AIR good news!

[Nightcrawler]

Just got a reply from AIR re Saturday night:

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----- Original Message -----

From: Adelaide International Raceway

To: Andrew

Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:34 PM

Subject: Re: Street meet 5th April 2003

Andrew,

I agree it was a shambles Saturday night - the number of vehicles was more than what is normal (both with Comp and Street cars), but it is not a case of the facility not being able to cope - we have twice that number at Comp Meets. The problem is that we have absolutely no idea of how many cars are going to turn up to Street Meets, where we do with Comp Meets and that way we are prepared.

To ensure this will not occur again we are changing our next Street Meet to Sunday 4th May whereby we will open the gates at 9.00am and start racing at 10.00am. This way if a large number of vehicles turn up we can run all day - and even all night if need be! Everyone will get the amount of runs that they are happy with! I hope that this solution meets with your approval and you will continue to frequent the Street Meets and get some real runs in.

Regards

Anna Micheel

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So it looks like we get a whole day AND night of racing for $50. It will be interesting to see how many people turn up for the next one!

Also I have the videos of 2 of my runs, and more importantly of John's Aus record run at My Yahoo Briefcase .... will upload more soon

[TIMMMAYYY]

You're brief case rocks!

Running during the day time would make some sense. Whatsisname only got one run and he buggered it up! Bit unfair really.

[whatsisname]

Oi! Who said you could use my sig' stat's format Andy?

I DIDN'T BUGGER IT UP! well ok just a little bit of it was my fault

[Nightcrawler]

hehe Matt you noticed .... it looks good to I STOLE it, so there

Funny you guys should talk about 'buggering it up' - here is an excerpt from the email I sent to AIR yesterday:

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As I'm sure you can understand that I am unhappy at paying $50 to wait around all night and only have a couple of runs. Most of the Skylines Australia group were there and feel the same - we went out for a night of fun and had a miserable night. One of the Skylines waited over 2 hours for scrutineering (due to the drag line blocking entry to the scrutineering area - before they widened it to 4 lanes after complaints) and he only got 1 run (which he messed up anyhow). Needless to say he is VERY upset with the system!!!!

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[whatsisname]

I spoke on the phone to Anna Micheel earlier today. She was very understanding & helpful about the whole situation Needless to say I'm in for free next meet.

I also chatted with her about future events & running fortnightly s/meets come next summer! We quickly touched on our private meet as well, specifically the spectators issue. I'll update further within the drag day thread.

[MattR]

Well I havent got a reply from the Email I sent yet?? I wonder how many they got. Running all day sounds good, that way you can have a few runs when you want and still get a chance to have a look at others run.

[MattR]

I gave up and rang AIR 2day, they said they sent me an Email but I didnt get it. After about 10minutes on the phone they finnaly gave in and gave me free entry to the event aswell. Its amazing what can happen when a few people voice there opinions on a certain matter. in the end we all win.

[Nightcrawler]

I didn't get offered a free pass .... I am gonna email them back and get them to rectify this!!!

[MattR]

They told me that they were only giving free passes to people who only got 1run. I had a small winge and said it was still not good enough wait for that long for 3runs. You may want to try the same thing.