2020 Shannons Sydney Classic - Sydney Motorsport Park - Cancelled
The Committee of the CMC has decided to cancel the Shannons Sydney Classic event for 2020.
We tried all avenues including looking for available dates later this year but all came to nought.
Even when the so called NSW Stage 3 relaxation comes in around September they talk about a maximum of 100 people gathering.
That is about 4,900 short of the crowd we had there in 2019.
And with close to 2,000 vehicles being driven to the SMSP that is a crowd of at least 2,000 alone. Even if we specified “driver only” rules.
And that would not be a popular idea with our family orientated membership.
How we could practice distancing rules when everyone is wandering about looking at the great cars and displays is a big question as well.
Let alone the 50 garages with the trade and club displays. A lot of close contacts would happen as folks would not be concentrating on who is around them.
Very sad that this is the first cancellation in the 56 year history of the event.
It started at Warwick Farm in 1964 when the five clubs which started the CVV&TMC back then got together for a car show at that famous horse and car racing track.
We now have our 200th club applying so it has grown considerably since then.
From our annual returns the count of individuals in those clubs numbers over 32,900.
We hope that we can continue our long association with Shannons when 2021 rolls around and we can all get out from under this Covid Cloud.
Terry Thompson OAM
Chairman – ACMC NSW Ltd
President – Council of Motor Clubs Inc
