The Camaro Club (UK)

Dear All
I recieved the attached letter from Shakespeare County Raceway

Notwithstanding arguments about exactly how many Es Shakespear had in his name- I forward details of this weekend- looks like fun?

"SHAKESPEARE COUNTY RACEWAY
Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8LL
Tel: 01789 720180
E-Mail: enquiries@shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk
Web: www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk
Web: www.longmarstonairfield.com
Dear Fellow American Car Enthusiast
If I may I would like to take a moment of your time to introduce myself. My name is Martin Goldingay. In my spare
time as an American car enthusiast I work alongside Jeremy Cookson in Marketing & Promotions for the
Warwickshire based drag strip; Shakespeare County Raceway aiding in the promotional side of things.
I would like to extend an invitation to your club and its membership to attend the 6th annual Yanks Weekend
incorporating the NASC’s [National Association of Street Clubs] Gary’s Picnic held annually at the raceway on the
weekend of 25th/27th May 2012.
It is our intention to make this the best event to date and we are offering you the opportunity to display a club stand
at no extra cost to the events admission price. We would also like to offer a small discount in order to encourage
attendance by your members, perhaps one free ticket per ten pre booked entries?
In the past, we have organized driving tests/games, and this is something we are looking at reintroducing as this
has proved popular in the past. This event is already shaping up to be a real cracker.
We would also be interested in attending one of your larger events and depending on commitments, it may be an
option to bring along a dragster or two as this proved quite popular at the NASC’s Springnationals at Drayton Manor
earlier in the year. We would also be able to erect banners and hand out leaflets for upcoming events, and may be
bring along the drag strips practice tree and Junior Dragster for the children to sit in. Engine start ups are
guaranteed! I genuinely feel that reciprocal participation in events would be of tremendous mutual benefit.
If you would like to discuss, or add further comment then please feel free to contact me by email
Martin@americanV8.co.uk or direct on 077653 72137 or Jeremy direct on any of the contacts below. Thank you for
your time. Hopefully we’ll see you and your club at Yanks next season.
Yours sincerely
Martin and the team at Shakey
Web:www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk Web:www.longmarstonairfield.com
Facebook: Shakespeare County Raceway Facebook: SCR Junior Dragster Experience
Facebook: SCR ET Bracket Gamblers Race Facebook: For Ladies That Launch
Facebook: Avon"

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Kind Regards
TopCat
Secretary
Classic Camaro Club
Member of The Association of American Car Clubs UK
Email :tboles@strathnoon.co.uk Websites: http://www.classiccamaroclubuk.com and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhLJtR_ZY4

Cheers Mr.Boles!

This sounds great and if my calendar brain is tuned in right, this is the may bank holiday weekend too?

If i read that correctly, we will have a chance to have a stand there for this club for no cost, just admittance? Sounds good to me! I would be up for that. Maybe get a table set up and some business cards with the website on there, a banner and maybe sell some stickers / t-shirts?

I'm in

Anyone else game?

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I think I'll be going, never been to ant meets like this befor, the car's never been that reliable (electric probs, altenator, battery, starter motor) all sorted now and will prob be done and painted by then.

I'm up for it

*wonders how much petrol it will cost to get there*
I bought this car in Nottingham, filled the tank up and headed down the M1 home to Kent, and had to pull in to South Mimms services and fill up again

Hi folks

With the sixth annual 2012 Yanks Weekend being held at Warwickshire’s Shakespeare County Raceway (May 25th/27th) starting to gain momentum at an increasingly fast rate, Martin and myself thought that we should send out another update everyone with the latest confirmations to this well established event in the American car calendar.



Hot news just off the press this month is that American based automotive parts supplier RockAuto (www.rocksuto.com) have very kindly agreed to come on board as an event sponsor. Rock Auto will also be sending over a bunch of goodies and trophy items to promote and further enhance Rock Auto’s valued customer base in the UK.

Founded in 1999 by the Taylor family, the Wisconsin based company ships thousands of car parts from over 200 manufactures world wide. With a big infantry of parts for both American and European models, RockAuto’s online catalogue is updated daily with mechanical parts such as brake pads to shock absorbers, body parts; bumpers and mirrors, interior trim; door handles and carpets, and major assemblies such as steering gears, CV axles, engine long blocks, and complete transmissions are just a fraction of what RockAuto can supply. Someday, it may be possible to build an entire car using parts from RockAuto!

Further to the companies involvement with Yanks, Rock Auto have given all UK based customers a 5% discount off all parts ordered from the on-line catalogue by adding Discount Code: PSDS2012 (expires 15/11/2012) in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us’ section of the checkout screen.

The guys from the National Association of Street Clubs (NASC) have pledged their support towards the weekend along with the NASC’s 34th annual presentation of Gary’s Picnic; one of if not the oldest drag racing and rodding event on today’s calendar with a revised club race format.

Another popular addition resurrected by popular demand is the Sunday Show N Shine Sunday which, if all goes according to plan will be sponsored by a well known car care products company!

As with all American car shows the event relies on club participation and so far from the initial mail out the response has been very encouraging indeed especially with the added attractions of mighty trucks and rigs, a charity fund raising genuine American Crown Victoria Police Cruiser, the girls from the Coventry Dynamite Cheerleaders, oval racers of MASCAR (Miniature Association of Stock Car Racers), the big bad blown Supercharged Outlaw dragsters together with Outlaw Street drag racing ‘doorslammer’ style, Big Bucks Bracket Gamblers Shootout and our two recent acquisitions to the line up; the return of the SVT European Shootout for the mighty Ford Lightening Trucks and a special Tri-Chevy Shootout. And there’s still more to come. Dare you miss out…!!!

And that’s not all. Following the conclusion of the days racing on Saturday, we intend to hold a burnout competition for the many serious “smokers” amongst us, and to top off proceedings on the Saturday night, the very popular Coventry based band “Insomnia”, will be blasting out an energetic set on stage so best bring you’re ear plugs for this band as “Tony” the drummer, only does things extra loud!

Further attractions are expected to be added as the month’s roll on. So mark May 25th/27th at Shakespeare County Raceway’s Yanks Weekend in your diary.

If you would like to book a free club stand then please get in touch on the address above or call 01789 720180. We look forward to hearing from you.

Also if you fancy a bit of Bracket Racing for money then look no further than the Bracket Gamblers Races taking place this year. Dates are as follows:
Sunday April 22nd
Sunday May 27th
Sunday June 10th
Sunday July 8th
Sunday Sept 30th
Sunday Oct 14th
Sunday Oct 28th

Full details on how to enter can be found on our SCR Bracket Gamblers Facebook page and here: http://www.shakespearecountyraceway.com ... ambler.asp.

Hopefully we’ll see you at the strip!