Revival - nearly a great event

Revival - nearly a great event

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DJRC

23,563 posts

235 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Trophybloo said:
Highlights
- Getting Dan G to autograph a collage of his career (together with Jackie Stewart, Stirling, Bob Bondurant, John Surtees and Tony Brooks)
- Whitsun Trophy
- Both St Mary's races
- The Silver Arrows both on Track and up close
-The young thing in the Union Jack bustier hidden under a RAF
greatcoat (not a pervert just an enthusiast!)
- The vintage bintage (my god there are some very well preserved examples wink) and the flighty young things!

Lowlights

-Traffic management from the A285, all the way from Selhurstpark
Road seemed ill thought out
-The placing of canteen tables in the middle of the metal walkway
in 'across the road' - created a bottleneck needlessly
-More thought needed to prevention of bottlenecks in paddock by
badly placed standss, exhibits, etc. (basic crowd safety)
-The 'nobs' rugrat pedal car race - ultimate in self indulgence. Run it on Thursday on the drive before your cricket match, Charlie; not when paying customers want to see motor sport.
- The tribute speech to Dan, abuse of a captive audience (Come the revolution....). The parade was fantastic tho'

Edited by Trophybloo on Monday 17th September 09:53
Charlie's speech wasnt great and a bit long, but ho hum, no great problem. Goodwood sets great store in paying tribute to its previous greats.
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.

Paying customers are there to see all sorts, more and more with the Revival its not just the racing. Those rugrats and the self indulgent daddies will also have contributed vastly more dosh to the Revival than you and they are far more important to the Revival than you, so just tough, you have to lump it.

Ppl seem to think the Revival is some public bonanza fest, an extension of the GP/BTCC fanbase. It isnt. It never has been and hopefully it never will be. The FoS was ruined by "Mondeo/M3 Man" and although sometimes the Revival threatens to be ruined by "fashion victim female" it still retains its essential character. The Revival is purely indulgent to its favoured people and the general public are there strictly to be tolerated. Ive no problem with that, Im used to being merely tolerated smile

sadlerj

854 posts

283 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Initially I was very annoyed with all the VIP areas for posers and the 'race goer' types who like their little swinging badges to get them to VIP areas. All these areas took up too much spectator space and were all pointlessly empty. Also the choice of food was poor and bloody expensive inside the track (much better in the fairground area).

But then I found the infield aircraft enclosure that was perfect, sitting on a sun lounger sipping Pimms surrounded by fantastic aircraft, nicely kitted out people and the sound of classic motor racing in the background was perfect. Then on the way back to watch some racing there was the sight and sound of loads of Autounions being very thoroughly warmed up....just perfect. It was not that busy on Sunday, no queues for anything, in and out with ease (OK I know the back roads round there very well). I thought it was 100% better than the 'Festival' which is now just a bit pointless (apart from the Rally course and the Supercar paddock) IMO. There was too much to see for just one day, I am planning a two day visit next year. Even my wife, and kids (4 and 6) had a fantastic time..

Presuming Ed

1,387 posts

207 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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A fantastic event and the idea of the funfair was a good idea to keep people there later if they didn't want to wait in the car park. It seemed there was constantly something going on either on track or in the sky. Agree that 1 day isn't enough if you want to see everthing.
My complaint is the marshalling as always. What was the point of making everyone use the bridge rather then cross the road in safety. I saw a few irrate people at that point and the marshalls in the car park really are flicking useless. Where I joined the queue everyone was merging in turn until the marshalls turned up and held us stationary for ten minutes. A belgian E-type was clearly boiling as the marshall refused to get out of its way so it could get out. I eventually used the horn to move him and told him to get back in his hut and make a cup of tea as he would be more use there.

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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DJRC said:
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.

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Great minds, etc. We used this time to get some food.

DJRC

23,563 posts

235 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Trev450 said:
DJRC said:
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.

