Mike, I take your points but you are conflating spectator numbers with driving standards when the number of specialised TV channels (and the vastly increased numbers of meetings) has a far higher correlation with declining spectator numbers. This is probably a different thread though.
I am not saying that competitors should drive to these new "standards" simply that they now exist.
And along with the great racing in the past there was some shocking stuff too.....
As someone that occasionally takes a 40 foot artic to events - not, it should be noted, stuffed to the roof with spare body panels - I don't see that as influencing driving standards.
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