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Here here for the last three posts, surely this is what the FoS is all about. If you want to see Historic cars racing, hillclimbing etc, then go to the appropriate meetings anywhere in the world, Goodwood is a display of the famous, rare and forgotten cars of the past put together in one place where they can also be driven at whatever speed the owner/driver wishes.
Example.
A friend of mine in France worked for Matra Automobiles until a couple of years ago and volunteered, with several like minded fellow employees, to keep Monsieur J-L L's collection of racing cars working so that they could be displayed at Monthlery etc. The Matras according to Mr L had had their day and were now to be seen, demonstrated to the public, but not raced (unless you were a favoured ex-employee). When Matra came to Goodwood in '96 and '97 these were the reasons that the cars were driven at not too great a speed up the hill, admittedly by French historic racers, but even Chris Amon was under instructions not to go above 10,000 rpm in the MS120D.
Andrew has given similar reasons for Jack Sears appearances in the Galaxie and I seem to remember Sir Stirling Moss doing exactly the same in Mercedes as well.
Finally, what is better, seeing a car at Goodwood once a year or traveling halfway round the world to visit a museum to see the same car gathering dust, possibly as a non runner?
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