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Great minds, etc. We used this time to get some food.
I would have thought that was bloody obvious to anybody who didnt have a vested interest in those 2 "races" !

srob

11,566 posts

237 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Went for the weekend for the first time in a few years - have been for odd days more recently. My cousin was over from Australia though so we all made the effort to get there for the whole event.

Absolutley amazing! At one point, we were in the motorbike pit, where there was an MV four, Gilera Four, various Manx Nortons, Velocettes and BSA Goldstars warming up - all on open megaphone exhausts (only place in UK you can hear an open mega bike race now) with a pint in hand as a couple of Spitfires flew over. My cousin looked at me, grinned and shouted "if there's a heaven, this is it".

Yes it's expensive, but not madly so. I treated it as a holiday and took 'spending money', which I could afford to not bring home with me and didn't worry about it. I was impressed that a pint was only £4 - more expensive than down my local but I can't watch £250,000,000 worth of Ferraris drive past as I drink it down my local. And we had the £6 bacon sarnies both mornings - and they were bloody lovely smile

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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DJRC said:
Trev450 said:
DJRC said:
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.

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Great minds, etc. We used this time to get some food.
I would have thought that was bloody obvious to anybody who didnt have a vested interest in those 2 "races" !
I'm agreeing with you. Why the aggresion?

FWDRacer

3,564 posts

223 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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He's still sore about the cost of the Bacon rolls.

What's this "nearly" rubbish. Can somebody start an "appreciation for the event" thread. As my battery went flat - Pictures would be lovely too wink


Crook

6,714 posts

223 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Frik said:
Trophybloo said:
- The tribute speech to Dan, abuse of a captive audience (Come the revolution....). The parade was fantastic tho'
As quipped by a couple near us:

"Is he still alive then?"
"He won't be by the end of this speech."

It was busy, but great fun.
Did you see DG look at his watch during it? biglaugh

AA121

244 posts

197 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Presuming Ed said:
A fantastic event and the idea of the funfair was a good idea to keep people there later if they didn't want to wait in the car park. It seemed there was constantly something going on either on track or in the sky. Agree that 1 day isn't enough if you want to see everthing.
My complaint is the marshalling as always. What was the point of making everyone use the bridge rather then cross the road in safety. I saw a few irrate people at that point and the marshalls in the car park really are flicking useless. Where I joined the queue everyone was merging in turn until the marshalls turned up and held us stationary for ten minutes. A belgian E-type was clearly boiling as the marshall refused to get out of its way so it could get out. I eventually used the horn to move him and told him to get back in his hut and make a cup of tea as he would be more use there.
Presume it was the same E type that was then broken down on the exit road out of Car Park B?!? Got to say that the traffic queue was the only thing that spoiled the day for us. I appreciate that there are a finite number of cars that can get out onto those country lanes but the traffic management seemed to be non existant or at least ill thought out. We were in the "road tax exempt" car park and although it's nice to be able to park close to the event upon arrival it's a big disadvantage when leaving. They must be able to come up with a scheme that deals with the peak times on exiting those car parks and stop the completely random joining (jumping!) of the queue all along the metal driveway route.

v8250

2,724 posts

210 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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FWDRacer said:
Totally agree. 3rd time in 4 years for me and it is sensational every year. The first year it p*sses down with rain, it won't be!

Went Saturday - yes it was busy, but out at Lavant you didn't queue for food/bar and the loo's wink
Goodwood Revival in the rain is superb...reduces visitor numbers to the real Castrol R junkies and makes for VERY interesting driving. Just take waterproof walking boots, barbour, and the biggest umbrella you own.

Porky

201 posts

254 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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I went on Sunday - absolutely brilliant. Managed to get a late hotel room 10 miles from the circuit and good directions to avoid the A27. Getting in and out was so simple as to be almost laughable and the entertainment was superb.

They even laid on a gentle crash that ended right at my feet with a 250F and a BRM P25 parked opposite a Lotus 16 mounting a Lotus 19.

