Trip to the 'Worlds'

[jimmy]

So, I've been thinking about these World Championships that are coming up in Japan and there's no interest from any magazines I've talked to - so if I go it would be mainly to make some nice reading for this website.
It's very hard to afford a trip on my own or even justify it - but at the same time it would be rather cool to put my own spin on things. So there is the possibility of

some 'exclusive' Advertising on any race report to 'help' pay for it

- or -

charging people a quid to read it - (which I really don't like to do).



It's not really like a National where I'd be 'going anyway' so it doesn't matter - it would be going to some far off land to get the best (hopefully) photos and report.

Any ideas / suggestions? or should I give up the idea now :D

[bigred5765]

i would defo pay a quid to read a exclusive report nps

[woOdy]

I dont think you should go as you should be coming to my daughters christening!

[dancoog]

Do it!

After the report on the EUROS I wanted to drop you some support on your paypal.

I figure a race focussed website like this needs support from its readers.

Nothing against the current magazines but the content of this site far outweighs the price of a magazine.

I'd sooner drop a fiver in your coffers than pick up a mag that is 70% non race focussed content.

I will spport you in the venture to Japan, even if it's only a 10 quid.

Just keep up the good work and the support will rally around you.

;)

[ashleyb4]

Ill come jimmy :)

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[Chrislong]

Jimmy,
A report on Japan would be ace, especially with you not racing - it'd be huge!!! and id pay more than £1 to read it.

BUT, I have looked into going to this worlds myself, and the cost of flights, distance from airport to track, geography of track and culture of the surrounding areas doesn't make it an inviting place for westerners in my opinion.

So id say, Jimmy, have a break!! Get a plane ticket booked somewhere hot and sunny, you deserve a proper jolly after all the work you have done for RC in 2007.

Chris

[jimmy]

yeah I have heard some negatives about it chris - especially bad since I'm the fussiest eater known to man. But I still fancy it I have to say and I think it'd be a great cap to the year (I can retire after that, haha)

Seriously though, I know the Worlds isn't a 'laugh' like the Euro Champs can be - and these guys will be all business when it comes to winning. But, I still think it would be an a 'cool' report :)


I am looking into getting some manufacturers to help out - if it doesn't happen it won't change anything I guess since right now we are struggling to find affordable flights etc like you said.

[DCM]

Jimmy, don't give up, blag it, can the BRCA not help, going as their 'Media Rep'??

How long you got to go to the worlds? And if you do go, speak to your web hosts first, expect a LOT of traffic!!!

What about selling photo's to distributors, for their websites and merchandise?

[JCJC]

yep.......we would pay to read that........it'le not be cheap tho.

[Ron Burgundy]

A lot of the aussie guys are going, bunk in with those boys......

expense is the reason im not going....and the HUGE chance of it being rained out (it is in a ski field resort you know) :)

Would be good to see an actual proper photo gallery of cars/people etc as the worlds are all about new cars and prototype parts and all kinds of stuff.. Get onto it Jimbo!

[sly]

Yo Jimmy i went in Aug 2000 and i found it very different to anywhere else on earth i have visited, very friendly to westerners and a visit to akihabara for electrics etc is a must (two years in front), you can set you watch by the trains and you can get beer out of a street vending machine. and a visit to Roppongi is a must for late nights.;) you can even visit 'E Honda' via train, (streetfighter character).

But i`d jump at the chance to go and experience over there again, and i`d recomend Japan as great place to visit once in your life.

I would pay to read the report and view the photos etc.
Im sure if everyone of your members would donate £1 and that be over £1500 to get you there,

Sly

p.s. Turkish airways was cheapest in 2000

[annie_himself]

It sounds great but how much is a Euro "E" to $1.

[Andy Moore]

1. Take paypal donations.

2. Sponsorships on the coverage page.

3. Have a membership option (~$20) for oople.com where members get coverage ahead of others (~1 day) for a fee per year. Maybe something else extra, I dunno? If you want to view one event, then its ~$2.

