Donington Historic Festival 28/4 - 30/04 '17

[David S]

A lucky few managed to attend this Festival last year and I hope a few more members will take up the opportunity to attend this year.
   
   A quick summary of this Festival:
   Across 17 exhilarating races, the Donington Historic Festival will showcase some 400 world-class competition machines. Single-seaters, Le Mans prototypes, GT cars, sportscars and Touring Cars will converge on a circuit renowned for fantastic on-track action and superb spectator viewing.
   
   With close-fought racing every day, over 400 historic racing cars spanning seven decades, historic rally car and karting action and a ‘living motoring museum’ created by dozens of car clubs displays – plus a host of other attractions – exhilaration and entertainment is guaranteed, whether you buy a ticket for one, two or all three days! Friday is an action-packed qualifying day, where the drivers will be going all-out to put themselves on the front of the grid. Saturday and Sunday are all-race days, where the battles for the chequered flag will rage.
   On each day of the Festival gates open at 07.30am and the circuit activity starts at 9.10am, finishing at around 6.30pm.
   
   The code will appear in the March edition of ACtion but is also shown below:
   17ACOWNERS.
   
   The tickets are discounted on a 2 for 1 basis (children under 15 are free), all tickets need to be booked for parking on the club stand by 1700 hours on 23rd April. Prices are as follows:
   Ticket type Booking Fee
   £16 Friday single ticket +booking fee £0.80 (total £16.80)
   £21 Saturday or Sunday £1.05 (so total ticket cost £22.05)
   £30 Friday & Saturday 2-day ticket £1.50 (so total ticket cost £31.50)
   £34 Saturday + Sunday 2-day ticket £1.70 (so total ticket cost £35.70)
   £48 3-day weekend ticket £2.40 (so total ticket cost £50.40)
   The transaction fee is a one-off post and packaging cost for the total order, and that is the same whether a member is buying one pair of tickets or 25 pairs of tickets. The transaction fee is £1.95 per order for first class post and £6.40 for secure post. Your members will be able to choose their preferred method of postage at the checkout.
   
   I hope you find this Festival of interest and are willing to come along in your AC's, so that others have a chance to appreciate your cars (and of course you get to see some good racing and meet a few of the other ACOC members).
   
   Look forward to seeing you at the Festival

[Exowner]

What date is this event?

[David S]

The event will be held on 28 - 30 April

[David S]

Reminder that tickets for this event need to be booked by the latest Sunday 23rd April. The tickets are discounted on a 2 for 1 basis (children under 15 are free).
   Tickets are priced at:
   booking fee £0.80 (total £16.80)
   £21 Saturday or Sunday £1.05 (so total ticket cost £22.05)
   £30 Friday & Saturday 2-day ticket £1.50 (so total ticket cost £31.50)
   £34 Saturday + Sunday 2-day ticket £1.70 (so total ticket cost £35.70)
   £48 3-day weekend ticket £2.40 (so total ticket cost £50.40)

[David S]

Booking for this event ends this Sunday.
   Can those who have booked please let me know.
   Thanks

[Ace1104]

Dear All .
   I shall be attending this event on Saturday and Sunday and will be the ACOC presence on the infield club area. We are designated club stand No 1 which is to be found at the very left hand end of the club display parking area if you were looking out from the pits across the circuit on the Wheatcroft Straight. I will be in a blue Ace with a hardtop.
   Although I am not aware of others booking on the club pre booking offer there are lots of reasons to get out and about to Donnington this coming weekend :
   The forecast is OK
   Get that car on the road earlier rather than later - you know it makes sense.
   There is a really good selection of racing . For me the best events are early and late so I will have to get there early anyway
   I will have my new camping single ring stove at the ready to serve tea , coffee , cake - the sky's the limit on a single ring stove
   A chance to talk about AC's without your non car mad friend's eyes rolling upwards
   Even if your classic or modern is not quite ready for the road I understand there will be trade stands there who might just have that elusive part you need
   Finally , I recently had a long discussion with the technical director of a specialist oil company and he had shed some light on many aspects of the world of motor oil and what is appropriate for our cars. It is all a bit less of a mystery now so I will try to pass on the imparted knowledge to anyone with an interest
   
   So I hope to see a few members or indeed anyone interested in ACs who comes to chat over the weekend. I will not be at the allotted parking stand all of the time but will try to be there generally 11.45 - 2.30 . If you drop by and I am not around why not leave me a message with a note on the screen or call me on 07775 533411.
   
   Look forward to seeing you there

[Ace1104]

Further to my earlier posting re Donnington , can anyone supply me with the club logo in digital format ( Tiff , PDF , Illustrator ,Photoshop etc ) so that I can print a reasonable size title to put on the car/stand
   Thanks