Mopar Nats 2023.

[Dave81]

Just a note for those that didn't know, the early bird prices for admission end at the end of Jan. You can get discounted admission if you buy tickets prior to that.

Well worth doing.

Side comment:
What have Santa Pod done to the price or RWYB race vouchers....
Lanes may be quieter this year at £45 per day.

[RobTwin]

It was £45 a day for racing last year too, up from £30-something the year before. Pairing lanes / fire-up road were/was quiet too - word on the street was that it was down to the inflated prices, as you say

[Blue]

Probably cheaper to enter your car in super stock than admission and 2 days sign on…

[Dave81]

It was £45 a day for racing last year too, up from £30-something the year before. Pairing lanes / fire-up road were/was quiet too - word on the street was that it was down to the inflated prices, as you say

Yeah didn't run last year as the car had gone backwards slightly, so didn't see the point (or cost).
I'm sure a few years ago it was 20 on a Friday and 25 Sat/Sun.

The problem you have is you can't bank on the weather or guesstimate the number of oil downs.
Best ever was 8 runs. Could have done more but gave up for beer.
Worst is 3 runs in 8 hours.
That plus you have to pre register for it means it's a roll of the dice.

Just think £45 a day is a bit steep considering what's happening nationwide with bills etc.
Can see this year being harder on numbers through the door than last year, which would be a shame.

[Dave81]

Probably cheaper to enter your car in super stock than admission and 2 days sign on…

I've sent an email to Bev and Rob already, to get on the NSS list for this year.

[Blue]

These days the vast majority of the cars attending the Nats no longer go down the track and I don’t believe the cost of signing on is the reason for that. How quiet it will be there this year remains to be seen.

[mopar_mark]

Maybe it’s me, but I still think £45 for a days racing is good value. Especially when you think they have to provide track prep, track crew, fire service crew, ambulance crew.

Costs a fiver for a few minutes in a bumper car

[Dave81]

Maybe it’s me, but I still think £45 for a days racing is good value. Especially when you think they have to provide track prep, track crew, fire service crew, ambulance crew.

Costs a fiver for a few minutes in a bumper car

Its the accumulating cost for me.
Entry fee is more than fair for a weekend event.
If however I wanted to run over the entire weekend though, it's an additional £135. Add on cost to get to the event for most and its an expensive three days. In normal times, possibly not an issue. This year though it could hurt events like this (don't want to lose it).

From a spectator point of view, the more cars that go down the better. Not a fan of seeing the same 8 cars doing back to back runs.

Not a major gripe, as I've already got the tickets for the event. Just find the price point interesting from a racing and spectator point of view. Halving the cost and getting twice the number of entries gives them the same income but a better spectacle maybe?

[Pete]

In my experience I don't think you would get twice the number of different cars going down the track if the sign-on was halved.

There seems to be a different culture about some of these event these days - it is more "Park up, maybe cruise, drive around the pits a bit, set up the BBQ, and drink beer", as opposed to "cut 'em up and Race 'em".... this seems to be the case with the "Lifestyle" events - and each to their own.

[Stu]

Personally, I think all the events have changed feel since they clamped down on people cruising around and arsing about.

Still be there, though.