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| gdonahoe |
 Jul 29 2006, 10:40 PM
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Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Festival of Speed at Goodwood England. I took some pictures that I hope you will enjoy. Unfortunately no 914’s but a few very significant Porches.
This is a huge event that has been held for the last several years featuring significant cars and drivers. All three days were sold out and it is a fabulously run event. Fans are allowed very close access to the cars and in many cases you can walk all around them without hindrance of any barriers. Twice each day the cars make a run up the hill climb. It is an excellent opportunity to see and speak to many famous race drivers from all types of racing. In attendance were Sterling Moss, Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Richard Petty, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansel, Mika Hakkinen, Markus Gronholm, Gil de Ferran, just to name a few. You will see pictured below car #98. It was because of my involvement with this car that I was invited to attend the Goodwood event. From 1984 through 1997 I worked at Dan Gurney’s race shop in Santa Ana, California. During that time we were Toyota’s factory sponsored road racing team in North America. In 1986 we built three Toyota Celica’s for racing in the IMSA GTO category. In 1987 we won both the drivers championship with Chris Cord and the manufacturer’s championship for Toyota. The pictured car is chassis #001 of the three built. Driving the car at Goodwood was Dennis Aase, a name that longtime Porsche enthusiasts might recognize. Also attending were two of my old AAR teammates’ Gary Martin and Howard Monise. We had a great time and it was truly an honor to be invited to participate. Attached image(s) 
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:42 PM
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Celica GTO ft
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:44 PM
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Gurney Porsche f1
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:45 PM
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:46 PM
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:48 PM
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962, 917
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:49 PM
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eagle f1
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:50 PM
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lotus 49 f1
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| swood |
Jul 29 2006, 10:51 PM
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Great shots! Love those P-cars!!
BTW...do you know Jerry Johnson? he worked for Dan for quite some time, probably around the same time as you. Just curious. |
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:52 PM
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german f1's
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:54 PM
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gt40/ferrari grp 6
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:56 PM
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Parnelli/Richard Petty
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 10:59 PM
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Indy Roadster/Bob Tullius
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 11:01 PM
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Renault f1/Honda team
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 11:05 PM
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Trans AM-GTO Grid/Me, Dennis Aase, Dan Gurney, Gary Martin
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 11:10 PM
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QUOTE(swood @ Jul 29 2006, 09:51 PM)  Great shots! Love those P-cars!! BTW...do you know Jerry Johnson? he worked for Dan for quite some time, probably around the same time as you. Just curious. Thanks. Not sure if I remember Jerry, did he work in the machine shop? I remember Jeremy Johnson that worked on the race team. |
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| swood |
Jul 29 2006, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(gdonahoe @ Jul 29 2006, 10:10 PM) QUOTE(swood @ Jul 29 2006, 09:51 PM) Great shots! Love those P-cars!! BTW...do you know Jerry Johnson? he worked for Dan for quite some time, probably around the same time as you. Just curious. Thanks. Not sure if I remember Jerry, did he work in the machine shop? I remember Jeremy Johnson that worked on the race team. Yep. Jerry is Jeremys dad. He did work in the machine shop. I see them both often, known em all my life. Talk about gear heads with fuel in the veins... |
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| dekman |
Jul 29 2006, 11:32 PM
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GREAT pic's!!!!!! Is this event bigger than the Monterey Historics? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)
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| gdonahoe |
Jul 29 2006, 11:46 PM
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QUOTE(swood @ Jul 29 2006, 10:23 PM) QUOTE(gdonahoe @ Jul 29 2006, 10:10 PM) QUOTE(swood @ Jul 29 2006, 09:51 PM) Great shots! Love those P-cars!! BTW...do you know Jerry Johnson? he worked for Dan for quite some time, probably around the same time as you. Just curious. Thanks. Not sure if I remember Jerry, did he work in the machine shop? I remember Jeremy Johnson that worked on the race team. Yep. Jerry is Jeremys dad. He did work in the machine shop. I see them both often, known em all my life. Talk about gear heads with fuel in the veins... It took me a few minutes but even before I read your reply it came back to me that Jerry was Jeremy's dad. I definately remember both of them. Next time you see them tell them that Gary Donahoe says hello. |
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| swood |
Jul 30 2006, 12:07 AM
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You bet!
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