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"The most successful top-class MotoGP racer of all time, Valentino Rossi, will make his Festival of Speed debut this year to mark the 60th anniversary of the Yamaha Motor Company."
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"Just eight 300 SLRs survive today and seven of them will be at this year’s FoS, in a beautiful display of both open top and coupe bodies."
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"The 80th anniversary of the legendary Figoni et Falaschi coachbuilders will be celebrated with a catagory exclusively for the French coachbuilder, which wrapped some of the most sought after cars of its day in Guiseppe Figoni’s signature teardrop design and draped them with golden wood interiors.
A total of five Figoni et Falaschi cars will gather at Goodwood, from the sensational Mullen Automotive Museum collection in California, including machinery from Delahaye, Bugatti and Talbot-Lago."
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"Running against the TAG Heuer timing systems on Saturday, June 27, the Supercar run is set to feature a glittering array of exotica including the brand-new 986bhp track-focused McLaren P1 GTR and Koenigsegg’s first attempt at what it calls a ‘luxury megacar’; the sensational 1500bhp Regera."
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"World Champions Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, as well as Williams Martini Racing, Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren-Honda and Infinity Red Bull Racing will all bring a superstar lineup of drivers and their cars to Goodwood in June."
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"The 40th anniversary of Derek Bell’s maiden Le Mans 24 Hours victory will be marked at FoS with an incredible line-up of cars that have played major roles in the sports car legend’s racing career."
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Sounding great
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
"Just eight 300 SLRs survive today and seven of them will be at this year’s FoS, in a beautiful display of both open top and coupe bodies."
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
"The 80th anniversary of the legendary Figoni et Falaschi coachbuilders will be celebrated with a catagory exclusively for the French coachbuilder, which wrapped some of the most sought after cars of its day in Guiseppe Figoni’s signature teardrop design and draped them with golden wood interiors.
A total of five Figoni et Falaschi cars will gather at Goodwood, from the sensational Mullen Automotive Museum collection in California, including machinery from Delahaye, Bugatti and Talbot-Lago."
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
"Running against the TAG Heuer timing systems on Saturday, June 27, the Supercar run is set to feature a glittering array of exotica including the brand-new 986bhp track-focused McLaren P1 GTR and Koenigsegg’s first attempt at what it calls a ‘luxury megacar’; the sensational 1500bhp Regera."
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
"World Champions Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, as well as Williams Martini Racing, Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren-Honda and Infinity Red Bull Racing will all bring a superstar lineup of drivers and their cars to Goodwood in June."
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
"The 40th anniversary of Derek Bell’s maiden Le Mans 24 Hours victory will be marked at FoS with an incredible line-up of cars that have played major roles in the sports car legend’s racing career."
https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-of-speed/latest...
Sounding great
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/goodwood-festi...
The Telegraph said:
The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 26-28 will feature the largest participation in the history of the event from American motorsport, with an increased presence from the Nascar stock car-racing fraternity and debuts from two exciting series never seen in the UK before.
The transatlantic contingent is headed by the return of The King. No, not Elvis, it’s Nascar legend Richard Petty, who has amassed a record seven Nascar championships and 200 race victories. This year he will bring the Plymouth Superbird in which he won the 1970 Nascar title and which inspired his character The King in the Disney animated film Cars.
Also synonymous with Nascar racing is Dale Earnhardt. One of his Chevrolets will be driven at Goodwood by his son Kerry, while 2000 Nascar Cup champion Bobby Labonte, making his first trip to Goodwood, drives a current-spec Chevrolet Impala SS.
In the Impala, Labonte will take on British touring car legend and Goodwood favourite Anthony Reid in a Toyota Camry Nascar in a timed contest on the 1.16-mile hillclimb.
Also joining the Sundat shoot-out is Mike Skinner, the inaugural champion of the Nascar pick-up truck series in 1995. He will drive a Chevrolet Silverado customised for the demands of hillclimbing, rather than its traditional habitat of US oval circuits.
Joining the bill is drag racing’s godfather, Don Garlits, known throughout the sport as Big Daddy and the first man to pass 200mph over a quarter-mile.
There will also be maiden Goodwood appearances from the World of Outlaws Sprint Series. These light yet incredibly powerful cars usually race of dirt ovals in the US but they’ll be facing the challenge of the 1.16-mile hillclimb for the first time.
Stadium Supertrucks will also make their debut in a new, improved Activities Field.
As has become tradition, the event will open with the Moving Motor Show on Thursday, June 25, which showcases the latest road cars and allows people to test drive them on the famous hillclimb course in the grounds of Goodwood House.
The transatlantic contingent is headed by the return of The King. No, not Elvis, it’s Nascar legend Richard Petty, who has amassed a record seven Nascar championships and 200 race victories. This year he will bring the Plymouth Superbird in which he won the 1970 Nascar title and which inspired his character The King in the Disney animated film Cars.
Also synonymous with Nascar racing is Dale Earnhardt. One of his Chevrolets will be driven at Goodwood by his son Kerry, while 2000 Nascar Cup champion Bobby Labonte, making his first trip to Goodwood, drives a current-spec Chevrolet Impala SS.
In the Impala, Labonte will take on British touring car legend and Goodwood favourite Anthony Reid in a Toyota Camry Nascar in a timed contest on the 1.16-mile hillclimb.
Also joining the Sundat shoot-out is Mike Skinner, the inaugural champion of the Nascar pick-up truck series in 1995. He will drive a Chevrolet Silverado customised for the demands of hillclimbing, rather than its traditional habitat of US oval circuits.
Joining the bill is drag racing’s godfather, Don Garlits, known throughout the sport as Big Daddy and the first man to pass 200mph over a quarter-mile.
There will also be maiden Goodwood appearances from the World of Outlaws Sprint Series. These light yet incredibly powerful cars usually race of dirt ovals in the US but they’ll be facing the challenge of the 1.16-mile hillclimb for the first time.
Stadium Supertrucks will also make their debut in a new, improved Activities Field.
As has become tradition, the event will open with the Moving Motor Show on Thursday, June 25, which showcases the latest road cars and allows people to test drive them on the famous hillclimb course in the grounds of Goodwood House.
Edited by Mini1275 on Tuesday 31st March 16:58
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