The photo shows the MGC with me waiting for the V8 race driver, David Reynolds to join me as I was one of the 40 MG owners in the display at the Vailo 500 in Victoria Park over the weekend. The organisers had allowed the MG CC SA to have this display as part of the MG Centenary celebrations.

David was a very pleasant chap, very keen to wave to lots of waiting fans along the way as publicity is part of their contract. Rundle Mall was packed with a huge TV screen with media people telling the crowd each of the drivers names as they stepped out of the MG’s to do their publicity ‘meet and greet”. Apparently this is the only time this happens, none of the other cities or towns the V8s race do this, one of the reasons why they all like coming to race in Adelaide.

One of the points I asked David about when racing here was how do all like the notorious TURN 8, he said they all hate it but if they get their line through right, it’s great! I took David from Victoria Park into Rundle Mall under Police escort through the Streets of Adelaide with every set of lights green all the way. That never happened normally! Thank goodness the temperature was relatively cool and the MGGC coped quite well.