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Originally Posted by Gerard C
Dont forget its a show, a marvelous one.
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My first visit to the Le Mans 24hrs race was in 1970, and it made a big impression on a then 8-year old schoolboy.
In contrast, I realise what the LMC event is, and I'm familiar with the world of historic racing. I'm normally - by necessity as well as philosophy - quite pragmatic about these things, but if we are going to class this kind of event a reference to matters 'historic' and talk about nostalgia, then we must be careful 'the show' does not turn into complete farce.
A re-enactment of The Battle of Britain might well be performed by Spitfires that were actually built a couple of years ago and Hispano Buchons with Merlin engines pretending to be 109s, and we rivet counters won't kick up too much fuss. But when a Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa is allowed to join the battle it all starts to get a bit silly...