[trekkerkk]

i would donate,
its great to be able to keep up with whats going at the major races that im not at,

trekkker

[Lee Martin]

well ill be going with vik and jim as a travel partner.........so come on everyone...you get to see pisc of me annoying lil jap girls

[Wraggy]

you get to see pisc of me annoying lil jap girls

why does that not surprise me :D :D ;) ..

[GRIFF55]

could you do a dvd of the event and sell that to raise some cash too??
I think the route of a membership fee to see it is best, count me in!

[Lee Martin]

you wanna make a movie??????

hahahaaaahahahahahahahahaha

diamond watch anyone?

[Elliott Hopkins]

I went a couple of years ago for about two weeks to Tokyo and Kyoto with a Bullet Train past Mt. Fuji in between. It was the best experience of my life.

(copy and paste what 'sly' has previously said here as I concur with what he says)

It's not such a different culture, but things over there are subtly different and they are more reverential of the past. The temples and palaces were beautiful, expecially in the rainy February that I went.

If you need travel tips let me know...

Elliott.

[Chrislong]

I went a couple of years ago for about two weeks to Tokyo and Kyoto .

Aye, but the track is up in the mountains were the Samurais took Tom Cruise in that film... ;)

[GRIFF55]

see, more movies:D :D

[Nick Goodall]

I would be more then happy to make a contribution/donation, would be great if you do go Jimmy!

[Elliott Hopkins]

I know, there was recently also a dutty great Earthquake in those parts as well.

I'd like to visit the properly green areas of Japan at some point.

If the bullet train doesn't get you to the area, you might have to go by car, which can be expensive. Local public transport is really good in Japan. The bus and train ticketing systems are tailored to people who don't speak Japanese.

Elliott.

[MattADH]

I will have an answer for you at the weekend Jimmy as to whether I will or will not go. Maybe we can still do a deal...

[Twister]

The euro´s coverage was exelent reading Jimmy. I'm for one would sponsor..

[modelimages]

what you need is a total for everyone to aim at, i am thinking blue peter appeal type thing, and a date to target, i will of course donate cash and if you want some raffle prizes no problem.

[Southwell]

A raffle would be a great incentive to donate, i will of corse give some cash either way. ;)

[millzy]

well ill be going with vik and jim as a travel partner.........so come on everyone...you get to see pisc of me annoying lil jap girls



youll go to prison for that?!

[HKP]

I'd pay a quid jimmy!

Be warned (again) though.. japan is a very odd place for the unaccustomed Westerner - my brother is married to a japanese girl and when he goes out there with her he gets very weirded out by the place and he's very well travelled.

The food is stomach turning and very few people speak english. If you could go with a japanese speaker it would help a lot I think.

Not wishing to put you off, just letting you know my experiences mate :)

[Lee Martin]

RAFFLE!!!!!

[millzy]

do like the motorola add and take pics of food a bog and a cash machine on your phone and just show it to people

[tony6187]

YOU CAN COME IN MY SUITCASE JIMMY:) ALTHOUGH LOOKING AT THE EXCESS BAGGAGE CHARGES IT MIGHT BE MORE EXPENSIVE:mad:

[jkirkwood]

I'd pay for coverage.

[telboy]

How about a sponsor me page on ebay?

I think a little meter on the page with targets would work well so that we can all see how much you need to go.

You need to speak to hpi or cml, someone like that to get some sponsorship.

Or a picture page!
get people to donate some money and then when they do they can send you a small picture of themselves that you would put on a particuler page, to show all the people that have sponsored you.
like a collage of photos of people pulling silly faces or summat.

good luck with it anyway jimbo.

Emily managed it for her trip so I'm sure you could work something out.

[XXXCRRacer]

Have a few buddies that I know are going. Today with Gil Losi and he's planning on going. Also my friends Steven Hartson, Ronny Garner, and Ryan Cavalari. Other drivers as well Mark Pavidis, Billy Easton, Ryan Maifield and Masami. It's going to be a good World's this year.

[Chris Doughty]

you need to go just to get pictures of these tires... I read on another forum

worlds tires announced......

