Photo Simon Wilkins

Our weekend at the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport did not get off to the best start as my car “failed to proceed” en route to the meeting point where I was to hand over the entry passes.

To make things worse I was not on the route our members would be taking to get there, having taken the sensible precaution of staying on the Island overnight.

But time was of the essence for those wanting to do the parade laps as they had to be at the track by 7:30 am.

Thankfully Simon Wilkins was staying overnight at San Remo and was able to collect me from the roadside and take me (and the passes!) to the meeting point. From there the parade lappers set off in haste to meet their deadline and Chris Allen offered to sort out the display area pending the return of the parade lappers.

Between them they got our display organised, flags up and everything sorted.

Great work.

I had not planned to attend day two due to another commitment but Daniel Roberts had agreed to be my pass distributor on Sunday. Simon would look after the flags etc.

Meanwhile Danny O’Callaghen offered to drive me back to my stricken car to await RACV, stayed until a tilt tray became the solution and generously offered to store my car at his house (within the 100 km towing limit) pending resumption of business on Tuesday after the long weekend. An offer he then extended to driving me home to Geelong for which I was very grateful.

What a brilliant group of members we have who can, and will step in and help out. Absolutely blown away.

I am very grateful to all who pitched in to make the weekend work despite everything.

Read on for some summary comments by those who did make it to the track!

Lawrence Glynn #3

Thank you and everyone who organized such a brilliant event.

To say that I had a great time is an understatement. I haven’t had so much

fun since my trip to Nurburgring. Looking very much forward to a similar

event. Thank you very much again.

Albert Kuperman #580

We enjoyed the classic it was great. I’m sure you would’ve liked to of had enjoyed it yourself. Always next year.

Daniel Roberts #844

Very good to hear that you were able to sort things so your week end wasn’t a disaster.

Hope the JPS car will be ok.

Very heartening that club members were so supportive.

Thank you for your organisation for Saturday, the laps were great fun and the rest of the day went well.

Best Regards

Clive Meaby #877