Hi, all.
I thought I would start a separate thread to get the logistics sorted out. From what has been posted, the dates for Richmond are 29/30 Aug. We could easily travel over on Saturday AM but from what I understand they also have Friday night practices. We may therefore have two groups going over. Personally, Saturday AM makes sense: catch the 7AM boat, be at the track around 9 (it really is that close) and we are good to go assuming they have a noon-ish start. If it's earlier, then Friday makes sense. In any event, if you are interested in going, post here and I will block book hotel accommodations for us as best I can. Last time we stayed at the Accent Inn which was only 10 minutes to the track. Accommodations on the mainland are a fair bit more expensive than in Kamloops - I think it was approx $115 dbl occupancy. Post away whether you'd be staying Friday and/or Saturday and whether or not you need accommodations.
P.
I want to go.
I'm in for Sat/Sun + room for Sat night
i might be able to arrange it. What about power due we need generators
Quote from: gotnitro on July 16, 2009, 03:24:48 PM
i might be able to arrange it. What about power due we need generators
Had to bring them last time. Please post if you know you are going, Guys, simply so I can book off the rooms.
P.
I'm going on sat and I have a gen we can bring.
I will be attending. Travelling on Saturday morning sounds good to me assuming we can still get a couple hours of practice. Put me down for a hotel room for the Saturday night.
Blake
Looks like I am 90% in. I will no early next week.
Shawn.
Count me in for Sat. departure and hotel Sat. nite. Hotel might be more expensive than Kamloops but we won't be wasting money on fuel to race against ourselves.
ouch, LOL
if someone has 2 grand for airfare count me in, otherwise have a good time!
Im in ill need a room with one king size or queen for me and the wife for fri and sat
Hey guys I was in South Richmond today working and was looking around for close hotels to our track. The closest 2 that I found were the Holiday Inn Express Riverport http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/yvrtr and the Delta Town and Country Inn http://www.deltainn.com/index.php both seem to have group rates available. Both about 5 min or so away.
Ry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEi2POQt-po (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEi2POQt-po) video of their track
Ready To Run Raceway - Richmond, BC (Amature Intro) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEi2POQt-po#lq-lq2-hq)
if u can save me spot in your van blake. Thank you
Quote from: gotnitro on July 21, 2009, 01:04:04 AM
if u can save me spot in your van blake. Thank you
No prob - you're in. Anyone else need a ride?
Blake
hey blake I could use a ride.
john
Quote from: Falcon on July 21, 2009, 03:27:57 PM
hey blake I could use a ride.
john
Hmmm, I don't know John.... Just kidding, you're in.
Note that because the commute is literally 15 mins, we can probably squish five people and equipment into my van.
Blake
Hi Blake
I'll take you up on a ride
Gorden
I'll be making the accommodation reservation on Monday so if there are guys that you know of that want to stay with the IROCC group, please post their name(s) or nudge them. TX. P.
Quote from: RC51 on July 22, 2009, 11:12:48 AM
I'll be making the accommodation reservation on Monday so if there are guys that you know of that want to stay with the IROCC group, please post their name(s) or nudge them. TX. P.
Were are you going to book?
Gorden
Wherever is available with a good rate at the time that I call. Last time which was a week earlier there was some form of convention in the area and it was dificult to get more than 4 rooms together at one location. Likely the town and country.
p.
Vince is in for the trip.
Yeah I am in too.
Want to setup a car pool, and/or share a hotel room with someone. Let me know.
Shawn.
if anyone need a ride please post here as Blake was saying that there will be a 2nd vehicle to fill or I can even take my van
and Phil needs to know about the rooms
Gorden
I will be taking my pickup, so we can load extra stuff in it. I will need a hand to put the canopy on so we will be able to lock it while on the ferry.
Quote from: dajracer on July 27, 2009, 12:33:29 AM
I will be taking my pickup, so we can load extra stuff in it. I will need a hand to put the canopy on so we will be able to lock it while on the ferry.
Just let me know when you need help and how many can you put in the truck as it looks like Vince and Shawn will need a lift
Gorden
Hey all,
After chatting with a few people after racing, it looks like this is our current list:
Blake
Daryl
Gerry
Gord
John
Phil
Shawn
Tom
Vince
Glenn? (confirmed?)
