Write Up Goodwood Festival of Speed - 2023

[AntStark]

Thursday to Sunday
Placeholder for pictures and comments from anyone going to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year. I'll be there on Friday. Weather doesn't look great this year, which could make it all the more exciting!

 

[Jam03]

Going on Sunday. Hopefully it’s dry, because I have to go in a Z3

 

[AntStark]

Forecast seems to change by the hour.. .. Sunday looks a lot better than Friday at the moment for sure. I am going in the Merc due to my roof (or lack of) issue.

 

[AntStark]

Went early and it stayed mostly dry in the morning ..heavy rain by 2pm so called it a day. Photos later

 

[Jam03]

Had the live stream on all day today. Looking forward to it.

 

[AntStark]

As always the performance car car park was as interesting as the track action..few of the BMs

 

[AntStark]

Poster car when I was young..never seen a 959 in the flesh before..there were 2 there today.

 

[AntStark]

Things that caught my eye ..
Not seen an LM002 before

Colin McRae’s Scooby

 

[AntStark]

Mark McCann’s Gumball SVJ with roof rack was awesome …and still filthy

 

[petecossie]

Identical to the one I had for over 10 years, wonderful car.

 

[Jam03]

Just seen that Saturday’s been cancelled because of high winds predicted tomorrow . Hopefully nothing blows away!

 

[AntStark]

Wow that’s never happened before, I didn't realise the weather is going to be that bad. That’s a real shame for anyone with a Saturday ticket. Sunday is still looking nice though @Jam03

 

[Zephyr]

Poster car when I was young..never seen a 959 in the flesh before..there were 2 there today.View attachment 268619View attachment 268621

This one is famous and rarer than the rest.
In 1992/1993, Porsche built eight last cars assembled from spare parts from the inventory. All eight were "Komfort" versions: four in red and four in silver. These cars were much more expensive (DM 747,500) than the earlier ones. The later cars also featured a newly developed speed-sensitive damper system.
This one is one of them, completely original (Never restored, correct engine, transmission and with all the paperwork and toolkit, etc.).

 

[AntStark]

Thia is the second to last one built of only 8 1992 cars

 

[Jam03]

Thia is the second to last one built of only 8 1992 cars
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That car gets out quite a lot. Last time I saw it was at Goodwood in May last year. It looked like it had just been on a European road trip.

 

[Jam03]

 

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[Jam03]

Like always, it’s hard to beat FOS. If I could only attend one car event a year, this would be it.