Classic, Performance & Retro July 2013 | Page 59

by GE Events. 2013 saw this particular run celebrating its 25th anniversary, so a few changes had been made to make it a bit different from all the previous ones.
Get Up & Go!
Traditionally, the L2BCKSCR would set off from in front of the famous clubhouse building at Brooklands and stop off at a selected place of interest along the way before entrants finally crossed the finishing line on Brighton’ s Madeira Drive. This year, the starting place was the same as previous years, but the finishing line had been moved to Brighton Racecourse, an issue that proved to be quite a talking point among some of the participating crews. More on that later though.
If you are not a fan of early starts, then this probably isn’ t an event for you. The majority of the cars start to assemble at Brooklands at 07.30am with the first ones getting‘ waved-off’ half-an-hour later. Most of the crews look refreshed and wide awake, which was probably thanks to the organisers arranging discounted rates at the nearby Brooklands Hotel and Cobham Hilton. It’ s a
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