In
just three weeks time the peace and tranquility of Goodwood Park
will be shattered by a gaggle of American racers and Pikes Peak
specials as the 2012 Festival of Speed (28 June - 1 July) gets
underway.
A
class of class acts from the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb - based in
the Rocky Mountains in Colorado - will descend on Goodwood. These
will include previous Festival hillclimb fastest man Rod Millen in
his savage 900 bhp Toyota Tacoma Pikes Peak special, as well as the
fearsome Peugeot 405 T16 GR which trounced the American hillclimb in
1988. A 1979 AMC Spirit Pikes Peak racer will be a rare sight in the
UK, as will the Donner-Chevrolet DD3.
The
undoubted star of the Pikes Peak class, though, is set to be the
multiple
record-holding Kenworth
T2000
truck, making its Festival of Speed debut, and being driven by
truck-racing legend Bruce Canepa. He will be driving this thundering
5.2 Tonne, 16-litre, 1,500 bhp monster hard as it unleashes its
4000ft/lbs torque; so Goodwood spectators can expect plenty of
smoke-belching madness and monstrous burnouts!
Other
forms of American motor sport will also be represented at the
Festival, with a diverse range of competition machinery due to tackle
the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb. These fearsome vehicles will
include the 1962 Thompson-Buick Special and 1969 Eagle-Offenhauser
representing the Indy 500, plus the raucous McLaren-Chevrolet M6B
‘McLeagle’, Ty Dillon’s 2011 Chevrolet Silverado, and wild man
Jesse James doing demented things in his latest Trophy Truck.
One
of the most unusual American cars to ever run at the Le Mans 24 hours
will also thunder up the Hill at this year’s Festival of Speed. The
1000 bhp, ‘Spirit of Le Mans ‘76 Greenwood Corvette will be
making its return to European shores for the first time since it
contested the classic 24hr race in the summer of 1976. Expect its
fuel-injected big-block V8 to literally make Goodwood shake!
Tickets
and further information for the 2012 Festival of Speed and Goodwood
Revival can be found on the Goodwood website (www.goodwood.com/motor
sport/),
or via the Ticket Hotline as follows:
Telephone:
+44 (0)1243 755055
On-line
via the Ticket section of the website www.goodwood.com/motor
sport/
For all Media enquiries,
please contact Gary Axon or Janet Bradley at the Goodwood Motor Sport
Press Office:
Telephone:
+44 (0)1243 755109
Fax:
+44 (0)1243 755115
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Goodwood Festival of Speed is proud to support the National
Motorsport Week in the UK. For more information visit
http://www.gomotorsport.net/
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