Slightly underwhelmed

[C.A.R.]

FoS is an event I attend with my father every-other year and have been in attendance at 4 events separated by a year if that makes sense.

Each time we have attended, with this year being most prevalent, the event seems to distance itself from the regular petrolhead. I can appreciate the ticket costs are only ever going to go one way for future events, but the whole layout and content on the day seems to increasingly cater specifically for the 'tts in tweed' brigade or appears very corporate.

Historically there has always been a presence of these features where your average punter isn't allowed in because you're not part of the gang (club) but these different areas now seem to dominate. The food, which some people will claim to have improved I'm sure, wasn't what you'd expect at a "motorsport" event. I eventually found a bacon roll, but had to wade through endless streams of different cuisine to get to it. Historically there was a bacon roll van in the car park before you even entered the gates!

It left me feeling cold, but perhaps as the event has evolved I have distanced from the target audience. An event which no longer accommodates your common petrolhead, but more of a corporate event to demonstrate wealth and "oh look, there's another car, wasn't that loud, now where can I get a posh sit-down meal?..."

I wasn't "bitterly" disappointed, but I think in future I'll spend my money going to see some proper motorsport rather than go to the expense of seeing FoS again.