{"id":495408,"date":"2016-04-13T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=29427"},"modified":"2024-03-01T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T08:45:47","slug":"goodwood-festival-features-bmw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/goodwood-festival-features-bmw\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwood Festival of Speed (2016) &#8211; Festival Features BMW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 24<sup>th<\/sup> Goodwood Festival of Speed, set for June 23-26, will celebrate the 100<sup>th<\/sup> Birthday of Bayerischen Motoren Werke, more commonly known as BMW, by highlighting the German machinery as its featured marque for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebration, the German brand will be the focus of the Gerry Judah-designed central sculpture outside Goodwood House that will feature a BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster, the Gordon Murray-designed Brabham-BMW BT52\u00a0(above) and the Le Mans-winning BMW V12 LMR. Also part of the festivities will be \u201cM Avenue,\u201d where examples from 40 years of the marque\u2019s performance brand will be on display.<\/p>\n<p>The overall theme of the event will be \u201cFull throttle &#8211; the endless pursuit of power,\u201d which will include this year\u2019s 100<sup>th<\/sup> running of the Indianapolis 500, the 50<sup>th<\/sup> birthday of the Can-Am championship and the 40th anniversary of James Hunt winning the Formula One World Championship with McLaren.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodwood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.goodwood.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 24th Goodwood Festival of Speed, set for June 23-26, will celebrate the 100th Birthday of Bayerischen Motoren Werke, more commonly known as BMW, by highlighting the German machinery as its featured marque for 2016. 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