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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009 Mega Gallery

The Goodwood Festival of Speed took place last weekend at the Earl of March's home in West Sussex, England. Like every year, this event attracted throngs of auto fans from around the world, as well as celebrities (Jay Leno, Peter Fonda, Jesse James, etc.), manufacturers and motorsports teams. The Hillclimb that takes place on 1.19 miles of Goodwood Estate's parkland roads served as the main attraction, and we've got plenty of shots of the action. Vehicles like the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss (driven by Moss himself, no less), ... Read more →

Goodwood Festival of Speed featuring 135-foot monument to Audi John Neff

The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place this weekend, and every year the Earl of March, who manages the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate that hosts the event, commissions a giant art piece honoring ...

Event Alert: July Calendar of Automotive Events Frank Filipponio

As we start the second half of 2009, the automotive industry remains in turmoil but the economy is finally showing signs of recovery. And once again, we have a full calendar of events to keep our ...

Jaguar officially announces XKR Goodwood Special... in lime green Jonathon Ramsey

In a press release announcing the cars it would be taking to this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jaguar's own Mike Cross has officially confirmed the coming of the Jaguar XKR Goodwood ...

Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Racers take to the street ahead of Goodwood Festival of Speed Noah Joseph

The love of motorsports starts at a young age for many racing fans, and countless enthusiasts owe their obsession to Hanna-Barbera's classic Wacky Races cartoons. The 60's-era animated series ...

2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed theme: 'True Grit - Epic Feats of Endurance' 11 months ago on Autoblog

The Earl of March has announced that the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS) will be "True Grit – Epic Feats of Endurance." Think monumental drive and determination from motor racing legends like Jackie Stewart, who won the 1968 German Grand Prix with a broken wrist. That sort ...

'08 Goodwood Festival of Speed: The highlights 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery from Goodwood The Goodwood Festival of Speed wrapped up on Sunday after three days of pure motorsports Heaven. While we would have liked to have posted a gallery or two a day from the event, internet issues kept us from sharing anything else after firing off our ...

Jaguar XF-R spotted at Goodwood Festival of Speed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on the above image for our high-res photo gallery of the XF-R Less than two months after Jaguar XF-R spy shots (followed by a second set) emerged, our man on the ground at the Goodwood Festival of Speed spotted the real thing doing double-time in front of the crowd. He was quick enough to ...

'08 Goodwood Festival of Speed: The Central Display is revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image above for high-res gallery of pics from our first night at Goodwood We got back from the Members' Ball at Goodwood House and we wanted to share some of our shots from the opening event. Although we were reduced to using a point-and-shoot, we thought you still might like to see some of ...

Jaguar to celebrate 60 years of XK at Goodwood 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is claimed to be "... the world's biggest and most diverse celebration of the history of motor sport and car culture." Held on the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, England, the event was founded in 1933 and has grown over the years to include a hill climb ...

'08 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Welcome to Goodwood 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Goodwood Festival of Speed begins on Friday and we wanted to let you know that we'll be there, once again, to cover the action. Just like last year, we hope to provide you with massive galleries chock full of high res pics of everything from the motorbikes to the rally cars, from the concours ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Other Stuff 2 years ago on Autoblog

We've shown you a lot of the vehicles that were at the track during the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week. Our hope was to help you experience the event for yourself, in case you missed it. While there have been tons of posts and pics along the way, we barely scratched the surface of what a ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Open-wheel racers 2 years ago on Autoblog

Here's another big gallery of pics from Goodwood. This time we're posting images of the various open-wheel racers that haven't been seen elsewhere in our galleries. Think Indy, vintage sports car, A1GP, and the like. A lot of highlights in this group: The 1933 Napier-Railton that was driven by ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Sports cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Although we do get our fair share of sports car races over in the States, the popularity of this type of racing, compared to, say, NASCAR, makes it just a blip on the radar. European sports car racing is way more popular. At Goodwood we got a chance to see some great examples of race teams and ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Formula One 2 years ago on Autoblog

