Ten Of The Best (totb) 2007 - Elvington, 29th July - Mr2s Needed...

[mcanny]

Location: Elvington Airfield, near York.

http://www.totb.co.uk

Calling all MR2 owners who may not spend time on the dedicated forums...

I've always felt that the MR2 entry should be an opportunity to show the world that the MR2 is a force to be reckoned with and to some degree past entries have helped to do that but there is always room for improvement. The time has come to stop filling places with untested, newly built, machines that don't live up to expectations on the day, we need all the cars out fighting as soon as the strip opens, not sitting in the pits being polished / repaired.

At this point in time I guess a number of IMOC people will be thinking "who the hell does he think he is to dictate who enters", in summary I'm the guy who got MR2s included at TOTB, I simply chose to do this with IMOC as that was the club I was closest too. The plan remained the same for this year but unfortunately the IMOC committee decided to go behind my back and contacted the TOTB organisers with a message to say that Icsunonove / Tom would be looking after the team, after 3 successful years of doing this and a lot of work I was "slightly" annoyed. In the months leading up to this I had already made it quite clear that I was happy to look after an MR2 TOTB entry but it seems this was ignored.

After giving this situation some thought I decided to change things, clearly I don't have the support of the IMOC committee so it doesn't seem appropriate to use the entry for the club. In addition to this I also dropped out of the "IMOC Organiser" group last year as a number of people were using it as ammunition against me in discussions, comments that implied someone "in charge" shouldn't be able to have opinions annoyed me and at the end of the day you don't need a title to organise things, continued digs by committee members haven't helped either.

I'm sorry if that seems harsh / petty but I genuinely want to showcase the best cars and can only do this by ensuring everyone feels that they are welcome, as the organiser *I* don't feel welcome around IMOC so that's not a good start. Believe it or not there are plenty of people out there who don't like IMOC and it's management, these are the people I'm initially reaching out to in an attempt to have a unified entry. Perhaps we can use this event to create a bit more harmony between the various clubs? This isn't a purely anti-IMOC move, this is MR2 unification for the good of the MR2 inspired by the actions of certain people within IMOC.

So where does this leave IMOC? The situation doesn't change things a great deal for it's members – as ever entry will be on merit / past results and it's possible that all 10 places will be made up by people who are members. However we now have the ability to pull in additional people who for whatever reason don't want to be associated with the club. People are welcome to fly their "club colours" in the form of advertising on vehicles and EVERYONE is welcome.

This isn't about excluding anyone, it's about including everyone.

In an ideal world I'd like to see the entry consist of a variety of cars, MK1s, MK2s and MK3s, it's good place to settle the argument about which car handles the best if nothing else :)

Clubs Invited:

IMOC-UK (inc MR2 MK1 Club)

MR2OC (UK & US)

TwoBrutal

MR2ROC

Toyota Owners Club

Places are also available to individuals not affiliated with a club and for members of generic multi-make clubs. If you have a quiet friend who isn't on the Internet now is the time to get them to speak up.

At this stage I'd like each club to firstly confirm if this is something they want to be involved in and then secondly give me a point of contact that I can cascade information to when necessary. It would be great if this could be made a sticky post for a while so people get an opportunity to see it.

Please feel free to respond with any questions or comments, if you would rather speak to me out of the public eye please feel free to email (totb@megaboost.co.uk) or PM. We currently have a blank page to work with, talk to me....

Michael

[Fizz]

Sorry to hear that things aint worked out for ya Michael.

Hope you have some success with this project. :)

[mcanny]

Cheers :)

So where are all the secret MR2 drivers hiding then?

[Fizz]

Unfortunatley there was a large number of regular MR2 members but a lot have sold up over the last couple of years. Including myself! :( mores the pity.

If you post this up on the MR2 section you might get a better response. :)

[Vlad_E]

Sorry to hear that the IMOC commitee have gone behind your back Mr C, although it doesn't suprise me, because they seem to do what the hell they want... why do you think I quit! ;)

[zebidi]

im in, is it just a drag run? i dont think my running spec will come to your high expectations though :s i did recently run a sub 11sec 0-100 though :P

[dawesy]

not completely mr2 but the rolla should make it this year (fingers crossed)

[mcanny]

Let's hope it's a good year for Toyota then, it's time those pesky Skyline, EVO and Impreza people took notice :)

[zebidi]

Let's hope it's a good year for Toyota then, it's time those pesky Skyline, EVO and Impreza people took notice :)

I'd agree on all that, thats why i bought an MR2, to show the 4wd boys how to do it and that i dont need to rely on 4wd :D

[mcanny]

Hot off the press this morning...

