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Simon Hadfield, Rolex Driver of the
Meeting in 2013, racing the Aston
Martin Project 212, says he senses
a palpable transformation when
he arrives each year: “When you
walk through the gates, everything
changes. It is natural rather than applied. Dressing up is not out of place
and those people not making an
effort stand out. There is a courtesy
and friendship I don’t see at other
events.”
The Goodwood Revival celebrates all things from 1948 to 1966,
the active years of the circuit. 2014
paid particular homage to the Jaguar
D-Type and Maserati 250F, both from
the mid-1950s, both celebrating their
60th anniversary. Even so, there was
a feeling that this year the Sixties,
particularly 1964, were central to everyone’s thinking. 1964 was the year
The Beatles took the #1 spot in the
US Chart for the first time heralding
the “British Invasion”; the year the US
passed its landmark Civil Rights Act;
and, the year the first Ford Mustang
rolled off the assembly line - an historical footnote acknowledged by
this year’s the Shelby Cup. It is also
the year John Young “Jackie” Stewart
was ‘discovered’ at the Goodwood
Motor Circuit.
The 1960s were an unforgettable
period. Culturally, socially, scientifically, the world was fast-paced and
fast-changing. The clouds of the Second World War were finally beginning to lift, people looking forward
rather than back. Fashion was loud
and colourful, pop was no longer just
a drink, and motorcars were showing form could still lead function. In
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