essexgt421

Back for the first time in 2012 we present another London Tunnel Run, hosted by MissBanzai.com inviting all Japanese car owners!

Please read the details below and follow the donation instructions.

*** Note this is for Japanese cars only - no exceptions.. Non Jap cars will be refused entry ***
The run will kick offat Arena Essex (RM19 1AE) on Saturday 10th March from 8.30pm. There is a £2 per person entry fee on the gate to cover venue hire and admin charges.
Maps will be handed out on arrival to those who have pre-paid through JustGiving.
There will be no entry to the site after 10.15pm so please arrive on time!
Last map hand out/registration will be 10:35pm
This will give you plenty of time to meet your friends, have look around your fellow runners cars and have something to eat and drink.

Please register your attendance by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/MissBanzai2012 and donating your £8.00 entry fee.
Or you can now donate via text, this will cost £10 for your entry fee (but it is nice and easy)
Please a text “BANZ69 £10” to 70070
If you send your donation via text you MUST complete the gift aid form and write in the comments your forum and user name. If you do not do this we will have no way of tracking your donation and you will have to donate again on the night.
When donating via the web page please put user name & club in the comments – nothing else.

When donating via text please complete the gift aid form putting your user name and club in the comments box. Donations made via the Just Giving site or text will go direct to the nominated charity, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Charitable Fund. This is MissBanzai's 8th tunnel run and we decided that this would be our chosen charity for this event.

Sadly one of the heads of the MissBanzai team lost her mother last year to Pulmonary Fibrosis. Her mother was treated at this hospital. The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust is also the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the , treating patients from across the country. Money raised through the Charity sponsors pioneering research which helps to understand the causes of these diseases and develop new treatments.

Simple Rules
-Please arrive at the arena no earlier than 8.30pm. PLEASE NOTE you should use the go kart track entrance to the arena.
There will be a £2 per person cash charge entry fee on the gate to cover the arena hire costs and administration.
-When donating online in the comments please put your club name & forum user name - nothing else, or on the gift aid comments box if donating via text. This list will be used to hand out the route maps of the run on the night, so if your names not down you’re not coming in!
-There *may* be a limited number of maps on the night this is NOT guaranteed, so please donate before you come.

-Payments for maps can only be taken up to 13:00 on 10th March 2012 on the Just Giving site or via text. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AFTER THIS TIME or you will not be included on the list of maps for us to allocate on the night!
If you do not pay you are not guaranteed a map.

-Entry is £8 for a map (prepay on Just Giving), £10 via text and £2 per person in cash on the gate to the arena on the night to cover the arena costs and administration.

-This event is for Japanese cars only... nothing else! There will be marshals on the gate.

-Please remember to drive responsibly - anyone not doing so will be asked to leave the site.

-You will need to bring sat nav / London A-Z for when you get lost. A passenger / map reader is also essential!


Torque GT (http://www.torque-gt.co.uk), Modified Live (http://www.modifiedlive.co.uk), Detailing Jem (http://www.detailingjem.co.uk) and other companies will be awarding prizes on the night for the best turned out cars of the evening. The prizes could be awarded to any Jap cars from Civics to Skylines... so get polishing!!!
Prizes categories include
Best car of the night
Best Modified car
Cleanest car
Rocking rims
Spirit of The Tunnel Run (This goes out to the team that has taken tunnel running to a whole new level, team dress up etc...)
And many others…
Prizes to be confirmed.

Monster Energy will be coming along to hand out drinks and goodies.

Hope to see you there!

Any questions please drop a mail to missbanzai@googlemail.com or post your questions here! We had approx 450 cars from various different Jap car clubs along last time, and have raised over £15,000 online for various charities to date, so make sure you come along and be part of it this and help raise some cash for a very worthy cause!!

*Please note MissBanzai.com will not be held responsible for anyone driving dangerously or misbehaving at the Arena Essex, please make this a fun and safe event. When driving on public roads please abide by the rules of the road at all times. We want to be able to run this event for many years in the future, please don’t ruin it for your fellow tunnel runners by driving dangerously or breaking the law*

Sponsored by
http://www.aplan.co.uk
&
http://www.meisterr.com

essexgt421

come on guys surely some of you are game for this

Essexdon

Does anyone go to these from the ESC? Dont get me wrong I enjoy the southend monthly cruise but when ever I go to many people sit in their cars and bring theirs kids!? Whats all ths about lol.

Might be game for this if a few members are interested?

xkellyx

I have been to all of these they are alot of fun

Martin 2010

iTrader: (9)

ill most likely come if i get my new scoob next weekend.

Gavtheripper

I'm working til 8 so may potentially be in attendance...as it is for a good cause!

Martin 2010

iTrader: (9)

got my scoob so i should be there

Ulti..

Might be up for this too mate..

jason73

Some of us from Kent scoobies are meeting up to go there in convoy

essexgt421

4 days to go, please make sure you make your donation on the just giving site if you wish to take part.

