Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni and the SB Motorsport team had the chance to
showcase drifting at the highest level.
Goodwood Motor Circuit set the stage last weekend for their 2020 stopgap
event from the Festival of Speed, named Goodwood Speedweek. Baggsy
coming back to Goodwood for his 5th consecutive year, he was ready to bring
the smoke show for the fans.
Speedweek brings the greatest elements of the Festival of
Speed and Revival, combined into one unmissable online event. Broadcast
over all 3 days live on YouTube and ITV/ITV4 television channels, reaching
millions at home.
Usually hosted at the Goodwood Estate, Festival Of Speed see’s over
300,000 visitors over the four day event. Plus the livestream reaches millions
of viewers worldwide, so the new Speedweek layout was set to be huge!
Wednesday the 14th, the team arrived early to Goodwood to create their set
for the 5th instalment of the Mission CTRL: Navara R Livestream, coming to
you live from the second floor of the Jackie Stewart Pavilion, inside the circuit.
With over 100,000 collective views already, we were stoked to be able to
bring you closer to the action before the Speedweek event even kicked off!
If you missed it, you can check out the livestream using the link below.
There was no question to what vehicle Baggsy should bring to the event.. it
had to be the fire breathing #LSXR35, fitted with the Liberty Walk V2
bodykit, LSXR V8 engine and Rotiform LHR wheels wrapped
with Accelera PHI 2 tyres, ready to be smoked.
Thursday 15th, Media day. All the Driftkhana drivers were asked to participate
in an on track media shoot, where the Goodwood media team created
awesome tracking content for their promotional intro video for the event. It
was cool to see the variety of machines all on track at once!
Over the duration of the weekend, three ‘Driftkhana’ sessions were
scheduled for drivers to showcase their skill on an all new
custom Drift and Gymkhana style circuit layout, split into two catagories –
RWD & AWD.
Drivers list below:
Rear Wheel Drive:
Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni
Martin Richards
James Deane
Axel Hildebrand
George Barclay
Kevin Quinn
Paul Smith
All Wheel Drive:
Vaughn Gittin Jr
Rhys Yates
Manfred Stohl
For all the weekend highlights, check out the official Goodwood Road and
Racing Youtube, alternatively if you don’t feel like watching through all 8 hours
of livestream – you can watch the Driftkhana highlights below.
“The Driftkhana may appear to be the ultimate hooliganism, with lots of tyre
squeal and clouds of smoke, but the precision required for a winning score is
off the scale.”
Sunoco UK were also in attendance at Goodwood Speedweek, keeping us
fuelled and ready for the event ahead.
On the Sunday and straight after the track action, Baggsy was asked for an
interview by Goodwood themselves, at the Racecourse Members Club. This
was huge, considering the only other interview that day was Sir Jackie
Stewart.
Check out Baggsys YouTube for his Speedweek vlogs, and many more
videos.
“From 16 – 18 October 2020, we ran a new, one-time-only interactive
entertainment experience, behind-closed-doors. We may not have been able
to welcome the typical crowds of thousands to the Festival of Speed or the
Revival, but millions of fans still experienced the virtual thrills of SpeedWeek
by streaming the event from home. Dermot O’Leary, Rory Reid, Siân
Welby and Mark Webber presented the live stream, which was filled with
wheel-to-wheel racing in some of the world’s most valuable and historic cars,
fast-paced feats and extraordinary celebrations, with celebrities joining to host
special moments from around the world.”
Baggsy – “What a fantastic event! Massive thank you to all involved, the staff,
marshals, media and the amazing fans. It’s an honour to be back at
Goodwood putting on a show for you guys with the new custom Driftkhana
layout on the circuit “
“It’s been an awesome weekend drifting with my good friends, meeting new
drivers and teams, even being able to talk tech about vehicles i’d never even
dreamed of being around.”
“Hopefully we’ll be back next year on the hillclimb for 2021 Festival of Speed.
But for now, it’s been awesome!”
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