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[email protected] Well what a month it has been since I last put fingers to keyboard, unparalleled in recent NZ history, that’s for sure. With no “real, live” motorsport, and none on the immediate horizon, the response of the wider motorsport community has been interesting to watch. There has certainly been much more use made of social media platforms like Facebook as people have retreated to their sheds to work on existing cars or projects, or simply had the time to potter through their archives and photos for interesting titbits. Pages such as Fleur Pedersen’s (Brian Greens co-driver for the non-rallyists) ABC of rallying have turned up some great stories and photos from the NZ rally scene, and others such as Old New Zealand Motor Racing continue to astound with historical commentary and photos that have largely been forgotten, or never been aired before. I am pleased to report that the MCC seems to have been one of the more active Clubs in terms of presenting its members with items of interest via Facebook during lockdown. Others, it seems, have just come to a full stop. It’s as if they have stopped caring about their members and posts have been few and far between. Perhaps they communicate by other means? One way of remaining engaged with our passion is through the various virtual race events / series that are taking place, and each has proven to be highly realistic and totally absorbing, despite my (admittedly biased) initial misgivings.