RAF MARHAM TRACK WEEKEND – 4-5 SEPTEMBER 2010

[B'stard Child]

I'll provide further details asap but I know a few regulars will appreciate the early warning of a weekend to keep free in the diary......

Now what event(s) does it clash with..... Checked Norfolk Gala Day on the 5th

Couple of event related changes

Slicks are being discouraged (not sure how that works yet but I'll find out)

No drifting

PH have 75 spaces on each day

Deadline is End of July for entries submission (including me being in possesion of the cheque - might be very wise to make sure there is funds in the account for the 1-2 weeks before the event as bounced cheques cost £30 a time and will result in "no entry to the event" - Building society cheque might be an option if your pay day is at the wrong time)

Edited to add....

RAF Marham Charity Track Day Weekend

It appears my last edit didn’t hook up having got clarification on a couple of issues – sorry all and here it is again

RAF Marham have again invited PH forum users to a Charity Track Day Weekend on
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th September 2010.

Pistonheads have been allocated

75 places for Saturday.
75 places for Sunday.

PH's who want to do both days is not a problem I know several do.

RAF Marham Trackday organiser said:

Please see below the invite to the next RAF Marham Charity Track Weekend on 4-5 September 2010. We have managed to secure a much earlier date this year, I hope this will ensure warmer weather!

Please look out for some minor changes in the event brief, in particular we would like to discourage the use of slick racing tyres on the event (due to increased FOD) and we will not be allowing any drifting on the event.
Don’t forget that these events have raised just shy of £60,000 for charities in the last 4 Events.

So the drifting thing is easy but the slicks rule needed clarification – if cars turn up with slicks they will be able to run however Marham organisers would prefer if people didn’t use them.

RAF Marham Trackday organiser said:

RAF Marham Charity Track Day Weekend

RAF Marham would like to invite you to a Charity Track Day Weekend on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th September 2010.

The track uses a combination of the airfield's main runway and taxiways resulting in a track that is around 3 miles long consisting of wide, smooth tarmac and concrete with lots of safe run offs. There will be approx 1 mile of the main runway in use with many sweeping curves and chicanes along the taxiways.

The Track Days will run from around 9am to 4:30pm on both days, split into either 30 or 60-minute sessions depending on numbers of participants. All the necessary facilities, such as toilets, catering, drinks, marshalling, medical and fire cover to support the event will be on hand. The atmosphere and event is relaxed, enjoyable and safe.

All participants who will be going onto the track, either as driver or passenger, will need a helmet. Race suits are not needed, but natural fibre clothes with full sleeves and legs are strongly recommended. Cars must be in a safe and road-worthy condition, with normal seat belts as a minimum, and a fire extinguisher secured safely in the car (a plumbed in system is not necessary). If the car is driven to the event then it must have valid insurance, road tax and MOT. For those driving open or soft top cars, irrespective of whether the hood is raised or lowered, it is strongly recommended that appropriate extra rollover protection is properly fitted to the car, unless the car's windscreen structure was specifically designed to provide such protection.

Please note, due to lack of space, only vehicles driving on the event, and tow vehicles where applicable, will be allowed access - all passengers must arrive in participating vehicles.
Note we now have to implement a noise limit to reduce impact on local residential areas. No unsilenced exhaust systems will be permitted. A noise limit of 105 dB will be enforced (measured at 0.5m and 45 degree angle from exhaust exit at 2/3 of max rpm). Cars exceeding this limit will not be permitted on track.

Sharing a car is permitted (i.e. alternating drivers between sessions) and drivers are allowed to carry one passenger in the car onto the track, but passengers must also comply with regard to helmet and clothing and be over 16 years of age. All drivers and passengers will be required to sign a disclaimer. Spectating is not a possibility unless the individual is coming to assist someone who is driving - the reason for this is quite simple - the event insurance premiums and Health & Safety requirements go through the roof astronomically otherwise, so by restricting it to participants and assistants, it makes the event manageable, safer, more relaxed and enjoyable and importantly keeps the cost down to you.

Prices:

Single day - £70 for car and first driver. Additional drivers or passengers are an additional £10 each.
(e.g. Car and 1 driver, £70; Car and driver plus 1 additional driver or passenger, £80; etc)

Full weekend pass - £120 for car and first driver for the weekend. Additional drivers or passengers are an additional £10 each for the weekend.
(e.g. Car and 1 driver, £120; Car and driver plus 1 additional driver or passenger, £130; etc)

Payment must be made in advance, cheques need to be made payable to Service Funds RAF Marham and of course signed and dated. We are expecting a high number of participants so it is advisable to get your name down early. Please note cheques may not be cashed until 2-3 weeks after the entry deadline, please ensure sufficient funds are available in your account.