Craig (can't confirm 100% but is hopeful obviously)
That's 11-ish people so far. Between Daryl's canopied truck, and my van, we can carry these people. Technically we can handle 13 people between our two vehicles. Even with 8 people in my van I can still load about 9x Rubbermaids in the very back. Tables, tents, generators, and other Rubbermaids can go in Daryl's truck. Daryl has a big generator but we might want to consider taking two generators anyway.
It'd be awesome to tip the scales at 15+ people, so hopefully we can get a few more and take along a third vehicle. Other possibles?
Brian
Bruce
Fantettis
Others?
Is Doug Ball travelling on his own I assume?
Blake
Quote from: Blake on July 27, 2009, 01:18:25 PM
Blake
Daryl
Gerry
Gord
John
Phil
Shawn
Tom
Vince
Glenn? (confirmed with me yesterday)
Craig (asked to have a room booked)
Blake
Hey, Blake.
~Matt will be traveling over with Tina.
~Brian confirmed last night. Tina, Brian and I will travel over together
~Mick is considering and has a place to stay
~Keith is considering and has a place to stay
So, room list looks like this insofar as people are 99% confirmed:
Blake
Daryl
Gord and Vince
John
Phil and Brian
Shawn
Tom
Glenn and Gerry
Craig
Matt (and Tina)
Doug (single room)
14 racers and counting! I will book 8 rooms based on dbl occupancy and the assumption of at least one more racer attending and staying with us.
Phil
Ok, thanks for the update Phil. Possible carpools:
Brian, Phil, (Tina)
(Tina), Matt
Doug
Blake, Tom, Gord, John, Glenn, Vince, Mick?, Keith?
Daryl, Craig, Gerry, Shawn
Daryl and I will have to sort out our vehicles later-on, once we have exact attendees.
Oh, and shotgun Tom or Daryl as known non-snoring roomates!
Blake
yeah im travelling with the wife leaving from nanimo be there fri morning got a couple things to do first
i think we are all going over saturday doug so might want to make sure you have a room booked for both nights
Quote from: gotnitro on July 27, 2009, 02:35:13 PM
i think we are all going over saturday doug so might want to make sure you have a room booked for both nights
What do you think, Doug? Please let me know ASAP.
Unfortunately we are in wedding and conference season around that time and several hotels that I tried had zero availability. I also didn't want us humping our loads of kit up and down stairs or an elevator if at all possible, so I kept that in mind. In the end I was able to get the Accent Inn just off Bridgeport Road, ground level exterior access 8 x double rooms. We were fortunate enough to qualify for the group rate, so cost will be $89 per room which is freaking fantastic given the location and time of year. There is an iHop on site as well so breakfast is avail.
P.
Hey phil i still need the room for both nites as i still have to go friday,but if its easier i can just get a room anywhere for friday and meet up with you guys at the track sat morning the wife says i must take her to the pne so thats what i plan on doing all day ,so to get a room on my own for friday nite is n/p but if u cab get it for me fri nite aswell that would be sweet
Quote from: RC51 on July 27, 2009, 02:54:50 PM
We were fortunate enough to qualify for the group rate, so cost will be $89 per room which is freaking fantastic given the location and time of year. There is an iHop on site as well so breakfast is avail.
Nice work Phil! That is a really good rate for Vic/Van ANY time of year!
Wondering what Mick/Keith might have arranged for their possible places to stay...? Will they need rides to other areas of Vancouver?
Blake
Quote from: Blake on July 27, 2009, 04:14:05 PM
Wondering what Mick/Keith might have arranged for their possible places to stay...? Will they need rides to other areas of Vancouver?
Hey, Blake. Mick said that if he does go over, Frank B has offered him a place to stay. Keith simply mentioned that he has someone to stay with.
With this many heading over, will you be making a decision about club racing? An early announcement one way or another may make the difference in some fence sitters.
P.
Quote from: Dougheimer McBallenfritz on July 27, 2009, 04:06:03 PM
Hey phil i still need the room for both nites
When I receive the group confirmation number I will book the Friday night for you. I'll get back to you.
P.
I never realized it was up to Blake to decide when racing happens.
