[DeTomaso] Pictures from Goodwood Revival

[David in Durango]

thanks Charlie!

Still on my bucket list . . . .


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'panteras'" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:36 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Pictures from Goodwood Revival


> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Last weekend I attended the Goodwood Revival in England. Mike Drew has
> described it in detail in the past, but the Reader's Digest Summary is as
> follows:
>
>
>
> The Goodwood Revival is a classic car/aviation event that is classic in
> every sense of the term. Vintage clothing is strongly encouraged in all of
> the area, and required in many parts. There are no modern facilities in 
> view
> anywhere - the ATM machines are located inside classic, traditional phone
> booths. The food vans are all from the 50s. Security is dressed as police
> from the 40s. There is an enormous parking lot reserved for Classic cars,
> and anything modern has to be parked far away and out of sight.
>
>
>
> The event lasts three days, with continuous air shows including P51-s and
> Spitfires and races all weekend broken down by vintage. Geoff Peters was
> kind enough to invite me for the weekend, and we travelled to the show in
> his Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, top down of course.
>
>
>
> Saturday was kind of a social day, meeting up with friends and simply
> watching the show. We sat at a table and watched the people stroll by -
> people took getting dressed up in period clothing VERY seriously. Johnny
> Woods, Gaenor, and Eden showed up dressed in fantastic period clothing,
> although we think that they missed the intended period by, oh, 100 years 
> or
> so! Kjetil and Lisa from Finland had the look down. We met Roger and 
> Melanie
> Coates and heard about the recent restoration of Melanie's mini. Probably
> 75% of the people who travelled together to Le Mans Classic last year were
> in attendance, so it was great to see everyone.
>
>
>
> The second day I spent most of the day watching the racing. There were 
> some
> tremendously competitve races, and it was fascinating to watch. A number 
> of
> races came down to the last lap, or the first couple of cars went
> bumper-to-bumper for lap after lap. It was plainly obvious that these
> drivers were out there to win and not just stroll around the track in 
> their
> million dollar cars. I was truly impressed by how the Jags and Ferraris
> performed a perfect all-wheel drift lap after lap, each corner taken at 
> the
> absolute limit of the tires. There were some very consistant drivers out
> there.
>
>
>
> The weekend came to a close, I got up at 3:30am on Monday to catch a 
> flight
> back to Spain as I had to work. It was a fantastic weekend, and now that I
> know what it is, I think we'll be attending regularly in the future. There
> is so  much to see - the people decked out in their period clothing, the
> cars in the pits, each one with its history. the parking lot of the event,
> with row after row of fantastic machinery. the food, the planes, the 
> noises,
> the music. it was sensory overload!
>
>
>
> To get a feel for the atmosphere I posted some pix on my POCA website.
>
>
>
> http://www.poca.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11263
>
>
>
> Charles McCall
>
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