Noel has been sorting the trailer and preparing the car for Brands Hatch tomorrow. There will be over 100 Formula Juniors participating in three grids. The biggest meeting of this class ever!
They are divided into sub - classes: front engine, rear engine disk brakes and rear engine drum brakes (Noel). Only one race per class. They will race on the long circiut; the GP circiut which used to be the Grand Prix before Silverstone. It is a complex circuit.
Staying with friends. A real bed is hard to get used to. Great food too.
Next day a relaxing visit to Hever Castle. Wonderful history in a castle you can relate to. Beautiful grounds. Good cafe.
We picked up the Gemini and trailer from Matt King. All seems well and Noel is happy to have it back.
Every time we go to Goodwood it seems to rain. Today was no exception. The rain set in and it quickly became very muddy and slippery. We had a long walk back through mud to the motorhome. Couldn't get out. Goodwood is used to this and had a couple of tractors in our field to tow people out. Mercedes, Jaguars, sports cars and us.
Once again, there were just so many. Everyone had interesting history and owners.
It is impossible to show you everything. There were "streets" of marquees full of cars on show. Just when you thought you had seen it all, there were more.
The McLaren road cars look fabulous! We were lucky to hear an interview with Emerson Fittopaldi and engineer designer Gordon Cuppock with Dennys Hulme's M8D sports car beside them. Fittopaldi talked about "the young Kiwi team" he joined.
McLaren was a large part of the Festival with many well known cars participating and on display.
Many of the top car manufacturers were represented at Goodwood. Each with their own pavillion and style.
Most impressive was Land Rover. Several Range Rovers put on a continuous display of cars climbing, crossing, negotiating and swimming. Some seemingly impossible tasks when not all wheels touched the ground.
This is such an amazing event. You must Google it. Held annually to raise money to keep the estate alive, it started out attracting 2,000 people and now over 300,000 over the weekend . We bought roving grandstand tickets which is really good as you can sit anywhere and watch activities from different locations.
