NZ Performance Car – September 2019

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hen it comes to ostentatious garden parties, the English

are in a league of their own. For many, the combination of

fine champagne on ice and the perfume of burning rubber

would result in upturned noses and snobby stares, but

not for those at the Goodwood Festival of Speed —

England’s rowdiest garden party.

Such is the thirst for that Goodwood automotive nirvana that the 2019

Festival of Speed was pushed out to four days rather than the traditional

three. Usually, it is our very own ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett — famously known

for his ability to lay down so much rubber that the black marks are only

finally worn off the driveway as he arrives the following year — who flies

the Kiwi flag. This year, however, he had multiple reinforcements: no fewer

than five cars from New Zealand made the trip to scream, showboat, and

shred rubber all the way up the Duke of Richmond’s famous driveway.

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WORDS: AARON MAI PHOTOS: MARTIN HANSSON

CHASING THE KIWIS FANGING THE DUKE’S DRIVEWAY AT THE 2019 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED