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Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival cancelled due to coronavirus

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Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival cancelled due to coronavirus originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2019 Goodwood Revival photo galleries | The races and faces of Goodwood

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2019 Goodwood Revival photo galleries | The races and faces of Goodwood originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2019 Goodwood Revival Parking Lot Mega Gallery | The best car park in the world

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2018 Goodwood Revival Mega Photo Gallery | Celebrating the classics

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The event, the people, and most of all the cars.

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2018 Goodwood Revival Mega Photo Gallery | Celebrating the classics originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Unlatched Jaguar E-Type hood doesn’t prevent blind overtakes at Goodwood

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Because rubbing is racing.

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Shelby will build 50 new Daytona Coupes for 50th anniversary

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Shelby American announced the build of 50 continuation Daytona Coupes to celebrate winning the FIA World Championship in 1965.

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Shelby will build 50 new Daytona Coupes for 50th anniversary originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rowan Atkinson crashes at Goodwood Revival

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To quote Harry Hogge (played by Robert Duvall) in Days of Thunder, "rubbin, son, is racin'." That can mean some unfortunate damage to high-end racing machinery, which may be repaired easily enough in stock car racing, but when it comes to vintage racing, the stakes can be that much higher. And yet incidents do occur, like at this weekend's Goodwood Revival.

Among the many competitors taking part in the retro racing event in England was none other than Rowan Atkinson, the actor perhaps best known for playing Mr. Bean. Driving a classic Ford Falcon Sprint in the Shelby Cup event, Atkinson (pictured above at the 2012 revival) reportedly crashed head-on into another car on track.

According to reports, the two cars up spun out. The driver in between managed to avoid a pile-up, but Atkinson couldn't steer clear and hit the obstructing vehicle. Fortunately Rowan walked away unscathed (and, we imagine, in a humorous manner), but while we don't know how extensive the damage was to the Falcon, it was enough to take it out of the race.

Atkinson, for those who don't know, is a certified automotive enthusiast. He regularly drives his McLaren F1 (which he's crashed a couple of times), sometimes writes for UK car magazines, once topped the Top Gear leaderboard and even convinced Rolls-Royce to lend him its V16 prototype for use on screen in Johnny English Reborn.

Rowan Atkinson crashes at Goodwood Revival originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ford GT40 makes historic return to racing at Goodwood

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Ford GT40 Race at Goodwood Revival

Is there a more iconic, American racecar than the Ford GT40? That may be a discussion for another day (although by all means, tell us how wrong we are in Comments), but this video of heaps of GT40s running in the Goodwood Revival races certainly has us thinking that Ford's Ferrari-killer might just be the best racer the Land Of The Free and Home Of The Brave has ever come up with.

That's completely ignoring the fact that the GT40 was largely developed by Brits using American money, but that's besides the point (there was also a rather brash Texan, who had a big role later in development). The resulting vehicle was dominant, besting the cars of Il Commendatore from 1966 to 1969, although it should be noted that Ford's GT40 was unable to beat Ferrari in its first two Le Mans outings in 1964 and 1965.

Those four years of dominance, which started with Ford sweeping the podium, were enough to establish the GT40's legend. And now, here we are almost 50 years later, celebrating the mid-engined monsters at Goodwood, in their first ever one-make race. Take a look below for the entire video.

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Ford GT40 makes historic return to racing at Goodwood originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The best in-car driving videos from Goodwood Revival 2013

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The best in-car videos from Goodwood Revival 2013.

In what presenters describe as the "biggest and best historic motor racing party of the year," the Goodwood Revival features famous cars, famous drivers and a racetrack. Combine the three and you've got a bloody-good weekend. Watching a peerless assortment of vintage racecars go round the track from the grandstands is good fun, but what's it like watching from the drivers' perspectives?

Fortunately, the proliferation of video cameras in vintage racing and online video services have allowed us to do just that. In particular, in-car videos are most entertaining when great drivers are behind the wheel, such as Indy Racing League champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Bräck. At last weekend's Goodwood Revival, he took some wet laps in a Ford GT40 and somehow managed not to go straight - pretty much ever. From the safety of our desks, he still made us a bit nervous sawing at the wheel on a straightaway next to a wall (pictured above).

We included six other in-car/bicycle videos from the weekend below, such as one with former Formula One racer and endurance racing legend Derek Bell, who manhandles an old Corvette and its venerable 396-cubic-inch, 425-horsepower V8. And despite the wet track during the bicycle race, don't expect any powerslides.

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The best in-car driving videos from Goodwood Revival 2013 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Over $20,000 in ‘irreplaceable’ trophies stolen from Goodwood

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A band of thieves is being blamed for a brazen nighttime theft of 33 historic trophies from the Goodwood estate, where the Festival of Speed and Revival are held. According to the Telegraph, at least four burglars drove up to the Earl Of March's 12,000-acre estate on Monday night in a Range Rover, whereupon they broke a window at the Kennels Clubhouse (above, upper left) and smashed four cabinets to gain access to the trophy collection.

The trophies are valued at £15,000 - over $22,700 US - but are essentially priceless because they cannot be duplicated and some have significant historic and sentimental value. One of the stolen pieces includes the Mobil Oil Trophy, awarded in 1931 to the Earl's grandfather for a race at Brooklands.

An estate spokesperson fears the trophies may be sold for scrap, as they figure to be very difficult to sell. A reward has been set up for the return of the trophies and local police are asking for help from anyone who may know anything about the burglary.

Over $20,000 in 'irreplaceable' trophies stolen from Goodwood originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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