We got there just before Mike - ~7.50am at the gates, having left home at 5.30am in order to pick a friend up en-route.
If they're not prepared to run it properly (both by letting non-themed cars into the paddock and by ignoring pre-registrations as mentioned above), then I can't be arsed...as with Gaydon's Supercar Sunday, they're more bothered about the spectators than the owners*. So if it is just a mix of first-come, first-served and pot-luck, then they're only going to get the same bunch from the SE of the country each time, as people like me from further afield just aren't going to make the effort...5.30am isn't pleasant, esp. on a weekend!
This, to me, is the crux/hypocrisy of it - if the event WAS just 3-dozen uber-exotica lined up, would people still come?!? They need "other owners" to make the event properly rounded, yet make no attempt to encourage those owners, and indeed treat them in an entirely inconsistent and unpredictable manner...Lord March MAY still be a true petrolhead, but some of his staff clearly aren't...
* And I agree with your comments about PS, Paul - I'd rather see his metal and I appreciate the sort of person who takes the time to show it off...I was disgusted with the 'official' whose attitude towards me was of complete disinterest yet whose attitude towards PS was fawning, arse-kissing subservience!
"No man with a good car needs to be justified"
Blue '08 FD2 CTR - big, ITR-sized shoes to fill...
Yellow '96 NSX 3.0 - oh was it worth the wait!
Black '99 ITR - well, I had to have another one, the first was so much fun. Miss this one even more than #1...
Blue '03 S2000 - SOLD, flawed but fun
Blue '04 Focus TDCi Sport - SOLD, very good fun for a diesel!
Black '00 ITR - SOLD, still missed
Red '98 Civic VTi - SOLD, probably still bombproof