While it was another win for dominant Verstappen, the amazing racing at Las Vegas tonight was a great celebration for the end of the year. Thanks @redbullnz and @sweatshopbrewkitchen for hosting, and thanks everyone for coming! .We believe we might have had to people pay but not come! If you think this was you, dm us and we will sort out a refund asap..🏁2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣🏁.Once again, thank you for an amazing inaugural year of Vroom UoA! Expect a wrap up of 2023, our Pit Crew Experience Posts at events during this summer, and more posts about our friends events!💛❤️💜💙See y’all soon!!! - Vroom
The Grid is set, and the new track is ready. Come watch the Las Vegas GP and celebrate the end of the year with us tonight!🏎 🏁 🏎 🏁 🏎 🏁 🏎 🏁 🏎The FREE RedBull Watch Party at The Sweatshop Brew Kitchen (7 Sale Street) begins at 4pm tonight, and lights go out at 6pm!🎰 🏎 🌃 🎰 🏎 🌃 🎰 🏎 🌃Do you want to save money on food? Fill out the form in the QR code, in our Linktree in bio, or by copy-pasting the link below to join the group at our table and get subsidised food for $5 (at least $20 savings)!https://forms.gle/xkaVz7SKGpzy8A137
CONGRATS ON COMPLETING EXAMS!!! 🎉🎉🎉Come celebrate the end of exams with us at RedBull NZ's final F1 watch party of the year! We have our very own table and would love for you to join us!❗️IMPORTANT❗️:If you want to get food with us, we've reduced the prices for food to $5! Spots in this group are limited. So, fill out the RSVP Form in the QR code or by going to our link tree to secure your spot.Don't worry about paying anything if you are not getting food or getting your own food. Event entry is free!Here's the deets, see y'all there!!!- When: Sunday, the 19th November, 4pm open, 6pm race start- Where: The Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen, 7 Sale Street- Who? YOU! Send this form to your friends to join, too!- FREE EVENT ENTRY- Price for food group: $5
From our Motorsport Trivia Night in May to our AGM last week, we'd love to thank you all for coming to our events this year! At the AGM, Nathan Smith won our Mini Gran Turismo 4 Competition after a great back-to-back battle with Boldani Chan with a final time of 48.085 in the Pink Vitz™️ @ Autumn Ring Mini 😎🏆.At our AGM, we looked back on 2023, awarded our Vroom Karting Championship podium placers, and re-elected our President, Darland Kenyon, and Secretary, Jazz Deans. 📣ATTENTION!!!📣 We're looking for a treasurer for 2024! This is a leadership position in the club, which is really important for the club. Flick us a DM or email to express your interest!We will release info for a special event after exams end very soon, so stay tuned!Let Us know what your favourite event was, below!
Kia Ora All,Tonight is our AGM! We'll be looking back on 2023 and beginning our preparation for 2024 and beyond. Join us, and you can:👔Vote on our leadership team for 2024💰See our Financial Report for 2023❓Ask us any questions about the club (and maybe apply to be an exec?)📜Pass in Constitution Amendments🎮And play Gran Turismo 4 on our PC emulator!(MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED - FREE TO SIGN UP!)Deets:Where: 260-223 (OGGB Level 2)When: 5pm-8pm (GT4 mini comp from 7-8)OPEN CALL TO MEMBERS:If you are interested in running for any of the leadership team positions, send us a DM, and we can discuss the leadership team's expectations. Afterwards, you can choose to run if you wish to do so (You must have attended at least one of our events). The leadership team positions are President, Secretary, and Treasurer.See Y'all Tonight!!!
Hey All! 🏁 🔵 🏁 🔵 🏁If you've looked through our link tree recently, you would have seen a link to our Discord. 🏁 🔵 🏁 🔵 🏁We're launching our discord community today! This is THE student community for all things motorsport for UoA, AUT, and all of Auckland! Join by scanning the QR code, copy-pasting this link below, or finding the link in our link tree!🏁 🔵 🏁 🔵 🏁https://discord.gg/FuXRhXSh6F
Thank you all for attending the Sim-Racing event with @uoafsae47 on the 23rd! We had great attendance considering the late notice and crunch FSAE is in with its efforts to defend its title at the Australasia competition later this year.🏎🏎🏎We had 3 winners, Lewis Chau, Daniel Hall, and Damla Teminzoy! We will be getting in contact with them in the next couple of weeks to schedule their Pit Crew Experiences!🏎🏎🏎If you have photos you want to share, find the Photo Archive link in our link tree!🏎🏎🏎Make sure you head over to The Computer Lounge in Mt Wellington this weekend (7th-8th) to try bagging some of the $4K prize pool on offer!
It’s AGM Time!On Tuesday, the 17th, We invite you to join us in wrapping up our first semester of events and operations. This will include leadership elections, our financial report, and an open Q&A!Competition!After all official duties are out of the way, we'll run an end-of-semester Gran Turismo 4 Time Trial. The prize(s) will be announced with our "Meet the Candidates" post.Deets: Date and time: Tuesday, the 17th of October (Week 12), 5 pm to 8 pmWhere: 260-223 (OGGB, Edith Blackwell Case Room)Who? YOU!!!!!! (RSVP or walk-in)
Come and Represent VROOM UoA at the Computer Lounge F123, with $4000 worth of prizes this is an event not to be missed! When: Sat 7th Oct, Sun 8th Oct, 10am-4pmWhere: Computer Lounge, 68A Carbine Road, Mt Wellington. Come and race the red bull ring and Austrian Grand Prix with us and win something! Hope to see some of you there 🏎️🏁Event Page in our link tree 😉
YO! WALK INS ARE OPEN!!!🚗🚕🚙1-4 PM today at FSAE Garage.🏎🏎🏎Free catering, Redbulls, and Sals Vouchers!🏎🚙🏎🚙4 Winners will receive FREE Pit Crew Experiences!!!!
PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT!Tomorrow we will award the fastest boy and girl in the two competitions a 'Pit crew Experience"!This will serve as a kick-off/ precursor to the "Vroom Volunteer Reserve", which will get members experiences and opportunities in various Motorsport events and teams. For the winners, pit passes and other associated fees will be covered (worth >$100)!So scan the QR code (or find the link in our link tree) and RSVP to secure your spot!
Did we say double header? Well, @redbullnz is hosting ANOTHER event TONIGHT at @shadowsbarnz right in the heart of the uoa campus: The NZ Final for Campus Clutch!.That’s 3 Big Events! Campus Clutch Friday , VroomxFSAE Sim Racing Saturday, and the Suzuka GO watch party Sunday!.Can’t wait to see you all this weekend!
Kia Ora, Everyone!
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Announcing a doubleheader weekend of events we're hosting and attending!
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SATURDAY, 23rd: Sim-Racing at the @uoafsae47 garage! Vroom, FSAE, and @redbullnz team up to bring you 3 hours of sim-racing fun!
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This FREE event has limited spots. Please RSVP as limited walk-ins will be accepted (no guarantee of catering if walking in).
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SUNDAY, 24th: The Exec team is attending Redbull's Suzuka GP watch party at the @sweatshopbrewkitchen, find deets on this event using the FB Event page link in our linktree.
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SHOW YOUR INTEREST! The Die-cast Racing Champs are in the last legs of planning. Let us know you're interested and help us make the big final decisions!
Form in QR Code (Pg 3) or in Linktree.
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Thanks for the continued support of the club, everyone! More to come!
Thank you all for coming! If you have any photos or videos you want to share, use the link in our bio to find our photo albums.
🏎Full Recap soon!🏎
📸@mooffy_photov2@jazzydeans
TODAY: WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and the VROOM KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP @acemotorsportkarting !!!!
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ALL DRIVERS: Check your emails!!!
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PRICES AT THE TRACK: If you are interested in coming on the day, 1 session is $32, and 3 are $90.
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Remember to arrive 20 minutes before your session (Find in emails) or before 3:45 if you're in the VKC
Kia Ora All!
We're counting down to Wednesday Night Lights and the Vroom Karting Championship @acemotorsportkarting !!!
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WHEN: Wednesday, 6th September, 3:30 to 9 PM
Where: ACE Motorsport Ltd.
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IMPORTANT!!!! Subsidised casual sessions and VKC entries close at 7pm on Tuesday the 5th of September, so make sure to get in before then!!!
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We will be accepting door sales for Casual sessions at the track, but these will not be subsidised by Vroom
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We can't wait to see y'all at the track!
Kia Ora, everyone!
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We're less than a week from the green flag dropping on our karting event at @acemotorsportkarting
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Our Casual session times are still open. So come and have a go!
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There are less than 15 spots left in our Vroom Karting Championship, so get in quick! Prizes will be announced soon!
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WHEN: Wednesday, 6th September, 3:30-9:00 PM
Registrations are now open for Wednesday Night Lights and the Vroom Karting Championship (Wednesday 6th, 3:30-9PM)!!!
For the Casual sessions, please use this form or find the link in our bio: https://forms.gle/gV6fprThjLbsYz4G9
For the Vroom Karting Champs, use this form or find the link in our bio: https://forms.gle/5fF468mat8CkNArDA
30 drivers, 1 night, 1 winner.
On the 6th of September, @acemotorsportkarting plays host to the Vroom Karting Championship under the Wednesday Night Lights!
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Drivers will go through qualifying, heats, and the "soup" to qualify for the Main Event!
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The competition has an entry cap of 30, while casual sessions have none.
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Tomorrow morning, prices will be released, and registration will open!
THE CLOCK HAS STARTED!
We’re two days away from opening the registration for “Wednesday Night Lights” and the “Vroom Karting Championship @acemotorsportkarting 2023”
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Tomorrow, the format for the champs and our casual sessions releases, and on Sunday the Pricing and Registration Forms open.
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Spaces for the competition are limited! So when registration opens, get in quick!!!
Kia Ora everyone!
We’re in the final stages of planning our karting event at @acemotorsportkarting and need your help! Show your interest and preferences in this form (below or find in our bio) to help!
https://forms.gle/puPHxDBtfkyYFr4Q7
Kia Ora all,
It has come to our attention that a defunct account of a dissolved club is being run as if it were still a real club. This account is not associated with any University of Auckland organisation and does not represent Vroom UoA or any authentic Motorsport Club.
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Please avoid this account and any activities it organises. The club and University are seeking for this account to be removed.
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If you have been contacted by the club account or the person that runs this account. Please let us know.
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This post will be removed when this issue is resolved.
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Updates on UoA supported events soon!
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Ngā Mihi,
The Vroom Executive Team
Thank you to all that turned up to our Movie Night with @uoafilmsoc !
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We barely had enough catering and RedBull for all of you (a lot more than seen above!). It was a great showing of Drive and we can’t wait for the next event(s).
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Hint hint: Our next event will be a lot more hands on! Details will be released #soon, so keep your eyes on this space! 👀
OUR WINNERS FOR MOVIE NIGHT!
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We’ll be watching Drive and Cars (1) in the Library Basement (109-B10) TONIGHT at 6-9pm!
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Free entry with Vroom membership (free) or UoA Film Soc membership ($5)!
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See y’all there!!!