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Bit of a long shot but did anyone find a pair of sunglasses while walking down to the trophy ceremony after the last race at Oulton on Saturday (possibly around the area that Tete Rouge were set up). They were in a black Ray-Ban case but are Boots brand aviator style glasses with green tinted lens. As they are prescription lenses they won't be of much use to anyone that found them. If you did find them please let me know. Thanks

You may have seen in the press that there was a significant fire at Chequers (Oulton Park's catering establishment) last weekend.

I have rung them this morning to find out what temporary arrangements they have made. They tell me they are using one of the hospitality kitchens in the Fogarty Moss centre which is located down by Dentons and Cascades. So you will be able to buy food and drinks if you need to.

Hope that helps.

Frieda

I need to make a slight adjustment to the garage plan for a very valid mechanic/ team manager reason. Only the cars listed below have shifted garages slightly.

Garage 19. 113 Mr Schnecke
Garage 20. 89 P2W Racing
Garage 21. 40 Blueberry Muffins
Garage 22. 82 Reggie Mental
Garage 23. 48 SL Racing

All other garages and instructions remain the same on the previous post

Frieda

I have now finalised the garage plan for the 24 hr.

The club has paid for the exclusive use of the garages this year. Access is available from 3pm on Thursday 21st. This is an earlier time than normal and has been provided as a good will gesture by Snetterton to the club.

ANY TEAM USING ELECTRICTY BEFORE THAT TIME WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

1. 97/79 Archer Lion Racing
2. 96 PorkPie Racing
3. 16 Green Frog
4. 19 Blue Frog
5. 17 Pink Frog
6. 131 Team Apex
7. 43 Surrey Speed Shop
8. 72 Hollis Motorsport
9. 107 Misfits
10. 116 Fast but not Furious
11. 386 / 486 WRC Motorsport
12. 586 WRC Motorsport
13. 343 EMax Motorsport
14. 345 EMax Motorsport
15. 463 EMax Motorsport
16. 495 EMax Motorsport
17. 41 Team Twin Snail
18. 7 Rosie Walford Racing
19. 40 Blueberry Muffins
20. 82 Reggie Mental Racing
21. 48 SL Racing
22. 89 P2W Motorsport
23. 113 Mr Schnecke
24. 25 Rilli Racing
25. 92 Crisis @ Tete Rouge
26. 33 Team ECAS

Hope this all works for everyone.

Frieda

Hi Suzanne

As long as you make your arrival early afternoon on Friday there should be no problem with entry. The club has hired all of the garages on Friday so a claim that you are part of the set up usually works. Come for help in garage 26/25 if you need it.

Frieda

The plan at the moment is for there to be free practice before night time qualifying and then day qualifying Saturday a.m.

 I'm afraid I can't answer exact timings as we are awaiting the final timetable from BARC.

I have been asked by several members to try and negotiate a deal for the testing on Friday 22nd. Unfortunately despite my best attempts I have not been able to do so.

Open pit lane testing on Friday will cost £425 for one driver (the use of a garage would normally be an extra cost but as the club has block booked all of the garages for our exclusive use on Friday to enable you to set up, this would not apply)

The next 2 additional drivers would be £80 each. A fourth driver would be free.

I am informed by MSV that this is the same costing for any series

Therefore the total cost of testing a car would be £585 if all drivers want a go.

FYI there are already 60+ Caterhams booked on the test day, so there are not many spaces left and would need to be booked directly with Snetterton.

Also remember that we have track hire from 6pm and there will be free practice before any qualifying.

Hope this answers your questions

Frieda

Dear All

I can confirm that the test day on Friday 23rd, run by MSV, is currently scheduled to finish at 4 pm. Any test day entrant using a garage and not part of our grid should be out of the garage by 4:30 pm so that gives everyone 2 hours to set up before we are on track for free practice at 6:30pm.

