Goodwood FoS & Le Mans Classic 2006 Dates
Discussion
to be honest i would do the le mans classic. there is not much at the festival of speed that i would not have seen before. Furthermore aside from a few drivers, it is starting to look more like a procession each year. Yeah so they are expensive cars, but when you have seen Nick Mason and Mark Hales slug it out round Silverstone in 250 GTOs, watching the same car go up a wide hillclimb doesnt really do it for me! the cost of a Silverstone/Donnigton historic meeting and the VSCC Shelsley Walsh meeting is probably the same price as a FoS ticket. you can get into the garages at silverstone and there are far fewer people there "to be seen"... and Le Mans is all about racing!....at night!....
Maybe, but for me the FoS is a primarily social event. I've been going on the Friday for 10 years, used it to introduce SS7 minor to classics, and usually go with a group of friends, and stay until late so the run home after a curry dinner is on quiet W. Sussex roads.
Additionally, each year Lord March manages to find cars to run on his hill that you'd never see actually racing. Due respect to N. Mason, who has been racing his GTO since he bought it in the 70's, but historic racers in the UK are the same Jag/Lister/Aston/Bizzarini/ERA/250F/Cooper/Lotus hotrods that have been fixtures for years.
The other factor is the rip-off (£500) Portsmouth to Caen ferries, which offer the best route from my part of the UK to Le Mans
Additionally, each year Lord March manages to find cars to run on his hill that you'd never see actually racing. Due respect to N. Mason, who has been racing his GTO since he bought it in the 70's, but historic racers in the UK are the same Jag/Lister/Aston/Bizzarini/ERA/250F/Cooper/Lotus hotrods that have been fixtures for years.
The other factor is the rip-off (£500) Portsmouth to Caen ferries, which offer the best route from my part of the UK to Le Mans
i guess thats the point isnt it, you either enjoy the social aspect or you dont. i just want to see the racing! i accept that there are a few cars that Lord March gets to the FoS that dont appear elsewhere and for my father thats enough, he went a year or two ago purely to see the Toyota Seven, but i do love seeing a lola mk1, a lotus 11 and an Elva side by side through becketts!
i may try the revival this year though. fancy dres and racing!
i may try the revival this year though. fancy dres and racing!
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