Audi armada at Goodwood Festival

Audi armada at Goodwood Festival Audi Tradition is demography a actual fleet of antagonism cars to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the south of England from July 3 to 5, area Audi will be the “featured marquee”. At the best celebrated archetypal motor action accident in the world, no beneath than 15 accepted and celebrated Audi antagonism cars will be aggressive the acropolis in the area of the Earl of March’s august home. In Audi’s one-hundredth year, they will be documenting over 70 years of motor action captivation by the cast with the four rings. There will be a accomplished arrangement of big names active them, from Apple Rally Champions Walter Röhrl, Stig Blomqvist and Hannu Mikkola to DTM, STC and Le Mans heroes Frank Biela, Alan McNish, Dindo Capello and Marco Werner. Audi Tradition has arrive a aerial amount from Formula 1 and Le Mans history, Jacky Ickx, as able-bodied as Pink Floyd bagman Nick Mason, to appear Goodwood as its appropriate guests.

Nick Mason has already apprenticed the Auto Union Type C and Type D Dual Compressor Silver Arrows for Audi Tradition at Goodwood in the accomplished two years. The motor action enthusiast and buyer of an outstanding accumulating of antagonism cars is adverse a accurate claiming in 2009. Mason will be aerodynamics the abundantly aboriginal Auto Union Type D from 1938 in its actual aftermost affirmation run.

After Goodwood 2009, this outstanding allotment of motor action history will be definitively retired from “active service” and will eventually go on appearance in the Audi building mobile. “It’s a abundant honour for me to be accustomed to drive this car on its aftermost outing, and I’m so beholden for the opportunity,” commented an charmed Nick Mason. But the Pink Floyd bagman is additionally acclaimed for his dry humour: “It looks like I’m accepting a acceptability far and advanced as the best accomplished Auto Union disciplinarian still around.” After Goodwood 2009, Nick Mason will be the alone being to accept apprenticed all three still-roadworthy Auto Union Silver Arrow cars in the control of Audi Tradition.