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Introduction
Goodwood Festival of Speed (GoodWoodFestival of Speed), was born in 1993 is the most prestigious racing festivals around the world, usually in June and July each year in the UK was held in Goodwood town.
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Origin
As early as 1936, on the Goodwood racing soon, the owner Duke of Richmond held a private mountain race track at Goodwood, and successfully won the first prize when the manor. 57 years later, the grandson of the Duke of Richmond – Lord Ma Chi, inherited the spirit of my grandfather wishes and intentions Goodwood Revival manor, creating Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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main point
Rare models
differ from all over the world major auto show, Goodwood Festival of speed on the basis of the implementation of the new car, but also left a different era classic cars (antique auto show) or models with different themes (F1 racing exhibition, concept car, etc.) a display platform, compelling force of these models can not be underestimated.
Races
Goodwood Festival of Speed also has a variety of different types of car racing’s different projects on different track. The highlight of which is still not the most traditional mountain race (race drivers from the south gate of Goodwood Park, along the country track, with hilly areas to the north, in the shortest time to finish the track riders to win). At the same time inseparable with racing star driver will appear in the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
theme sculpture
Since 1997, Goodwood Festival of Speed will have a representative of the festival theme of ” post-modern “sculpture. The author is the artist Gerry Judah from the UK mainland. A symbol of the campaign for the first year with Ferrari F1 chariot F310B, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 2006 F1 Grand Prix, to this year’s Goodwood across the manor house of Mercedes-Benz cars to participate in activities commemorating the 100th anniversary, in recording the history of the development of car culture but also shocked the visual senses of tourists.