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Shoreboy57 New Zealand Festival of Motor... 01-14-2014, 02:41 AM
Rod Grimwood Make sure you come and catch... 01-14-2014, 03:18 AM
Steve Holmes Thanks Lindsay, I was... 01-14-2014, 03:36 AM
kiwi285 These threads are always the... 01-14-2014, 06:43 PM
Snoozin I'll be on media duties again... 01-14-2014, 06:47 PM
Michael Clark I'm in yellow Crossle FF #32 01-14-2014, 07:06 PM
ERC I'll be wandering around with... 01-14-2014, 08:38 PM
Rod Grimwood you will be all good, weather... 01-15-2014, 01:50 AM
Shoreboy57 Entry lists anywhere for FMR? 01-14-2014, 08:44 PM
Kiwiboss This is the list for HMC and... 01-14-2014, 10:28 PM
Jac Mac Hmmm, looks like it might... 01-15-2014, 12:52 AM
Kiwiboss Steve Elliott's 68 A-Sedan... 01-15-2014, 03:54 AM
Kiwiboss The Festival of Motor Racing... 01-15-2014, 04:08 AM
kiwi285 Will make sure I get mine and... 01-15-2014, 08:00 AM
timbo61 This has been asked on this... 01-16-2014, 05:35 AM
ERC Often, entry lists are not... 01-16-2014, 08:06 AM
EType Just saw 3 Ferrari's... 01-16-2014, 10:45 PM
Shoreboy57 The closer we get to NZFMR... 01-17-2014, 12:21 AM
crunch Sure are. I'm having a... 01-17-2014, 02:17 AM
ERC F1 cars have run in NZ before... 01-17-2014, 03:00 AM
ERC 23192 Bruce Manon... 01-17-2014, 03:24 AM
ERC Last batch for today... ... 01-17-2014, 04:02 AM
ERC 23186 23187 23188 ... 01-17-2014, 03:14 AM
Steve Holmes Fabulous photos Ray, keep 'em... 01-17-2014, 03:17 AM
Shoreboy57 And so it begins. Choc fish... 01-17-2014, 03:19 AM
ERC 23200 23201 23202 ... 01-17-2014, 03:37 AM
ERC 23242 23243 23244 ... 01-17-2014, 06:52 AM
ERC Saturday... Car parks... 01-18-2014, 02:22 AM
ERC From yesterday Friday Jan... 01-18-2014, 02:09 AM
ERC 23261 23262 23263 ... 01-18-2014, 02:41 AM
ERC 23266 23267 Skipping... 01-18-2014, 03:40 AM
ERC I have to say that from an... 01-18-2014, 03:54 AM
ERC 23272 I hadn't realised... 01-18-2014, 08:47 AM
ERC 23277 23278 23279 ... 01-18-2014, 09:19 AM
Snoozin Fantastic day, I can't make... 01-18-2014, 10:08 AM
BMCBOY Attended on Saturday -... 01-18-2014, 06:52 PM
Malcolm McLeod Hey Snoozin, absolutely... 01-20-2014, 08:23 AM
BMCBOY 23289 23290 23288 ... 01-18-2014, 06:55 PM
BMCBOY 23294 23295 23296 ... 01-18-2014, 06:58 PM
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John McKechnie The entry fee for 2 weekends... 01-19-2014, 07:04 AM
TonyG Exactly John. Easy to find... 01-19-2014, 07:13 AM
John McKechnie Hi TonyG- Good to hear from... 01-19-2014, 07:38 AM
Snoozin This news is the greatest... 01-19-2014, 08:09 AM
ERC There is some stuff on Paul's... 01-19-2014, 07:41 AM
TonyG I would love to be able to be... 01-19-2014, 10:19 AM
kiwi285 Maybe Paul should have a good... 01-19-2014, 05:59 PM
beowulf I dont' know what Paul had to... 01-19-2014, 09:24 PM
kiwi285 http://i43.tinypic.com/166j5ed... 01-19-2014, 06:41 PM
kiwi285 http://i39.tinypic.com/2ez1gsh... 01-19-2014, 06:57 PM
crunch Cheers Mike...as you can see... 01-20-2014, 02:48 AM
TonyG Thanks for the photos Mike.... 01-19-2014, 09:00 PM
John McKechnie TonyG- if you cant get... 01-19-2014, 09:19 PM
Kiwiboss Even with this little drama... 01-19-2014, 11:13 PM
Shoreboy57 Dale it was a real thrill to... 01-20-2014, 12:09 AM
ERC Your grid may not have had... 01-19-2014, 11:41 PM
Habu As a member of the paying... 01-20-2014, 12:44 AM
RacerT Hi Habu. As one of the... 01-20-2014, 05:16 AM
Howard Wood Hi Tony, As you know there... 01-20-2014, 09:59 PM
RacerT Thanks Howard. Very... 01-21-2014, 01:45 AM
Racer Rog In the deep South (Mainland)... 01-21-2014, 04:30 AM
Habu Hi Tony, Thank you for... 01-20-2014, 10:03 PM
Kiwiboss Ray, as always great to catch... 01-20-2014, 01:22 AM
ERC Cheers Dale, but please read... 01-20-2014, 02:45 AM
Habu Thank you for the reply - PM... 01-20-2014, 03:00 AM
Paul Wilkinson I am sure that the festival... 01-20-2014, 03:24 AM
ERC Personally, I would consider... 01-20-2014, 03:55 AM
Shoreboy57 Couldn't agree more. Compared... 01-20-2014, 04:03 AM
Paul Wilkinson I agree that the day would... 01-20-2014, 04:49 AM
Paul Wilkinson It looks like a fantastic,... 01-20-2014, 05:25 AM
Jizim Hi ya Paul....ha ha ha... 01-20-2014, 11:28 AM
ERC Tony, I am drafting a... 01-20-2014, 05:55 AM
