Paul Walker Tribute - Jan 18 - Santa Pod
 

Anyone thinking about this? I might go.. all money goes to charity https://www.roww.org/ + loads of cars to keep your eyes busy!


https://www.facebook.com/events/7091...25293/?fref=ts if link wonk work, just google 'the paul walker tribut event'..



Message from organizers:



'ooohhhh we have exiting news

just had a conversation with santa pod

santa pod 18th jan

£4 entry, all money going to paul walker charity

1/4 mile track use £25 unlimited runs

trade stands welcomed

lets give paul a send of the whole uk car cummunity can be proud of

national media coverage on the day about how the effect of pauls death has brought the uk car community together as one to pay there respects

pay on the gate on the day... everyone who has already paid the £4 for there wristband we will refund you today'

Yes I plan to be there , over 11k cars so far

As supporting as these events are, its kinda like having a cocaine party to celebrate amy winehouse`s passing away.

But have fun guys to who will attend :-)

I'll be there, weather permitting of course. My mate wants me to take the 1 up the strip to see how it compares to his stage 3 vxr burg, apparently running 332bhp. Should be fun as long as it doesn't snow.

There should be a lot of nice cars there, and well worth the £4 entry. An appropriate send off for a petrol head first and an actor second.

Very nice idea, but 18th Jan and Santa Pod don't mix well.

I wouldn't take one up the strip for nobody:eek:

:lol::lol: Exactly what I was thinking!

Saturday 21st June would be more fitting, the date the first FF was released in the UK.

Gonna try and make it..

going for sure!!

Can I cum?

hahahah pod in january, great money spinner for them id think.

i dont get all this paul walker b0llocks, he made crap films about cars with 75 speed gearboxes and stickers.

whens the nelson mandela tribute cruise happening??

Mandela was not associated with performance cars, therefore a tribute cruise would be plain stupid.

Exactly the reason I'll be staying at home in front of the fire. Equally, they are bound to have an absolute nightmare getting all of those cars through the country lanes and villages. I hope everyone has enough fuel and coolant...

Double negative. Hmmm, something you want to tell everyone?

I get it, that film franchise was/is a licence to print money.

Include just about every type of performance car from Japanese to American Muscle and even a Mk2 Escort so there's something for everyone. Add in enough t!ts to keep things interesting and a bit of a back story. Multi facet the story so the males watching get enough tyre smoke and gunfire so they can dream about drifting their Corsa through central Tokyo and then enough of a slow burning love story to keep the girls dreaming.

Cue millions of people identifying with the lovable rogue of policeman gone bad but only ever committing crime in order to take down an even bigger crook (Robin Hood anyone? ) and enough petrol heads of all persuasions secretly wishing they were him.

That's 'it'.

The fact that he was a massive petrol head is a great excuse for a meet. And for me hundreds of like minded people and hopefully hundreds of nice cars, the smell of burning rubber and the crackle of anti-lag going up the strip sounds like a good day.

i didnt realise paul walker made films.............:Suspiciou:Suspiciou:Suspiciou

Kind of agree, I dont get the adulation he's been recieving. :cuckoo:

Couldn't agree more, it's bollocks. Lots of people paying their respects to someone they never knew and who really was, at best, a very average actor in a very poor film franchise!

you lot of miserable arse-wipes make me laugh at times..........

if somebody dies who is known for something then of course they will get alot of attention.

for instance-

if a world class football player dies then there will be loads of people who like football/his team and many things he may have been involved in taking part in tributes etc .

if a singer dies then there will be alot of gigs and other songs dedicated to their memory etc.

if a famous or well respected boxer dies then there will be alot of boxing matches dedicated to his memory and charity boxing matches will probably take place with the funds going to.............guess what-A CHARITY.

paul walker might not have been in the best films OR was in the celebrity spotlight all the time (probably a wise move on his part) but he was a huge petrol head as are most of us and he also did alot for charity hence people are trying to give him a good send-off.

do you understand now or is it too hard to grasp that somebody who enjoyed life to the full and helped many people is getting a good send off.

nelson mandela passed last week so i can imagine that in some countries there will be tributes to him and charity fund-raisers happening in his memory.......

:thumb:

Keep your strides on Shrek, fook me, he was a small time actor that did some charidee work, all I'm saying is that i'm suprised someone of his standing, not that great imho, has received more attention after hs death than I would expect.

Must be something to do with the whole celebrity obsession people have these days, I think this was shown with the number of pages his RIP thread received and in particular the comments stating he was a "legend", no he wasn't and I'd doubt he'd ever consider himself as such.


Do you understand ??

yes

It's not that hes getting any more adulation than any other celebrity it's just that it's happening in your area of interest so you're more aware of it. I'm sure that if, as suggested earlier, he was a football player then there'd be a bit of a nod to him on here but pages and pages on football forums. So, a guy famous for his work with cars is going to have more coverage on car forums and probably just a nod on the football ones.

Who is amy winehouse? lol

:)

I'm going.