Dougie Lampkin kick starts Goodwood Festival of Speed

In exactly four weeks time (11-13 July) the annual Festival of Speed opens its gates to around 150,000 motor racing enthusiasts, 100 top motor sport competitors and over 350 mouth-watering competition cars and motorcycles, making the Goodwood event the largest of its kind in Europe.

One of the legendary names making his Goodwood public debut at this July’s Festival will be twelve-time individual World Trials Champion Dougie Lampkin.

Lampkin has been competing at the highest level of competition for over 15 years and recently won the famous Scottish Six Day Trial. He also narrowly missed out on a podium at the last round of the 2008 FIM SPEA Trial World Championship, at the Weider Japanese Grand Prix.

At the Festival he will be given the key to Goodwood Park and could well turn up anywhere at any time during the event. Name a place, and Dougie will be there!

To get a ‘feel’ of the location, Dougie visited Goodwood House earlier this week, entering through the front door on two wheels, rather than two feet. He then proceeded to ride right through Goodwood House, including the Earl of March’s private library, staircase and office, before riding up onto the roof of the House to have a glass of champagne and survey the site where he will be performing next month. What’s more impressive is that he didn’t put a foot down at any point on the course, and incurred no penalty points whatsoever!

A short video of Dougie’s adventurous day out at Goodwood can be viewed at goodwood.co.uk.

This video is also available to download for use on your own website at uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1iBSwdSf-yc.

Dougie Lampkin will be joined by a feast of fellow motorcycling competitors, as the Festival of Speed gathers together its largest collection to date of iconic motorcycles and famous riders from the world of motorcycling both past and present.