2wd rear Panther T755 Switch 2.0 S
4wd front Panther T725 Bobcat S
4wd rear Panther T755 Switch 2.0 S

std inserts

[jimmy]

Never heard of them :o

But they do need to get some better photos on their product page for sure - remind me a bit of the losi tyres they give away in all the kits.

http://www.pantherteam.com/images/T725.jpg

[Nick Goodall]

Rears:

http://www.pantherteam.com/images/T755%20Switch%202.0.jpg



More here:
http://www.pantherteam.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=65_73 (http://www.pantherteam.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=65_73)

[Chris Doughty]

kiss goodbye to side-bite! :p :rolleyes:

[millzy]

bahahahah who the hell makes them??

i think Danny Mcgees rear wing will be needed to keep the arss end inline.

[bigred5765]

panther makes em, the only time i ever remember seeing them used anywere was brian kinwald, so must be good eh??

[millzy]

ok who the hell are panther

[Chris Doughty]

I just thought I would clarify...

I read that info on another forum, I have no idea if that actually IS the official worlds tire or not yet...

[millzy]

ok but shouldnt they have said yet?? are they hand outs or what?

[Chris Doughty]

from reading the thread on RC tech they were just announced.

but... I didn't want anyone going to buy tires because of something that I said, I just read it from a random bod on some random forum.

[jimmy]

it lists them on the ifmar 2007 site and relates them to the losi tyres which were used at the warmup. not sure why they chose these over losi versions but maybe they are cheap and easy to get hold of in Japan?

[millzy]

so would the uk boys going have to wait untill they where there befor getting there tyres? not that the guys going pay for them

am i right in thinking you have to glue up your tyres in the tyre prep area when there and they are then marked?

[Chris Doughty]

they are provided by the host (at a cost) and glued up in a monitored compound.

you can only use tires you purchased from other sources for praccy and stuff - qually and finals tires need to be bought from the hosts stock of tires (same production batch)

[millzy]

cool, obv as im way under the level of being close to going i have no real idea on how things work at the worlds and only have gossip to go on.

[DCM]

Chris, are you going? (Doughty not you Mr Mills.... lol)

[millzy]

oi i could have been asked to go....i know im shit and my eye site is going ( realy bad when my brother can straight line a chicane on foza motorsport in a lmp1 car at 200mph and at a tone i still clip it every lap) but you never know

[DCM]

Chris, I am far further along to old age... but there are such things as GLASSES heehee

[millzy]

yeah but im getting on now 24 soon, there is no way i want to admit that my bad back and pore eye site is down to old age....its bad enough i have to put the hair line down to that im not adding more

[Chris Doughty]

no international fixtures for me this year :(

[DCM]

Chris D, thats a bummer!!!

Millzy.... sore back, bad posture, eye site, to much w*nking..... or old age, you admit to one or both??? roflol

[millzy]

i watched me and my big boobs on channel 4 the other day and tihs bird had size j breast and she had a bad back, i think thats why i have a bad back my man boobs are to heavy

[MiCk B.]

Here's the offical info from IFMAR

http://ifmar.org/pdf/final_tires_2007.pdf

I also got an e-mail from Frank Mostrey EFRA off-road rep with the same info.

MiCk B. :-)

[caneye]

ok who the hell are panther

I believe they are american.
they make very popular 1/8 scale rallycross tires .. with bizarre names like gecko, komodo, chameleon. the komodo dragon is as popular as proline crime fighters.

[terry.sc]

ok who the hell are pantherThey have been around for 3-4 years, just not imported to Europe. Very big in rallycross and monster truck racing and they used to be an OEM supplier. Their buggy tyres work very well on US style clay tracks.

It's the equivalent of the USA saying "who the hell are Ballistic Buggy?":D

[rcfan]

OMG it would be uber-sweet if you went there!
Just also get an HD camcorder and make vicky film some :-D
Then sell some Blu-ray wolds coverage :-D

Or make some more T-shirts! I´d buy one or two!

