF the club wanted to take that direction...
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Originally Posted by car.crash
you must be in a ****in dream world lad u sound like u sound like u have about as much business sense as my 5 year old.......your the ****in joke lad and now everyone knows it....
a fleet of cars wtf u on about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by car.crash
One thing that was mentioned was only members buying one ticket at discounted rate. Tickets wiill be collected from track side, wristbands put on and done so they cant be swapped (also wrostbands being checked by mallory staff)
personally i think tickets sold to non members, should be sold at a high mark up.... but the club does need the numbers to help the kitty :-) no system is perfect... just trying to make the best of the track day...
However i do think that the club should look into venues for 2012 now ( but venues are hard to get that tick all the box's )
Counldnt agree more mate. :agree: this club is great but its not going to move forward if members are going to have heated debates with one onther. :sad2: this club is not as big as the likes of rsoc ie. they have a lot more members and money. so they can go to tracks like donington park and silverstone. with the money this club has got it does really well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Penfold
It was worded as if you were having a whige Mart... If it wasn't meant to be it certainly came across like that from this side of the keyboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
What would you like us to say, points were made all of which have been noted and we are working through ideas of how to stop it happeneing again. I don't know what sort of feedback the members expect but the proof of the work going on in the background can be judged on the sucsess or failure of ND 2011.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Not really a coincidence, its all come about because we have just anounced that we've booked Mallory for ND. Booking it has prompted us to review the issues raised at the last ND AGM and it has also prompted this thread and your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Nice one, thanks, we will be looking for people to check wristbands at the pit exit in 30min / 1hr slots throughout the day so we will add your name to the list. No-one wants this club to faid away to nothing mate so at least we agree on something ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
All the points raised from last year are being considered but not all are necessarily valid or workable .
Changes will be made ,ticket sales procedure/allocation and pricing being the major one .
Give the CM's a few weeks to decide a way forward then we can all have a discussion on whether it suits the majority of members before we put the tickets on sale .Nothing is ever set in stone ................
I think you (should) know me well enough by now to differentiate between a whinge & a comment/question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
That's cool mate, nice one. As I said, I was just pointing out that nothing had been posted about it on the boards for all to see, hence how was we/I supposed to know there was going to be any change(s)/issues being resolved in the background?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
I'm sure we agree on a lot more things club related - Just sometimes it doesn't come across that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
And I don't mind checking the wristbands at all :agree:
There we go, everyone's a happy bunny :)
Btw, you didn't reply to my last post ;)
is this the full weekend? ..or is it just saturday? ...as it clashes with French Car Show for me ...i ideally want to be at both :laugh:
Saturday is National day .
We have camping at Mallory for Friday and Sat night , FCS is about an hours drive from there :agree:
Surely the clue's in the title :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bass J
i hope the the sun is out this time, not only for the track time but also the campers on the top of the huge hill...................just booked travel lodge £19.50.... sweet...........:)
Sorted! :D ....now here's the question ..would you mind if my clio club attended ..purely for camping? :laugh: ..cos we want to attend both :smokin:
Still discussing................ but I think the general view is that it will be priced higher for non and new members ;)
Ok kool ...i dont think they will be doing track time tho ..just attending :) thought id kill two birds with one stone ..national day and fcs :D
Which one Eug?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugein Offord
:D.....says mart...scared of a little windy wet tent erection!! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
£19.50 eugein the magician thats beer money!!! :p
Ive been a member of RTOC for seven years and have attended every National day since then,the last three years i have attended in clios i must admit last year what with the weather and a few extra non members it was a bit mad but all the same it was all good with everyone getting on.This scale of event you are not going to please everyone THATS LIFE if theres a problem with me attending in a clio i will not attend if it upsets members but there are a number of members now who have other cars so where does leave things to keep a happy club:coffee:PS I LOVE RTOC:smokin:
No harm in looking into it, when you have more details let us know (Through Steve) and we'll see if its workable. You looking into it for 2012?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Tell you what tho, how cool would a precession of 50+ Reno Turbos all turning up to FCS together!!! :cool:
:agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
I think it was more aimed at the blatant sale of tickets as a cheap trackday on other forums Bod, not actaul members turning out in different cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by bod 182
Would be awesome! ..as my clubclio club are convoy'n to FCS on the sunday morning :smokin::smokin: would be cool to see a flood of renaults :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
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Originally Posted by Ashy
that would be awesome :burnrubber:
Not as cool as 500+ Renault Turbos turning up to Mallory Park :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
500 r5's an 2 evo's....:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by The new Bill J
r5 mafia strikes again :sad2:
To stay at:Leicester Hinckley RoadQuote:
Originally Posted by Mart
Arriving:03 Jun 2011
And leaving:04 Jun 2011
Staying in a:Double room (Non-smoking)
Room Cost:£19.50
Room Extras:
Total room cost:£19.50
thats 4 friday night i might stay saturday, not sure yet......
http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/
mallory post code is LE9 7QE
500 r5s an 2 evo`s and a seat toledo :laugh::laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
I think the mentioning of R5's turning up is abit misleading, we seem to forget we are a Renault Turo club so that does include any other Renault with a turbo attached.
If the track was filled with members R5 gt turbo's, Gordini's, Turbo 2's, 11 turbo', 9 turbo's, megane turbo's, Twingo turbo's, Clio turbo's, etc, thats what the club is about Renault turbo's and i think most people in the club would show abit more interest.
I'll be honest seeing an M3 or MX5 fly round just doesn't interest me one bit.
What got me last year is what Car Crash talked about ealrier, the selling of tickets on other clubs and non members just using it as a blantent excuse to use our day as a cheap track day with no interest with what the club is about.
