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We had 100 cars on our Club stand last year and about 75 this year.I did feel that the 2015 event was a bit of a damp squib - and not because of the bloody awful weather on Fri and Sun. The programme felt very deja vu but 2016 saw a real improvement -the place just had a real buzz.
I neither know nor care how many people turned up but it was lots - and it's an event which shows just how decent motorsport crowds can be. Football gets its police presence ,drunks and fights , and even BTCC is chav heaven these days. Yet the Classic has 100k like minded enthusiasts- all happy to chat , whether a driver, fellow spectator or ever helpful 'race maker' - it's a pleasure to attend and a real shop window for the sport. Thanks to Clarkson and the Top Gear demographic , motorsport fans are often stereotyped as knuckle dragging idiots - reassuring that the truth is very different. (but do Top Gear fans watch motor sport at all or just ..ahem..hoon?)
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