The 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed finished on Sunday. But not here it didn’t! Hooniverse is going to keep on milking that sucker for all it’s worth. Central to the appeal of the FOS is the actual hillclimb run found at its geographical centre. It’s along this 1.1 mile tarmac ribbon that some of the all time greats of motoring history are given the chance to strut their mechanical stuff, to the cheers and applause of a grateful gasoline-veined audience. So far, my coverage of this event has been found somewhat wanting in terms of actual footage of the good stuff. Thankfully, regular contributor and serious fan of fast-moving metal Jason Connor has my back on this. While I’ve been fruitlessly pointing my DSLR at cars on totally inappropriate shutter settings, trying in vain to get a shot as they roar past, Jason has been studiously editing the live stream from Goodwood, slicing it into manageable portions. Step past the jump to enjoy the Audi Sport Quattro being ragged senseless by Hannu Mikkola. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEXvow6VbA[/youtube] Five cylinders of offbeat warbling and that excitable wastegate chattering away; the Quattro makes one of the most distinctive sounds of all the Group B rally monsters. If that’s got your tastebuds tingling for a bit more noise, Jason has more clips lined up and we’ll see more of them in due course, including a certain Scandinavian Ultracar. For now, and with slightly inferior production values, here’s a random selection of fast cars making pleasant noises. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHQTUrlBTsc[/youtube] Every taste catered for, there. Good ol’ boys get their NASCAR fix, lovers of rusty British tin get an old XJS; drift enthusiasts get one of the most lurid slides of evar from an RX7 and rally fans get the Lancia 037, Delta S4S, Peugeot 405 T-16 Pikes Peak and Austin Healey 3000 to choose from. (Credits: Audi Video captured from Goodwood live feed (via PrecisionBoost), other video and image copyright Chris Haining and Hooniverse 2014)
Goodwood 2014: The Actual Action. Audi Quattro Sport S1 Hillclimb. Etc.
By RoadworkUK
Sep 5, 2014
By RoadworkUK
RoadworkUK is the online persona of Gianni Hirsch, a tall, awkward gentleman with a home office full of gently decomposing paper and a garage full of worthless scrap metal. He lives in the village of Moistly, which is a safe distance from London and is surrounded by enough water and scenery to be interesting. In another life, he has designed, sold, worked on and written about cars in exchange for small quantities of money.
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