we are standing on the left 为什么用现在进行时呢

we are standing on the left 为什么用现在进行时呢
Lesson 69:The car race 汽车比赛
There is a car race near our town every year.In 1995,there was a very big race.
There were hundreds of people there.My wife and I were at the race.
Our friends Julie and Jack were there,too.You can see us in the crowd.We are
standing on the left.There were twenty cars in the race.There were English cars,
French cares,German cars.Italian cars.American cars and Japanese cars.
It was an exciting finish.The winner was Billy Stewart.He was in car number
fifteen.Five other cars were just behind him.
On the way home,my wife said to me,'Don't drive so quickly!You're not Billy Stewart!'
整篇课文感觉都是过去时,但突然蹦出一句现在进行时“we are standing on the left”,这是问什么呀?
本来挺明白的，作者在向我们讲1995年的一场汽车赛，我感觉现在不是1995年，是以前过去的事儿了，但突然出现的 You can see us in the crowd.We are standing on the left。这两句把我给搞蒙了，难道说的是现在发生的事儿？不像啊