A record 200,000 visitors attended the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend according to the event organisers.
Legendary figures including John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Stirling Moss, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastien Loeb, Didier Auriol, Richard Petty, Mark Webber, Giacomo Agostini, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer, helped attract the highest number of visitors in the West Sussex event’s history.
A crowd of 34,000 attended the Thursday to see the Moving Motor Show presented by the AA, making it the best attended Thursday since the Festival of Speed was expanded to cover four days. Audi, BMW, Citroen, Dacia, Ferrari, Ford, GKN, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Rolls Royce, SEAT, Skoda, Toyota and Volvo all exhibited at the Moving Motor Show, the highest number of exhibitors yet. Overall, 18 new cars were given their debuts at the festival. Including the Bentley Continental GT3 R, Peugeot 208 GTi 30th Anniversary Edition, the Honda NSX Concept, and the new Ford Focus ST.
"Once again the Festival of Speed has produced a thrilling spectacle on the Hillclimb and delighted hundreds of thousands of visitors who have brought their enthusiasm for motor sport to Goodwood”, said Lord March of the event he hosts at his ancestral home.
“Our event theme was 'Addicted to Winning' and with reams guests that include seven Formula 1 world champions and some of the greatest drivers from NASCAR, rallying, sportscars and motorcycling, we've managed to gather more famous names from motor sport than ever before. And we were blessed with splendid weather all weekend too."
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