Hi All

Thank you to everyone who has offered their support so far.

THE ATTEMPT HAPPENS THIS SUNDAY!!!

We still need MUCH more in the way of pledges for the charity fund.

We are going to arrange a whole host of different ways to pay (IF / WHEN) we set the record, so it will be easy peasy (including online payments (although this will probably mean a charge), cheques, post office, etc).

Please go here to officially pledge your cash to support us (even if you have already stated a pledge by email or on the last thread)

 

PS. there is some more info on that page also, so take a look even if you don't plan to pledge.

 

hi simon,

what charity(s) does this go to?

cheers,
greg

 

Apologies...

at present we are purely saying "childrens charities", but we intend to put the decision of which charities to the vote of all the people that give.

I'll add that to the info page.

Cheers

Simon

 

Simon

I've missed the thread that says where the record attempt is being held.

Jason

 

Pledge made.

Best of luck Simon, hope it all goes well, 15 minutes is one hell of a powerslide!!!

 

oops.. sorry I'll include that also..

the attemp is taking place at the MIRA proving ground.

all the best

Simon

 

Thank you very much for the 10 people who have spledged so far

I'm sure we can do better than that though!!!

COME ON GUYS!!! every penny goes to charity.. and you get to vote on which charity..

and you'll be supporting scoobynet and our community by showing what we can achieve.

Sorry to sound like a muppet, but if we all only gave a tenner each we would be able to hand over a stunning cheque to a deserving charity.

This is a real opportunity to raise a hill of cash for people who need it more than us, so let's make use of it!

All the best

Simon

 

How long do you think you can keep it going? When you first had this idea there was talk of toilet breaks, so I got the impression it was going to be several hours.

Is 15 minutes the current record, or just something the Guinness people have come up with as a reasonable starter for 10?

Do you get more than one attempt? Is there going to be a report available on Scoobynews II?

 

Oh well my bank manager wont like me very much but will shove 50 quid on there....... doh!! skint again!
wheres me halifax book now lol!
Take it the cheque is made payable to scoobynet then Simon?

Tony

 

Hi Carl

some good questions...

ok..

Unfortunately it turned out that fuel is going to last WAY less than we expected. In testing we calculated that an hour and a half is about the most we can hope for.

In addition to this, it is a tremendously challenging task, so there is every chance that we won't do it (although I wouldn't be here making the attempt unless I was completely confident).

15 minutes is the minimum Guinness world records require to classify it as a record.

We basically have the day there, so if we don't manage it on the first attempt we can try again. But after that, we will have outstayed our welcome at MIRA so that's it!

Now that we have a date and ScoobyNews 1 is not out, we are hanging on to include this report in ScoobyNews 1.

There will also be a cut down version of the events available on scoobynet, and (by the looks of it) many of the major motoring publications, and possibly top gear and / or driven.

We will also be running live commentry onto a special thread on scoobynet here on sunday so you will be able to track our progress and also send encouragement and questions back to us on event.

All the best

Simon

 

Tony, you're a star!!!

I hope you won't mind me telling everyone that this brings the total of pledges towards various things on scoobynet that you have made to over £500!!!!

well done mate

 

disco..

sorry I missed your post..

thank you for the pledge and the luck

 

Another one for the cause - come on, everyone should support this!

Doctor's notes/letters from mother accepted providing they're genuine

 

Pledged.

Good luck Simon....

fingers and wheels crossed.

 

have u let the BBC TV programe know.. the one that covers guiness records.... ian wright was the presentor for a while i think...

 

I'll pledge another fiver if you can promise Ian Wright doesn't have anything to do with this!
Anyway I'm pledged up.
Can I have a 'I helped push SDB around for the kiddies' badge?
Chuck

 

LOL!

That's more like it...

we're up to £620 from 24 people now..

still MILES away from what we're capable of though...

keep it coming chaps

Thank you so much for the support and encouragement, I need all I can get!

 

Pledged.
Martin

 

>>a 'I helped push SDB around for the kiddies'

Hmmm Chuck, that can be read in various ways ...

 

Simon,

As promised a couple of months ago...I have added our pledge...

Good luck and all the best

Tom and all the staff at Schofields

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by chuckdog:
<B>I'll pledge another fiver if you can promise Ian Wright doesn't have anything to do with this! [/quote]

To annoy Chuck, I'll pledge another £20 if Ian Wright is there!!

Andy

PS - I hate football, but I love to annoy Chuck!!!

 

OK... update...

I've uncluded the pledges from prior to today, and we now have the following as of 17:30 today...

61 people (or companies) giving a total of ..

<B>£ 2,705</B>

A big thank you to everyone who has given so far, and HUGE thanks to (and I hope they won't mind me saying) ..

<B>adyhicut
p1media
chuckster
rsquire
gis-a-job
jamesa
schofield insurance</B>

For their extremely generious donations,

and ESPECIALLY to
<B>Theo (EvilBevel)
Compaq</B>

for their EXTRA extrememly generous donations,

and HUGE EXTRA SPECIAL thanks to
<B>ScoobySport</B>

For the most generous individual pledge so far!!

WELL DONE everyone so far!!

COME ON YOU LOT!!! keep it going

All the best

Simon

[This message has been edited by webmaster (edited 24 July 2001).]

 

Remember also..

If your company wants to pledge more than £200 to the charity fund they can have their logo on the car and a large glossy picture of the car after the event.

(obviously, the largest donation secures the largest area on the car )

Best regards

Simon

 

Added as previously promised

Any reason the first photo is of the wet handling circuit? I had thought sideways around the circle was bad enough, but around a whole track

 

lol

well spotted..

it was simply that we couldn't get enough height to get a shot of the circles that clearly showed the car sideways, so I thought I'd include that so it was clear what was going on

cheers

Simon

 

Simon....double ours ....and lets get the name on the car!!!

Do I need to amend the pledge screen or can you do it???

Tom

 

Rum.. you're a complete legend, well done mate.

would you mind doing an addition pledge? (I don't want much do I!!!)

Well done mate, extra special thanks to Schofield Insurance

Simon

 

Done...

 

I'm in.

Good stuff from Rum, ScoobySport and the rest.

Ronnie was trying to drum up some interest on the Evo board as well.

Come on folks!

ChrisB.