THRUXTON THRILLER

Classic Sports Car Club Meeting

- Steve Havelock

What a very strange world we are living in right now. Most motoring events have been cancelled for the year, but the Classic Sports Car Club bravely decided to push ahead with its two-day race meeting at Thruxton in Hampshire. The event was actually oversubscribed, clearly showing that the race drivers want to get back on track, but the grandstands and spectator banks were eerily empty. The only way the meeting could go ahead was without members of the public. What was even stranger was that in the race assembly area and the pit lane, everyone, including the marshals, had to wear face masks. Not so in the general paddock area, although social distancing rules applied. This is where it all becomes a bit tricky. When you’ve got mechanics crawling all over the cars it’s rather difficult, maybe virtually impossible, to stay two metres apart. Or is it one metre? Well, whatever it is this week. Let’s just hope that the virus doesn’t like the smell of race fuel and burning rubber.