McRae Gathering Participants Guide
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McRae Gathering Participants Guide
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This has lots of relevant stuff that you NEED to know about the day so please take time to read it.The Guide is produced in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format so most should be able to link to it.
EVENT ETIQUETTE
We believe that everyone who has committed to this event genuinely appreciates what Colin McRae achieved and will enter into the spirit of this tribute. You are going to be part of something VERY special – a totally unique event and one which will never happen again. We hope these rules are unnecessary, but we have to publish them anyway:
• The first one isn’t so much a rule as a request. We would ask that all cars taking part in the Sunday official convoy from Banbury to Warwick run with dipped headlights. Note, not just sidelights, and no full-on fog /driving lights, but with everyone on dipped headlights only. Apart from increasing safety by making our presence known to other drivers who might not be aware this event is taking place, it shows a unity – that we are all together for the same cause and it increases the impact of what we are doing and why we are doing it. Webmasters – please pass this request on to your various Members who are taking part.
• No car in the official convoys shall overtake the lead car. There is only one car permitted to overtake the convoy lead car and that is the clearly-marked Marshal who has to pull ahead to each joining point to collect those joining. That car shall then escort incoming cars into the convoy and then proceed to the front of the convoy again to pull off at the next joining point.
• Given the length of the convoy, lane discipline is vital. We must ensure we cause as little inconvenience to other road users as possible. If the left hand lane is clear then please return to it. Middle lane hogging will frustrate other drivers so please return as far left as you possibly can at all times. We know we are going to be monitored by police forces the entire length of the journey and we know there will be press photographers, television film crews and general well-wishers on motorway flyovers. Press interest in this event is massive - the eyes of the world WILL be upon us and you are ALL ambassadors for the McRae Gathering. Please bear that in mind.
• If you have to pull out of the official convoys for any reason, you should re-join at the end of the convoy. You should not exceed the speed limit to “catch-up” or to rejoin your original place. The Colin McRae philosophy of “If in doubt, flat out” does not apply to this event!
Some of the more important timings :-
The Prodrive facilities @ Banbury will be open from 10am. Marshals will be on-site from 8am. Please do not arrive before 8am, but also do not all arrive at 10am! Plan on arriving some time in-between so everybody isn’t descending at once.
The convoy will depart Banbury at 12:00 sharp. Please be back at your cars and ready to leave no later than 11:45.
On arrival at the Prodrive Warwick facility you will be directed immediately on to the test track. Please turn left only on the test track and follow the track around until you are put into a holding position in preparation to make the Colin McRae tribute sign.
NOTE that once your car is in position you will NOT be allowed to leave early. You must remain until the world record convoy has taken place and leave with the main body of cars as it will be impossible to split out individual cars from so many. You should therefore not plan on leaving Warwick until at least 5pm.
The Auction will take place at approximately 3pm along with the raffle draw.
At 4pm everyone should return to their cars within the sign ready for the parade and to leave the circuit. All the cars will then proceed in a parade around the test track. In order to set a new world record for the largest parade, the cars must cover a distance of at least two miles while being no more than two car lengths apart. We will start the parade by peeling cars off from the McRae sign in single stream. The cars will be led by Colin McRae’s 1996 Impreza rally car. The parade will then travel two laps of the circuit before the exit at a speed of no more than 20 mph to ensure that the parade remains continuous.
Please don't ask questions on here this is just a brief summary of some of the guide. Click the link & read the full guide it's all in there somewhere.
Mark
This has lots of relevant stuff that you NEED to know about the day so please take time to read it.The Guide is produced in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format so most should be able to link to it.
EVENT ETIQUETTE
We believe that everyone who has committed to this event genuinely appreciates what Colin McRae achieved and will enter into the spirit of this tribute. You are going to be part of something VERY special – a totally unique event and one which will never happen again. We hope these rules are unnecessary, but we have to publish them anyway:
• The first one isn’t so much a rule as a request. We would ask that all cars taking part in the Sunday official convoy from Banbury to Warwick run with dipped headlights. Note, not just sidelights, and no full-on fog /driving lights, but with everyone on dipped headlights only. Apart from increasing safety by making our presence known to other drivers who might not be aware this event is taking place, it shows a unity – that we are all together for the same cause and it increases the impact of what we are doing and why we are doing it. Webmasters – please pass this request on to your various Members who are taking part.
• No car in the official convoys shall overtake the lead car. There is only one car permitted to overtake the convoy lead car and that is the clearly-marked Marshal who has to pull ahead to each joining point to collect those joining. That car shall then escort incoming cars into the convoy and then proceed to the front of the convoy again to pull off at the next joining point.
• Given the length of the convoy, lane discipline is vital. We must ensure we cause as little inconvenience to other road users as possible. If the left hand lane is clear then please return to it. Middle lane hogging will frustrate other drivers so please return as far left as you possibly can at all times. We know we are going to be monitored by police forces the entire length of the journey and we know there will be press photographers, television film crews and general well-wishers on motorway flyovers. Press interest in this event is massive - the eyes of the world WILL be upon us and you are ALL ambassadors for the McRae Gathering. Please bear that in mind.
• If you have to pull out of the official convoys for any reason, you should re-join at the end of the convoy. You should not exceed the speed limit to “catch-up” or to rejoin your original place. The Colin McRae philosophy of “If in doubt, flat out” does not apply to this event!
Some of the more important timings :-
The Prodrive facilities @ Banbury will be open from 10am. Marshals will be on-site from 8am. Please do not arrive before 8am, but also do not all arrive at 10am! Plan on arriving some time in-between so everybody isn’t descending at once.
The convoy will depart Banbury at 12:00 sharp. Please be back at your cars and ready to leave no later than 11:45.
On arrival at the Prodrive Warwick facility you will be directed immediately on to the test track. Please turn left only on the test track and follow the track around until you are put into a holding position in preparation to make the Colin McRae tribute sign.
NOTE that once your car is in position you will NOT be allowed to leave early. You must remain until the world record convoy has taken place and leave with the main body of cars as it will be impossible to split out individual cars from so many. You should therefore not plan on leaving Warwick until at least 5pm.
The Auction will take place at approximately 3pm along with the raffle draw.
At 4pm everyone should return to their cars within the sign ready for the parade and to leave the circuit. All the cars will then proceed in a parade around the test track. In order to set a new world record for the largest parade, the cars must cover a distance of at least two miles while being no more than two car lengths apart. We will start the parade by peeling cars off from the McRae sign in single stream. The cars will be led by Colin McRae’s 1996 Impreza rally car. The parade will then travel two laps of the circuit before the exit at a speed of no more than 20 mph to ensure that the parade remains continuous.
Please don't ask questions on here this is just a brief summary of some of the guide. Click the link & read the full guide it's all in there somewhere.
Mark
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