Goodwood Festival of Speed and Cotswolds Classic Car Tour |
Goodwood Festival of Speed Weekend only |
Dates for 2011 not available yet ! |
“Perhaps they should call it ‘Greatwood.’ The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a century of motor sports history fast-forwarding through your brain in one glorious weekend…..the best place one earth to be a car fanatic” – Tim Suddard.
The Tour
(scroll down for day by day itinerary and booking details and click on pics to enlarge!)
England Specials and Classic Motorsport magazine invite you to join us for the eight day 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed and Cotswolds Classic Car Tour as we experience the atmosphere, the sound and the spectacle of motor sport at its most enjoyable on Lord March’s idyllic country estate – which was until 1966 Britain’s premier Grand Prix circuit. Here you will see performances from the greatest collection and variety of motor sport history to be found anywhere in the world: Grand Prix, sports and saloon cars, US stock and NASCAR icons, rally, hill climb and speed record cars, the weird, the wonderful and the fabulous and everything between the 1890’s and today!
The list of entrants is too fantastic to list. For up-to-date information about cars and drivers and all aspects of the Festival, check this link: www.goodwood.co.uk/fos/. Here you will also find out much about previous events at Goodwood.
Your holiday begins in London with a chance to relax after your flight with a bus tour of this fascinating city and an opportunity to meet some of your fellow-classic car fans.
The classic car tour starts when you collect your car on Monday and takes you via the scenic and historic sites of the South of England as you explore some of the lovely and unspoiled heartland Countryside en route for the Cotswolds
to overnight in Stow-on-the-wold.
There will be an opportunity to tour the Morgan car factory and the Cotswolds Motor Museum and to check out for yourself the idyllic and unchanging villages and towns including Broadw
ay, Bourton on the Water, Chipping Campden and many others.
On Thursday, your route takes you via the fabulous university city of Oxford and fashionable Henley on Thames to Stowmarket to return your classic car. A coach will then take you via Chartwell - the home of Winston Churchill - to Southsea, your base for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The setting of the Goodwood Estate is magnificent and the Earls of March have
a long history of active participation in, and promotion of, motor racing at the highest levels. The facilities are of the highest quality and the atmosphere is truly a festival!
The runs up the Hill include cars from the earliest days of motoring up to the current Formula One and Le Mans cars and drivers and everything in between: - the thundering giants of the pre-First War era, the beautiful Bugattis, Delages, Alfas, Maseratis and 
bellowing Bentleys of the Twenties, the incredible
Auto Union and Mercedes of the Thirties and a host of everything else of all ages – Ferrari, Lotus, Cooper, Cobra, Jaguar, Porsche, Audi, rally legends such as Mini Cooper, Lancia, Ford et al. Blend in the cream of US historic cars and legendary drivers, a mobile history of motor cycling, stir in more former World Champions on two and four wheels than you will see anywhere else. Top off with the unique magic that is Goodwood and you have a feast of the food of which dreams are made!
Part of the unique atmosphere of Goodwood is the “open door” at the paddock. You are free to walk around and inspect and 
photograph the cars (and, if you’re lucky, to sit in one!) and to talk to the drivers or even, maybe, meet Lord March himself as he strolls around greeting you or, as he sees it, his guests.
Your tickets will be for prime grandstand seats but you are free to roam over the whole of the event and you will certainly want to go to the top of the hill to visit the new rally track!
After Saturday’s racing, you will be taken directly to London for overnight rest before your journey home.
Eight Day 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed and Cotswolds Classic Car Tour
The price of the tour includes half board in comfortable hotel and inn accommodation, hire of a classic car with full insurance cover and unlimited mileage, Grandstand tickets for Friday and Saturday for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, admission to program visits, a detailed and personalised tour and route book and full-time presence of England Specials staff, all transfers between hotels and Goodwood and for collection and return of the classic cars.
Travel insurance is NOT included and all of our guests are strongly advised to ensure that they have normal full holiday insurance cover!
Prices start from £2,250.-- per person
and are based on two people sharing a car and a double or twin bedroom
and the hire of a 1965 Jaguar 3.4 Mk2, 1975 Triumph Stag, 1950 MG TD,
1959 MG A, 1972 MG B.
Car upgrades are available:
£160 per person: 1975 Aston Martin V8, 1968 Porsche 911T, 1969 Jaguar E-type 4.2 Coupe
£280 per person: 1972 Jaguar E-type V12 Convertible, 1963 Lagonda Rapide,
Rolls Royce Corniche
£600 per person: 1970 Aston Martin DB 6
The Festival of Speed Weekend only starts from £999,-- per person and are based on two people sharing a double or twin bedroom.
Important Note: All drivers must be 30 to 70 years of age, holding a full licence for a minimum of 2 years (minor endorsements acceptable). More than 6 current points has to be referred to the insurers. Licence must be produced. Not more than one accident in the last three years can be accepted. We can normally arrange insurance for drivers over 70 years of age if notified in advance.
England Specials will be happy to arrange for airport transfers, additional hotel stays, travel, theatre tickets, advice or visits at either end of your tour – in fact practically anything! For more information please contact us at: info@englandspecials.com.
Goodwood Festival of Speed Tour Program 2010
Sunday 27 June |
Arrivals. Bus tour of London and opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts. Overnight in Central London , near Hyde Park and easy walk to the West End and Buckingham Palace , Houses of Parliament etc. |
Monday 28 June |
By coach to collect your Classic car. Drive to Stow on the Wold for three nights in the 17 th Century Unicorn Inn. |
Tuesday 29 June |
Morning: xxDrive to Morgan factory to see how they build real cars! Afternoon: iReturn via scenic routes suggested or of your own choice, including opportunity to visit National Heritage Motor Museum. |
Wednesday 30 June |
Morning:
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Thursday 01 July : |
Drive to Stowmarket to return cars.
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Friday 02 July |
Goodwood Practice Day. Some say the best day to visit the Festival. Smaller crowds mean easy access to the paddock where you can get up close to the cars (maybe even get to sit in one!), talk to the drivers and maybe even meet Lord March, who is usually to be seen chatting to the fans in the paddock and grounds. The practice runs are usually very exciting and the new Rally Course will be very accessible and extremely spectacular! |
Saturday 03 July |
Goodwood Race Day. Lots of action on the Hill and also on the Rally Course and lots of good photo opportunities will make this a very entertaining day. From Goodwood we depart directly for London for a last overnight. |
Sunday 04 July |
xxxxxxxxDepartures or optional Goodwood Racing day |
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