Top Gear Laptime Sweepstake

[Drifter Steve]

Originally Posted by Mookistar

As much as the GTR vs. Bullet is on, has anyone actually contacted TG to confirm it will be lapping at Dunsfold on this series?

bearing in mind the Veyron's been in numerous articles but never been round Dunsfold

mook

my concern too

[Fuggles]

Well if it doesn't happen we will refund everyone

[Mookistar]

John,

I'm sure as chairman of the GTROC, and with this charity event behind you, a quick call to the TG offices to find out would be worthwile?



Mook

[Fuggles]

1:19.0
1:19.5

Thank you

[EvolutionVI]

Originally Posted by Fuggles

Well if it doesn't happen we will refund everyone

If it doesn´t happen,just spend the money for the charity

I dont care about the 5 gbp,and im sure anybody else too

[Mookistar]

OR

we transfer the sweepstake to the Mookitro,






and what time it will lap the Anglesea GP circuit ALA Fifth gear, on August 23rd

On TV - Fifth Gear



Mook

[Mookistar]

scrap that, they don't use the GP circuit. basts!

[tomgtr]

Utterly rediculous to return 5 or 10 GBP! Mine to charity please

[Chamber]

i have no problem with that; if they don't do a lap then my money goes to charity too

but considering how this car seems to be all about lap times, i really doubt it would not do a lap......the veyron was/is a big sporty grand tourer, not a definitive sportscar (despite being very good to handle)

[charles charlie]

Is there the distinct possibility that TG will await UK release next year??

Bloody hope not!

[supraman]

I sent an email on Saturday to the Top Gear website, TV show and magazine to inform them of our competition in the hope of getting a bit of publicity for the GT-R, the GTROC, this forum and, of course, the CLICSargent charity.

Admittedly, I didn't actually ask them if the GT-R will be setting a lap time next Sunday but, if anyone ever replies, hopefully they will give us some indication. There have been so many posts on this forum about a car being prepared for the lap and claims that the lap has already been recorded that, perhaps stupidly, I thought it was a foregone conclusion.

I suggest that, if they don't set a time on Sunday, we just continue with the sweepstake until they do. This will benefit the charity for a few more months.

If they still haven't set a time soon after the UK cars start arriving in April 2009 then they probably never will, and we can deal with that situation closer to the time. Who knows, we might end up transferring our "bets" to the Spec V.

[paulc]

My dealer apparently knows the time of the lap (but obviously wont announce this), so think its pretty good chance of us all knowing on sunday or at least certainly by April 09!

[Fuggles]

Then can you explain to your dealer what we're doing and ask them not to disclose the information please? It would be a shame for the charity to miss out.

[paulc]

I was making the point that the time seems to have been made, rather than baiting the dealer and getting the time public. Just my belief that we will know in an episode sooner rather than later.
Don't worry, wasnt about to blow the whole sweepstake! -

[supraman]

Sorry I've been quiet for a few days. I'm on holiday - going to Goodwood on Friday!

Anyway, I've added two guesses from Fuggles and one from Andy Hornsby. matlyp and ANDY400R are also taking part but I don't know their guesses yet.

C'mon folks. The lap might be shown on Sunday's episode. Time is running out. Remember that we now have two separate lists for different weather conditions.

We've now had:

33 regular guesses (33 x £5) = £165
10 additional contributions to the charity (10 x £5) = £50

So, the prize fund is as follows:

£66 to the winner
£33 to the runner-up
£16.50 to 3rd-place
£49.50 + £50 = £99.50 to charity

Dry Track Only

Chamber 1.17.7
Evolution VI 1.17.8
davros 1.17.9
Spazpeker 1.18.0
Andy Hornsby 1.18.1
bodi 1.18.2
TrickyB 1.18.3
tokyogtr 1.18.5
supraman 1.18.8
Rich-GT 1.18.9
First 1.19.0
Fuggles 1.19.0
Al_s13 1.19.3
tomgtr 1.19.5
supracat 1.19.6
Axolotl 1.19.7
dwreid 1.19.8
paulc 1.20.2
Hazardous 1.20.3
rblvjenkins 1.20.3
goldbrew 1.20.4
charles charlie 1.20.5
slow 1.20.6
maxxwaxx 1.21.8
Pugwash 1.22.4

Wet/Damp/Mildly Moist Track Only

Fuggles 1.19.5
TrickyB 1.19.7
supraman 1.20.3
tomgtr 1.20.5
Redlineash 1.20.8
supracat 1.21.4

Full List

NAMES IN RED HAVE PAID

1.17.3 GT-R Cowboy
1.17.4 Arch5
1.17.5 OllieMeff (dry track)
1.17.6 Godzilla-RR - BANNED
1.17.7 Chamber
1.17.8(4) Rising sun
1.17.8 EvolutionVI
1.17.9 davros
1.18.0 ticketmaster123, Spazpeker
1.18.1 Andy Hornsby
1.18.2 bodi
1.18.3 stealth, TrickyB (dry track)
1.18.4 supracat (with suspension mods)
1.18.5 tokyogtr
1.18.6 yuangs
1.18.7 kpkpkp
1.18.8 supraman (dry track), MacGTR, Bubble, Tr8kr (sunny day)
1.18.9 Rich-GT
1.19.0 First, Fuggles (dry track)
1.19.1 KINGLEH, sumo69
1.19.2 Cornhoolio
1.19.3 PJCS, Al_s13
1.19.4 Lith, zig-zag
1.19.5 P3RV3RT, OllieMeff (wet track), tomgtr, Fuggles (wet track)
1.19.6 supracat
1.19.7 TrickyB (wet track), axolotl
1.19.8 Peely, Benji406V6Coupe, ac427, Moff, kennyc, dwreid
1.19.9 GTaaaaaarrrrrr!
1.20.0 Aerodramatics
1.20.1 skyline69_uk
1.20.2 paulc
1.20.3 rblvjenkins, sin, Hazardous,supraman (wet track)
1.20.4 goldbrew
1.20.5 Charles Charlie
1.20.6 Slow
1.20.7 NBM33
1.20.8 evoscott, Redlineash (damp track)
1.21.4 supracat
1.21.5 LivingMovie
1.21.7 mugwump
1.21.8 maxxwaxx
1.22.0 Armed English
1.22.2 neilstafford, BobLeBuilder
1.22.3 evoscott
1.22.4 Pugwash (pessimistic about fairness)

To help us can you add your FORUM NAME (in brackets) on your name/address field of the booking form so we can identify you.