WR1OC Trip to the BTCC

[RobinSherwood]

Hi Guys,

As suggested in 'The Ultimate Drive' thread I could try and organise a trip to a round (or rounds) of the British Touring Car Championship.

As some of you already know I look after a very promising young driver in the Formula BMW Championship which is part of the BTCC package. As a result of his performance last year he was invited to go to Valencia for the Dell Formula BMW World final as Oliver Turvey's team mate. As a result of that he has been offered the Team Loctite drive for the 2007 season replacing Oliver who will obviously be moving up the ladder. (In case anyone missed it Oliver Turver won the McLaren Autosport Young Driver Award this year!)

Therefore I should hopefully be able to put together a more interesting day than just buying tickets and turning up.

I can obtain passes for the BMW hospitality facility (which is the best outside the F1 paddock) this would include breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, wine, beer, tea, coffee and all soft drinks. The hospitality suite has large screen TV's for following the action and at many circuits is situated track side.

I can arrange for everyone to have a tour of the Team Loctite set up and Tom will show people round his BMW FB02 race car.

Having met him hopefully as well as enjoying the BTCC races (and the beer ) you will have the fun of cheering him on in his two races as well.

To start with I need to guage the interest there would be in this.

It would help if you guys could suggest which round or rounds you would like me to try and arrange something for.

Make any suggestions for anything to make this trip more appealing.

Give me an idea what you would be prepared to pay for a package like this (bearing in mind the BMW hospitality etc.,..) so I know what budget to aim for when talking to people to arrange this.

I will find the provisional dates for the rounds the Formula BMW Champiosnhip are attending and post below.

Regards

Robin

[RobinSherwood]

Provisional Dates below

30 March Brands Hatch Free Practice Sessions
31 March-1 April Brands Hatch Race Meeting
10 April Thruxton Free Practice Sessions
20 April Rockingham Free Practice Sessions
21-22 April Rockingham Race Meeting
5-6 May Thruxton Race Meeting
1 June Croft Free Practice Sessions
2-3 June Croft Race Meeting
22 June Oulton Park Free Practice Sessions
23-24 June Oulton Park Race Meeting
12 July Donington Park Free Practice Sessions
14-15 July Donington Park Race Meeting
27 July Snetterton Free Practice Sessions
28-29 July Snetterton Race Meeting
17 August Brands Hatch Free Practice Sessions
18-19 August Brands Hatch Race Meeting
31 August Knockhill Free Practice Sessions
1-2 September Knockhill Race Meeting

[danr55]

I'm interested. I have no idea what i would expect to pay though, do you have a rough figure Robin ?

[marky mark]

That sounds a great offer

Either Donnington or brands for best spectator viewing and paddock. Watching at Silverstone is terrible.

I have no idea on price either.

[WR1 Bro]

I'm interested too... Sounds like it could be a rather special day out.

Cost - I have no idea but I'm sure it would be worth the expense

[Mac-1]

Nice one Robin of Motorsport

I visit a number of the BTCC Rounds anyway but it would be a good day out for all if you can get enough members interested. I would suggest Silverstone as the central meet with Donnington as the Northern and Brands as the Southern.

I

[RobinSherwood]

[quote="Mac-1"]Nice one Robin of Motorsport

I visit a number of the BTCC Rounds anyway but it would be a good day out for all if you can get enough members interested. I would suggest Silverstone as the central meet with Donnington as the Northern and Brands as the Southern.

I

[Mac-1]

There Loss,

So call Donington the Central meet and Oulton as the Northern.

[WR 1mposter]

Sounds great to me, north or south makes no difference to me

[chris]

Brands sounds good to me.

[danr55]

Brands sounds good to me.

what you? at a meet? surely not !!

[WR1 Bro]

Brands sounds good to me.

what you? at a meet? surely not !!

Quick, get a deposit!

[WR 1mposter]

Brands sounds good to me.

what you? at a meet? surely not !!

Quick, get a deposit!

MEDIC !

[Houdini]

Nice one Robin of Motorsport

I visit a number of the BTCC Rounds anyway but it would be a good day out for all if you can get enough members interested. I would suggest Silverstone as the central meet with Donnington as the Northern and Brands as the Southern.

