BIG THANKYOU TO PRODRIVE (Richard Burns Relay)
 

Prodrive gets a real big :thumb: up me for the hopitality shown all of us doing the realy Today.

They opened up their workshops and museum. They even put on some hot drinks and Food but saddly the amount that turned up overwhelm the catering.

Callum was offered a passsenger ride RB's WRC safari car but auctioned for a RB donation, £280 IIRC. Prodrive still gave Callum his go which was a very nice touch :D

Richards Dad, Alex Burns was there and drove Richards old Group N Legacy. He had a chat to nearly everyone :rolleyes: and spent the whole day smiling. what a nice chap :D

This picture really summed the day up,

Tony

Sounded great :thumb:

Any pictures ?

Nik

Nik
Only have a few

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Quality :D

What a cracking day :D I'd also like to thank Prodrive for their hospitality, it was amazing what they'd done and they didn't even charge for the drinks :)

My photos are here by the way http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513342

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I was at Prodrive early ;) so managed to chat to Alex for quite a while. What a nice guy :D He was telling me when Richard was a Lad, he used to race his cars around castle Coombe .

Tony

This is the kind of 'Thank You' post I love .... seems highly deserved!! :thumb:

Pete

Thanks Prodrive :thumb:

Richard's dad looked like he was really enjoying himself, must of made him very proud.

Allan

I wish i could have gone.
Do prodrive offer tours to the general public?
Nik

Yes they do, i was lucky to attend one of their tours last week:)
You need to contact prodrive for a slot but dont expect one stright away i think the waiting time is well over six months , but its well worth it:cool:

Cheers! I will drop them a line.

A thumbs up from Pete :cool: LOL

Allan,
Yes he was and had a smile on his face all day :D I don't reckon he'd hang around driving a car either ;)

Tony

:thumb: My point being that this is sooooooo much better than those arse-licking threads thanking some company/person for doing something they were paid to do!! :D

So, again, :thumb:

Pete

He did look like he was enjoying himself which is why I took the photos of him. What a nice guy too :)

great pics paul. must be very hard for him to smile but with great support from everyone there it must take the edge of the pain

big well done to everyone there for making a proud farther even prouder.

mark

all photos on the Was It You Thread.

Top day and top hospitality

:thumb: as said above..... amazing seeing the cars keep appearing AFTER prodrive Carparks were full.......

Yes it was a sight to behold :cool:

Tony

Tony shame I missed it :(

R

Thanks from us to Prodrive for their hospitality.The slide show in the museum was very touching.

A video of the journey from Essex to Prodrive can be found here :-

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/newreply....te=1&p=5767995

The sound track of Richard's 2000 Safari rally winning car is awesome & worth the long download time.

A few of my pics :-

What a great day & one that will never be forgotten.

Jess got to chat to Richard's dad & he wrote a note of thanks in her diary that we will treasure.

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Mark ;)

3 cheers to Prodrive! thank you thank you thank you. What a great place and what a great bunch for pulling out the stops to make sure we were fed and watered and enjoyed ourselves. :)

:cry: Wish i could have gone.My 'Blobeye' was one of the developement cars used at Prodrive for the MY03 PPP.Looks like everyone had a great day!:notworthy

i'll second that - great couple of hours and you get to seen some awesome kit. Also well done for all those involved in the RB run - some really good pics and film footage going round

Realy was a great day & one to remember. Prodrive did Richard's memory proud with their slide show, their welcoming attitude & generosity.

Must not also forget all the effort that went into organising the memorial run itself. A fitting tribute.

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Pictures from Prodrive & tours
 

Firstly thanks to everyone who came - Everyone here was amazed by the number of cars that turned up. Clearly shows what high regard you all hold Richard in. Apologies the food and drink ran out - we really were not expecting that many.

I have posted some high resolution images from Saturday on www.prodrive.com - you will see the link on the home page. Anyone is free to download these. If anyone has any other suitable images they would like me to post from the day, please email them to me bsayer@prodrive.com. I can't guarantee to put them all up.

Regarding tours - we are planning to add some extra tours this year as the demand has been so great. We charge £20 per person and all the money goes to charity. This year it is the Oxford Children's Hospital. We limit the numbers to 15 for each tour which are generally held at 5pm.

If you would like to register your interest, please email: mengland@prodrive.com.

Once again thanks for the incredible turnout. I am sure that everyone who took part in the memorial rally will never forget it. And, of course, a big thank you to Callum and everyone else involved in the organisation - hope you all made it to JOG!.

Ben

Cheers Ben

Thanks for taking the time to come on here and post Ben. I was staggered by what Prodrive had laid on the other day and I couldn't believe that you'd laid the food and drinks on for free too.

Thanks for hosting your images on the website :)

Cheers Ben, as above we were all surprised by what you did, fantastic :thumb:

I have a nice pic of Richard's dad, I'll email it to you.

Allan

:thumb: that one DEFO deserves to be put up........ :notworthy

Ben,

It really was our pleasure.

Also pass on our thanks to all the Prodrive Staff that worked tirelessly Saturday, they did wonders considering the amount of people that arrived :cool:

Even the Receptionist (sorry if you have a bigger title) :rolleyes: was extremely knowledgable :cool:

Tony