Quote Originally Posted by Carlo View Post
And look at the spectator numbers, you certainly do not see that many at Rally NZ these days
Personally I think you can blame health and safety issues for some of that. You can only watch from designated areas and there is no way you can chase the lead cars from stage to stage as we used to do. Sprinting from stage to stage to watch the cars was a sport in itself and we walked in and out of the stage along the side of the road with it running! Can you imagine organisers letting you do that these days.

Having said all that if you went to watch the Domain Stage at Rally NZ last time it was here there was absolutely massive crowds. From memory 25000 watched it.