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Old 1 May 2018, 11:37 (Ref:3818644)   #42
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Originally Posted by FWX View Post
The '1000km' race - where you'd find T70s and the like - struggled to attract entries for the last couple of years. I always struggled to understand that, there's no shortage of those cars around in the country. Maybe the longer distance of the race put people off?

In 2014 Masters took their WSM to the DHF but that appears to have been a one-off, sadly.
Yes, the 1000km struggled, and not sure if now combined with Martini Trophy and Pre80s endurance? May not be totally, but for some meetings....

Also not sure if Masters WSM (now called FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars, it seems!) was an FIA championship in 2014. That could be the difference. And Group C (now with Peter Auto) is down to just 4 events this year, including Le Mans Classic. The fact that anyone wishing to enter GpC at that event has to compete in two other GpC races beforehand will artificially boost entries a bit but still only 19 cars started at Barcelona 3 weeks ago. I guess there will be some cars from far distant lands to help the numbers, but a stand alone race at DHF doesn’t sound like it was an option......
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