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The 2010 CAMS Carnival
To be held between the 1st and 4th of October in the Echuca-Moama region.

Entry for the public is free.
Cost for the long weekend as a competitor is on a 'pay-as-you-go' basis with a maximum of all possible events being $195

Range of events include
Motorkhanas on five different bitumen and grass surfaces.
Tarmac Speed Events including a 400 metre Sprint and 'Go-whoa' at Echuca Airport.
Auto Tests on closed street courses.
A Rallysprint series, with five separate sections to be run.
An Off Road course.
A 'Grand Prix Rally' - style twilight navigation test.

Looks like they are getting some hi-profile drivers to underpin the event.

Sounds like fun! I'm now saving my pennies for this event.

Online registrations are now open!

Postponed due to lack of registrations; perhaps until May next year.

The two car clubs I've spoken to about this event didn't have much info at all so I think CAMS needs to re-evaluate their publicity campaign.

They ran one of these in Perth last year. The event ran but it was not advertised at all, I only found out about it after the event which I was a bit gutted about because it was held 10 minutes from my house and Alistair McRae was there giving out passenger rides for a charity donation. Very typical of local motorsport events really, they all cry about having low entry numbers and no spectators yet they never tell anyone an event is on!

deviant wrote:They ran one of these in Perth last year. The event ran but it was not advertised at all, I only found out about it after the event which I was a bit gutted about because it was held 10 minutes from my house and Alistair McRae was there giving out passenger rides for a charity donation. Very typical of local motorsport events really, they all cry about having low entry numbers and no spectators yet they never tell anyone an event is on!

Problem is that mainstream advertising costs.

I also know that flyers are sometimes posted out to local clubs to advertise various events.
Some clubs claim the flyer is not received, others claim they received the flyer but didn't think their members would be interested.
Very few club will advertise another clubs (or CAMS) event in their magazine or on their web site.

deviant wrote:They ran one of these in Perth last year. The event ran but it was not advertised at all, I only found out about it after the event which I was a bit gutted about because it was held 10 minutes from my house and Alistair McRae was there giving out passenger rides for a charity donation. Very typical of local motorsport events really, they all cry about having low entry numbers and no spectators yet they never tell anyone an event is on!

That event had a $700 price tag for all entrants. hence it having low numbers.

project.r.racing wrote:

deviant wrote:They ran one of these in Perth last year. The event ran but it was not advertised at all, I only found out about it after the event which I was a bit gutted about because it was held 10 minutes from my house and Alistair McRae was there giving out passenger rides for a charity donation. Very typical of local motorsport events really, they all cry about having low entry numbers and no spectators yet they never tell anyone an event is on!

That event had a $700 price tag for all entrants. hence it having low numbers.

Cough...Choke...I'm sorry but I thought I heard you say $700...to run around some cones in the car park in front of half a dozen passer bys...