Without Daryl (who insures the truck), Craig (who drives the truck), Blake (who runs the computer), and a bunch of other regulars, I'm not sure if it'll end up being much more than an officially sanctioned Tuesday Night group anyway.
You do have a good point though -- it would be a good idea to have an official policy in place regarding the IROCC schedule with respect to out-of-town race days.
It sounds like there won't be much of anything that weekend in Victoria.
Quote from: Tom on July 27, 2009, 08:15:34 PM
I never realized it was up to Blake to decide when racing happens.
Sucker! How little you know!
Quote from: Tom on July 27, 2009, 08:15:34 PM
Without Daryl (who insures the truck), Craig (who drives the truck), Blake (who runs the computer), and a bunch of other regulars, I'm not sure if it'll end up being much more than an officially sanctioned Tuesday Night group anyway.
You do have a good point though -- it would be a good idea to have an official policy in place regarding the IROCC schedule with respect to out-of-town race days.
It sounds like there won't be much of anything that weekend in Victoria.
Tom and Phil are correct. There will be no "Points Racing" at IROCC on Aug 29/30. With at least half the club (including ALL computer operators) away, there is no chance that the track can be setup for local racing. Besides, *and this is my personal opinion only*, I fully hope to see as many IROCCers as possible make the return gesture to the Vancouver racers that have been coming our way for the past five years! And besides-besides: zero days off work, a 15 min drive to Richmond, $20 entry fee, a free shirt... we have no excuse for NOT returning the favour.
Blake
Quotewe have no excuse for NOT returning the favour.
Spot-on! We've been encouraging them to do this so it's our turn to reciprocate. My thought is that if we can't garner more numbers from the club, that something like a tri-cities series (maybe for another thread!) would be difficult to make work. We sent 16 to Kamloops one year and we typically see 16 or more from the mainland each year, don't we? Nudge your buddies, gents.
Fantettis? Wassup?
Mark, Don et al?
Trevor and team?
P.
well..depending if i can find a charger and a battery, and get that weekend off by that time, i may consider it...i want to get back at it..
Quote from: jarrodH on July 27, 2009, 11:21:41 PM
well..depending if i can find a charger and a battery, and get that weekend off by that time, i may consider it...i want to get back at it..
I have a extra charger
Quote from: jarrodH on July 27, 2009, 11:21:41 PM
well..depending if i can find a charger and a battery, and get that weekend off by that time, i may consider it...i want to get back at it..
I have a battery you can use.
Shawn.
all you need now is a car and radio hey...lol just dont tune it like you did craigs motor.ha
Quote from: gotnitro on July 28, 2009, 12:31:50 AM
all you need now is a car and radio hey...lol just dont tune it like you did craigs motor.ha
haha, nope the nitro car is gone, and i wasnt tunign it that weekend...still havnt figured out why it didnt work so well for me.. its worked for everyone else thats used it.. i just think all nitro motors hate me..lol.
i have my 04 xray still all its missing a battery..
most likely buy one before then..same with a charger..
"With at least half the club (including ALL computer operators) "
How quickly you forget, not that I'm surprised, but I have set-up and run that POS computer and software before! But as you pointed out, half of the club isn't enough to warrant setting up anything for that Sunday.
Nick, you were included in the "ALL". See you in Richmond.
Blake
Hey, all.
I need to give the facility the rooming list today so I will send them this in the absence of a formal list. We can sort it all out there, I am sure. The room will be held under the first person on each row below.
Blake and Tom
Daryl and Craig
Gord and Vince
Phil and Brian
Shawn and John
Glenn and Gerry
Tina and Matt
Doug (single room)
Phil
Hi, Guys.
Rooms are now booked under your names. Confirmation numbers below:
Blake Bell and Tom Younger #680363
Daryl Jones and Craig Roberts #680365
Gord Wood and Vince Palmer #680367
Phil Cady and Brian Ashmore #680369
Shawn Zweers and John Bowker #680371
Glenn Armstron and Gerry Bernard #680373
Tina and Matt Sladdich #680375
Doug Ball # 680376 arrival Fri for 2 nights
P.
Thanks for taking care of this Phil.
