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 Thanks to Nick & his team for a great time at Blyton on Saturday  , not camped for many years. I really enjoyed it & look forward to the next one, great to meet new people.

See you all again & hope all cars are feeling better soon  

Liz

Realistically - What record attempt?

Nowhere near enough cars, wrong time, wrong place. We travelled 230 miles that day, there and back with only approximately 50 cars attending. Very disappointed!

Maybe ok if you like racing.

So I missed it then?

Oops.

Have to agree with the disappointment, we did a 300 mile round trip on the day. Disappointing that people who signed up for the event didn't turn up but that ain't the fault of M.O.T. I fully accept this was a new venture for M.O.T. but to be frank the venue was rubbish, even the beer supplier went home early! In the words of my old maths tutor "must try harder" if this is to be repeated

mx5_guys:

Disappointing that people who signed up for the event didn't turn up but that ain't the fault of M.O.T.

In my defence:

1 - I'm an idiot.

2 - There were no reminders e-mailed out, unlike the event I'm going to next weekend which I've already had three reminders about.

3 - I'm an idiot.

50% of people are dumber than average, and you have to take that in to account when organising stuff.

I was quite lucky, was visiting Lincolnshire for the weekend so went along and had a nose about.

Picked up some great tips and met some good peeps who were very welcoming.

Was expecting a lot more in attendance, and was hoping for a few trade stalls (as I thought this was going to be a huge event) but had a fun few hours and enjoyed watching the cars on the track.  Tempted me to clear a bit of room in the garage and perhaps pick up an old non-runner to tinker with for such events.

Hi  and thanks to all who took time to talk to me and the mrs and the dog.

Finally, has anyone been on the MoT car handling courses? Fancied treating myself to one for my birthday.

I'm just trying to work out who was who on the day from the posts - worked out who liz is (from her avatar). So come on, identify yourselves ;o)

 hi

i will be going on one of the car control days at finmere on the 10th september

to help you work out who is who

liz (yellow j ltd) is my mum and i had the stripped out green mk1 that had a disagreement with a few cones on one of the sessions.  i had the toyota landcruiser and big trailer for the mx5

 So does this mean the current record stands at 50?

ANDy:

 So does this mean the current record stands at 50?

No, there were more than 50 MX5s on the track at Rockingham on Monday.

Jack.

ANDy:

 So does this mean the current record stands at 50?

 No, this is the official Guinness World Record for 'Parade of Mazda Cars' and I believe the one that they were trying to beat at MazFest.

 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/travel_and_transport/cars/largest_parade_of_mazda_cars.aspx

Note that you need to have an official from Guinness World Records for any attempt to be validated.

 Looks to me like a potential event for the 2011 calendar.

Jonnie Boy:

  

ANDy:

 

 So does this mean the current record stands at 50?

 

 No, this is the official Guinness World Record for 'Parade of Mazda Cars' and I believe the one that they were trying to beat at MazFest.

 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/travel_and_transport/cars/largest_parade_of_mazda_cars.aspx

Note that you need to have an official from Guinness World Records for any attempt to be validated.

We've broken World Records without officials present, what you need is proof to support any claim - for us that was photo and video, as well as being witnessed by a few local dignitaries (the local mayor and a couple of other senior people from the sport) and the info was sent to Guiness World Records as well as the media. They agreed and sent certificate etc, though it did take some time to get it.

But 249 is a huge number, it would take a massive gathering and a lot of logistics to get that number on a track.

Jack.

 I drove 346 miles there and back(i left at 5.30am. Had a great laugh did some skids, got every one clapping for my spinning on clut slicks Yes i heard you lol.

its a the first year the event has been run and wait for next year when blyton really gets going.

Cheers

Ollie

The web site is crap, it doesnt even have an address for the place on it, so people arent going to travel miles not knowing where they are going. Anyway have emailed the owner and he says he will add an address !!

If people want an "event" with traders etc, its more like 18 months+ of organsing, so now too late for summer 2011; more like spring-summer 2012.