ssr responce to wheels day 2014

[a40custom]

hope ssr dont mnd me putting this on here..as i am guuted as i was looking forward to next years show..
steve

ssr responce to wheels day 2014
Wheels Day



The 40th Wheels Day was not as the Surrey Street Rodders would have wished.

We anticipated an attendance of 6,000 people which would have been an increase of 50% of our best ever Wheels Day. Dunsfold Park has informed us the actual number on Good Friday was in excess of 18,000. We are sorry for the problems this unprecedented turnout of vehicles caused.

At one point we did stop charging entry, in order to get as many people as possible on site and try to alleviate the 12 mile traffic jam. Since the show a tirade of negative forum postings, abusive phone calls, emails and now accusations of inappropriate dealings with Wheels Day money have led to the following decision.

There will be no more Wheels Day in its present form.

The Surrey Street Rodders would like to thank everybody who has supported us in the past 40 years and helped so many charities; you are a credit to our hobby.

[UK RUSS 1960 OLDS]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for posting this up, i hadn't seen it.

Well what a shame this has happened, one of the best one day shows in this country, i guess the complainers will now be moaning they have got nowhere to go now.

At least you made it to this years Wheelsday.

Cheers.

Russ.

[UK RUSS 1960 OLDS]

Hi Guys,

I have been doing a bit of reading on some of the forums since Steve posted this thread up and i think some things do need addresssing and clarifying.

I have heard and read that some people were refused entry to Wheels Day after queueing for hours and being told Dunsfold was full. In my opinion that was totaly unacceptable. No way was Dunsfold full, it is possible that the area's allocated /agreed for use were full, that i don't know. Again i don't know for sure but from what i have read and heard SSR /Wheelsday didn't refuse entry to anyone it was Dunsfold's own staff/security that were stopping people coming in. Turning everyone around would do nothing to resolve the 12 mile queue it would just be going in the other direction.

The showfield i thought was pretty good on the whole although there were one or two cars that shouldn't have been on there and quite a few that although fitted the criteria did nothing for me personaly.

Anyone else got any thoughts on this years show.

Cheers.

Russ.

[bluffin]

Such a shame, well maybe it will go back to how it was, it did become a bit unmanageable

[bluffin]

So at a guess they will still run the show, but it will be off the web and no advertising....

[fzr400exup]

Hello russ
i cant comment on the show after sitting in a traffic jam between guilford and dunsfold for two hours i gave up turned round and went home
jon

[blownv8]

I do like the diversity of Wheelsday, I got there about 8:15 queued for about half an hour.
Enjoyed the show,seemed to be endless trade stands,I for one will miss it,and I'm not a big show goer !
Thanks Russ for all the pics

[UK RUSS 1960 OLDS]

Apr 25, 2014 9:24:14 GMT blownv8 said:

I do like the diversity of Wheelsday, I got there about 8:15 queued for about half an hour.
Enjoyed the show,seemed to be endless trade stands,I for one will miss it,and I'm not a big show goer !
Thanks Russ for all the pics

Hi blownv8,

I agree, there was plenty there to suit most tastes.

More pictures going up later on today.

Cheers.

Russ.