Boys Toys Day 2019 - Let’s Go Racing - 31st August!

[Vipers]

Hi Guys, 

Just posted the below for our Boys Toys Day 2019, we're going Go Kart racing at Rye House in the afternoon so be good to get some Lotus Cars at the shop in the morning for the car meet and BBQ breakfast then go over to Rye House in convoy for some track action, if anyone fancies coming along just let me know 👍

Cheers,

Paul.

 

[Vipers]

Boys Toys Day - Aug 31st Update!

Hi Everyone,

With less that a week to go now till our Boys Toys Day 2019 I thought I’d just write a quick update, the main news is that looking on Accuweahter we are in for a dry and sunny day which really is the main thing, so if you fancy getting your pride and joy out for a late summer blast please feel free to come over to HiFi Lounge from 9am onwards.

We will be here till midday with the BBQ sizzling away with sausage and bacon for breakfast with the demo rooms blasting out some top tunes, then we are off to Rye house in Hoddesdon for some Go Kart Racing action, I just want to say thanks to everyone who has registered to come along racing. So far we are up to 21 of us on track which means there are 5 places left for anyone who is mad enough to join us, the aim was to get 20 Karts on the Grid but it would be really cool if we could get a full grid of 26 so if you’d like to come along please just drop me a line at paul@hifilounge.co.uk

But to recap, we’ll be having our yearly car meet at HiFi Lounge from 9am till midday then we are off to Rye house to tear up the track with the on track action starting at 2pm, if you don’t fancy the racing part why not come over to Rye House to watch the action, it should be a real spectacle to rival any Grand Prix

Really look forward to seeing everyone on August 31st for a day of cars, HiFi and racing

Cheers,

Paul.

[Vipers]

Thanks to everyone who came along to our Boys Toys Day 2019!

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to say a big thanks for everyone who came along to this years Boys Toys Day, we were jammy with the weather again which was a relief. It was a day of 2 halves really with the breakfast car meet at HFL where we had a great selection of Marques again including, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lotus, Porsche, TVR, Mercedes but arguably the star of the show was a 1981 Citroen GSA Special which really was quite unique.

Then around midday many of us departed to Rye House for the Go Karting track action, for once the convoy stayed in line helped by Wendy leading the way, we ended up with 24 karts on track which was great, I hope everyone who joined in didn’t ache too much yesterday, I know I did, and hopefully the people who had blisters on their hands after 1 hour in the kart are on the mend now, it really is pretty physical when you spend an hour in a Kart, it is actually easier to drive the Radical but in the end I everyone seemed to have a great time and appeared to be keen to do it again next year so I can see this becoming a yearly event.

The Race

Ready for action!

So how did the race go? Well I got pole which I was very happy about, to be fair I used to race at Rye a fair bit around 20 years ago but it is amazing how it soon comes back to you, the race didn’t go quite as well though as I got punted off on lap 1 so went from first to last in one lap but fought back to third so had some great racing along the way, congratulations to Chris who won and Andy who came second but really a big thanks to everyone who came along and made it so much fun, I’ve got some unfinished business so definitely keen to do it again next year.

Let’s Go Racing!

Me and Wendy having a chat on track

The Podium

Thanks again everyone, let’s do it all again next year

Cheers,

Paul.

[pete]

Thanks for a great day Paul to say it was tyring was an understatement,was so tired at the end they had to help me out if the kart. See you soon Pete

[Vipers]

No problem at all Pete, thanks for coming along, just heard from another one of the guys who attended and he's got 4 blisters, 2 x black Knees & lots of aching muscles but is keen for another go, the things we do for fun eh 😉