Where are you going in the year 2000?

With the season starting soon people are probably thinking about booking those trips abroad to see F1 or other series

With a global presence on the board how about people telling us where they are going (or hoping to go) in the year 2000.....

We must have someone going to virtually every round of F1 this year I reckon.

I would start you all of by saying what I was doing but I've booked up nothing yet as my life is a bit up in the air due to looking for a new job.

Still over to you folks...

Definitely:
Every race meeting at Lakeside and Queensland Raceway and the F1GP at Albert Park in Melbourne.

Maybe:
Super Touring Bathurst (only if Club Cars and Historic Touring Cars are on), Touring Car meetings at Eastern Creek and Oran Park.

Sports Cars: Le Mans (already got the tickets request in) plus I hope one lap of Spa with Gerard.

BTCC: Snetterton in July (getting tickets next month) and Silverstone in September.

CART: Molson Indy Toronto in July.

In between I will be spending weekends at Mosport Park learning race prep!

ROLL ON THE NEW SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me see...

F1 at Albert Park, booked and allowed by my new job too :)
ChampCars at Surfers
Probably practice for the V8s at Eastern Creek and Oran Park
Not sure about Super Tourers without Volvo, but I'll probably go to at least one of the Oran Park rounds but really doubtful on Bathurst
Hopefully Rally Australia again this year too.
And then there might be a few club meetings, such as the 6 hour at Eastern Creek.

British GP, my first ever!!!!!
And every Castle Combe meeting.

That I know of so far, British GP, far too many BTCC meetings, F3 from Donington and Silverstone and hopefully I might get the the Goodwood Festival of Speed again this year - just haven't worked out how I'm going to afford all of this yet ;)

So far so good on the races I hoped to attend this year. I have been to the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals just a few weeks ago. I also plan to attend the September round of the ALMS at Dallas and am planning my first F1 race at Indianapolis for this year.

I'd love to make Goodwood in September. If I can fit it in.

Liz,

Physiologically speaking Goodwood is very large. ;)

This year I`m at most of the Snetterton meetings plus ALMS at Silverstone,BTCC somewhere and Le mans if i can get off work(I feel a sicky coming on)

First date of the year:

Silverstone end of February. VSCC Pomeroy Trophy.

We historics nuts are a hardy bunch. Hark at all those people complaining at a GP in chilly April. Oh to be in Silverstone in the wintertime.

What else? American Le Mans and the EUROC roadsters if they manage to sort out dates, anything BOSS, VSCC, CSCC, HSCC that I can get to from Donington to Castle Combe.

MG, Aston Martin and BENTLEY club race days.

Coys Festival and Goodwood naturally.

Liz, try to get there. You will truly love it. But do try to find some 1950s styles if you want a fighting chance of getting into the paddock.

[This message has been edited by TimD (edited 22 January 2000).]

TimD, I will have something made to measure if I go - I have some good pictures of family members from that era, to go by. I am especially looking for the right hat. And praying it does not rain.



[This message has been edited by Liz (edited 24 January 2000).]

WOW all these people with time and money!
Two things I would like.

I will go to the Saturday or Friday of the Canadian GP. But, I will probably watch the race on TV.

I will also go to Molson Indy Toronto, as I always do.

Jay,

Time? Well, I've plotted as many of my Sundays this summer as possible at trackside. What else is there to do on a Sunday? Mow the lawn, walk the dog, watch Bernie's circus...

I like long grass, I don't have a dog, and the VCR can watch the race for me...

Money? Well, I'll concede that Coys and Goodwood are B. expensive, but entrance at any of the other meetings is the cost of a round of drinks at the bar on Friday Night.

Okay, so petrol costs for getting there are a bit fierce, but I've got a subcompact car for that.

I'm in no way a rich man, but as habits go, club motor sport is a pretty cheap fix.

Ok, I was just venting my frustration of not being able to go to the Canadian GP for the full three days despite the fact that I live within 2 hours of Montreal. I have 2 exams to write around then.

