silverstone classic
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I was at the Classic for all three days!!! Friday was good with the highlight being Group C qualifying in the wet.... Awesome sight that was.
Saturday was superb (apart from it taking me nearly 2 hours to get the 8 miles from my B & B to the car park!) with the E-Type cavalcade being excellent.
However there is some dispute i gather as to how many cars were on track altogether. I understand that the 'official ' figure was somewhere around 750 E-Types however i know of one person who tried to count the cars & he gave up at just under 1000 E-Types!!
Having said that i dont really care as the sight of so many E-Types together was just superb. Seeing so many of the 'same' car with so many differences between them was wonderful & i have to say that whilst i it was good to see so many almost new E-Types it was refreshing to see many slighty tatty & well used examples as well.
I spoke to one owner who said he used his car (a 5.3 V12 no less) everyday & the mileage was approaching 70k!!!
A magnificent parade & a credit to those who organised it.
Sunday was just as good although i thought that it was a little quieter than Saturday. All in all an excellent way to spend a weekend, even better because the tickets were free as i won a competion in Classic & Sportscar magazine so a big thank you to them.
Saturday was superb (apart from it taking me nearly 2 hours to get the 8 miles from my B & B to the car park!) with the E-Type cavalcade being excellent.
However there is some dispute i gather as to how many cars were on track altogether. I understand that the 'official ' figure was somewhere around 750 E-Types however i know of one person who tried to count the cars & he gave up at just under 1000 E-Types!!
Having said that i dont really care as the sight of so many E-Types together was just superb. Seeing so many of the 'same' car with so many differences between them was wonderful & i have to say that whilst i it was good to see so many almost new E-Types it was refreshing to see many slighty tatty & well used examples as well.
I spoke to one owner who said he used his car (a 5.3 V12 no less) everyday & the mileage was approaching 70k!!!
A magnificent parade & a credit to those who organised it.
Sunday was just as good although i thought that it was a little quieter than Saturday. All in all an excellent way to spend a weekend, even better because the tickets were free as i won a competion in Classic & Sportscar magazine so a big thank you to them.
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