https://velocetoday.com/drivers-at-the-goodwood-revival-2025/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://velocetoday.com/drivers-at-the-goodwood-revival-2025/comment-page-1/#comment-95552 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:02:29 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=168943#comment-95552 Great driver pictures! A story about Jacques Villeneuve. In 1976, I was chief of timing and scoring at the track at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. The Formula Atlantic series raced there for a few years in the 1970’s. Gilles Villeneuve (father of Jacques, if that needs to be said) won in 1975, on a very rainy, very cold day. The next year was very hot. Gilles won again. After the race, I was wandering around in the paddock, and came across Gilles washing his motorhome. Jacques, 5 years old at the time, was pestering his father, as kids do. As I passed by, Gilles called out “Here’s $5. Can you take my kid for an ice cream so I can finish this?” And that was how I took a future Indy 500 winner and future World Drivers Champion (Not to mention driver of the Hairy Canary Cobra in the RAC Tourist Trophy at Goodwood) for an ice cream cone at a little race track in a small town in the middle of Canada.

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