Blake
Hi Guys
Fast Eddie would like us to preregister for the race with the class's and PT number's. Send him a pm @ http://www.rctech.net/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10662 (http://www.rctech.net/forum/private.php?do=newpm&u=10662) with the subject being Registering
thanks
-=light=-
^^ IF you don't have/don't want an account on RC Tech, then just post your info here and I'll PM him with it.
bruce tell them i will be running nitro
Could we not just load our info (from the database on our computer) onto a flash drive and take it with us or send the file to Eddie.
Quote from: dajracer on August 06, 2009, 08:42:03 PM
Could we not just load our info (from the database on our computer) onto a flash drive and take it with us or send the file to Eddie.
Might be possible - depending on what sort of "Export" I can do with RC Scoring Pro. I will take a peek on Sunday if someone reminds me.
Blake
Im in for Nitro only if you could pass that on thanks Bruce.
bruce
I'm in for touring, no nitro :-\ :-\ :-\
Hey all,
I grabbed a list of all our names, classes, transponders, etc... from the computer last Sunday. I will pass this along to the Vancouver crew so that they can pre-register us early, and not have to worry about it on Saturday morning.
I need to know which classes people are planning on running. Here are the choices: Stock, Nitro, Pro10, SuperStock, Mini
So far I have this:
Gerry - Nitro
Glenn - Nitro
John - Stock
Blake - Stock + Nitro
Please post here which classes you want to run, and I'll send along the appropriate registration info.
Thanks,
Blake
Stock and Nitro.
My AMB numbers will the same.
Stock, pro-10.
Stock and Pro10 for me, too, Blake. Thanks for taking this on.
Phil
Forgot to mention: Brian is in for Stock and Pro10 as well.
P.
Glenn and Gerry? Pro10? Craig?
Im running stock and Pro10.
Shawn.
Normal, stock and pro10 pour moi.
Stock + Nitro
Stock and Pro 10 for me.
Hey all,
I discussed this with most of you at racing last Sunday. This is the carpool plan:
Blake's Van
Blake, Tom*, Gord, John*, Gerry*, Vince
Daryl's Truck
Daryl, Glenn, Shawn, Craig (hopefully)
***IMPORTANT NOTE: Tom, John, and Gerry must get their racing gear out to Daryl's place for transport. Blake's van will take six guys but only Blake's, Gord's, and Vince's gear.
Let me know if anyone has any questions.
Blake
Blake's Vanpool
I will get a reservation for the 7AM ferry on Saturday morning, Aug 29th. We will need to leave my house at 5:45AM so that we can pickup Vince and get to the ferry terminal before the 6:30AM deadline.
This means that Tom, Gord, Gerry, and John need to be at my house at about 5:40AM that morning. Only Gord should have his racing gear with him. There is room to park cars on my street and it is safe:
4080 Tracey Street, Victoria BC
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=4080+Tracey+Street+Saanich+BC&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=AgOPSv_-A4rANfTfhLAK&ll=48.481797,-123.380585&spn=0.11629,0.307961&z=12&iwloc=A
Blake
All the gear that is going in my truck should be here Friday night so it can get loaded in some sort of orderly fashion. I will also need a hand to put the canopy on the truck for security purposes while travelling. So if we could get a couple of people here at the same time, then we can get the canopy on easily. We can line it up on Sunday for those travelling with me.
Quote from: dajracer on August 21, 2009, 09:10:56 PM
All the gear that is going in my truck should be here Friday night so it can get loaded in some sort of orderly fashion. I will also need a hand to put the canopy on the truck for security purposes while travelling. So if we could get a couple of people here at the same time, then we can get the canopy on easily. We can line it up on Sunday for those travelling with me.
Darl, I will be coming by on friday with mine and johns gear. What time would you like me to show up at your place. I will gladly help you with your canopy. Also, would it be possble for me to park my truck at your house over the weekend?
Shawn.
Hey, all.
Here are the details for the hotel.
** The toll free number for Accent Inns Vancouver Airport is: 1 (800) 663 0298
** If you need to make changes, use your confirmation number (arranged via Donna Price by Phil Cady)
** Address is: 10551 St Edwards Drive, Richmond.
** Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=10551+St.+Edwards,+Richmond+BC&sll=48.451293,-123.368697&sspn=0.013634,0.053902&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=49.186949,-123.108587&spn=0.01812,0.028024&z=15&iwloc=A
You have until Friday at 4PM to make changes. If you are not going, please call the hotel directly to cancel the room.
