05-07-2022, 07:47 AM
As well as Tony's snippet, the soshal meeja have shown the GP drivers being taken to the grid in Sevens. Who pulled off this feat, are there modest forum folk who should claim credit? This must have shown a very large number of spectators what an important year this is for the Seven, particularly if the commentators gave a suitable description of the Seven, and its social and competition significance.
Which would have been more than the commentators at Shelsley managed. Attempts to get the event organisers to recognise that this very venue, Sunday being just a few weeks short of the actual centenary, had witnessed the first public appearance and the first competition entry of Longbridge's world famous machine were wholly unsuccessful. We do not seem to be the target market for MAC's PR or visitor experience team. The commentators wholly ignored the importance of the day for Sevens and thus for hillclimbing history. But then there were no announcements of non starters, making one's programme somewhat hit and miss. Nor were there announcements of cars not in the programme. As for being unable to tell the difference between a Riley and a Fraser Nash.... The programme itself, despite some of the introduction being written by an owner of Sevens, also completely ignored the centenary. Although the entry was somewhat short of full and with numbers of non starters, the day got later and later, we left at quarter to six with quite a number of second runs still to come.
Never mind, the few Sevens owners who were not at Beaulieu or Silverstone chatted a great deal and fun was had by all. Ice creams had to be purchased early before the vans gave up on such low spectator numbers and went home early. And what is really important is that we can now eagerly look forward to a very well organised and historically significant gathering on the lawns at Prescott, where the hard working and committed organisers promise a display and demonstration of a magnificent range of Sevens.