By the way, from previous experience (not to say its you guys, I'm posting this on all the forums I'm posting on) we always get a few that turn up but make no donation and just tag along, as this is a charity event (and cheaper than a lot of static events) we feel this is quite unfair to see people take advantage this way. This is why, if we see anyone who is just tagging along this time, we will take down numberplates and name and shame them. We feel this would be particularly effective this time due to the amount of coverage we are getting now. So please guys and girls, make the donation and don't be a douche and just tag along!

Thanks!

AWG

iTrader: (6)

Right i'm in, just donated, hope to see the ESC'ers at Arena Essex Saturday

essexgt421

well done chap look forward to seeing u there

ok please post this on all forums you have posted to about the tunnel run...

Its groups like this that often have us asking ourselves why we bother to organise tunnel runs…

https://www.facebook.com/events/310247722367020/

People that don’t want to put their hands in their pockets and donate a small amount to charity, whilst having fun.

Comments like…

Ben Bumpin Buckley why arnt you going into essex arena?
Kim Ling whats that mean?
Ben Bumpin Buckley everyone is leaving from the arena so wondered why people meeting in the services?
Chien Ling last year it took over an hour and a half to get out of the arena... 400+ cars through one gate... meeting at services seems the logical alternative...
Ben Bumpin Buckley yes you do have a very good valid point there took us ages to get out

And…

Ben Bumpin Buckley Haha wicked stuff. What time you arriving ?
Chien Ling About 11pm...
Ben Bumpin Buckley Arena leaving at 1045 ain't they?
Chien Ling Not all 400+ cars will be able to leave at the same time so they will probs start leaving for the A13 between half 10 to midnight... if we leave for the route at half 11, there will be plenty of action... )

Every year we have the same people tagging along and not donating.
We know that they are public roads and everyone is intitalled to drive on them,
But we have had people in the past that are just out to cause trouble for everyone else, driving dangerously etc.. its people like these that give good people who want to do something for fun and raise money in the process a bad name.

This year as well as chalking numbers on the cars we will also be putting a unique symbol on each window. If you see a car on the route without these markings, please take down the details and name and shame.

It takes a lot of time, effort and money to arrange these events, and we hope that all the people that donate and enjoy the event think it is worth while.
So please help us keep these events worth doing, and stop people like this spoiling our fun.
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AWG

iTrader: (6)

Well named and shamed! Its a tenner for a great night and an even better cause, some people are so tight!

I am meeting some other (paying) drivers at the services so don't mistake us for the above and egg our cars!

Gavtheripper

Donated, I am definitely going. Who else can confirm their attendance? I've not met anyone from here so who am I looking out for? I will be in my black jdm classic on legacy rims and a massive crack in the front bumper. Come say hello!

scoobyrat

am there, donated last night, convoyin it from jarman park in hemelhempstead with west herts customs
anyone going from around dunstable, bedford, miltonkynes??

AWG

iTrader: (6)

If anyone wants to meet at Thurrock Services i'll be there, will be good to meet some new faces

xkellyx

Gutted to miss this, dont think ive ever missed a tunnel run but my gearbox really isnt up to the abuse lol

#68 rb5

iTrader: (1)

Donated, see you all there.

gooner 1

iTrader: (11)

I'll be leaving from Basildon anyone els

Mick160802

Can we donate on the gate, does anyone now as we have no intention of just tagging along without paying. As a member of esc I too would find this a discusting thing to do

L.J.F

iTrader: (31)

I will pop down to the Thurrock services for a bit along with Subeyman but shall give the tunnel run a miss

mad1

bit late but donated see u there

mad1

where u meeting and wot time m8 any one else dartford way !

Essexdon

Would have been up for this but had to dash off to cambridge, . On way back thou seen loads of nice motors, should be a good night.

Martin 2010

iTrader: (9)

So who's down here then ppl?

wongy

How was it guys ?

#68 rb5

iTrader: (1)

Awesome night. Almost impossible to get lost, so many hap cars. Must of been near in 500 jap cars all over the place doing the run so if you lost one group there was always another to tag along with. Best night in a long time.

Mick160802

You must of had a better experience then us mate ( we jeolouse ) we were in our mainly 3 car convoy all night and nobody seemed to stick to the map so afraid to say we abandoned the run not even half way round at 02.00 this morning ( glad they raised loads for charity though ) but this had nothing on esc tunnel run last October so can't wait until this years but sadly miss banzai never again will I waste my fuel on you ( and you bloody graffitied my car with you wax sticks )

#68 rb5

iTrader: (1)

I do see what you was saying. Don't think we was doing the proper route ourselves but still managed most tunnels apart from the last couple, managed it by tagging into the **** end of different convoys. Which did mean the odd u turn. We left around 3am not finishing. When and what is the esc tunnel run all about then?

Gavtheripper

We abandoned the run at 0200 coz we got a little lost and my cel came on (again). We got to tunnel 6 on the list so 3/4 of the way through. Queued for ages at Westminster bridge but it was all jap so looked pretty cool. I had fun.