The grounds around Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England, were alive to the sound of horsepower! On land, water, and in the air, there was much for the 35,000 \u201cPageant of Power\u201d crowd to enjoy. For the second running of this event, subtitled the \u201cGoodwood Festival of the North,\u201d the displays of magnificent racing cars, bikes, boats, helicopters and tanks were quite breathtaking. The British summer played its part, too, and added to the spectacle. While Saturday was bright and dry seeing good competition for the fastest time around the 1.2-mile course, Sunday proved wet, rendering the course slippery, frustrating those wanting to challenge the leaders and leaving them no chance to improve their time.<\/p>\n
Local racer, Justin Law, was overall fastest in his Lister-Jaguar GT Prototype with a time of 68.40 secs netting himself the top prize of a 2009 Breitling Watch.\u00a0 Nigel Bancroft was quickest of the open-wheel brigade aboard his F3 Chevron B17. On two wheels, Stuart Graham wowed the crowds driving the AJS Porcupine racing bike on which his father was crowned the very first 500-cc World Champion in 1949.<\/p>\n
The weekend was more than racing; on the Concours d\u2019Elegance, there was over \u00a315 million pounds worth of Bugatti cars, ranging from the Donington Collection\u2019s priceless Royal to the very latest Veyron Grand Sport.\u00a0 On Saturday night, the weekend was crowned with the fireworks concert and military tattoo.\u00a0 Massed bands from the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery set the tone and the large crowd, entertained by the Manchester Camera Orchestra, accompanied for the first time by live firing from the Royal Artillery\u2019s Field Guns to the \u201c1812 Overture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many may say that Cholmondeley has a lot to learn if it wishes to compete with the likes of Goodwood, but some credit must be given to those who simply want to bring motor sport to the masses.<\/p>\n
By Mike Jiggle<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The grounds around Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England, were alive to the sound of horsepower! On land, water, and in the air, there was much for the 35,000 \u201cPageant of Power\u201d crowd to enjoy. For the second running of this event, subtitled the \u201cGoodwood Festival of the North,\u201d the displays of magnificent racing cars, bikes, boats, helicopters and tanks were quite breathtaking. The British summer played its part, too, and added to the spectacle. While Saturday was bright and dry seeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":684964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,16932],"tags":[432,16936],"class_list":["post-490883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-festivals-shows","tag-events","tag-festivals-shows"],"yoast_head":"\n