Apart from the opening Festival at HD in January 2010, celebrating Bruce McLaren, the chance of seeing more than two or three iconic overseas cars here again at one time is quite slim.
Goodwood is a 3 day feast and although expensive, worth every penny, as so many cars are indeed iconic.
The pre 1966 public car park alone is expected to have 3,000 vehicles, let alone the beauties on track, and my biggest problem will be having the strength to cope with 3 very long tiring days - especially if it rains - again.
sr2,
Jul 12, 9:18am
No; but my team owner/driver (you've met him) will be there, to say the least I'm as jealous as ****.
On the bright side at the same time I'll be helping deliver this baby,
from Twin Waters to the Whitsundays Qld., (yes the video is of the actual boat).
yz490,
Jul 12, 10:47am
Watched [with one eye] a program on the GoodWood Estate & its history going back hundreds of years with Lord March Must find it & watch it again uninterrupted. Was waiting for the motoracing bit of which it did cover. Think it was Kevin McCLoud who narrated it. Trying to find it & can't--maybe i dreamed it lol. Was a couple of weeks ago or less.
socram,
Jul 12, 6:35pm
I missed that! Drat.
Saturday tickets and full weekend tickets all sold out weeks ago.
Just found out there is now a bit of an evening thing on the Thursday for ticket holders. May have to catch up with my cousin for the afternoon instead of the evening!
reb53,
Jul 13, 4:54am
They used to put the full coverage up on YouTube, several hours worth per day. This was a couple of months after the actual event.
If you downloaded it you could watch an hour or two whenever you felt like it. Don't seem to do it now, presumably you have to subscribe. I guess "poor" old Lord March needs the money.
sw20,
Jul 13, 5:49am
They streamed it live on youtube last year.
sw20,
Jul 13, 6:13am
In fact Goodwoof Festival of Speed being live streamed on YouTube this very minute.
socram,
Jul 13, 6:51am
Yep, it is usually streamed live but given the time difference, not easy.
Not sure how much Lord March gets out of it, but they certainly spend up big to put on the events. The attention to detail is just incredible, which is why I feel it is always well worth making the effort.
As an aside, I've been granted a photographer's pass to the 'Grimsthorpe Castle Speed Trials', for pre 1939 cars, so another event to look forward to - the difference being it is a new event.
I may have to take two DSLR camera bodies with me plus the compact, as the thought of just one and it packing up doesn't bear thinking about! (The last Nikon packed a sad at just 23,000 images - about half the expected shutter life. )
Yep, streamed. Don’t want to sit up all night watching. Would rather be able to download the whole 9 hours in one hit, and watch an hour at a time for the next 9 lunchtimes. Have been able to do that in the past. Changed last year, presumably someone told his Lordship that there were a few more dollars to be got if he stopped making it available for free, ( albeit some months after the event, which was ok with me as I wouldn’t be actually attending).
mgmad,
Jul 13, 8:56am
I'll be there but only for Saturday this year
socram,
Jul 14, 12:32am
Will keep a lookout for you - amongst the 50,000 others!
Did the Adelaide GP years ago. last season of turbo cars, the viewing was terrible, and ticket prices exorbitant . . might be tempted next year ,. keep me in mind will you
socram,
Jul 14, 6:49am
Agree. F1 viewing is always terrible as firstly, you can't get close enough to take a decent photograph, and/or, you are looking through a wire fencing and/or all you can see is a driver's head beyond the concrete barriers.
The joy of Goodwood is that they closed the track in 1966 as the F1 cars were just too fast and the track needed major upgrades to make it compliant.
Hence pre 1966 cars only at the Revival, (which suits an old fart like me) but you can walk right around the track and get decent photographs just about everywhere, without the need for a massively long lens. That is as long as you can elbow your way to the fence past the ten deep crowd in the busier areas!
Likewise Ray. We'll have two tiny MG mechanics in white overalls trundling around with us.
socram,
Jul 18, 1:29am
LOL! Dress for Goodwood is an issue for me. Weather can be so changeable and in 2016, I spent all of Saturday huddled under a large Dunlop umbrella, on the corner of the pit roof, with a plastic coat! Don't possess a Barbour, trilby and green wellies/gumboots.
May have to load up the car with a change of clothing, as the later racing could be a bit chilly, but being England, who knows? Be Prepared.
sw20,
Jul 18, 2:50am
What cracks me up is when there is an open top car on the course, and it's two up and the passenger is busy waving at the crowd like the Queen.
They aren't there to see your ugly mug bucko so stop waving.
mgmad,
Jul 18, 8:50am
My wife naturally has many choices. Last time we went to a charity shop and found an old jacket and shirt for a few quid and I was in.
socram,
Jul 19, 6:13am
Should have kept my old scout shirt, then I could have worn shorts - if the weather was suitable! Not sure how the paddock access works, as if you are lucky enough to get a paddock pass, supposed to be collar and tie.
mgmad,
Nov 20, 2:46am
I do have a paddock pass, had one last time as well. Need to have collar and something around the neck - last time I wore a a thrift store scarf as a cravat.
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