Going on from there, I was thinking of SMILING at motoracing and todays crowd looking so damn glum, is it that all the excitement has gone out of motoracing. I wonder. Maybe in todays world with all the violence and mayhem on our telly screens, excitement means more than just a few cars going round and round. As I said my buddy John Sergel was very dismissive of circuit racers, where as rallying....now there was where the excitement is. Take a look at the crowds at those old race meetings. Have a look, not just at the cars, but the backgrounds, of the amazing photos posted on here by members. What was it back then? Well the cars were pretty wild LOOKING....they sure as hell were noisy, smelly, and all seemed ready to blow up any second. Drivers wrestling with the steering wheel trying to control the monster beneath them...poor suspension and tyres not helping. Just getting to the chequered flag by sheer guts. Todays stuff is all so antiseptic, so politically correct, so predictable....it's no wonder the hot dog and chips stands do so well. Iv'e often said that the only class today that is actually RACING are the formula Fords. They at least have...shock, horror.......overtaking!! Promoters wouldn't dare have the Porsche GT class as the last race on the programme as all the patrons would be heading for the exit gate. How can cars that can exceed 300kph be boring? I'm sure they are not boring to drive, in fact they are not. I have done a few laps with a decent driver, and I can tell you they are terrifying. So it's back to the spectacle of motoracing......the watching public.....the folk we try to entice to our meetings. Perhaps that is why classic racing has the following that it does. Just ask someone like Dale Mathers, who knows a thing or two about cars that look the part, and I'm sure that he will tell you that the cars are the stars at these meetings.....they LOOK, and SOUND, and SMELL..........like racing cars.