If we don't get enough members on track then maybe its time to look at something else then for Nat Day, if that case and most don't want to throw there car round a track so maybe different options need to be looked at.
good point................:agree: ................Quote:
Originally Posted by Markey Mark (BD)
Big piss up and a chat about renaults springs to mind maybe with a bit of camping and random burning of anything to hand and plenty of loud music till the early hours of the morning BANG TIDY:smokin:
So thats every Nat Day so far then!:laugh:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bod 182
Exactly, if the tickets aren't selling it's for a reason. What happened to all the ideas from the old ND thread? Maybe now is a good time to start looking at options for 2012 & get some ideas out there, check out possibilities & then a public vote ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Markey Mark (BD)
:agree:....Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugein Offord
it was not national day but who would agree that pod was more a success?
maybe that was because it was hot and sunny,was a very good time time tho,
lots of 5's,loads of room....
agree its not a track just a quarter mile blast..but as far as the after party...:guitarhero::D
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Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
I agree. :agree:
For some reason it just attracts more people.
Exactly what I mentioned in a previous thread about alternative ND ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Markey Mark (BD)
At least the question of whether we keep returning to Mallory each year is now starting to be chewed on by others...
We are doing both again... As mentioned before we lost our weekend slot at POD the year Bruce took over and we changed our ND to Bruntingthorpe.Quote:
Originally Posted by J$£5GTT
Did I not say that in posts 9 and 56, I ain't saying it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5teve L
I'm sure Big Steve will be looking into this in detail for 2012 so pass your ideas to him to collate them all.
One of the big problems with ticket sales is the majority of RTOC members wait until the last min to buy tickets, whether its becasue they don't want to spend £50.00 in case it rains or their cars not ready or maybe they need to save up I don't know. But it gets a bit worrying when your a month from the event and you've sold a handful of tickets. This is usually the trigger to offer the spare tickets to other clubs.
I wonder what Miller thinks.... oh hang on, he doesn't frequent the boards enough to know :rolleyes: :disagree:
sounds like a thread on the last pod only nat day about 5 years ago.... a change is as good as a rest................:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
weve done pod...... weve almost done mallory...........croft....well.. no merci....i think some thing new???????????????:) europe.................aka spa:):):)
Is Steve organising the 2012 ND?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashy
it out the bag now............ but its me............:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php...ictureid=14427
My friend, Spa is an option, but in reality it would empty the coffers hiring that place for a day, and then you'd have to at least generate a very strong RTOC turn-out to help get some money back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugein Offord
The alternative, less outlay, way of going somewhere like there is what I mentioned in the pub last week, and what I'm now currently on the case with trying to see if it's a viable option ;)
its any excuse with you................ dont think of the money for the majority when a dozen of us could have a great time in Belgium............... ill bring an mx5:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
He's the events organiser :agree:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
The rest of the committee are here to help if needbe.
Aii mate, I'm well aware of that; just that Miller has organised the previous few ND's, so just wondered why it's now been passed to Steve?
Cue Miller's title for ref': https://www.rtoc.org/boards/member.php?u=4
Aye, Miller and Stu always worked closely together to organise ND...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mart
now that would be a good national day to see.:cool:though the ford fare and there national day seem to do realey well,which i must admit is pretty:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Markey Mark (BD)
LOL think it was said earlier in the thread but the one year having a few more months would have beeen a massive help its early :D
Soo many things going on and other peoples cars taking all my time up...may end up comingin the omega on track lol
Its in the calender and def going :agree:
DG
Just got an invite to my mates wedding on the 4th of June FFS why does this happen to me every year... :cry:
well im really hoping attend this year am going on hol on 6th june so would be a good send off :agree:
Good news - Got the all clear from control. I'll be there, not missed one since I signed up some 7-8 years ago.
Beer
Camping
Hot weather (hopefully)
BTW - Don't mind who's there as long as we're all having a bit 'o' fun.
Nice one committee :smokin:
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
get in, look forward to it... let me no when tickets are out. Got some work to do now to get my car finished in time.:eek:
This will be the first one ill be able to attend. Would there be a way of members having there account names in the windows of the cars or nametags maybe?? Some sort of icebreaker thing?
Good idea, it would cost a little for the stickers to be made up or buy a sticker producing printer and would obviously take someones time to organise, but they could be posted out with the tickets?
I'll have a name tag in my car as well on me somehow...might even get a tshirt made for the day :D
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Anyone know when the tickets are going on sale?:D
We'll let you know as soon as it's confirmed :)
Cant wait for this :),
1st ND.
im going to be driving in from Germany :smokin:.
Did someone say they were staying in a hotel rather than camping ??.
is fcs on the sunday, are there many bods doing both i may as well get in as much as poss while im over.
Travelodge now booked up for Friday :D, Rockingham in the day then Mallory on Saturday. Now I just need to get a 172 or 182 before June to play on the track
hi could any one tell me when the tickets are going on sale and if my brother could bring his car on track which is not a renault cheers mark.:)
Tickets on sale now .As long as your brother buys a non-member track ticket he can go on track in a reliant robin or even a M3 for all I care ;)
https://www.rtoc.org/shop/index.php?m...0471e70b841603
Nice one ;)
is there a flyer for this.. thers a few select people i know that id like to invite.. they will only come to spectate but even so , more fundage for the club i guess..
I'm just trying to design a new one as we speak :)
Not going to be able to make this years ND i'm afraid folks.
Hope you all have a ace weekend though & the sun it out shining!!
All the best.
wot a fabv weekend :agree:
what media company organised the photos?