Phil
hey will i need my generator or will we have enough power there with daryl generator and i think glen said that dog ball may not be able to make it. Hey blake is there enough room for my back pack?
I was just thinking about power. Do I need to bring my gen ???
Quote from: Falcon on August 24, 2009, 04:40:23 PM
I was just thinking about power. Do I need to bring my gen ???
Daryl And Myself are bringing the gens
Quote from: gotnitro on August 24, 2009, 04:33:49 PM
hey will i need my generator or will we have enough power there with daryl generator and i think glen said that dog ball may not be able to make it. Hey blake is there enough room for my back pack?
Just heard from Doug and he has amended his reservation to include Saturday night only.
Blake, Doug asks that I pass on the following:
** Doug: nitro and pan and Nitro and Pro10
** Syruss: Stock and Pro10
P.
Gordens Generator
Blake, Tom, Gord, Vince, Shawn,
Daryl's Generator
Daryl, Glenn, Craig, Doug, Syruss, John, Gerry, Phil
Will this work or do we need one more Generator?
also don't forget to pack some power bars and cords
Generators:
Daryl is bring both his monster generator AND the club's generator. Gord is bringing his generator. Between these three generators we can power all the racers that are coming in Blake's/Daryl's vehicles.
I'm guessing that Brian is bringing his generator for him and Phil.
Not sure about Bruce, Matt, or Doug/Syruss... but they can tap in somewhere.
Blake
Quote from: gotnitro on August 24, 2009, 04:33:49 PM
Hey blake is there enough room for my back pack?
Hey Gerry,
Yes for sure - there will be room for all our backpacks under the two bench seats in the van. Tom and John, feel free to bring your backpacks/duffel-bags along in my van.
Blake
Quote from: RC51 on August 24, 2009, 05:10:59 PM
Blake, Doug asks that I pass on the following:
** Doug: nitro and pan and Nitro and Pro10
** Syruss: Stock and Pro10
Thanks Phil, I will pass this along to Eddie and Mario.
Blake
This is what I have so far. I believe I've heard from everyone but Matt. Let me know if there are any corrections:
| | | | | |
| Armstrong, Glenn | Touring Nitro | 5475124 | DSM | |
| Ashmore, Brian | Touring Stock | 2354170 | DSM | |
| Ashmore, Brian | Pro10 | 6013050 | DSM | |
| Ball, Doug | Touring Nitro | | DSM | |
| Ball, Doug | Pro10 | | DSM | |
| Bell, Blake | Touring Stock | 7350230 | CH4 (Yellow) | |
| Bell, Blake | Touring Nitro | 3951814 | CH4 (Yellow) | |
| Bernard, Gerry | Touring Nitro | 4381867 | DSM | |
| Bowker, John | Touring Stock | 7845001 | DSM | |
| Bowker, John | Touring Nitro | 4396990 | DSM | |
| Cady, Phil | Touring Stock | 6405357 | DSM | |
| Cady, Phil | Pro10 | 5084114 | DSM | |
| Ellison, Bruce | Touring Stock | 7329457 | DSM | |
| Ellison, Bruce | Touring Nitro | 7543543 | DSM | |
| Jones, Daryl | Touring Stock | 7898495 | DSM | |
| Jones, Daryl | Pro10 | 2689739 | DSM | |
| Palmer, Vince | Touring Stock | | DSM | |
| Palmer, Vince | Pro10 | | DSM | |
| Roberts, Craig | Touring Nitro | 6117363 | DSM | |
| Sladich, Matt | Touring Stock | 6657438 | DSM | |
| Sladich, Matt | Touring SuperStock | 6657438 | DSM | |
| Wood, Gorden | Touring Stock | 7297919 | DSM | |
| Wood, Gorden | Touring Nitro | 7715050 | DSM | |
| Wynn, Syruss | Touring Stock | | DSM | |
| Wynn, Syruss | Pro10 | | DSM | |
| Younger, Tom | Touring Stock | 8634132 | CH2 (Red) | |
| Younger, Tom | Pro10 | | CH2 (Red) | |
| Zweers, Shawn | Touring Stock | 5163475 | DSM | |
| Zweers, Shawn | Pro10 | 5163475 | DSM | |
Blake
Hey Blake
Craig told me today he's coming and I'm going to run jody's nitro car this weekend. I don't know the dsm.
