{"id":6906,"date":"2023-02-23T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2023-02-23T06:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T06:07:41","slug":"goodwood-celebrates-75th-birthday-all-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taziomagazine.com\/?p=6906","title":{"rendered":"Goodwood celebrates 75th<\/sup> birthday all year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goodwood will celebrate the 75th<\/sup> birthday of the legendary circuit\u2019s opening this year. All events \u2013 Members\u2019 Meeting, Festival of Speed and Revival \u2013 will focus on this birthday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a year where Le Mans and its 100th<\/sup> anniversary will grab most of the attention, Goodwood decides to look at its own strengths, rightfully so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stirling Moss wins at Goodwood in 1948. Photo Goodwood\/British Automobile Racing Club Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

September 18th<\/sup>, 1948<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First of all, it\u2019s 75 years ago<\/a> since the Sussex track opened. It had been the Australian fighter pilot Tony Gaze who suggested to the 9th<\/sup> Duke of Richmond that the service roads around the Goodwood airfield would make an excellent race track. On September 18th<\/sup>, 1948, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond opened the track, with 15,000 spectators in attendance for the first meeting. Stirling Moss was one of the first winners that day, and would go on to win many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First race at Goodwood, 1948. Photo Goodwood\/British Automobile Racing Club Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Flourishing in the fifties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Goodwood would also be the place where Moss\u2019 career in F1 ended in 1962 and where Bruce McLaren lost his life in 1970. Goodwood was one of Britain\u2019s prime motorsport venues through the fifties and into the mid-sixties. Racing stopped for the first time at Goodwood in 1966, but the track was further used for testing and hosted the cycling world championship in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigel Mansell, FOS 2022. Photo Goodwood\/Jayson Fong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

30th<\/sup> Goodwood Festival of Speed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until the current Duke of Richmond, back then still the Earl of March, started reviving motorsport around the Goodwood estates, that the circuit started flourishing once more. And here, Goodwood has a couple of anniversaries to celebrate as well. This year is the 30th<\/sup> anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, traditionally centred around the Goodwood estate, with cars driving up the hill in front of Goodwood House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Goodwood Festival of Speed saw Tony Brooks and Roy Salvadori behind the wheel of an Aston Martin DB3S, George Harrison \u2013 of The Beatles fame, should we need to clarify \u2013 drove his Rocket. His friend and creator of the Rocket, Gordon Murray, drove a McLaren F1. And Nick Mason \u2013 you might know him from Pink Floyd \u2013 starred in a V16-engined BRM. This set the tone for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill, during the Goodwood Revival 2022. Photo Goodwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

25th<\/sup> Goodwood Revival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1998, the Goodwood Revival came to the calendar, giving the old racetrack a new lease of life. This year, the Goodwood Revival celebrates its 25th<\/sup> year. 2023 will thus become a year of celebrations for Goodwood, starting with the 80th<\/sup> Members\u2019 Meeting on 15-16 April. The Festival of Speed (13-16 July) will have a special class for cars that have been present in one of the previous editions and the Goodwood Revival (8-10 September) will bring back together a group of cars that raced in 1948, the year the track opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More info on goodwood.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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