It is important to note that the track does attract stones. The track will be swept prior to the event to minimise stones but if you drive directly behind the car in front along the main straights your car could be subject to stone chips. If you’re worried about this it is advisable to fit bonnet protection or drive with this in mind throughout the event.

PLEASE NOTE: RAF Marham is a front line operational air base and as such, any operational commitments on that weekend would lead to the Track Day being cancelled. This is however quite unlikely but prior notice will be given and any money paid up front would be fully reimbursed.

Important:
For security reasons, every person entering the Base including all passengers must be security vetted in advance. Everyone entering the Base will be required to present Photo ID. Your forum organiser requires the following details and payment from drivers and passengers by Thursday 5th August 2010 to allow time for the security team to check everyone. The details required are listed below and it must be stressed that they will be held in the strictest of confidence. Please note that after this date, only changes to vehicle details will be permitted.
Required details:
Forum - ie PH (not a Marham requirement - just to help me manange 3 forums)
Full Name (Surname, Forename) YOUR REAL NAME NOT FORUM ID
Full postal address
Tel No.
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Passport No. (if possible)
Car make and model (of both track car and tow vehicle if your car is
trailored)
Car registration (of both track car and tow vehicle if your car is
trailored)
Day you are attending: Sat/Sun or both

So that's all the stuff you know so now READ BELOW

This is going to seem really fussy or rigid but it's going to have to be - sorry that's just the way it needs to be - if you can't comply with my policies below don't ask to come to the event

So message me with your details points 1 - 9 please be nice and format the information properly with caps and lower case as you would expect if you were co-ordinating the attendance of nearly 200 cars and people. I can just copy and paste it into the database.

Should you chose not to format the data properly you might want to understand the next statement and what effect it can have

You are responsible for the data - if I have to re-type it because it's formatted badly you should know I am dyslexic and what that means.

I'm not responsible for any errors in transposing data that result in your security checks failing and your entry being rejected before the event

(Plus it really creates a shed load of uneccessary work for me..... so just play nice - please)

Example

PH
1. Child, Brian
2. 18 Trackday Road, Northampton NN18 1P
3. 01973 212223
4. 12/01/65 (UK Date format DD/MM/YY please none of this US format stuff)
5. Northampton
6. GB01458965
7. Track - Opel Monza GSE, Tow - BMW 740
8. Track - B5 GSE, Tow - A3 OCD
9. Sat & Sunday

Then follow with additional drivers or passengers as required 1-6 for all please

If you can't message me because you are "too new" - post up in this thread and I'll message you as soon as I see the post and don't worry we will soon be sorted

On reciept of your details I will add your details to the database and respond with an email detiling where to send the cheque or Postal order to Note - PAYMENT by Cheque/Postal Order (in £ sterling please) payable to Service Funds RAF Marham - No cash by post please.

Please do not send cheque just beacuse you've been before and know my address - wait for my email confirming I have your details or it could all go pear shaped.

Once the cheque is sent don't bombard me with emails requesting confirmation that I have received the cheque - if 200 people do that it's a nightmare

I will confirm reciept of the cheque closer to the event with enough time so that if one or two did go missing in the post we can sort it out before I have to pass the payments onto Marham.

Additional info will be posted here closer to the event

Both Days List

Entry Number	Name	Vehicle	(£)
PH55	New, John	Eunos Mx5	Paid
Passenger	New, Hannah Elizabeth	n/a	Paid
Passenger	Morris, Alex	n/a	Paid
Passenger	Woodroffe, Mark	n/a	Paid
PH56	Cowlard, Michael	Locost	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Peugeot 406	N/A
Passenger	Cowlard, Matthew John	N/A	Paid
PH57	Moore,Shaun	Toyota MR2 Turbo	Paid
PH58	De Giorgio, Mark	Saab 9000 aero	Paid
Passenger	Wishart, Sandra	N/A	Paid
PH59	Clarkson, George Maclean	9000 Aero	Paid
Passenger	Clarkson, George Mathew	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Paterson, Beverly Dawn	N/A	Paid
PH60	Aitken, Stuart	Saab 9000 Aero	Paid
Passenger	Penman, Robert Blair	N/A	Paid
PH61	Paterson, Ritchie Campbell	Saab Carlsson	Paid
Passenger	Paterson, Pamela Jane	N/A	Paid
PH63	Smart, Richard	Citroen ZX 2.0 16v	Paid

