James: "Good to put a few more names to faces as always, the weather was glorious too, couldn't have asked for better, I now have my patented "car show sunburn" on the neck and arms!! Japfest seems to get better each year too!"
Let's have an individual look at all the members cars on our Club Stand - Guys and gals, your cars all looked fantastic
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Demon_Driver: "Japfest was mint! Was great to see familiar faces and old faces and the non-Primera section, which re-affirms the members first, cars second club stance."
EVOGT: "It was a great day even though I had to bugger off at 2 PM, got bloody sunburnt too LOL. I never got to speak to everyone I wanted to. The standard of everyones car is still very high!"
riggsy99: "Great japfest again. Great company and was brilliant to see all the regulars and some new faces too. Big respect to Laurens for taking the Primera out on the track, as well as making the mahoosive journey from Holland and respect to the Irish guys for making the journey over too."
sprint: "Have to say of the three Japfest's I've been to now, today was the best by far, the weather helped a great deal with that but the members are what makes it."
shade: "Yup, another great japfest. Yet again Josh had me walking here, there and everywhere. Awesome!"
Rodney: "Fantastic day even though I left at 13.45 - I was knackerd because I had only had 3 hours sleep since 6am yesterday, followed by a 600mile round trip! Nice to meet more members in person and respect to the Irish guys and Laurens for making the huge trip over here."
NiteW4tcher: "Awesome day! Once again, a great day out!"
Ross: "I had a great day out. Was good to meet all the regulars and some of the others I've never met before."
naughtynorm: "Cracking day, cracking people, big thanks!"
Ant-Dat: "Good to see you all again, had a good day. The night before we met up with a few at the White Lion in Yate, had a good laugh and chat!"
Ollierockk: "Laura and I had a fantastic time yesterday, was a really good day out! I got to meet a few of the members which was nice. The drifting was awsome!"
MysticMike: "Was a really good day. It was a long day and was lovely and warm, caught the sun. Lots of friendly people again. Good day had by everyone!"
Jonny-Young: "Awesome meet Guys thanks to all the members who made it (too many to name) had a great day, just a shame I crashed out early as I was going out with Rich for a few drinks but that never happened. Just got back so thanks. Big respect to all the staff for organising this and sorting everything out."
Now being a big club, we occasionally have times when our members want to come to Club Meets but their Nissan Primeras want to stay at home
Or even still and a big credit to this club, we have members who used to be Primera owners, who no longer own a Primera but are still very much part of the club
I guess what I'm trying to say here is... Members 1st, cars 2nd!! So let's have a look at the other members who were on the stand but not in a Nissan Primera:
Japsniper: "On behalf of myself and tickermetcalfe - WHAT A NICE DAY AND NICE PEOPLE! Nice to chat to alot of guys for the first time, deffo going to more events later this year, whatever they may be!"
doz_SR20: "It was a great day, both Sammi and I enjoyed it as per usual, my two mates who came too couldnt believe how big NPOC is, they both drive Swedish whips and recently went to a Swedish motor show and said that NPOC would have made up nearly half of their entire show! Got to have a good chat with a few of you which was nice, sorry if I didnt get chance to say hi. Thanks to Shaun and all the people behind the scenes sorting this event out, well worth it!"
truckingracer: "What a great day was good to put faces to names & finally meet you!"
roy.2: "It was a great day.Thanks to the NPOC team."
Angel1: "I had a fantastic day... again a little sunburnt. It was really great to see lots of old faces and some new ones. Just proves we aren't scary!"
And for the 1st time ever, as well as the Nissan Primeras and our members other cars, we had a motorbike.... It was however Jap (so we can dig it
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A BIG RESPECT shout goes out to one of our members as well!! I mentioned up top about the green P11 on the track, well that belongs to one of our overseas club members "DaMasterPnut, who drove all the way over from the Netherlands, to join us
- Here's a little spotlight for him, out on track:
Many thanks for making the journey Laurens & Michael
Also a shout out here for all of you who took on massive miles, to get out for the day - We were represented by The Wales, Scotland, Ireland and England and off course (as above) Holland!!