[Andy Moore]

They have been around for 3-4 years, just not imported to Europe. Very big in rallycross and monster truck racing and they used to be an OEM supplier. Their buggy tyres work very well on US style clay tracks.

It's the equivalent of the USA saying "who the hell are Ballistic Buggy?":D

Woul you care to answer that question, haha :p

[caneye]

Are ballistic buggy tires available outside of uk?

[Christer Rasmussen]

We have small amounts of Ballistic in Denmark.

[jimmy]

Found some info for anyone going to the worlds and planning on driving there as it seems you will need an INTERNATIONAL driving permit.

http://www.rac.co.uk/web/knowhow/going_on_a_journey/driving_abroad/how;jsessionid=39ED7B896392135012BCD1F137098B45

[MiCk B.]

This is good to know for any traveling to Japan from Europe for the worlds.

I just got this reply back directly from Panther about shipping:

Order the tires and show the shipping as pick up and they will be shipped at no charge to you. We are doing this for anyone who is attending the worlds that are from outside the US and Japan. The shipping is USPS priority and should reach you in 3 to 5 days.
Nice of them to offer this.........

MiCk B. :-)

[Reevsey]

Panther tyres go through Horizon Hobby UK in the UK, just at the moment i think they only have stock of 1/8th tyres.

Interesting choice though, you wouldbe gutted to go to the warm up then have to run different tyres for the main event!

[Lee Martin]

i thought at the worlds you had to buy your tyres at the event.....

[bigred5765]

i thought so to,
i think i heard you can run Ur ow tyres in practise but race tyres need to be bought and glued up in race controlled area

[MiCk B.]

i thought at the worlds you had to buy your tyres at the event.....

For qualifying and finals it's control tyre. Marked and glued up under supervision.

For the practice you can run your own tyres.

We're gonna be there a day or two before the practice starts. So handy to have tyres there already, get 'em glued up and ready. According to the schedule there's a max of 10 rounds of practice.

MiCk B. :-)

[jimmy]

I can't wait to go to the Maid Cafe ! :D:confused::o:D



http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/canadian_maid_cafe.jpg

[Northy]

I can't wait to go to the Maid Cafe ! :D:confused::o:D



http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/canadian_maid_cafe.jpg

I'd ride that long time ;)

[Richard Lowe]

I'd ride that long time ;)

Happy ending? :wtf: :p

[jimmy]

there's even a maid optician, where they dress up as french maids and test your eyes.. mad as a mad thing

[ShiftF9er]

there's even a maid optician, where they dress up as french maids and test your eyes.. mad as a mad thing

I lived in Tokyo for over two years and my girlfriend for about six. If you want to get some ideas of what to see/do/eat when your there come and speak to us (if she's back in the UK by then) at the Stotfold national. There are so many amazing photo opportunities it's almost worth not going to the worlds and just hanging out in Tokyo with your camera. It's a very special place, i can't say i enjoyed my time there but it was an eye opener, even after two years i was still shacking my head in amazement.

By the way good gag about the "Tokyo optician".

[telboy]

I lived in Tokyo for over two years and my girlfriend for about six.

You lived inside your girlfriend for six years?!:o Wow!

[jimmy]

Anyone got a camcorder type thing I can borrow to take to the worlds? Nothing too crazy as I don't intend to start chucking out DVD's of the footage or anything, but it would be mostly useful to video the A finals so I can write about them properly - if the qualitys good enough then I can stick the videos on youtube after if need be (but im sure others will be there doing better videos)

[Bathy]

Anyone got a camcorder type thing I can borrow to take to the worlds? Nothing too crazy as I don't intend to start chucking out DVD's of the footage or anything, but it would be mostly useful to video the A finals so I can write about them properly - if the qualitys good enough then I can stick the videos on youtube after if need be (but im sure others will be there doing better videos)

Me!

(my message "Me!" is too short to post, so now im going to type a load of really boring rambling jibberish just to allow me to post "Me!"... in fact bored of typing now... Me!)

[Nick Goodall]

i thought at the worlds you had to buy your tyres at the event.....

