Goodwood Revival – The Results!
Yesterday I went to the Goodwood Revival meeting with my Dad.
I had chosen to go yesterday instead of the Saturday as it had a Tribute to Roy Salvadori. I hadn’t told my Dad about that until we got there. The reason that Roy had a meaning, was that in the late 60’s Roy was Team Manager for the Cooper Formula 1 Racing team where my Dad as a Mechanic and Roy made him Chief Mechanic for the 67 season.
We got to the event with no really problems and walked around for about an hour before finding the Formula 1 cars of the sixties. The cars are located in paddocks with some being around the sides and other located in the middle. Unless you have certain tickets, you cant get close to the cars or into these paddock areas.
My Dad was really surprised to see the Jochen Rindt 67 Cooper Maserati that he had built worked on. He didn’t think it still existed. Luckily the owner was there and we got chatting to him and found out the car had been rescued after rotting away for 36 years.
We got invited into the paddock by them as they were interested in talking to Dad about the car and learning more. Dad asked if he knew Roy, and the owner, Ben said he’d met him for the first time yesterday. Later after Ben had been to the drivers briefing, he’d spoken to Roy and we got invited into the drivers enclosure and given tickets, which meant we could follow the Cooper into restricted area and out onto the grid…
and into the pits …
and stood at the end of the pit lane as the cars came back in.
I even managed to get a photo of Stirling Moss and Roy Salvadori in an Aston Martin in pole position on the grid
What a day it turned out to be. We have a wonderful day and meets some really interesting people and Dad was reunited with the Car and friends from that time.