As for money, I live in Canada, so there is a plane and hotel on top of GP tickets.

I will be going to the Donnington BTCC rounds,BTCC Brands Hatch(august),BTCC Silverstone(september)Some F3 and Eurocars
and at the moment TT practice and race week.

Money is a ***** but I either grab a seat with my old man or go with a mate on his bike and share fuel costs (bikes are so much cheeper)

im off to BTCC:
9th apr Brands GP
24th Donington
1st may Thruxton
14th Knockhill
29th Oulton
11 jun Silverstone
25 Croft
9 jul Snetterton
30 Donington
28 aug Brands Indy
10 sep Oulton
17 Silverstone

plus any European FFord or F3 rounds I get the opportunity to go to

This year I will be going to:

Silverstone GP qualifying (again) with the pit-babe Vicky

Austrian GP (whole lot) with Vicky and the Tourist.

YAY!

ROSS!!!!!! where the he l l have u been?

I've had a couple of requests to put the whole lot together (like the 'Which GP's have you been to' thread) so here goes:

Our members hope to attend the following in 2000 -

FORMULA 1:
British GP -
Andy H, Lee Purnell, Carrie, KC, Fatbloke, Minardi Fan, Tourist, Vicky.

Australian GP -
David Patterson, Elephino

Canadian GP -
Jay, EERO

US GP -
KC

Austrian GP -
Minardi Fan, Tourist, Vicky.

Spanish GP -
Jarama

French GP -
Jarama


CART:
Toronto -
Liz, Jay.

Surfers Paradise -
Elephino, Crash Test

Laguna Seca -
Hoss

Fontana -
Hoss


NASCAR:
Sears Point -
Hoss


LE MANS:
Liz, Fatbloke (and many more see Le Mans thread)


WORLD RALLY:
Catalunya -
Jarama

ALMS:
Dallas-
KC

Silverstone -
Judge, Tim D, Fatbloke

Let me know if you have anything to add/delete from our list.



[This message has been edited by Andy H (edited 20 March 2000).]

OH, ok my turn. Every single thing that is going to be run in Queensland...(yay) including Surfers Champ Car, and depending if any of my mates are racing, Bathurst and the Adelaide Sports car race (i think it would beat the V8's any day....

I should make it to the races below

SCORE:
Laughlin Desert Challenge (allready went)
Baja 2000

CART:
Laguna Seca
Fontana

NASCAR:
Sears Point

Hoss
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Now, it's my turn:

I'll be in a mere two weeks following the Rally Espaņa/Catalunya.

Then, the Gran Premio de Espaņa, at the Circuit de Catalunya, F stand -please, let me know if someone is hoping to be there, I'll be pleased to meet you and grab a beer.

Hopefully, the Grand Prix de France and the Thousand Lakes Rally.

Just found this topic whilst searching through to see what races i'd been to in 2000 - thought it might be fun to resurrect it.

So, who got to go to the meetings they planned, and if not, why not ?! :)

Looks like I got to most of the races I intended (hey, I even made it to Brands:)) and some I hadn't considered, like the ALMS. Didn't make it to Goodwood though - kind of had a takeover to worry about at work then. Next year...
Next question, how many people got to meet up with other ten-tenths regulars for the first time?

Reckon that deserves a new topic, Carrie, are you gonna post it, or am I ? :)

I'll do it:)

I got to everything but Goodwood, and that was because my Dad was not well. :( I am hoping to do that in 2001.

Other races for 2001:

Montreal GP (already booked)
Le Mans (got the ticket request in)
Molson Indy Toronto (guests invited and planning underway)
ALMS Mosport
ELMS Tremblant
Goodwood
Rockingham (CART)

I'd like to make that ALMS race in Britain in April if it runs, but that is when our season usually starts and it depends on if we move up to Formula Fords next year as to how much time I'll have in the early going.

Hope to meet up with lots of y'all next year wherever I go.