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Cheers guys, glad you all enjoyed yourselves. Sorry to hear about your motor Grundy.

Our Z seems to be fine, I had oil temps of 103-105 after only one semi-hot lap, which is ludicrous and simply should not be the case. As Rose says, not a single whisp of smoke all the way home, even under boost. I suspect it's just nackered oil that I really should have changed as planned, before the event.

Yes mate, see you there.

Last minute drop out means we have ONE stand pass available and ONE ticket. Standard rules mean I can offer the stand pass to Parello9 now if you still want it and the ticket must first be offered to Buster at the discounted price of £17 (Think they're over £20 on the gate tomorrow). Shout up lads, going to bed myself VERY shortly.

Unless I'm late again.......but I'll do my best not to be lol

As per the info on the first page mate, Northampton services (Northbound), Junc 15a, leaving no later than 7am to head for Silverstone

There is only one stand pass left. In the usual fashion it's first come first served, so that goes to Buster. Parello9 you're most welcome to turn up in the morning in the hope that someone doesn't turn up, but we currently do not have a spare pass to give you I'm afraid.

For what it's worth, we had 2 subarus, a pulsar and I think it was an ASTRA of all things, on the Japfest2 stand. They all sat down the bottom of the stand out of the way and the Z stand integrity was not harmed At the end of the day, the stand is organised by us for Zs, but if we can't fill it up with Zs for whatever reason (People going on trade stands, show n shine, engines blown up, realised they're on holiday, etc.) then a little bit of stand filling isn't going to hurt anyone.

In principal though I agree, the stand is primarily for Zs and this is why we try to keep tight control over who has stand passes.

A9HRX - Your inbox must be full, as I can't pm you. Another track time has become available if you're still wanting one, you have first dibs, but make it quick

Indeed, we too have arrived late before, due purely to the shocking organisation when getting people through the gate. As Grundy says though, the earlier we get there the better, as then there is no risk, no queueing and a better stand tends to result from it.

Yes, we will be meeting at the Northampton services, on the M1 (Junc 15A) on the Northbound side (The A43 goes under the M1 connecting the two services for those of us coming Southbound). We will begin meeting at 6:30, with a view to leave the services at 7am, this should get us to Silverstone for 7:30am at the latest, which hopefully will avoid the majority of the queues and get us on the stand in time to get set up before they open the gates. As usual with these events, if you're not on the stand by 9am, they will not let you drive in.

Stand passes are free and issued by us on a 'need' basis mate. If you need it (I.e. you're coming on the stand) then it's yours, as you've booked to come on the stand. If you don't need it (I.e. Anthony from SFS has sent you a stand pass for the top 20) then we re-allocate it. Your ticket is something entirely different, if Anthony also sends you a free ticket to get in, you are free to sell your ticket to who you like, just let us know who you sold it to, so we can give it to them.

You don't need to buy the stand pass, as that comes free when we order the tickets, we just can't get any more of them, or any more tickets. You need both a ticket and a stand pass to get your car on the stand, if the stand pass I have spare is available, that's free, you just need to buy your ticket to get in, either online now, or on the gate on the day.

CORRECTION - I have just confirmed I have 1 stand pass available, but no tickets I'm afraid. Kinda need AmyZed to confirm whether she's coming on the stand with that ticket from Mouthwash, or going on show and shine/power and style etc. If Amy is not coming on the stand, I have a stand pass, if she is, then I don't

To clarify, it looks like StevoDs spare pass, will go to M1K3Y77? Can you guys confirm that's what's happening?

No definite stand passes available at the moment I'm afraid, there are one or two who are currently 'maybes' and therefore may come available, but no guarantees at this point.

Sorry guys, no tickets and passes have arrived yet.

I feel an enforced track time sale coming up........

Now that's staying power!

Cheeky git! We were up at 4am!!!! Things just went a little wrong, after the waking up bit Glad you all seem to have enjoyed yourselves, looking forward to the next one already.

Great pictures Mikey and you're most welcome!

Anyone who has not yet got a pass, we are handing them out near Emergency Meeting Point 1 in the car park, from a blue scooby wagon.

Morning all, quick update for those meeting early at Donnington. We are running slightly behind and I now expect we will be leaving Donnington at around 6:30 instead. Apologies to those who are turning out early, but we will still be better off than meeting later.

At this point we have at least two spare tickets and a few more stand passes available, due to drop outs. First come first served in the morning.

The only time my wheels have ever looked that angled, was when an upper camber arm snapped on me on a Belgian motorway. This was not fun and I really don't understand why anyone would spend money to repeat it. I also know of 3 cars that have been destroyed by this craze, because whilst some people who do it are actually responsible and use different set ups for shows than day to day driving, i.e. different wheels, ride-heights etc. many of them still think they can drive around at or above the speed limit and take corners quickly, when in reality their tyres are barely sealed to the rim and there's only the tiniest bit of tyre touching the road.

Yeah p3 is right next to p2, it's just gravel and therefore dusty. It's slightly away from the main show, but it's by no means an overflow. We got a fair bit of footfall last year and as Rose says, we ended up in the official video and galleries last year in near enough the same spot.

Well unfortunately I have some bad news to share with you all. It seems the organisers of the event just cannot seem to 'organise' this event without hitches. We were sent the tickets and stand passes a few weeks ago as you're all aware and we were sent stand passes for the P2 area, which is what we had been hoping for, it's why we had organised it all so early and encouraged everyone to pay up ASAP in order to get that order in quickly and secure a decent stand spot. Anyway, today we have been able to see the published stand arrangements and it seems they have stuffed things up again (They made similar screw ups last year) and we are not in fact in P2, we are in P3. It's not the end of the world, but it does put us in the gravel area, rather than on the tarmac and it isn't what we'd planned for. It also means anyone who has had their stand passes sent to them (Thankfully only a couple of people) will have the incorrect stand pass and will likely be directed to the P2 area, when the stand is in P3. We are being sent new stand passes via the post, so we can only hope that they turn up this week, in tact (Two years running now the tickets and stand passes have turned up in envelopes that have been ripped open at some point during their postal journey), else we may have a similar situation to last year on our hands, having to obtain the stand passes at the gate.