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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 by

Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Festival of Speed returned to Goodwood House over the weekend, with Lord March’s grounds hosting another typically spectacular event. The theme, for there always is one, was ‘Racing Revolutions’, described as quantum leaps that shaped motor sport, although sometimes referred to as an unfair advantage. Walking in to the Festival, I immediately bumped in ...

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Variety is the spice of life
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 by

Variety is the spice of life

Some say that the variety is the spice of life. If that is the case, the Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) is a full spice rack. Every year Lord March invites anyone who has an interest in cars to his Goodwood estate for a massive motoring garden party. Over 175,000 visitors attended the Festival of ...

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Thursday, July 1st, 2010 by

Maddest Mini engine swap ever!

The Mini D is the sensible, frugal and efficient option in the new MINI range. A diesel powered Mini was never available in 1959, especially a diesel engine with 3500 brake horsepower. What you see here may be the maddest engine swap in history. We are used to seeing old Mini’s with Honda VTEC engines ...

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Motorfood’s Goodwood 09 photostream
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 by

Motorfood’s Goodwood 09 photostream

The annual petrolheads garden party was amazing as always this year. Of course I am talking about The Goodwood Festival of Speed held on Lord March’s estate in West Sussex. If you have never been I would strongly recommend it. Goodwood is the only place in the world where you can get up close to some ...

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The forgotten race?
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 by

The forgotten race?

Think about these facts for a second. 156 turns, 12.5 miles, an assent of over 1400 feet on a mix of loss gravel and tarmac in cars, trucks, motorbikes and quads on the edge of a cliff. Now wouldn’t that be a great race? Well it is! Known as the ”Race to the Clouds” the Pikes Peak ...

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