Information on Goodwood Festival of Speed 2008 | CAR Magazine Online

By Tim Pollard

Motor Shows

25 June 2008 09:30

What: The Goodwood Festival of Speed.

When: 11-13 July 2008.

Where: Goodwood, near Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0PX.

Sample prices: £30 a day on Friday, £47 a day on Saturday and Sunday. Please note, children 12 and under are granted free admission but must be accompanied by an adult. All tickets sold in advance only, no sales on the gate on the day.

Ticket hotline: 01243 755055 (callers from overseas, call + 44 1243 755055).

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Website:  http://www.goodwood.co.uk/site/content/festivalofspeed/Default.aspx

Travel tips: Click on this link http://www.goodwood.co.uk/site/content/festivalofspeed/Faqs.aspx

Stato: First held: 1993
1993 crowd: 25,000 visitors
2008 crowd: 150,000 predicted
Number of cars up the hill in 2007: 200
Value of cars at last FoS: $25 million
Marshals helping onsite: 1400
Bales of hay lining the hillclimb: 4000
Champagne drunk in 2007: 1810 bottles
Pints of beer drunk: 58,000

By Tim Pollard