Redline Ten of The Best 6 -Announcement – Press Release

It’s our pleasure once again to invite you all to Redline Ten of the Best 6, in association with Millers Oils.

We are pleased to announce Millers as sponsors of the TOTB Handling arena www.millersoils.net

The event takes place at Elvington Airfield near York on Sunday 29th July 2007 with racing from 10am. Gates open at 9am for spectators. Timing and onsite facilities will as usual be provided by Straightliners Ltd.

Competitor Entry forms are available to download via our website from 1st March: http://www.totb.co.uk/compete/apply-now.asp

Email enquiries via competitors@totb.co.uk

Spectator tickets are on sale now in our TOTB web shop at just £15 per adult in advance or alternatively on the day at £20 on the gate from 9am. (Children under 16 free entry with parent/guardian).

Tickets http://shop.totb.co.uk/products.asp

Phoneline number 02076240319 for credit card ordering.

Car Clubs can obtain a group discount on entry tickets for club members if purchased in advance, contact us for further details.

Yet again the response to the event this year from the various car clubs has been fantastic and we are pleased to confirm the following team entries already in:

Skyline/GTR Team UK, The 200+ Club, Team Subaru, Mitsubishi Lancer Register, Vipers, GTO UK, 200SXOC, GT4OC, Hondas UK, UK Supras, GTIR-OC, RS Cosworth & RS Turbos, Performance Rover Group, FDUK, CCC UK, Fiat Coupes, Team MR2, Performance Vauxhalls, Westfield/kit cars plus turbo powered-Retro Fords.

Also confirmed in the expected 120 car entry list are the following individuals;

Defending TOTB Champion Simon Norris with his N.D Evo, Fensport with their two Celica’s, Martin Hadland’s new Escort Cosworth, Mick Begley’s Jun Lemon, Joel English and his 900+bhp Viper, Andy Forrest Performance Subaru, Paul Blamire Zen Performance Subaru, Envy Performance Supra, Lateral Performance Subaru, Roger Clarke Motorsport plus Team Ice Subaru. Further updates will also follow on other cars in the lead up to the event.

For this season we have a brand new “Pro-Drag” Competition, for the outright “drag-only” cars. We have now confirmed that the following will take part in head-to-head pro-drag shootouts during the day culminating in the Pro-Drag Final at 4pm:

Keith Cowie RB Motorsport R32 GTR, Tim Webster Duke R33 GTR, James Rumsey EVO400 Drag Monster, Dee Ireland CRD Supra, John Bradshaw R32 Skyline, Ross Juniper Opie Oils Dragon RX7 plus other top cars. This class will be allowed to run wrinkle wall tyres but will not be directly competing against the normal road cars.

Individuals and performance car Tuners can apply to compete, either as part of one of the existing Team entries or as individuals.

Download the entry form from our website http://shop.totb.co.uk/products.asp

Or email us with your enquiry.

For 2007 our Trade display areas are being managed on our behalf by Chris Speller of Spellco Ltd. Various packages exist for traders/advertisers and sponsors and enquiries/bookings should be made to; Tel/Fax: - +44 (0) 1202 658383, Mobile: - +44 (0) 7810 155617 or via email to chris.speller@spellco.co.uk

The Closing date for all competitor entries is 2nd July 2007. There will be a further short period for any last minute team changes or for reserves to take up any places that become available. Please note no automatic refunds will be given after 2nd July. No changes will be made to any team sheets after 14th July 2007 when the entry lists become final.

Sponsorship/Media or other Enquiries should be directed to:

enquiries@totb.co.uk

All event/team or individual Competitor entry enquiries to

competitors@totb.co.uk

(Entry forms on totb website to download from 1st March.)

Further news and event updates will be sent out monthly to all participating groups, and will be listed on the www.totb.co.uk website.

Bye for now

The TOTB team

End of press release

Also:

The 200SX club are running a sprint day at Elvington on the 14th of May (Monday), this may be something we can join, they need numbers to make it cost effective, it's expensive to hire that chunk of concrete for the day.

http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=268404

Camping will be available on the Sunday night.

[GIDDLEPIN]

Hot off the press this morning...

Redline Ten of The Best 6 -Announcement – Press Release

Information about this and other events for this year has been posted HERE since 8th Feb

[Fizz]

Mr mcanny... you dont happen to drive up Leeds road going past rothwell on a regular basis do you?

I have seen your car im sure on there a couple of times in the past week. :)

[MissMR2]

think my hugo would blow up.lol

will be there though... (not in hugo) lol :P

hope you guys get something sorted, but ace to see ppl flying the TOC banner. :)