I

[danr55]

moved to events and sticky'd

[marky mark]

Donnington North????????? its next to east midlands airport

Oulton north
Donninton central
Brands south
??

[mr optimax]

I

[SPIKE LIKE MIKE]

[quote="mr optimax"]I

[Robocop]

1) Mac-1 & Caroline
2) Dan
3) Marky Mark
4) Bro
5) 1mposter
6) Chris the Mod TBC, of course
7) Houdini (July at Donington my preference)
mr optimax (brands good for me and great circuit)
9) spike
10) Robocop (Brands Hatch or Donington pref)

[RobinSherwood]

OK great it looks like this is worth doing and should be good fun.

In the New Year I should be able to find out what BMW are charging entrants for Hospitailty passes next year and what deal I can get on tickets at the various circuits.

First of all I have to ensure Tom has the budget to race or I won't be able to organise any of this!

I will keep you all updated and get bits of information as and when I can.

Kind regards,

Robin

[WR1 Bro]

Thanks for the update!

[Wheatie]

Hi Guys,

As suggested in 'The Ultimate Drive' thread I could try and organise a trip to a round (or rounds) of the British Touring Car Championship.

As some of you already know I look after a very promising young driver in the Formula BMW Championship which is part of the BTCC package. As a result of his performance last year he was invited to go to Valencia for the Dell Formula BMW World final as Oliver Turvey's team mate. As a result of that he has been offered the Team Loctite drive for the 2007 season replacing Oliver who will obviously be moving up the ladder. (In case anyone missed it Oliver Turver won the McLaren Autosport Young Driver Award this year!)

Therefore I should hopefully be able to put together a more interesting day than just buying tickets and turning up.

I can obtain passes for the BMW hospitality facility (which is the best outside the F1 paddock) this would include breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, wine, beer, tea, coffee and all soft drinks. The hospitality suite has large screen TV's for following the action and at many circuits is situated track side.

I can arrange for everyone to have a tour of the Team Loctite set up and Tom will show people round his BMW FB02 race car.

Having met him hopefully as well as enjoying the BTCC races (and the beer ) you will have the fun of cheering him on in his two races as well.

To start with I need to guage the interest there would be in this.

It would help if you guys could suggest which round or rounds you would like me to try and arrange something for.

Make any suggestions for anything to make this trip more appealing.

Give me an idea what you would be prepared to pay for a package like this (bearing in mind the BMW hospitality etc.,..) so I know what budget to aim for when talking to people to arrange this.

I will find the provisional dates for the rounds the Formula BMW Champiosnhip are attending and post below.

Regards

Robin

This sounds GOOD!

[Wheatie]

1) Mac-1 & Caroline
2) Dan
3) Marky Mark
4) Bro
5) 1mposter
6) Chris the Mod TBC, of course
7) Houdini (July at Donington my preference)
Cool mr optimax (brands good for me and great circuit)
9) spike
10) Robocop (Brands Hatch or Donington pref)
11) Wheatie

[danr55]

any idea on approx cost for this Robin ?

[RobinSherwood]

any idea on approx cost for this Robin ?

Hi Dan,

Donington are not willing to give a ticket price as yet, but Brands Hatch have announced prices.

I can't get hold of the person I need to speak to at BMW so I am not able to get their hospitality prices for 2007.

I would think I could do this for somewhere in the region of

[Houdini]

Any news on this, Robin? July is getting pretty full already.

[RobinSherwood]

Hi there,

At the moment despite having being offered Oliver Turvey's drive at Team Loctite and backing from Henkel Loctite we have been unable to secure the remaining necessary budget to sign the contract. As things stand right now Tom will not do the full season and is likely to lose the Team Loctite drive.

We haven't given up and anything could still happen and worst case he will hopefully compete in a few selected rounds. Bit manic today, I will give a fuller update over the weekend.

Kind regards,

Robin

[Mac-1]

Hi Robin,

Bad news but good luck with the negotiations for Tom

[Houdini]

Sorry to hear that, Robin. Good luck in pulling the funds together.

[WR 1mposter]

Sorry to hear the bad news about Tom and lack of sponsorship

Good things were being mentioned about him in Autosport mag..

Typical of this country when a talent arrives ...the funding stops !