Blue: "I had a brill time! Really good to see some of the old crowd once again as well as some of the new faces! Really pleased to meet the Irish crew at last, albeit briefly. Couldn't believe it when I saw Laurens' car on the stand, and then to see it out on the track! Brilliant! Thanks to Admin & Staff for their fine organizational skills and making sure everything went smoothly."
Every inch of the ground around the circuit was ooooozing with hardcore Jap Metal, Japfest is the biggest one day Jap Car event in Europe. The quality of cars is simply outstanding. Every marque and model is catered and shown here, whether it be classic Jap, track slag or high powered monster:
barrakuda: "I had a great day yesterday, thanks to all of you who made my mate feel so welcome."
Biojoba: "My highlight was my new hot pink NPOC hoodie, I love it! But it's always nice to see you all too, glad you all seemed to have a great time."
DENNYBOY: "Thanks to everyone for such a great day, had a great time even though I was up a fooking stupid o'clock. The drifting was superb! A massive thanks to Shaun, Ade and G and anyone else involved in organising this meet as it was epic!! The stand looked fantastic and the everyones cars are first class."
Another look at some group shots, showing the mighty NPOC Stand
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johnbr6: "IMO, this is the best EVER weekend I have ever, ever had. JAE was one thing, this was another!!!! It wasn't just about Japfest from where I was. The two nights before and after were beyond brilliant, couldn't have asked for a better all round weekend."
Gizz: "Big respect to Shaun and other staff members for putting a truly massive weekend together. This was my first Japfest and long may they continue."
WeatherWitch: "What can I say - Bloody Fantastic!"
Here's some odds and sods from around the NPOC Stand and some highlights from members cars:
Sluffer: "Fantastic weekend, I can't thank you all enough for making it another truly succesful event. A big massive respect to all those that travelled from afar, especially Gaz, Eoin, Laurens & Mick for jumping on boats at crossing the Irish Sea and English Channel, to spend the time with us at Japfest. Also massive respect to Laurens for getting a Primera out on track! It was great meeting up with the usual crew and meeting some new people, I still don't think I met you all, our stand was awesome and the quality of our club cars is simply astounding."
JC#79: "What an amazing meet, yes it was just that because you all make it as such. Thanks go out to you all for my Birthday card, I was touched. You guys made the weekend a great one & thanks to you all, especially the organisers & those who hit the town afterwards in what was a cracking night even if the alcohol was flowing a tad too well."
Joe_Blob: "This was an enjoyable show. It was great to meet and catch up with folks I met!"
oz80: "Just want to thank NPOC for letting me part of the meet. Saw some lovely examples of the very underrated Nissan Primera & hope to get too some more meets."
aryzalp: "I had a wicked day but spent most of it watching what was happening on the track rather than hanging out on the stand. Now I feel bad at how many people I never got a chance to speak to! Sorry about that - It was great to speak to the people I did chat to and nice to meet some guys for the first time. Very cool to see a Primera out on the track as well!"
So we've seen the Nissan Primeras, the track action, the drift gods and some of the best cars dotted around on other club stands.. Guess we need to check out some of the advertising girlies
, as has become tradition, where there's skirt, there's Tom and his lovely P10
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Tom-P10:
"Basically ive been to many Japfests and this was my favourite! Always great when NPOC gets out there and represents so strongly at these events! Was an awesome day and great to see all my mates and to meet some new peeps! The biggest thanks have togo out to the guys behind the scenes who made this all happen - thanks peeps!"
ragt20: "Was a smashing meet, one of the best for weather for a loooooong time. It was great to hook up with all the regulars again and a lot of noobs, or "meet noobs". Great to see the turnout for NPOC get better and better over the years, now hopefully with Laurens opening the door for track action for the Primeras, hopefully over the next couple of years we have more Primeras on the track!"
Congratulations once again to ALL OF YOU!
June 2010 COTM / Feature - NPOC @ Japfest 2010
Written by essNchill