Goodwood has been an incredible experience and we hope you have enjoyed the coverage as much as we've enjoyed providing it. One of the numerous highlights for us was undoubtedly the Formula 1 cars; from those outrageous beasts of the '30s and '40s, through the mid-engine revolution, and on up to ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Green? 2 years ago on Autoblog

While slogging through the mud at Goodwood the other day, we came across a display building that looked like it might offer some interesting vehicles to peruse (as well as a dry place to stop and rest for a bit). It was called FoS-TECH, and inside we found some of the best show cars from the last ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Motorbikes 2 years ago on Autoblog

Although we are primarily a blog about cars, we frequently stray a bit from the all-car formula to cover vehicles that might be interesting to ourselves and hopefully the rest of you. Sometimes we are at events that focus on cars, but other vehicles are invited to play as well, and we tend to like ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Land Speed Record cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

The theme of the 2007 Festival of Speed was Spark of Genius – Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries, and so it's fitting that Land Speed Record (LSR) vehicles were given a special display at this year's event. A group of the vehicles was arranged on the cricket pitch, including several from ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Bugatti Royales 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Bugatti Royale was an interesting car. It was quite a novel idea for an automaker to build vehicles exclusively for royalty and heads of state, and though It's been 80 years since Bugatti introduced the Type 41 Royale, the cars look as stunning as ever. Altogether, six Royales were built. Five ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: The Supercars 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Added shots of new Nissan GT-R that made a few passes this weekend The Goodwood Festival of Speed has given us a great chance to see some supercars and exotics that haven't been very plentiful in the States. Several soon-to-be-released models or Euro-only offerings were in the supercar ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Cartier Style et Luxe 2 years ago on Autoblog

One of the main static display areas at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed is the Cartier "Style et Luxe" concours. As the press release tells us, "The Cartier 'Style et Luxe' is possibly the world's most coveted car design competition." Not only does it celebrate beauty, imagination and ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Bonhams auction 2 years ago on Autoblog

Although the auction has already ended and we have no sales results, we did get a chance to visit the cars that were being sold by Bonhams at Goodwood this year. We thought you might like a peak inside the auction tent. A fairly small catalog didn't mean there was a lack of things to see. Check out ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Ferrari at 60 2 years ago on Autoblog

This year, Ferrari is celebrating its 60th anniversary as a company. The Goodwood organizers decided to have a small party-within-a-party at Goodwood's Festival of Speed and turned over the stables for a display of very special Ferraris. Think of it as one per decade, with some artistic license. ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: The Ball and unveiling 2 years ago on Autoblog

The 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed officially kicked off on Thursday evening, when the Earl of March held a gala VIP ball at his home, Goodwood House, to raise money for the Richard Burns Foundation, and to unveil the grand display for this year's event. After a black tie dinner, guests were ...

Autoblog at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click for gallery of confirmed 2007 Goodwood vehicles After following the events from afar for too long, Autoblog has decided to cover the Goodwood Festival of Speed in person this year. Watch the site for dispatches on all the goings-on as the weekend progresses. Some of the vehicles that are ...

Goodwood Update: Previews, plus Aston/Prodrive collab 2 years ago on Autoblog

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. We're getting way to enthused about this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, due to tear up the fairgrounds in West Sussex this June 22nd through the 24th. As we've told you before, this year's theme is "Spark of Genius – Pushing Boundaries" and judging from the ...

Goodwood announces "Spark of Genius" theme for 2007 event 2 years ago on Autoblog

A scant 189 days separate us and the motoring nirvana that is the Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS). While everyone else is counting down the number of shopping days until Christmas, we're dreaming of the automotive pornography that we'll witness when we make the trip to West Sussex in late June. ...

Dates announced for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 3 years ago on Autoblog

After reading about the sheer awesomeness of the Goodwood Festival of Speed this past July, a couple of us made a death pact that we would make it to next year's event. Well, the time has come to start looking at overseas travel fares since the festival's organizers have officially set dates for ...






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