2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed //

The Goodwood Festival of Speed begins this coming weekend (July 11th) and with it comes one of the most incredible motorsport spectacles known to man. Begining in 1993 by the Earl of March, the Goodwood festival is an annual hill climb and motorsports celebration on the grounds of the Goodwood House in West Sussex, England. Originally intended as a promotional tool to help bring motorsport racing back to Goodwood, though lacking the proper permits, Lord March instead decided to host a race on his own property. Running year after year since '93, the FoS (as it has come to be called) has seen crowds as large as 100,000 per day and is host to nearly every form of automobile imaginable. Vintage Formula cars, Pike Peak rally cars, Le Mans prototypes are but a few of the entrants. This years spectators will see the 1939 Audi Silver Arrow running the course as well, a spectacular sight no doubt. Footage is hard to come by, as it is not televised stateside. We did however find this video of John Surtees in his 1967 Formula One car, the Honda RA300, which Surtees won the Italian Grand Prix with in '67. We will report more on the FoS as more information, images and videos become available // 07.07.2008