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Saturday Only List

Entry Number	Name	Vehicle	(£)
PH01	Ungless, Gary	Caterham	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Honda CRV	N/A
Passenger	Cato Stephen	N/A	Paid
Passenger	SAC(T) Nigel Mulrooney, E8506492	N/A	Paid
PH02	Young, Thomas	Peugeot 205 GTI	Paid
PH03	Gilbert, Andrew	Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9	Paid
PH04	Hails,Warren	BMW e30 323i	Paid
PH05	Jones, Dylan Wyn	Mazda MX 5	Paid
Passenger	Kings, Sarah Frances	N/A	Paid
PH06	Perrott, John	Saab 9-3 turbo	Paid
Passenger	Perrott, Martin	N/A	Paid
PH07	Hinsley Chris	Honda Civic Type R	Paid
PH08	Hinsley James	Aldi S4	Paid
PH09	Caldicott, Pete	Volvo 850 T5	Paid
PH10	Johnson, James Michael	Peugeot 205 Gti	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Peugeot 406 HDi	N/A

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Sunday Only List

Entry Number	Name	Vehicle	(£)
PH11	Brown, Christopher	VW Golf GTI	Paid
Support Car	N/A	Caddy Van	N/A
Passenger	Brown, Thomas	N/A	Paid
PH12	Brown Stephen michael	Golf gti 16v	Paid
Support Car	N/A	Seat Arosa	N/A
Passenger	Heavy Robert	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Stephanie Parsons	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Jessica Brown	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Lee Minor	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Steven Weir	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Email Sent re Details	0	0
PH13	Foley, Nataniel	Peugeot 205 GTI	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Peugeot 306	N/A
Passenger	Moledina, Ryan	N/A	Paid
PH14	Howell, Christopher	mazda 323f	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Mitsibushi Pajero	N/A
Passenger	Wheelhouse David	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Clark, Mathew	N/A	Paid
PH15	Rayner, Christopher	Peugout 306 XS	Paid
Passenger	Robinson, Derek Thomas	N/A	Paid
PH16	Rayner, Dane	Subaru Impreza	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Ford Ranger	N/A
Passenger	Mills, Emily Ann	N/A	Paid
PH17	Brown, Scott	peugot 106xsi	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Ford Transit	N/A
Passenger	Block, Alex	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Dean Clare	N/A	Paid
PH18	Cowlard, Timothy James	VW Golf gti	Paid
Passenger	Pease, Philipa	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Cowlard, Hannah Victoria	N/A	Paid
Passenger	Thompson, Adrian	N/A	Paid
PH19	Jerome, Malcolm	reliant kitten	Paid
Passenger	Lamsley, John	N/A	Paid
PH20	Holden, Mark	Saab 9000 Aero	Paid

PH22	Greenow, Ian	Skoda Octavia VRS	CIP
PH23	Lovell, Robert	Vauxhall VX220 Turbo	CIP
PH24	Taylor, Stephen	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	Paid
Towcar	N/A	Vauxhall Vivaro	N/A
Passenger	Schofield John	N/A	Paid

Problem people

Both Days

PH62

Fraser, Gordon

Saab 9000 Aero

CIP

Sunday

PH21	Ellwood,Luke Richard	BMW 328	CIP
Towcar	N/A	Renault Master	N/A
Passenger	Ellwood, Richard James	N/A	CIP
Passenger	Carey, Raymond Francis	N/A	CIP

Edited by B'stard Child on Wednesday 18th August 23:29

Edited by B'stard Child on Wednesday 18th August 23:44

Edited by B'stard Child on Wednesday 1st September 12:03

[Jonny_uk]

Is Marham still known for being a bit stone chippy ?

Dont want to be a party pooper but do agree with no drifting !

[deeen]

Is there a sound limit?

[GaryU]

The runways and taxiways are kept extremely clean. The RAF are paranoid about getting their millon pund engines damaged.

[Gruffy]

Jonny_uk said:

Dont want to be a party pooper but do agree with no drifting !

Have to agree. The two schools don't play well together. No doubt there's enough interest from the drifting crowd to run a separate event. A positive step.

[Shortie123]

Will have to be the saturday for me as the Fenland RS owners are having a charity car show on the sunday.

Pen is poised ready to write the cheque out........

[B'stard Child]

Lets not go down the discussion route re drifting please - no drifting end of.....

Noise limit yes but it's really to stop excessive noise from unsilenced cars - from memory 105 db if you are loud enough to be subjected to testing

Marham can be a bit chippy especialy off the normal lines - the circuit gets swept before the event but people who take unusual lines or rather go way off line can sometimes bring back small stones with them. Also if you spend all your time tucked up behind people you will increase the chances of stone chips

Bottom line if you are worried about paint make your own space and stay on line

[2woody]

well you can put me down for a start !

we're thinking the Granger contingent will be a bit bigger this time, maybe five cars and 10 drivers

[stevo666]

Will try to make the Sunday this year as the SLOC have a National Day/Sprint at Curbrough on the Sat.
Probably my last Marham as the old girl is getting a full top/bottom/inside paint over the winter.

