Neo09!!! OMG!! :D

[Lee]

Oooooh bitchy

[c0sie]

Lol @ Lewis

[Will-Hammond]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Whitehall

Damn I wish I was good enough to race at this event.

Lol allways next year Jim!... Praying for entry over here Lol!

[showtime]

Originally Posted by lewisDXR

We could get you to stand in the middle ol and race around you

Mind you that would be more round racing than oval

Long lap though

better get myself a truggy tank. don't wanna run out

[c0sie]

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo08/day1/index.html

Jimmys report on NEO'08 for those who still need pursuading that this event is the bollox.

[Lee]

Cosie stop bigging it up, i want an entry

[c0sie]

Sorry dude, I got bit by the NEO bug after last year

[Lee]

My 1/8th scale is on route

[Northy]

This years report should be even better

G

[Lee]

If i get in i will have some special questions for the people i get to interview, i(f im allowed )

[wezzer]

so cosie ! you up for pit biatch action again ? gonna run the Hyper 9 i rekon

[dave g]

i just seen how much the entry fee is for the neo nitro buggy.... £100

[savageracer1]

Originally Posted by dave g

i just seen how much the entry fee is for the neo nitro buggy.... £100

and for electric 1/8th buggys it 50 :O

[Chris Doughty]

it is 4-days of racing against an international field on what will probably be the best track that most would ever race on.

[dave g]

and almost twice the price of last year chris..

still be good tho

[showtime]

i've been on the phone with Phil today & he went some way into explaining the high(ish) entry fee
this is a very expensive meeting to hold & even at the raised entry fee there is still a large amount that needs to be found from sponsorship etc!

due to the troubled economic climate sponsorship for this event has been hard to come by & thin on the ground. you only have to look at the lack of sponsorship logo's on the event homepage compared to last year to see that! so the unfortunate raise in entrys was unavoidable.

on the plus side if you do get in you'll be racing on the best track in the UK against a very strong International field

i'm not sure on exact prices of onsite accomodation yet but the rooms are usually a lot cheaper than a hotel so the cost does even up a bit plus you also get cheap beer in the student union bar so if you were really keen you could try and recoup your money like that

you also get the DXR guarantee that rain cannot & will not stop play!
you don't get that at any other dirt track in the UK

[footey]

when can people put there name down to try and gety a entry

[glypo]

Cool the website is live

Phil must have worked hard on the content, I only finished coding it last night!

And as Showtime said, economy has gone mad causing little sponsorship. Putting on this race costs serious money, I won't say the budget but just says it's in tens of thousands.

Also, due to weak pound against Euro it is only a small price increase for the Europeans too over last year. This should help make it even more international. So really you are getting a bargain anyway, Neo is the nuts and there are some AWESOME new plans which I will keep secret for now. For £25/day it's not much more than a club race in price, but it's soooooo much better

[showtime]

entrys go live midday tomorrow

over on Rcracecontrol website linked from the Neo09 page

just follow the instructions & if anyone needs to ask any questions just post em up on here & either one of the DXR guys or somebody in the know will answer them for you

[jordi15]

£100? .... BARGAIN! Neo is one of the rc worlds greatest events with possibly the strongest field outside of the Worlds

I, like hundreds of others will be putting in an entry for my lad 'just in case' ...... you'd be mad not to