Just to remind anyone as to why we approached the Festival Committee, these are the programme grid numbers for each class - BEFORE attrition set in. I also checked on the finishers for each final race of each group but I see no need to publish those here but they tell the real story as to why the spectator view and opinion is so crucial at an event fairly and squarely targeted at getting spectators along.

F5000 & F1 – 23 cars
Historic Muscle Cars & Pre 78 Historic Saloons – 10 + 13 = 23 cars.
Heritage Touring Cars - 13
Pre 78 & Invited Sports, Sports Racing & GT cars. – 20 cars.
Pre 85 Historic Allcomers & Sports Sedans – 24 cars
BMW Open class – 16 cars
Classic Trials – 36 cars
Historic Formula Fords – 25 cars
BMW E30s – 19 cars
FJ/F3 & Invited Historics – 14 cars
Historic Formula Libre – 17

If this is our showcase meeting, then why wouldn't you want at least one full grid? Far from diluting the Festival, even if you discount any ERC cars anyone believes is marginal, we'd still be putting more genuine cars on the grid than almost any other group, so why is that so wrong?

The grid limit at HD for saloons is I believe 44 or 46 cars, so any saloon grid as above with empty spaces, tells its own story.