{"id":21229,"date":"2011-06-28T14:13:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T13:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=21229"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:30:02","slug":"goodwood-the-joy-of-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/goodwood-the-joy-of-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwood &#038; the Joy of Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21230\" title=\"Celica02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-624x397.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-278x176.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-526x334.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-697x444.jpg 697w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Celica02-572x364.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>We love hill climbing. Simple format; there\u2019s a track up a hill &#8211; you have to be quickest. Unlike gridded wheel-to-wheel racing, there are no tactics, no strategies available and no one to show you the way. It&#8217;s just a pure test of car and driver.<\/p>\n<p>If Colorado\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usacracing.com\/ppihc\">Pikes Peak<\/a> is the ultimate Hillclimb, then Goodwood\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwood.com\/motorsport\/festival-of-speed\/\">Festival of Speed <\/a>(coming up this weekend) is a delicious tongue tip taster of the form. Every year a huge variety of vehicles \u2014 from priceless vintage cars and the latest in cutting edge Hypercar exotica to Rod Millen\u2019s Pike Peak slaying Celica (above &amp; Below) \u2014 gather on the lawn of Lord March\u2019s elegant Sussex Estate.<\/p>\n<p>I was lucky enough to witness this monstrous missile setting its record time a few years ago. Sometimes a vehicle can be so powerful it\u2019s a little frightening to be near it.<\/p>\n<p>This was such a car.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure if Rod Millen will be at Goodwood this weekend \u2013 but rest assured it\u2019s the highlight of the petrolhead year. 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