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Jumpstart 2013

Coxy

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Jumpstart 2013 is the new name for the Limerick Brekkie Roll.......a big round of applause for Gritz who came up with that one (y)

The Date has changed from Sunday February 10th to Sunday February 24th to give everyone time to go to the RIAC classic car show on Feb 10th and more importantly to get their VWs out from under wraps and back on the road - a lot of people had called me to say that they wouldn't be able to make it due to the RIAC show in the RDS and that their cars just wouldn't be ready which is why I took the decision to reschedule. The weather should be a lot better by then so lets see you all out in force for the first event of 2013.

11am - Meet @ The Plaza Building, Ballysimon Road, Limerick for a coffee, chat and collect your complimentary Kickstart 2013 car sticker.
12noon - Cruise to Kilcornan Karting, Kilcornan, Co. Limerick (about 20mins drive)
12:30/1pm - Karting - we can do the 'Arrive & Drive' €20 for 15 minute session, €30 for half hour session or, depending on numbers we can do the Grand Prix racing @ €40pp but we need to have a minimum of 10 drivers.
Lunch - This will be in the Kilcornan House pub next door followed by the return cruise to the Plaza Building where people can grab a coffee for the journey home!












We have been lucky to get some goodies in already;
  • VW Spares - €50 voucher
  • Irish Vintage Scene Retro Classics Magazine - 12 month subscription
  • Tosh Classic - T-shirts, bags & stickers
  • Airmighty Megascene Magazine - stickers, copies of the magazine
  • VW Heritage - T-shirts, bags, pens & key rings
  • The Samba - stickers
  • Aircooled Accessories - early style headlight grilles (can be exchanged for later grilles if you have a post '67 Beetle or a Bay Window)
  • Eircooled baseball hat
  • High Nelly.ie - retro bike saddle
  • Aircooled Apparel.com - T-Shirts & stickers
  • Status VW - sweets & stickers
There are more compaines to confirm if they will throw some goodies our way but no matter what I would hope to see you all on Feb 24th.

So mark the date in your new Eircooled calendar and come along - even if you don't fancy having a go at karting, why not come along anyway just to laugh and/or support your clubmates on the track :D

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Coxy

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Grand Prix Racing:

Every driver gets a practice session to accustom them to the track and the conditions.

Each driver then races in a total of three heats where they will try to gain as many points as possible to determine a good grid position in the semi-final.

Each race consists of five laps, with the top drivers from the semi finals go forward to the finals.

There are prizes for the top three finishers in the final with a bottle of champagne for the winner to spray!

The Grand Prix event usually takes about one hour to run. Cost per person is €40 and a minimum of ten drivers are required
 

Coxy

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Arrive & Drive sessions:

To prepare yourself for the Grand Prix or to simply enjoy the experience of driving a kart, then try this one. You can have a choice of either a 15 minute or half hour session.

Test yourself against the race track, the weather conditions and more importantly, the clock.

In Arrive and Drive sessions, every single lap you complete is timed.

During Arrive and Drive sessions, a maximum of 12 karts may be on the track at any given time.

Costs:

€20 for 15 minute session
€30 for half hour session
 

Mikey

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February 3, 2009
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Great stuff Coxy, can donate an Eircooled baseball cap to the last person to finish the race.
 

Rez

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Ah fuck it. Was really looking forward to this weekend (original date for Brekkie roll). Been busting a gut to have van ready with Sunday my deadline.
New day out looks great though. I'll probably be there.
 

Aidan

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I can't make the 24th unfortunately but then no date is going to suit everyone. Well done on organising what promises to be a great start to the year.
 

duts

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Ah fuck it. Was really looking forward to this weekend (original date for Brekkie roll). Been busting a gut to have van ready with Sunday my deadline.
New day out looks great though. I'll probably be there.

Ya whinging bollox, now ya don't have to burst at gut! Are ya lookin forward to the new date any less now or what? Just quit your moaning get the finger out fix your van and have your driving gloves ready for the track!
 

Coxy

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Kev has always kept in touch with Marty form High Nelly.ie to let him know if there are any meets in and around the Limerick area and when he let him know about the date change for Jumpstart 2013 Marty very kindly offered a retro saddle as a prize on the day. You have no doubt seen the High Nelly.ie Bay Window Bus at this meet and others before.........if it was there you can't have missed it!

Thanks Marty - Much appreciated and we will certainly make sure this goes to someone who will appreciate it.

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For more offers on parts or to buy a bike complete check out www.highnelly.ie/
 

Coxy

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I picked up some bags for the goodies from Andrew at Retro Classics & Irish Vintage Scene Magazines yesterday at the RIAC show. He also threw in some magazines to include in the goodie bags as well.
The event will be in Retro Classics Magazine also so shine up your motors :D

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Coxy

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This time 2 weeks it'll all be over so let's get things moving with our first event of 2013. I'm hoping you will all support this as, thankfully, we have had a lot of companies support this by supplying products as you can see in the first post. It doesn't matter whether you can come along to the morning coffee only, the karting only or better still both, we want to see you and your VW there.

Nearly time for a list.........if you can add your name early I can let the track know the numbers as well as the pub.
 

JustinOval

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Kev has always kept in touch with Marty form High Nelly.ie to let him know if there are any meets in and around the Limerick area and when he let him know about the date change for Jumpstart 2013 Marty very kindly offered a retro saddle as a prize on the day. You have no doubt seen the High Nelly.ie Bay Window Bus at this meet and others before.........if it was there you can't have missed it!

Thanks Marty - Much appreciated and we will certainly make sure this goes to someone who will appreciate it.

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For more offers on parts or to buy a bike complete check out www.highnelly.ie/

That's nice. She's a Flying Pigeon, is she? 22mm post?
 

Coxy

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More goodies arrived yesterday!

Status VW sent over lots of sweets and stickers for the goodie bags

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Aircooled Apparel's package also arrived with a few t-shirts and some stickers.

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Coxy

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Ok guys & gals, I've done all I can from this side so all you have to do is add your names to the list, come along and have a great time!

Cars & coffee only:
1.

Coffee & Karting:
1. Coxy (GT Beetle)
2.
 

natian08

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Put me down for cars and coffee Coxy.In me daily though:( although if you gave me a heap of those stickers to put on it it might look a bit more air cooled ;)