It never ceases to amaze how rapidly the Festival of Speed rushes up upon us each year. One moment we are straining our brains in the creative meetings which shape these events, the next the boys and girls at Goodwood Motorsport Content are slaving their brains to the bone in global dealings to bring the right people – and the right cars and motor-cycles – to the event, and the Goodwood Estate people are working equally hard to prepare the site, with absolutely everything that entails, from public conveniences and rubbish bins to umpteen miles of aluminium tracking, shelters, marquees, massive temporary buildings created and provided by the major manufacturers displaying at FOS… and more… and more… and so much more.
Doug Nye: The best E‑type I've ever driven
Doug Nye began writing about racing cars at ‘Motor Racing’ magazine in 1963-64. Today he is a multiple award-winning motor sports journalist and author of over 50 years’ experience, with some 70 books to his name. He is Goodwood Motorsport’s founding Historian and consultant and fulfils similar roles for Bonhams Auctioneers and the Collier Collection/Revs Institute in Naples, FL, USA. He is a member of the National Motor Museum Advisory Council at Beaulieu, Hants, and is a regular columnist for ‘Motor Sport’ magazine, while contributing to many other specialist periodicals worldwide.
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