Steve

[B'stard Child]

stevo666 said:

Will try to make the Sunday this year as the SLOC have a National Day/Sprint at Curbrough on the Sat.
Probably my last Marham as the old girl is getting a full top/bottom/inside paint over the winter.

Steve

Please find me and take me out for a lap - your car makes me smile everytime I see it and it's no slouch either

[Shortie123]

B'stard Child said:

stevo666 said:

Will try to make the Sunday this year as the SLOC have a National Day/Sprint at Curbrough on the Sat.
Probably my last Marham as the old girl is getting a full top/bottom/inside paint over the winter.

Steve

Please find me and take me out for a lap - your car makes me smile everytime I see it and it's no slouch either

Of all the cars that have been there Steve's Sunbeam has to be my all time favourite and having had the experience from the passenger seat, its raw power its just simply awesome, the faster it goes you can't help but feel the size of the grin grow from inside your lid. Shame i'll miss seeing it this year, its worth the money to go just to go out for 5-6 laps in it.

[Mark in Ireland]

Well, as usual I might as well do both days, thanks for the early posting...only need to rebuild spare engine and stick a lsd back into the gearbox and now have a schedule to finish by!! Will more than likely be bringing a few more enthuiasts this time as well.....
Mark/Sandra, Saab 9000 Aero, Sat/Sun
George/Bev, Saab 9000 Aero, Sat/Sun
Richie, Saab 9000 Carlsson, Sat/Sun
Wyn/Sarah, Mazda MX5, Sat only
Mark411, Saab 9000 Aero, Sun only
Stuart, Saab 9000 Aero, Sat/Sun
Mike/James, Saab 9000 Aero, Sat/Sun
Gordy/Stu, Mystery Vehicle, Sat/Sun (Provisionally)
Martin, Saab 9-3T, Sat only

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Edited by Mark in Ireland on Tuesday 29th June 07:07

Edited by Mark in Ireland on Wednesday 7th July 07:14

Edited by Mark in Ireland on Thursday 8th July 00:46

Edited by Mark in Ireland on Friday 9th July 01:13

[paulbuckley]

Oh bugger!!.... 18 months building the Ultima and sod's law I can't makew it - will still be in Florida on hol, flying back the Monday! Oh well...future opportunities I guess!

[mike-p]

Ian

Stick me in for the Saturday please.

[Utterpiffle]

2woody said:

well you can put me down for a start !

we're thinking the Granger contingent will be a bit bigger this time, maybe five cars and 10 drivers

11 drivers?

Edit: Actualy, looking at flights (the prices seem to have gone silly recently +the Euro is now worth 25% less than it was 6 months ago), I may have to give this one a miss

Edited by Utterpiffle on Tuesday 29th June 11:58

[robg2]

I think you're probably one of Stu's 10 already Chris, and the MX-5 will probably be there. John and I took it to Cadwell a few weeks ago - great fun, brilliant day out!

I'll be at Marham too if I may, Nova GTE and Skoda rallycar again. Skoda will have a few subtle chassis mods to make sure it doesn't roll quite so easily...!

[Utterpiffle]

robg2 said:

I think you're probably one of Stu's 10 already Chris, and the MX-5 will probably be there. John and I took it to Cadwell a few weeks ago - great fun, brilliant day out!

I'll be at Marham too if I may, Nova GTE and Skoda rallycar again. Skoda will have a few subtle chassis mods to make sure it doesn't roll quite so easily...!

So you have another skoda, or did you put a new roof on the old one? A few subtle mods eh - cut coils and no slicks then...

Glad to see the MX-5 is still doing sterling track duties. John seems very happy with it! I do wish I could have afforded to keep it though

[Spottedlaurel]

Shame about it being a bit earlier than usual, as I sadly can't make that weekend. Just have to look forward to next April...

[Grandad Gaz]

Shortie123 said:

B'stard Child said:

stevo666 said:

Will try to make the Sunday this year as the SLOC have a National Day/Sprint at Curbrough on the Sat.
Probably my last Marham as the old girl is getting a full top/bottom/inside paint over the winter.

Steve

Please find me and take me out for a lap - your car makes me smile everytime I see it and it's no slouch either

Of all the cars that have been there Steve's Sunbeam has to be my all time favourite and having had the experience from the passenger seat, its raw power its just simply awesome, the faster it goes you can't help but feel the size of the grin grow from inside your lid. Shame i'll miss seeing it this year, its worth the money to go just to go out for 5-6 laps in it.

I agree, although I never had a ride in it.

It always amazed me just how fast that Sunbeam was through the corners...It shouldn't be that quick!

[stevo666]

Hopefully she'll be still running okay after the Curborough day, so prehaps after all your comments I'll raise some money for the day with passenger rides?
say 4/5 laps for a small donation?
Could have the RAFBF ladies as pit crew as well - bonus!