Is that a new(ish) rule?

Just thinking back to Finland in 99 it was Proline tyres and people just took what they needed?!?

Good idea though as locals usually end up knowing some sort of trick to get a bit more grip.......

[bigred5765]

Anyone got a camcorder type thing I can borrow to take to the worlds? Nothing too crazy as I don't intend to start chucking out DVDs of the footage or anything, but it would be mostly useful to video the A finals so I can write about them properly - if the quality's good enough then I can stick the videos on you tube after if need be (but I'm sure others will be there doing better videos)

and why not i would buy em on a monthly bases and i bet loads more would to

[rcfan]

Anyone got a camcorder type thing I can borrow to take to the worlds? Nothing too crazy as I don't intend to start chucking out DVD's of the footage or anything, but it would be mostly useful to video the A finals so I can write about them properly - if the qualitys good enough then I can stick the videos on youtube after if need be (but im sure others will be there doing better videos)

;) Yeah that´s what I thought :-)

Just don´t ever youse youtube please. If you borrow a camcorder you could also borrow some webspace. I´m sure lots of people would lovee to help you out to host the vids (including me). Crappy youtube just isn´t appropriate for your quality stuff.

[jimmy]

true, its a bit pants isn't it.. yeah im sure I could sort that out.

[Lee Martin]

i have a dvd camcorder

[bigred5765]

Ive got 1000's of blanc disc's jimmy and cases
and I'm sure i know someone with a multi DVD duplicator

[mole2k]

You could always consider your own flash player at a lot higher a quality for streaming off the site then maybe a nice shiney 720p downloadable version!

[JCJC]

Anyone got a camcorder type thing I can borrow to take to the worlds? Nothing too crazy as I don't intend to start chucking out DVD's of the footage or anything, but it would be mostly useful to video the A finals so I can write about them properly - if the qualitys good enough then I can stick the videos on youtube after if need be (but im sure others will be there doing better videos)

We have a simple DV camcorder, good optical zoom, few spare tapes, possibly software.:)

[jimmy]

Thanks mate - I will see if Lee will bring his with him as we're traveling with lee and it would make sense.. but you never know, lee might not trust me!:D

We just booked the hotel in Komatsu - I say we, but I actually mean a colleagues japanese wife had to call them to organise it :eh?: All a bit scary if you ask me!

[GRIFF55]

I'm sure you'll have great fun! You've turned me :) with envy.
If your report is as usual, i can't wait!!(make sure to report on that cafe' ;) )

[MiCk B.]

Jimmy,

Do you know the name of the hotel you're in?

MiCk B. :-)


Thanks mate - I will see if Lee will bring his with him as we're traveling with lee and it would make sense.. but you never know, lee might not trust me!:D

We just booked the hotel in Komatsu - I say we, but I actually mean a colleagues japanese wife had to call them to organise it :eh?: All a bit scary if you ask me!

[jimmy]

APA Komatsu but there is also the APA Grand across the street. These are in the city, so a bit of a drive from the track but at least there is stuff around :)

[Jimbo]

Stoked to hear you're going Jimmy, your reports are very good on the UK nats, I'm guessing the Worlds report will be awesome! The magazine reports just aren't good enough anymore.... ;)

Try everything different that you can (chicken heart skewers are interesting!) I'm sure you'll never forget your trip:)

[_sleigh_]

Try everything different that you can (chicken heart skewers are interesting!) I'm sure you'll never forget your trip:)

We're talking about Jimmy "fussy eater" Storey here :wtf:

[jimmy]

Yeah I can't wait - the only problem with these holidays I take is that I need a holiday afterwards to recover! :D

[sly]

Hi all, just made a donation towards Jimmy`s adventures, in order so we all get to know what he`s up to.
Keep up the good work.
Sly.:D

[johnnyboy]

Sweet! My wish list:

- Up close shots of all the top guys cars
- Sweet video racing action
- Short interviews with some of the drivers
- For you to have a sweet hot spot to upload all that crap daily! LOL

Thanks for going Jimmy, your coverage is the best!