five old Indian, Harley and Flying Merkel board
track-style racers from the early 1900s. These
skinny-tyred motorcycles looked terrifying to
ride. She said: “Weraceatl east twiceayear in
the Daytona Beach area inaraceseries called
Sons of Speed, which was founded by Billy Lane
of Choppers Inc., who is here with us.Iridea
1919 Harley.They are all 1000cc engines, they
don’thave brakes oraclutch, so they are direct
drive. They do have kill switches though.You
have to push-start them and then you just have
athrottle andadecompressor.You have to
carefully judge your stopping and you may have
to doabit of feet dragging. This is somewhat
different for us as we usually race onahalf- mile
asphalt banked track.We’re havingablast.”
Fast forward with Harley-Davidson, who werebang up to date with their latest all-electric
motorcycle, the LiveWire,but its price tag of
£30,000 was somewhat ofashock!More so the
£90,000 ticket on the 133bhp electric ArcVector.
The Siemens electric ‘Smart Chopper’, styled by
Orange County Choppers, was not for sale as it
was justaone-offprototype.
The drifters were back againthis yearand
performednot onlyon track butin theirown
separatearena. Ken Blockwas hooning around
in his new ‘Hoonitruck’,aspace frametruck
resemblinga1977Ford F-150 withastonking
twin turbo, 914 horsepower3.5-litre V6 Eco-
Sport motor.Need Isay that it was impressive?
He wasjoined byVaughn Gitti nJnr inhis
Mustang RTR, Dean Kearney inhisV10 Dodge
Viperand abunchof othernutcases whowere
havingaball and thrilling thecrowdswith
theirantics.
There was alsoalive rally stage, an off-road
course, the Cartier Style et Luxe and loads of
celebrations and anniversaries. Aston Martin were
the featured marque and special tributes were
made to ‘speed kings’ Sir Jackie Stewart, who
has just turned 80 and to Michael Schumacher,
who is 50 this year.Another glorious, fast,
noisy,smoky,sell-out Goodwood. Folk were
encouraged to bring their own refillable water
bottles this year,sot hatnodoubt made it all
eco-friendly and carbon neutral!EuroNASCAR.Chevy Impala NASCAR.Olli eBryant guns ’95 ‘Trans-Am’ Mustang.Ken Block’ssmoking
Ford F-150 ‘Hoonitruck’.Harley electric.Johnny Rutherfordin‘Triple
Crown’ Indy car.Dean Kearney’sV10 Viper laying rubber.Bullitt Mustangroad car.RedArrowsinfullflight.AnthonyReid.Americanracers.classic-american