2012---THE "BIG" Z Meet of the year-s

Silverstone sounds good --

Will there be facilities for camping and caravans?  At so many BMWCC events it seems to be assumed that everyone can either commute from home, or afford to stay in hotels.

At the odd event where camping has entered the minds of the organisers, they assume that we have no real standards, and direct us to awful places such as the back of the pub at Gaydon (no loos etc) or a terrible site across the M40 with very basic facilities.

Silverstone is a large place, with ample spaces, showers, and loos which could be used by campers - how about it?


Edited by Mike Fishwick - 31 Aug 2011 at 11:12am

I'd like to see some professional photography/video at the event. If a parade lap is involved then it would be great to get that captured from the edge of the circuit (rather than the inevitable home brew in-car stuff). I would expect that there would be demand from z owners for footage and/or pics for such a significant event.

I notice that there's a z3 roadster racing series this year details here.  If the series runs again next year then wouldn't it be great if they could hold a race during the zed meet.  Maybe it's a long shot but got to be worth considering.

The camping sounds good - about time a UKcircuit thought of this.

The Z3 race series looks interesting.  Pity BMW never thought of spopnsoring such a production-based race sereis when the Z3 was introduced, which would have avoided the usual cheap jibes from motoring hacks.

 has this been confirmed and have we got dates.... I was at the Silverstone classic on the BMWCC display.. a great weekend

Edited by muppet 2 - 19 Sep 2011 at 11:54am

muppet 2 wrote:  has this been confirmed and have we got dates.... I was at the Silverstone classic on the BMWCC display.. a great weekend As I say do we have dates yet so I can get booked up

Following the confirmation of the 2012 F1 calendar 10 days ago, the Classic website has now changed the "to be confirmed dates" from 27th to 29th July-- TO -- 20th to 22nd July.

This new date ensures the Classic is finished before the Olympics start on the 25th.

http://silverstoneclassic.com/event-guide/classic-car-clubs-2/

Hope this helps

John - we don't need a pukka campsite - look at the early Oktoberfests, where campers and caravanners were adequately catered for, using the normal loo and shower facilities - it was great.

In contrast, when we first went to Gaydon, I asked the Office about camping, and was told that there was a site at the Gaydon Pub- which turned out to be just a field, with a goat which wanted to either eat or mount my tent, depending on its mood!  There were no loos or showers.

What really rubbed it in was thast at Gaydon I found the Sealed Knot had been permited to camp inside - someone had obvioulsy taken the trouble to ask.  An example of the 'Who cares about campers' syndrome at work. The Gaydon pub was great - nice people and great food, but their field could not be considered as a campsite.

Anyway - all that should now be behind us, and with a real campsite at Gaydon a lot more people should find it possible to attend - maybe not in great numbers to start with, but as the world gets around it may take off. 

Well done to whoever took the trouble to ask!


Edited by Mike Fishwick - 20 Sep 2011 at 4:00pm

  Thank you for your reply John much appreciated.

 RonZ

 Early Z Classics---can only become youngtimers----as per many owners opinions.Plans ongoing and  a meeting Has taken place at the Stone to discuss activities--- 10 + months-and Counting---------

I know someone who does car event photography.

Phil Rosenbloom wrote: I know someone who does car event photography.   http://www.grand-prix-photography.co.uk/   Let me know if its of interest and I'll contact him.

Sounds promising Phil. Could you get in contact and find out what kind of service they could offer and if they're available please?

Just received an UPdate from Silverstone---for the Classic Event and OUR clubs 60th Birthday and Z celebrations to be held on the 20th-21st-22nd July .

Phil Rosenbloom wrote: So which day are we trying for the 500?