Show Report
Goodwood Revival 2021 W Words: Will Beaumont Images: Chaydon Ford
e don’t want to get into a discussion about which car show is the best. We all have different criteria, different expectations and different views. But, whether it’s the ultimate or not, I think we can all agree that the Goodwood Revival is one of the best car shows in England. Possibly one of the best on the planet. And after a year off, with just a smattering of events in between, it was a pleasure to pull on the tweed, yank on the braces and breathe in that heady mixture of race fuel, overpriced coffee, musty vintage clothes and burning rubber that is unique to Goodwood. As luck would have it, we were there for two days this year. Luck because the tickets for the first day were kindly donated to us, my girlfriend and me, as we diligently collected our Sunday tickets a day early. You see, we left the ticket office and disappeared back towards the car park. A generous couple saw us
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make this unusual move and gifted their spare passes to us for the Saturday. With free entry, we decided to try out all the aspects of the show we usually avoid. Who wants to pay a fortune, which the cost of going to the Revival can be, and watch a film, go shopping or view
some races on a screen when it is playing out live just over the road or fence? But we weren’t dressed up. We weren’t prepared to enter the circuit, so why would we be? Walking around Goodwood Revival in jeans and a t-shirt just doesn’t cut it. That sounds elitist, www.bmwcarclubgb.uk