Quote from: Falcon on August 24, 2009, 06:18:59 PM
Hey Blake
Craig told me today he's coming and I'm going to run jody's nitro car this weekend. I don't know the dsm.
Oh man... it's a good thing Haddow can't access Western World websites right now...! Just kidding John; sounds good.
Are you still going to run Stock?
Good to hear about Craig! He sounded positive yesterday after the QA race; but I didn't think he was 100% yet.
Blake
Quote from: Falcon on August 24, 2009, 06:18:59 PM
Hey Blake
Craig told me today he's coming and I'm going to run jody's nitro car this weekend. I don't know the dsm.
Hey John is he letting you run his new 733?
blake I'm still running stock and gord no on the 733
I was wondering if anyone has space for me to get to Van and maybe a place to sleep if I need it? Trevor
Quote from: lightning on August 24, 2009, 11:47:58 PM
I was wondering if anyone has space for me to get to Van and maybe a place to sleep if I need it? Trevor
Hey Trevor,
I have six people scheduled for my van, but it has seatbelts for eight, so yes you're more than welcome to join in my carpool. You'll have to get your racing gear to Daryl's house on Friday night though as my van will not have enough room for that. Hopefully Daryl's truck isn't getting too full...! Daryl?
As for sleeping on Saturday night, I'm sure you can get a folding bed and crash with one of the groups. I personally don't care if you room with Tom and me as long as you don't snore.
Blake
Gerry said he would share his bed makes me a bit nervous though.
why :o i know u want it
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that is so wrong.
:o
Gerry you should keep those pictures of you and Glen private.
Haha, I've forwarded that to my friend who has two crazy male wiener dogs. She'll never be able to look at them the same again.
Trevor, if you want a ride, be at my house on Saturday morning at 5:45AM.
4080 Tracey Street, Victoria BC
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=4080+Tracey+Street+Saanich+BC&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=AgOPSv_-A4rANfTfhLAK&ll=48.481797,-123.380585&spn=0.11629,0.307961&z=12&iwloc=A
Blake
Nice gerry
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=3005+Cresida+Cres.%2C+Langford%2C+BC+&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&rlz=1R2ADBF_en&aq=f&oq=
For those bringing stuff to my house, see above map for directions and please be here between 7-7:30PM Friday nite.
Hey, Guys.
Chatted with Brian last night. He says that in a pinch he can add another person for transport over (no equipment). Let him (or me) know.
Tx.
P.
Hey, Guys.
Eddie says it will be no prob to reserve on the 7PM sailing back from Tsawassen. Based on what I see every day at my end, a reservation is warranted. Coming home from QA last week at 3:30, the 5 and 7 were sold out.
P.
hey john pm me u r number if u want me to pick u up on my way to blakes
Not sure if the track location had been posted or not:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=12071+Jacobson+Way,+Richmond&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=hRaXStSaJIj2sQPV_ZzFDA&ll=49.128333,-123.090391&spn=0.02036,0.037551&z=15 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=12071+Jacobson+Way,+Richmond&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=hRaXStSaJIj2sQPV_ZzFDA&ll=49.128333,-123.090391&spn=0.02036,0.037551&z=15)
P.
About the Ferries, they were saying on the radio this morning, it may be busy this weekend as its the last one before all the kids go back to school. But we are catching the earliest there is right?
So does anyone know if there is food near by for lunch, or should I bring my BBQ and we could all pitch in and get dogs, or get yourself burgers but you do them yourself....lol....
because glenn doesnt nknow how to cook. have u not talked to your ride yet
There is a small mall just down the road with a Subway, Wrap City??, and other stuff.
I don't think there will be room for a Bar-B, Glen. Doug has asked that we bring his stuff back because he will be in a small car and I don't know how much stuff everybody else will be bringing.
Don't forget that I would like to get you all here between 7-7:30, so we can get the canopy on.
Thanks guys.
I asked them about food and this was the answer
QuoteWe will have a bbq with chicken and beef burgers and drinks. The weather will be great dont forget the sunscreen.
