Personally, I would consider $40 pretty good value, but I take your point. Big Day out - $185... Speedway $20 (or more for a special event) for 4 hours? Civic Theatre - $100+, Bruce Mason theatre about the same and $8.50 for a beer. Andre Rieu, Cirque du Soleil well over $100 a ticket for just three hours.

Goodwood, Friday practice only - $66 four years ago. I hate to think what our Monaco Historics cost us - and they only manage 8 sessions/races a day with a 40 minute gap between each.

Considering there was action from 9am, to probably after 5pm, 18 races (?) plus demos, that is pretty good value. However, taking a family and feeding them and getting to and fro is expensive, but at least HD don't have the food Nazis on the gate.

My $14 fettuccine fed me at lunchtime and with some cooked up extra sauce, my wife and I at night and there is still a portion left!