fullnoise68 There`s an old saying `you... 01-20-2014, 06:29 AM
spinner32 I have just returned to... 01-20-2014, 06:40 AM
Limezed I went along on Saturday and... 01-20-2014, 06:50 AM
John McKechnie Limezed- thanks for dropping... 01-20-2014, 06:52 AM
Frosty5 The thing that really struck... 01-20-2014, 07:28 AM
kiwi285 In this modern day and age I... 01-20-2014, 09:08 AM
Rod Grimwood HD, you all do a great job,... 01-20-2014, 09:53 AM
Rod Grimwood [QUOTE=Rod Grimwood;37220]HD,... 01-27-2014, 12:35 AM
kiwi285 I would also like to give a... 01-20-2014, 04:50 PM
Malcolm McLeod THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!... 01-20-2014, 07:20 PM
Steve Holmes Thanks everyone who has... 01-20-2014, 08:53 PM
Steve Holmes I see a few comments relating... 01-20-2014, 09:19 PM
ERC Thanks to Shoreboy57 and Habu... 01-20-2014, 09:56 PM
John McKechnie Further to what Steve said... 01-20-2014, 10:51 PM
Oldfart Well said John. There was a... 01-21-2014, 12:11 AM
John McKechnie Flaggies are always in demand... 01-21-2014, 01:11 AM
Malcolm McLeod If they're good looking and... 01-21-2014, 01:31 AM
Malcolm McLeod Oh you meen the... 01-21-2014, 01:33 AM
ERC From today: 23373 ... 01-24-2014, 06:07 AM
SPman Shit - what happened to... 01-24-2014, 07:17 AM
John McKechnie front suspension problem, he... 01-24-2014, 07:19 AM
stirlingmac Any pics of Burrs' Escort is... 01-24-2014, 07:52 AM
ERC Yes! And yes... ... 01-24-2014, 08:09 AM
CUSTAXIE50 well it was my first time at... 01-25-2014, 03:36 AM
Powder Is the Mustang an original... 01-25-2014, 08:41 AM
Andrew Metford The 2015 Festival is... 01-25-2014, 05:09 PM
Powder Great to hear, thanks.... 01-25-2014, 08:17 PM
ERC Custaxie - some people do not... 01-25-2014, 03:45 AM
CUSTAXIE50 Ok, what good is it to me if... 01-25-2014, 11:10 AM
TonyG Baypark - where you sat was... 01-25-2014, 09:57 PM
crunch At Manfield Tony, where you... 01-27-2014, 09:17 PM
Oldfart I don't understand why you... 01-25-2014, 10:19 PM
CUSTAXIE50 I did have a walk about,and i... 01-26-2014, 03:47 AM
John B You can move to the other... 01-27-2014, 06:04 AM
ERC 23386 23387 23388 ... 01-25-2014, 03:55 AM
ERC 2015 is Howden Ganley, 2016... 01-25-2014, 08:32 PM
Powder Thanks for the clarification... 01-26-2014, 12:04 AM
Paul Wilkinson I wonder if having the same... 01-25-2014, 09:12 PM
ERC It worked with the one marque... 01-25-2014, 09:28 PM
Haga Festival live on net:... 01-25-2014, 09:53 PM
ERC Agree with Oldfart. The joy... 01-25-2014, 11:46 PM
ERC Thanks for that. ... 01-26-2014, 01:42 AM
ERC Agree that you can see a lot... 01-26-2014, 03:59 AM
CUSTAXIE50 You would have more then a... 01-26-2014, 04:29 AM
ERC I use a 300mm lens now on a... 01-26-2014, 05:21 AM
Michael Clark Porsche in F1 from 1961-66??... 01-26-2014, 09:56 AM
Racer Rog The Porsche Club would seem... 01-26-2014, 10:51 AM
ERC Thanks Michael! I really... 01-26-2014, 06:59 PM
rogered They did "not a bad job"... 01-26-2014, 10:30 PM
Malcolm McLeod I did hear an unconfirmed... 01-26-2014, 10:23 PM
ERC I think that at this stage,... 01-27-2014, 02:59 AM
fullnoise68 Good on John McKechnie for... 01-26-2014, 11:45 PM
Jaydee Thanks to all the support... 01-27-2014, 04:11 AM
Shano Congrats to John for the... 01-27-2014, 04:41 AM
EType Went out there yesterday and... 01-27-2014, 04:43 AM
Steve Holmes Steve, as you know, HMC... 01-28-2014, 01:17 AM
Michael Clark Yes Rogerd - which is why I... 01-27-2014, 12:43 AM
RogerH Here is a YouTube clip of... 01-27-2014, 06:30 AM
timbo61 Any time you have the... 01-27-2014, 06:32 AM
ERC Fair comment, but cars on... 01-27-2014, 06:56 AM
crunch Ray, that's probably because... 01-28-2014, 12:59 AM
beowulf I have sent some thoughts to... 01-27-2014, 07:25 AM
Michael Clark I suspect a lot of people who... 01-27-2014, 07:50 AM
kiwi285 Great sounds from all three... 01-27-2014, 05:23 PM
kiwi285 Congratulations to John... 01-27-2014, 05:28 PM
Michael Clark In fact TRSers featured at... 01-27-2014, 06:04 PM
crunch It was sooooo cool a viewing... 01-28-2014, 01:00 AM
Steve Holmes Great event, congratulations... 01-28-2014, 01:10 AM
Steve Holmes This thread has only been... 01-28-2014, 01:11 AM
Oldfart Yes, but a good percentage... 01-31-2014, 11:36 PM
John McKechnie Fullnoise68-Absolutely agree... 01-28-2014, 01:53 AM
