Yesterday could well have been the most mental day in my entire life. I was invited to a meeting to discuss Vintage at Goodwood, a huge event taking place next summer at the Goodwood estate in Surrey. The organisers have asked me to contribute some ideas about the proposed comedy performances that they intend to include in one of the marquees.
I was asked to meet the event’s main protagonists, Goodwood owner Lord March and designer and fellow TV-list-programme-talking-head Wayne Hemingway at the pits at the Goodwood race circuit at 9:30 AM. I thought I might be lucky enough to be shown around the pits and to see some of Charles March’s collection of vintage and classic cars. What happened next was beyond belief.
Against the pit wall was the most amazing array of sports cars I’ve ever seen in one place at one time. Pretty much everybody’s dream car was there. There was an Aston Martin DB4, an Aston Martin Vantage V8, a 1972 Porsche Carrera RS, a Porsche 996, a D type Jaguar, an E type Jaguar, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Ferrari F355, a Ferrari something or other and a pair of Alfa Romeo 159s.
Wayne casually informed me that I now got to choose which car I wanted to take around a circuit. “You are fucking joking?” Was my rather obvious, but completely natural response.
I will take time to write this story properly for my autobiography, but for now I shall leave you with the information that I got to drive all but the Ferraris and that the D type Jaguar, and the only reason I didn’t drive them was because we ran out of time. Oh, and one more thing, the instructor was happy enough with my driving to allow me to take a Lamborghini up to full throttle on the long straight. Having already played on the pitch at St James’s Park, it looks like the rest of my boyhood dreams were fulfilled in a single day, thanks to a designer whose dad is a legendary wrestler Billy Two Rivers.
Yesterday could well have been the most mental day in my entire life. I was invited to a meeting to discuss Vintage at Goodwood, a huge event taking place next summer at the Goodwood estate in Surrey. The organisers have asked me to contribute some ideas about the proposed comedy performances that they intend to include in one of the marquees.
I was asked to meet the event’s main protagonists, Goodwood owner Lord March and designer and fellow TV-list-programme-talking-head Wayne Hemingway, at the pits at the Goodwood race circuit at 9:30 AM. I thought I might be lucky enough to be shown around the pits and to see some of Charles March’s collection of vintage and classic cars. What happened next was beyond belief.
Against the pit wall was the most amazing array of sports cars I’ve ever seen in one place at one time. Pretty much everybody’s dream car was there. There was an Aston Martin DB4, an Aston Martin Vantage V8, a Porsche Carrera RS, a Porsche 996, a D type Jaguar, an E type Jaguar, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Ferrari F355, a Ferrari something or other and a pair of Alfa Romeo 159s.
Wayne casually informed me that I now got to choose which car I wanted to take around a circuit. “You are fucking joking?” Was my rather obvious, but completely natural response.
They let me drive this giant bus with a rocket engine. Quickly.
I will take time to write this story properly for my autobiography, but for now I shall leave you with the information that I got to drive all but the Ferraris and that the D type Jaguar, and the only reason I didn’t drive them was because we ran out of time. Oh, and one more thing, the instructor was happy enough with my driving to allow me to take a Lamborghini up to full throttle on the long straight. Having already played on the pitch at St James’s Park, it looks like the rest of my boyhood dreams were fulfilled in a single day, thanks to a designer whose dad is the legendary wrestler Billy Two Rivers!
I've wanted to drive one of these all my life. Top banana.
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