As for the Silver Arrows being driven at some speed - worth the money for that alone. The Newey/Brundle triumph was also great. My other highlights on the track were Troy Corser on the BMW bike and the madman (?Richard Shaw?) in the BMW 700 - sheer entertainment.

In the air, it has to be the Lancaster.

Overall, a great day and I will certainly be back.

Trophybloo

1,207 posts

186 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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DJRC said:
Paying customers are there to see all sorts, more and more with the Revival its not just the racing. Those rugrats and the self indulgent daddies will also have contributed vastly more dosh to the Revival than you and they are far more important to the Revival than you, so just tough, you have to lump it.
Actually they are contributing dosh to their own hobbies / entertainment (nothing against that per se). Charlie M merely gives them another venue for doing that. The money that Goodwood makes from revival for the upkeep of the family and estates comes from paying customers -general and corporate and commercial lettings. Without the Joes and Joannas Public it would be just another Henley, marginally profitable but not enough to pay for the Estate upkeep.

Elderly

3,486 posts

237 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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DJRC said:
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.
I've been many times to the Revival but on Saturday I got the impression that
there was much more down time than any previous year when frustratingly very little was happening on track,
and the pedal car 'event' just added to that frustration.


oldnbold

1,280 posts

145 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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My first time at the Revival and I have to say it's one of the most enjoyable days at a motor venue that I've ever been to.

We went on Sun and were tipped to get there early, so arrived at 08.00, drove straight in and parked easily. Had a fantastic day, yes food and drink was a bit expensive, but par for the course. Racing was great, also so impressed that the vast majority made the effort with costume, even youngsters got into theme.

Left at about 5.00 and drove straight out with no probs until we hit the A3.

In contrast been to Moto Gp / GP / WSB etc and spent just as much on food, walked around up to my knee's in mud and then taken 2 hours just to get out of the car park even on a bike.

My only problem was that 1 day wasn't enough time to see everything. Will be a 2 day event for me next year.

Edited by oldnbold on Monday 17th September 20:00

85Carrera

3,503 posts

236 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Too busy for me this year. I think they're getting too greedy. When I went down to the trade stands on Saturday you couldn't move for the crowds. If I wasn't able to enjoy the sanctity of the GRRC enclosures I wouldn't bother going next year.

Off to some of the low key European events next year. Same cars, less hassle and without comedic accommodation costs (am lucky am booked in with the pub I've been in for the last 5 years but the price of the pop up campsite or whatever it was called was a joke).

Hope they ration the tickets next year. I would happily pay more for a less crowded experience.

Racing was great as usual though, as was the pre- 66 car park. Could spend a whole day there.

DJRC

23,563 posts

235 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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Trev450 said:
DJRC said:
Trev450 said:
DJRC said:
The rugrats race makes a perfect time to go and look around.

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Great minds, etc. We used this time to get some food.
I would have thought that was bloody obvious to anybody who didnt have a vested interest in those 2 "races" !
I'm agreeing with you. Why the aggresion?
No aggression old boy, there should have been a smiley to indicate as such.

RichB

51,433 posts

283 months

Monday 17th September 2012
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85Carrera said:
Too busy for me this year. <clip> Hope they ration the tickets next year. I would happily pay more for a less crowded experience..
Ironically, and contrary to your perception, it's been pegged at the same number of tickets sold for the last 3 years.


Edited by RichB on Tuesday 18th September 20:55

85Carrera

3,503 posts

236 months

Tuesday 18th September 2012
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RichB said:
ronically, and cintrary to your perception, it's been pegged at the same number of tickets sold for the last 3 years.
Not sure where your information is from but all the people who I know who have been for the last few years, plus those we were parked next to on Lavant Bank, were saying the same - far too crowded and event losing some of its lustre as a result.

Ian Wegg

647 posts

139 months

Tuesday 18th September 2012
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If you search the old news items on the Goodwood website you can soon find the figures:

2009 132,000
2010 128,000
2011 138,000
2012 146,000

They were capped in 2010 but it seems the cap has been raised each year since then.

~iw