Quote from: rcshadow on August 27, 2009, 08:40:52 PM
About the Ferries, they were saying on the radio this morning, it may be busy this weekend as its the last one before all the kids go back to school. But we are catching the earliest there is right?
Yes, Daryl and I have reservations for the 7AM boat on Saturday morning. It is the earliest possible boat, and there is a buffet onboard. We have to arrive at the terminal by 6:30AM at the latest otherwise we forfeit the reservations.
I would think that the following weekend will be the busy one because it's Labour Day and school starts on Sept 8th.
Blake
Quote from: rcshadow on August 27, 2009, 11:32:39 PM
So does anyone know if there is food near by for lunch, or should I bring my BBQ and we could all pitch in and get dogs, or get yourself burgers but you do them yourself....lol....
I don't mind doing a lunch run with my van if we have to. Like Daryl said, there is a mall about two mins drive away, with several fast food options.
Blake
Tomorrow Morning - Blake's Carpool
Just a reminder that I need Gerry, Gord, John, Tom, and Trevor at my house at about 5:40AM tomorrow morning. Only Gord should have his racing gear with him. There is room to park cars on my street and it is safe:
4080 Tracey Street, Victoria BC
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=4080+Tracey+Street+Saanich+BC&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=ca&ei=AgOPSv_-A4rANfTfhLAK&ll=48.481797,-123.380585&spn=0.11629,0.307961&z=12&iwloc=A
We'll pick Vince up at 6AM and be at the ferry by about 6:20AM.
See ya bright and early....
Blake
Truck is loaded and we had to cut out a few things. I sure hope someone else will have room for "Dog Ball's" stuff on the way home.
Well the day has been good its a little slow but they have done a good job getting the races going thanks to tom and blake. Seeking of blake. Was starting the 3rd qualifier in the c due to glitching.
If I remember right, Blake won nitro, Phil won Pan and not sure who won Touring.
Good race and great people.
Mike Mitlestead won the touring stock and superstock. Eli Won Mini. I hope you guys had a good time. Hopefully next year we start planing for a race earlier and can get some more sponsors on board. Would have been nice to give out more hardware but we did the best we could in the amount of time, (4 weeks) people couldn't fit us into their budget with such short notice. You guys are a great group. Thanks go out to Tom and Blake for teaching the guys about the computer and to Craig for the syrup application, this race wouldn't have even happened without the support of your club.
Ryan
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It was a great weekend! I was surprised at the number of entries... somewhere around 95 by my count! IROCC accounted for about 30 entries, and there were two guys (Franko and Ron) from Washington State. So that shows that there are a good number of Lower Mainlanders interested in the racing scene. Hopefully they can take this event and use it as a big stepping stone to building up their club. Stock and Nitro were the most popular with 28 in Stock and 34 in Nitro! Crazy.
Mario, Eddie, and Bak Choi are probably still sleeping after doing a LOT of work over the weekend. Same goes for Jessie (Eli's girlfriend), and the rest of the "BBQ Staff". I also saw Ryan marshalling a lot of extra races. They'll need more help from other members, but things are started in the right direction.
Thanks to Gord for helping call quite a few races over the weekend. That helped them out quite a bit.
We arrived at the ferry terminal on Sunday at about 5:30PM to find a 2+ sailing wait and a completely full compound. After John sweet talked the ticket agent things were looking up for us and we SQUEAKED on the 8PM in the last 5/6 cars. We ran into Brian's buddy Oliver Jervais and he was not as lucky... he ended up on the 10PM sailing. Yikes.
Blake
Hey,
Sounds like you guys had a really great trip. I wish I would have joined up sooner so i could have come and enjoyed the fun.
~Danny
Congrats to Blake for winning Nitro and Phil for winning Pan. ;D
It was a lot of fun. we got to see a lot Richmound in our big red limo as Blake took us on the tour of the area.
on another note who's is going to Kamloops? and will we still have a club race that weekend?
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looks like it was fun
Nice work mainland guys!
you all suck though :-(
Great photos of the event:
http://x3rrr.shawwebspace.ca/photos/
Blake
Cool video of the race by a guy with some decent editing skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2e7WLh1aY
Blake
Further evidence that Tom can get both feet off the ground at the same time!!