Overall it was a nice day, but I think there is a fair amount that could be done better, which I will list.
I would also welcome your idea's and add it to the list.
I will then pass this feedback to the event organisers.
Here's the start :
- Where were all the car club stands. I spotted 3 or which at least 1 was un-official (ours). The last time SES attended (2011) there was a large number of car clubs stretching for several hundred meters down the runway (see Supercar Siege 2013 & 2014 at Leeds for an example of how club stands look/create/make an event succesful).
- The flyers/advertising the event had many club stands on the list (copied from previous years, I assume), far more the the 3 mentioned above.
- With acres and acres of grass why is the event limited to the hardstanding/runway. People were cramming in on the available grass space to sit, rest and have picnic's. The hub of the event in 2011 used a grassed area for the trade stands, food suppliers and eating area. This was much better then sitting in the middle of a dis-used runway.
- A number of the childrens activities seemed to be taking very little money.
- The Supercars paddock could of been opened up to the public during lunch.
- The track layout / experience is alot shorter then it was in 2011 (but £10 more expensive).
- The spectator viewing area was not as good as 2011 i.e on the famous 'Gambon' corner. As a result the cars were too far away for good photography unless you have a proffesional camera. The red/white safety barriers obscured photographs when the cars were within a good photogrpahic distance.
- Toilet's...I don't remember seeing many, certainly none in the car park area.