The Mother of all speed fests, The Goodwood festival of speed is here. The fest which starts from July 3 to July 5 is also rightly called as one of the greatest events of moving motor show in United Kingdom of Britian. Goodwood is a place located very close to Chichester and Bognor Regis in the south east part of England.
Goodwood festival of Speed is where all the speed enthusiasts gather to worship (literally) the speed machines. Goodwood is the place where people celebrate motoring amidst a festive like atmosphere. There are races for every kind of passenger cars old, new, rugged and pimped up cars. Here is a place when old cars would not hesitate to race against new cars and cartoonish cars parading happily in the sunny weather.
This year as many as 350 cars are expected to participate in the festival. A total of 120 race car drivers including two reigning world champions plus, a current F1 world champion are going to participate in the car racing events.
A lot of legendary race cars like the Porsche 917 and Ferraris and others will be participating in the event. Over 30 new passenger cars, soon to go for production will be seen for the first time during this festival. Also on display will be many old cars including the vintage classic cars like Pre war Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow Racers, comprising of legendary Mercedes-Benz racing cars.
A unique Supercar run is also organised wherein the supercars will be in action on a hill climb event. Many new Supercars will make their debut at the festival including the Bugatti Veyron Gran Sport, Mercedes Benz SLR, Mclaren SLR Stirling Moss, Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M and Pagani Zonda R.
This is so revered that German car manufacturer Audi AG is organising a special event to commerate its centennial year celebrations. Audi is the featured brand for this event and there will on a fantastic display of many historic Audi racing cars including the C and D-type grand Prix cars from 1930’s. On display will be the Audi R10 TDI which is fresh from the win at the prestigious Le-Mans Race in France.
This event holds more enthusiasm for common car buyers than the biggest events in motorsports history. Come lets us all celebrate motoring in the spirit of the festival!!!










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Goodwood looks like such a refreshing change from the high tension race car events like the Formula One. I was pleased to know that great super cars will climb the hill rather than race than straight line. Goodwood provides the informal setting to see a car and its merits. I hope they continue the blog on Goodwood festival and give us the results.