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Old 30 October 2002, 01:45 PM
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The SIDC shop will be closing the booking facilities for Bedford Autodrome


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Old 30 October 2002, 01:47 PM
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Cool!

Gonna be nice and quiet then!

How many cars did you get in the end?

Does the extra driver and spectator money get paid to the SIDC or Palmer motorsport?
Old 30 October 2002, 01:54 PM
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I will confirm how many cars have booked after 3 pm today.

The SIDC day passes will go back into the club for admin etc.

Lisa
Old 30 October 2002, 02:06 PM
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Good, so at least the club will make some money, as I imagine a fair few spectators will turn up.
Old 30 October 2002, 02:30 PM
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May I politely ask why the shop is being closed a month before the event, when I understand that Bedford will accept, and were actually hoping for many more?

Cheers
Old 30 October 2002, 02:33 PM
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As we are paying Bedford on a per car basis all they need is 35 cars we have made up that number so we can close the shop.

The club will not be making any profit on this event so we will keep the event small less complications.
Old 30 October 2002, 02:34 PM
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How about a list of attendees?
Old 30 October 2002, 02:38 PM
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That's up to the individuals to confirm there bookings. I can't confirm names because of data protection blah blah..
Old 30 October 2002, 02:41 PM
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From a selfish point of view that's great - less clutter on the track!
Old 30 October 2002, 02:53 PM
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10 mins left !
Old 30 October 2002, 02:54 PM
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Lisa, that's bloody silly. Why not leave it open in case anyone wants to book up in the next 3 weeks?
Old 30 October 2002, 02:57 PM
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Lets make Bedford a success

[Edited by sidclisa - 10/30/2002 8:59:07 PM]
Old 30 October 2002, 02:58 PM
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I have to say, closing the shop at 3pm makes no sense to me whatsoever. Surely Bedford would be pissed off with you doing this after they changed their policy to make it more financially viable for you. If i was bedford i would be livid by this decision.
Old 30 October 2002, 02:59 PM
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Would anyone from the LSE or Harvard business school care to comment

Paracetamol in the post Lisa!
Old 30 October 2002, 03:01 PM
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to give 1 hour 15 mins notice of this decision is barmy too?
Old 30 October 2002, 03:05 PM
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To be honest I will be glad when Bedford is closed. (BIG HEADACHE)
Fair enough, but leaving the shop open for 3 weeks so that the odd one or two people can book extra slots hardly entails any effort, does it?!?!?!
Old 30 October 2002, 03:09 PM
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I have sent a mail to Lee, re. my place.

Could you please reply.

Thanks Dan
Old 30 October 2002, 03:12 PM
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[Edited by sidclisa - 10/30/2002 8:58:00 PM]
Old 30 October 2002, 03:17 PM
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Because of this event we have lost our SIDC motorsports person.
LOL. See all the other threads containing denials of Bedford having anything to do with Chris's resignation.
If you are not happy with this decision then maybe you should ask me to resign as I am getting fed up with the same old complaints.
I thought that was your intention last week anyway.

I'm only curious - it clearly doesn't bother/affect me as I'm not going to be taking the X-Type out on a track day! Forget I asked....
Old 30 October 2002, 03:21 PM
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Can we draw a line under this now.

We have a trackday, it seems all that wanted to go can do.
Old 30 October 2002, 04:20 PM
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Well done to getting it sorted !!!

I'm now really looking forward to the day.

Nils
Old 30 October 2002, 09:11 PM
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Why was the booking closed out of interest?

Does it not occur to you that other drivers on the day may welcome other cars, even if YOU don't?

Have you gone from not only not being able to organise a pi55 up in a brewery, to having track days booked on your terms only?

For gods sake.

And it's not fair to blame the resignation of a comittee member on a poster, when it is purely SIDCs doing.

Antiquated, blinkered, not in the real world springs to mind.

Don't tell me, I'm banned from Bedford lol
Old 30 October 2002, 10:45 PM
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Well

I can't go now even if I wanted to...

Depends on job or having one
Old 31 October 2002, 08:41 AM
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Does seem strange to close it
Sure, we only need 35 cars to make it work. But if the original plan was for 50 then there's another 15 places that could be available. I guess that would mean a small profit for the club, which could be plumbed into future events or something?
Old 31 October 2002, 08:58 AM
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Wrong, it does not mean extra profit for the club, it means extra profit for Bedford.
Old 31 October 2002, 12:22 PM
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which is also good for us when we come to book next time...

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