Shoreboy57 Never good to see an accident... 01-28-2014, 01:58 AM
Jizim Yes Brett came out ok and... 01-28-2014, 07:38 PM
Rod Grimwood Brett is ok, his shins took a... 01-28-2014, 07:56 PM
timbo61 I hope my comments on catch... 01-28-2014, 05:40 AM
Rod Grimwood We are still going down to... 01-28-2014, 11:42 PM
Alan Hyndman Here's a link to Mark... 01-29-2014, 02:21 AM
John B Nice to see some overseas... 01-29-2014, 07:09 AM
CUSTAXIE50 I was in Hawera on tuesday... 01-29-2014, 05:10 AM
Shano Hope you guys don't mind a... 01-29-2014, 10:16 PM
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Shano These are out of order but... 01-29-2014, 10:24 PM
Steve Holmes Brilliant Shano! There is no... 01-29-2014, 10:21 PM
fullnoise68 Both weekends now loaded on... 01-31-2014, 09:38 AM
225sloper A few shots taken on the... 01-31-2014, 11:24 PM
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TonyG Nice shots ! 02-01-2014, 12:05 AM
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  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by RacerT View Post
    Hi Habu.
    As one of the directors of the Festival, I can tell you that we think long and hard about the upcoming Festival and try to make each year a bigger and better 'circus'. The competitor entry was down, noticeably the BMW's, but the new class of Sports Sedans added many interesting cars. Next week there will be three new classes, including Formula Libre. The Taupo round the weekend before does impact on the Festival, but HRC has many competitors asking for that event, so what do we do? There were more trade stands than last year, positioned down the wall where the spectators come in. Ray mentioned that some classic and historic events are free for spectators, but these are the low profile events that cater solely for the competitors. All HRC events are marketed and advertised to try to build up classic and historic racing and a gate charge is made to cover these costs. We are trying to build up motorsport overall, firstly by building a circuit and then promoting race meetings to the public. I know the $40 entry charge is at the upper level, but early bird and online purchasing is cheaper. (V8 Supercars are considerably more expensive). My wife and I went to the movies the other night the other night and paid $17 each for a two hour film - 8 hours of motorsport is much better value! I think we have learnt that both competitors and spectators are fickle and we definitely cannot please them all, but I guess we will keep trying!
    Hi Tony,

    As you know there is so much competition for the entertainment dollar today and despite the predictions there seems less leisure time available so most attractions have to reinvent themselves every so often to stay fresh and relevant.

    As a competitor with very strong views on the need to maintain historical accuracy in "Historic" classes I fully support the direction and ethos of the festival and would love to see it develop to become the equal of any of the major festivals word wide. I also realise that you need to offer more than one weekend's racing to attract overseas entries and this is particularly true for the F/ Juniors next year. On the other hand, for local entrants particularly those running in other concurrent series the two weekend format can be a challenge. In my case, the Taupo BMW series round Jan 11/12 folllowed by two weekends of the Festival requires other family members sacrificing too much of their available holiday time year after year than is reasonable.

    In addition, the date clash with the Scope races in the South Island means that many potential competitors (and I know several FFers in this category) have to make a choice between the two. Is it practical to split the festival format over two weekends between HD and Scope (or some other venue such as Queenstown) with the option of a either a one weekend or two weekend entry fee? It seems to me that this might offer something to attract more overseas entrants, show other parts of the country what you are trying to do here while catering for time poor local competitors such as myself.
    Last edited by Howard Wood; 01-20-2014 at 10:59 PM.

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