GoodWood FOS

[Onzlouk]

Any TVR owners heading to Goodwoods Festival of Speed this year? ive never been but have bought two admission tickets for the friday. Ill be going in the cerb if its nice as apparently it gets a bit sticky in the rain?! anyone else?

[cirvy]

I was going to go for the weekend, am i too late for tickets??

[Onzlouk]

No no, goodwood website still has some though a lot of the grandstand ones are sold out.

[cirvy]

Cool, i'll get onto that today

We've been talking about the FOS for years, done Le mans & F1 but really feel this could be the one to go for.

Any tips from seasoned veterans?

[monkeypilot]

Did the FOS a couple of years back - really nice day out. Good parking - took the Chim and didn't have any problems. Might do it this year but I'm already doing le mans and the Grand Prix!

[driverrob]

cirvy said:

Any tips from seasoned veterans?

Hardly a veteran but I did go last year and endured one long, cold, wet and muddy day. Even the grandstand seats provided little protection. The grass car parks and "roads" out were all on slopes and slippery as hell. Perhaps I was just unlucky.

[Rocket Pepper]

I was lucky enough to fly-in back in 96. We paid £5 for the landing/airfield cost? and a smart minibus drove is straight in to the FOS. No one asked the four of us to purchase a ticket! I don't know what the social ramifications of such are, but hey, we had a great time and saved some money. Go by plane - it's free................

[markbigears]

I've been to nearly all the FOS and must say that the historic at Silverstone is better. Less people and proper racing and half the price.

[Corky]

I'm going again this year, Rosso Pearl Red Griff, staying in an hotel in fareham but only at the FOS on sat and sun.

[DavidLScott]

Going on the Saturday and managed to get Park grandstand seats. In the Chim if the weather is OK.

It's a superb day out but I have only been when the weather has been great.
There is nowhere I know that you can get so close to such exotic machinery. The hill runs are almost secondary IMO.

Give the Revival a go as well - first time last year and loved it.

[nikman]

A bit off topic but any Tivs here going to the Goodwood Breakfast meet this Sunday? http://www.goodwood.co.uk/breakfastclub/ :

06/04/2008 ‘Modern Sports Car Legends – great drivers’ cars, from 1980 to the present day’
Attracting: Modern post-1980 sporting marvels, including Lotus, Caterham, TVR, Ariel Atom, Porsche and many more...

We'll be a 'themed' car so in the paddock or even on the grid area of the track. Can't guarantee the weather north of Guildford though if you're coming that way and that's an issue for you

See you there!! Nick.

[valhalla]

Hi,Yes we are doing Saturday and Sunday,and will be in our newly aquired Chimaera 500 in Imperial blue,We are staying relativly local (8 miles away)in a B&B, Anyone noticed how the B*ggers double the charges when FOS is on?
We have now been for the last 6 years,and it just keeps on getting better every year!!
Dave

[touching cloth]

nikman said:

A bit off topic but any Tivs here going to the Goodwood Breakfast meet this Sunday? http://www.goodwood.co.uk/breakfastclub/ :

Bunch of Cerbs heading down... and a few stragglers

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

As for FOS, nearly decided to give it a miss this year due to dilemma about clash with LM Classic, but FOS won out. Will do my now traditional Fri/Sat stint (which doing the same last year meant I missed the atrocious weather of the Sunday). It's not a great deal of fun in the wet and a lot of the car parks do struggle when deluged, but you can't account for the great british summer - if it looks like rain then I forego the fancy stuff and head down in "normal" transport... at the end of the day, you arrive park up and leave your car until you depart again. It's changed a lot of the last few years (read got bigger and busier) but it's still a corking day out.... get down early.

[FUBAR]

Dont forget my free ticket TC