Reviving fond memories

This year’s Revival was notable for its emotional content as well as for the quality of the racing

Words Steve Havelock Photoeraphy Steve Havelock, Dirk de Jager

11-13 sept Goodwood, West Sussex, UK THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL is promoted as ‘a magical step back in time’ and indeed it is. For three glorious days, a sell-out 149,000-strong record crowd put the trials and tribulations of their hectic modern lives on the back burner and immersed themselves in a bygone era, albeit one viewed through rose-tinted spectacles. War is no fun whatsoever and yet, as Goodwood commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, who could not feel excited and moved at the sight and sound of 11 Spitfires, a Hurricane and other WW2 warbirds swooping through the skies? Emotions were running high all weekend. As Mark Gillies celebrated his fifth win in the Goodwood Trophy in ERA R3A he declared: ‘My dad died last week, so this one’s for him.’…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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