Goodwood Festival Of Speed

[screamer]

Any Members Going To This Event And Is The Mrc Having A Stand
Or Display ?

[Paul-Tll]

Goodwood dont think Ive missed one yet!
They dont really do \'stands\' or car clubs there, more advertising stuff and
race car groups/clubs as opossed to vehicle make clubs.
However \'Mazda\' had thier own trade exhibits and models inatendence
last year there was a thread on this if you search back, with a few members
cars on display as guest\'s.
Sunday times normally do the free tickets for the friday, but weekend is inadvance only I think.
P.

[d6277n]

I\'ll be there on the Saturday. Missed it last year (probably a good thing with the weather).

Chris.

[ashc]

i will try and go on the sat, never been before but heard its good :-)

[RedRummy]

which is the best day?

Do they have specific events on specific days?  like the hill climb, or exotic car procession on particular days?

[fil_auto]

yep, i\'d be interested in this too! When is it?

Phil

[Nik da Greek]

I\'m going on the Sunday. Probly be on the bike, though, the cozzers close all the entry roads but one and the traffic is UNFCKNBLVBLE! Backfired three years ago when we had torrential thunderstorms mid-afternoon, I had to pour about six inches of rainwater out of my helmet where it was locked to the front wheel all day! Doh! They do have club stands for certain marques, not sure if it\'s by invite or application, though. My mate had his R33 GTR on the GTR Owners Club stand a few years back. Sunday is the day when all the celebs are guaranteed, though many are around on the Saturday, too. Sunday is the proper timed hillclimb runs, though. Definitely a day not to be missed, standing ten feet from a donutting F1 car is not an experience you can have every day!

[AtomicRex Racing]

I had to pour about six inches of rainwater out of my helmet where it was locked to the front wheel all day! Doh!

:rollin :rollin i bet you have never made that mistake again

[countzero1971]

I\'ll be there on Saturday and Sunday but if it rains like last year i will be mainly in the GRRC members marquee

RedRummy the format is pretty much the same all three days with each group of cars getting two runs up the hill, however the air displays vary and some of the drivers only turn up for one day, Sunday is usually the best attended day, friday used to be quiet until the Times started giving away tickets, but dont think they are this year. if you look on the Goodwood website it will show you who\'s there on what day. this is a ticket in advance only event and they sell out every year. I have been every year since 1998 and when I can I go for 3 days, day one get the lie of the land, day two spent at the fence outside the drivers club getting autographs and day three watch the action and try and see anything i didnt get round to yet - yes it is that BIG.

hundreds of photos from previous years here

[Nik da Greek]

:rollin :rollin i bet you have never made that mistake again

You\'re joking: my capability for serial stupidity knows no bounds! I had a mesh vented jacket that day as well, and it and my leathers were also locked to the bike, cos the queue for the helmet and kit lockers looked too long when we arrived. I don\'t think I could\'ve been wetter if I\'d ridden home through a lake! We sought shelter by Goodwood House and were told by an extremely polite footman-type flunky that only people with VIP passes could shelter from the thunderstorm in the portico to the House, but we were welcome to use one of the French Window vestibules further along! Never been so nicely reminded of my pikey pleb status in all my life! :Giggle
 
Met Colin Schiller, who created the original version of Fast Bikes magazine there, he was due to ride the hub-centre steered Vyrus/Bimota crossover thing up the hillclimb, but some kind punter had stolen his leathers and he was facing the prospect of hillclimbing an unfaired, one-only-in-the-world prototype priceless litre V-twin up the hill in rain like stair-rods dressed only in shorts and a sleevless T-shirt! Not a happy bunny!
 
But tall tales aside, it is a TOP day out, you simply cannot get the same experience anywhere else. Even if rotaries are thin on the ground, lol (though I did see an early LeMans style thing go up the hill one year). The breadth and variety of talent and vehicles is astounding, some so rare they literally come out of museums just for the one weekend. They use them as they should be used, too, irrespective of their worth. For example, some of the Honda six-cylinder 250 bikes have an operational lifespan left to them that is literally measured in minutes, but you wouldn\'t think it to see an inscrutable Honda mechanic warming one up at 17000 rpm! It was worth the admission fee just to see the kid stood immediatley behind the exhausts just descend into utter terror and burst into tears when they started it, he obviously didn\'t twig that the only other people within 20 yards were all wearing ear defenders! You couldn\'t hear it, it was too loud, you just sort of feel it through your whole body!
 
Might pack the ol\' waterproofs this year, though, just in case. British summer and all that!

[logicalChimp]

Yeah - was there last year (for the friday, iirc) - very impressed seeing the older cars doing the hill-climb (especially fun watchin the steam-cars doin the hill-climb... although they mighta been faster if they was hooked to a stenna stairlift )

I\'m very tempted to go this year too - although i want to find a better spot for takin photo\'s - got some good ones last year http://photo.mentalspace.co.uk/viewGallery?reqYear=2007&reqGalName=[2007-06-22]%20Goodwood but they are a bit \'static\' - more reference shots than action shots...

[countzero1971]

logical, some good ones there mate, I never made to the rally stage last year

[aeseaton]

Ill be there working for my mates company, GT Models. So im there from the thurs all the way to the mon. If u can find the stand then pop across and say hi. Ill make sure im wearing sum sort of RX7 attire.

[Bulla]

Can I ask the people who\'ve been before if its worth buying a Grandstand ticket or not ? £47 vs £82, I dont mind paying the extra if its worth it.

Cheers

Bulla

[fil_auto]

Id\' be interested to know this too!
...and a little off topic Bulla but whereabouts are you in Bucks? tis just I\'m Bucks too and wondered if you were local-ish?!

tffn Phil.

Can I ask the people who\'ve been before if its worth buying a Grandstand ticket or not ? £47 vs £82, I dont mind paying the extra if its worth it.

Cheers

Bulla