*OcUK Silverstone Supercar500 Camping Meet*

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OcUK Silverstone Supercar500 Camping Meet


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Hello All

Right, thought it was time to organize another camping meet since the last one was such a good laugh. Its going to be basically a copy of the last meet * But a bit warmer *, here’s the plan

Dates: 5th - 6th – 7th May 2006

Event Information:

For sportscar fans this year’s Silverstone Supercar Showdown promises to be a major attraction. Topping the bill is Britain’s only round of the fabulous FIA GT Championship – a flourishing series which sees many of the world’s most exotic marques competing for glory. Last year Aston Martin made a triumphant return to the race track, scoring a superb one-two finish at Silverstone to claim the Royal Automobile Club’s famous Tourist Trophy. However with strong squads from Corvette, Ferrari, Maserati and Porsche on the grid, Aston will need to be at its brilliant best for a repeat performance in 2006.

Adding to the superlative entertainment on offer, a dazzling selection of sportscar championships has been lined up on the top quality supporting bill. Most exciting, perhaps, are the opening two rounds of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo – one of the world’s ultimate one-make championships, which this year sees the introduction of Maranello’s latest Ferrari F430 Challenge race car.
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http://www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk/html/race_super_showdown.php

Camping Location:

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Motorsport location:

Silverstone Circuit
Northamptonshire
NN12 8TN

Equipment List:

- Sleeping arrangements – Either bring your own tent or organize kipping in someone else’s
- Disposable Barbeques
- Sleeping Bag
- Pillow
- Food for your barbeque for Friday night, Saturday / Sunday Morning ( Sausages and Bacon anyone )
- Lots and LOTS of Beer ( Essential )
- Lots of spare clothing just incase it starts to rain, trust me everything gets covered when you’re camping in the mud.
- And anything else you think you might need

Funding:

Weekend Ticket: £22.50

£20 Per TENT

Definite attendees:

Chris – Tesla - ORDERED TICKET
Ian – 355 - ORDERED TICKET
Sam + Vicky - ORDERED TICKETS
Mike - L0rdmike - ORDERED TICKET
Mark – Firestar_3x - ORDERED TICKET
El - paradigm - ORDERED TICKET
Brian - Mr Gubby - ORDERED TICKET
Phil - kaiowas - ORDERED TICKET
Vix - Vix - ORDERED TICKET
Dave - Sams Friend - ORDERED TICKET
Tinkerbell - Jaime - ORDERED TICKET
AcidHell2 - Neil - ORDERED TICKET
Splitz + Emma - ORDERED TICKET
Scarfacé - ORDERED TICKET
thebrasso - ORDERED TICKET
Siliconslave - Sam - ORDERED TICKET
Goliath - ORDERED TICKET
Greg + Becca - ORDERED TICKET
NightSt@lk3r - ORDERED TICKET

Maybes:

Joe T - Joe
nicRob - Rob
TW FOX
thedazman67
coco
Malachy
GT3 - Paul
Ripz - Ben
NickXX
Malt_Vinegar
Ci_Newman
Quiggle




Friday 5th May: I will be getting to the camp site for around 2 like last year but people are obviously welcome to turn up when ever they please. Some people have work on the Friday so will have to get home, get showered and then travel. So in essence there’s no “real” start time as long as you get there sometime Friday night. We will then BBQ some food, get some music playing and get those beers flowing.

Saturday 6th May: Wake up get some sausages/bacon (or what ever takes your fancy) on the BBQ then head to Silverstone which is about a 5 minute drive. Last time we all piled in 2 cars (Thanks Chris and Brian) Im sure we will have a few new volunteers this time. Watch the day’s motorsport then head back to the campsite for a sit down, maybe a shower and a beer. Then I propose we head to the pub we visited last time. It was a small pub in the Silverstone which was bursting at the seams. Full of people from the British F3/GT Championships so a great atmosphere. The food was good and they served drinks way into the night. Back to the campsite to sleep off the beer / food and to get ready for another day of action packed motorsport.

Sunday 7th May: Wake up, get some sausages/bacon (or what ever takes your fancy) on the BBQ then head to Silverstone for the rest of the days racing. Now packing up wise you have a choice, you can either pack all your gear up the Sunday morning then drive over to Silverstone parking in there car park and then leaving straight after the event OR you can simply head back to the camping site after the motorsport to get everything packed away. We all seemed to pack up before we left for the racing on Sunday last time. I think the main reason for this was because it was getting dark early and no one fancied packing there crap away in the pitch black (remember it was mid October).

So as you can see it should be a pretty laid back weekend, be nice to see a few more of the hardcore OcUK motors members turning up this time yes some of us may be young but there’s no need to be scared of us promise we don’t bite do we now Brian ;)

If you fancy coming wack your name down and ill add you to the list. Thought I would post it up nice and early so everyone has plenty of notice so they can book time of work / sort it out with familys etc.


Sam
 
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For people who were thinking of coming last year but didn’t here are a few pictures

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Crowded around the fire on Saturday night

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Brian protecting his tent

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A picture of some of the cars

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The John Cooper Works Minis

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The GT Cars

Please excuse my photography skills, it was a poor camera honest guv ….
 
Lmfao ! 16 bottles of smirnoff ice and loads of vodka jelly later :\ Hate that picture :p

I wont be bringing that crap again this year, Heiniken Export *** :)

Sam
 
kaiowas said:
Did someone mention vodka jelly? :p

Seemed to have the desired effect last time so we might have to bring some again. ;)
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:eek: Just tell vix to go easyer on the vodka next time :p

1 part jelly 10 parts vodka :D
 
Ill prob buy a new tent for this :) Anyhow there will be plenty of space Will

Nice to see you can make it :)

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Sam
 
Bump :)

Come on guys get your names down , Tesla my tent is fine just a bit windy ;)

Sorts the men from the boys haha

Sam
 
Right Guys

Change of plan with the event details, dont worry the weekend is turning out to be evan BETTER :D. Ive been emailing a nice lady from silverstone trying to find out the plans and shes told me the timetable and details will be updated in the next few days.

The weekend is running 5th / 6th / 7th now so there might well be events on the friday which would meen we will have to get there earlier ( well you dont have too but thats an option ) Its called the "supercar 500" and on the 7th which is the sunday the FIA GT cars are going to be racing which is pretty sweet ( anyone play GTR ) Not sure on the rest of the weekend but as soon as i find out which will be in the next couple of days ill get it all posted.

Many Thanks folks

Sam
 
The silverstone ticket was £18 last year , the pub oviousley depends on how much you drink and eat. Food wise for the BBQ's what £15 / Beer for the camping - £20 errr and then food for the 2 days @ silverstones ( burger vans ROCK ) £20 / then your camping pitch which if you bring your own tent is £35 and then your fuel

Sooo £100 on a budget i spent around £150 i think

Sam
 
It should defentley be a good laugh , had such a crack last time and the roads around silverstone are great for hooning :D

Sam
 
I checked and it looks like there in the process of updating the silverstone website.

The event is called Supercar Showdown , sounds fantastic :D details should be up any time in the next week

Sam
 
Nooo joe you should stay over friday night so you get to have a few beers with us lads then travel back saturday evening ;)

Sam
 
-westy- said:
I'm going to try and get the friday afternoon/saturday day off work, chances are that I'd have to work friday morning and saturday night, so i'd come up for the friday afternoon/night and leave saturday afternoon.

My boss laughed when I asked for May Bank Holiday off :(
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Try your hardest to get it off ben , be good to see you there :)

Sam
 
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