Our garage allocation are as follows:

Garage 1: 97 Team Lion
Garage 2: 79 Lion HansGrohe & 96 Pork Pie Racing
Garage 3: 16 Green Frog
Garage 4: 19 Blue Frog
Garage 5: 41 Team Twin Snail
Garage 6: 7 Rosie Walford Racing
Garage 7: 43 Surrey Speed Shop
Garage 8: 72 Hollis Motorsport
Garage 9: 558 Silverlake
Garage 10: 586 WRC Developments Ltd
Garage 11: 343 Emax Motorsport & 420 Cockwomble
Garage 12: 345 Emax Motorsport
Garage 13: 346 Emax Motorsport
Garage 14: 355 Emax Motorsport
Garage 15: 111 No sleep til Sunday
Garage 16: 107 Misfits
Garage 17: 49 KT Racing
Garage 18: 89 Dilligaf Racing
Garage 19: 113 Super Scheke / Jelly snake
Garage 20: 48 SL Racing
Garage 21: 40 Blueberry Muffins
Garage 22: 82 Reggie Mental Racing
Garage 23: the Burton
Garage 24: 33 Team ECAS
Garage 25: 92 Crisis @ Tete Rouge
Garage 26: 24 Team Gadget Racing

Hope all OK. Thank you to those people who messaged me as I have made sure that those that share catering are next to each other as best I can.

See you all in 2 weeks.

Frieda

So it is time to let me know your choices of garage shares for the 24hr. We have a total of 29 cars and 26 garages so there will need to be a few garages with 3 cars in a double. Reply to this or direct message me asap please. I will do my best to match everyone's requests!

Also I have been communicating with Snetterton about the time that we will be able to set up in the garages on Friday. As soon as I know the timings I will post them for you all. However, they have today added a track/ test day into their calendar for Friday 23rd August. If teams wish to do this you would need to book this directly with Snetterton this year through their website, this is not a club event. If teams decide to do this please let me know so that I can match up the garage allocations with Snetterton to save you moving.

Frieda

Morning All

Thank you to everyone who has completed their entry form on the website for the coming season. It has been good to see a positive response so far.

This is a polite reminder that the closing date for the Early Bird discount is 29th February 2024, i.e next Thursday. So if you were planning to enter don't miss out and submit your forms asap

Frieda

Morning all, (also bonjour to our French friends)

Having spoken to all teams I have tied my very best to grant (nearly) all your wishes. No mean feat to make sure that firstly the mechanics and drivers are ok but also that everyone gets fed! So here goes.....

Garage 1 : 97/79 Team Lion
Garage 2 : 96 Pork pie racing
Garage 3 : 15/16 orange/ green frog
Garage 4 : 119 blue frog
Garage 5 : 17 frogettes
Garage 6 : 137 mini frog
Garage 7 : 123 Dutch Dianne
Garage 8 : 172 Le Mans Classic
Garage 9 : 7 Rosie Walford Racing
Garage 10 : 41/72 Twin Snails & Hollis Motorsport
Garage 11 : 116 Fast but not furious
Garage 12 : 171 MiniUns
Garage 13 : 193 Misfits
Garage 14 : 177 Toyshed
Garage 15 : 128 Slarky Malarky
Garage 16 : 195 LA motorsport
Garage 17 : 129 APO sports
Garage 18 : 13 Super Schenecke
Garage 19 : 49 Tovey racing
Garage 20 : 89 DD racing
Garage 21 : 35/40 Blueberry tarts & muffins
Garage 22 : 82 Reggie mental
Garage 23 : 28 SL Racing
Garage 24 : 33 ECAS racing
Garage 25 : 92 Crisis @ Tête Rouge
Garage 26 : 80 Gadget racing

Please check that these are the correct numbers you are racing under.

Finally garages will NOT be available for you to set up until 6pm on Thursday 24th as there is a track day booked.

Enjoy the next 3 weeks prepping the cars. See you on the 24th

Frieda.

Absolutely no problem Martin. I hadn't appreciated that you were doing the enduro with car 55 until the list was amended so it makes perfect sense.

We have been allocated the use of the garages for the Pembrey weekend and I have been given the job of allocating them.

As well as the 2CV's we have 2 mini's joining us for the enduro and one French team for the whole weekend. As the garages are in pairs I have put our visitors with committee members.

So here goes.....

Garage 1: 97 & 79 (furthest from the control tower)
Garage 2: 96 & 47
Garage 3: 16 & 41
Garage 4: 70 & 48
Garage 5: 40 & 35
Garage 6: 111 & 177
Garage 7: 55 & 22
Garage 8: 42 & 67
Garage 9: 49 & 33
Garage 10: 89 & 30
Garage 11: 76, 81 & 300
Garage 12: 80 & 92 (nearest to the control tower)

If you have booked in for the test day on Friday you may be able to head straight to your garage to save moving, but that's not guaranteed.

Hope this meets with everyone's approval.