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Windmill Lawns Restaurant The Goodwood Revival 2017 Three course evening meal - £55 Service is not included Our menu’s have been inspired by some of our favourite racing drivers and car designers of the period. Choose your combination of dishes from any of the four menus. Take some time between courses to learn a little bit about each of the drivers and why they hold such a special place in motor racing history. Roy Salvadori Salvadori was an Essex-born British racing driver of Italian descent who first came onto the Formula One scene in 1952. He raced for many teams throughout his career including Ferrari, Maserati, Cooper and Aston Martin at the infamous Le Mans 24 Hours. Salvadori started out racing with Ferrari in a two-litre Ferrari 500 F2; making his Formula One debut in the British Grand Prix. He would continue to race for Ferrari, winning the Joe Fry Memorial Trophy before moving to the Connaught team for the 1953 season and Maserati for the ‘54, ’55, ’56 seasons Born: 12th May 1922 when he drove a 250F. Died: 3rd June 2012 Class Wins: 2 (1959 & 1962) Salvadori signed with Cooper and raced for them in 1958, which Career Points: 19 was his most successful season finishing fourth in the World First Race: 1952 British Drivers' Championship behind the likes of Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Grand Prix Moss and Tony Brooks. Over the course of the season, he earned Last Entry: 1962 South two podium finishes, including a second place in the German Grand African Grand Prix Prix. Nearing the twilight of his racing career, Salvadori partnered John Surtees in the Yeoman Credit Racing team, competing in five Grand Prix and achieving three sixth-place finishes. The 1962 season, Salvadori’s last, began with a nasty accident in a Cooper in the Warwick Farm '100', Australia – a reminder of the persistent danger when racing during the period. Roy Salvadori raced in other classes within which he was a regular on the podium, winning his first race at the BARC Goodwood in 1952 and winning later in the season around the corner from The Grand Folly Hotel at the “Roy Salvadori was one of a glamorous generation of Goodwood Motor Circuit once again. British Forumla 1 racing drivers of the 1950s and 1960s” The Telegraph, 2012 Salvadori was entered in the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Aston Martin DBR1, with Carroll Shelby as his co-driver. Towards the end of the race the field was down to just 13 cars, with Salvadori and Shelby heading up the surviving vehicles. The Englishman brought the car across the finish line giving Salvadori the Le Mans victory he had been longing for. After his retirement from racing in 1965, Salvadori returned to Formula One as a team manager for Cooper racing team for the 66' and 67’ seasons before trading in the buzz of the race track for a quieter life in Monaco, 1953 Roy Salvadori racing his Aston Martin DBR1 at Goodwood where he ultimately passed away in 2012. If you have any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements please let a member of staff know before placing your order. Our chefs will be happy to accommodate your needs Inspired by Roy Salvadori Beef and Oyster Essex Tart Braised beef cheeks and Colchester oyster tart served on a bed of watercress and bordelaise sauce Seared Fillet of Autumn Sea Bass Served on a herb linguine with a shellfish sauce and sea asparagus Le Mans Chocolate and 24 Carat Gold Tart Served with Halnaker Damson plum compote If you have any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements please let a member of staff know before placing your order. Our chefs will be happy to accommodate your needs Carroll Shelby Carroll Shelby was an American chicken farmer turned automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur, best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford motor Company known as Shelby Mustangs. Driving for Donald Healey in a modified, streamlined, and supercharged Austin- Healey 100S, Carroll Shelby set 16 U.S. and international speed records at the Bonneville salt flats. Shelby later drove in the Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race in a Born: 11th January 1923 specially prepared Ferrari 375 GP roadster, to a record Died: 10th May 2012 run of 10:21.8 seconds on his way to victory in 1956. Class Wins: 2 (1959 & 1962) First Race: 1958 French Grand Prix Last Entry: 1959 Italian Grand Prix “I’ve always been asked, ‘What is my favourite car?’ and I’ve always said ‘The next one’” Carroll Shelby Shelby’s Formula One career was short-lived during 1958 and 1959 when he participated in a total of eight World Championship races and several non-championship races in a Maserati 150F and later an Aston Martin DBR4. The highlight of Shelby’s racing career came when he co-driving an Aston Martin DBR1 with Roy Salvadori to victory in the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. During this race, he noted the performance of an English GT car built by AC Cars, known as the Ace. Three years later, the AC Ace would become the basis for the AC Cobra. After retiring from racing in 1959 Shelby started to import AC Cobras from the UK, which quickly became Carroll Shelby in his infamous AC Cobra known as the Shelby Cobra in the United States. AC Motors had designed the Shelby Cobra at his request to have a Ford V8 engine. Shelby remained influential with Ford manufactured cars, including the Daytona Coupe, GT40, the Mustang-based Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500. After parting with Ford, Shelby assisted in developing performance cars with Dodge and Oldsmobile. While at Dodge, Shelby used his wealth of experience to help with the design of the Dodge Viper to make it as light and powerful as possible. Several Dodge cars bore Shelby’s name in honour of his assistance in their design. Carroll Shelby with his historic masterpiece– Shelby Daytona Coupe Carroll Shelby had the honour of being inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1991. If you have any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements please let a member of staff know before placing your order. Our chefs will be happy to accommodate your needs Inspired by Carroll Shelby Timeless Texan Chilli con Queso Texan chilli made with Shelby’s own chilli mix, topped with cheese and served with tortilla crisps Shelby’s White Chilli Chicken Chargrilled spatchcock whole chicken served with Shelby’s famous white chilli sauce accompanied by chargrilled baby corn and courgette ribbons with sweet potato purée Deconstructed Pecan Pie Pecan and toffee mousse on a pecan shortbread served with clotted cream and caramelised pecans If you have any allergies, intolerances or dietary requirements please let a member of staff know before placing your order. Our chefs will be happy to accommodate your needs Alberto Ascari Alberto Ascari, son of racing driver Antonio Ascari, was an Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion in both 1952 and 1953. He started out in racing motorcycles before switching to cars, where he was noted for his careful precision and finely judged accuracy when behind the wheel. Ascari’s illustrious career included drives for Ferrari, Maserati and Lancia; achieving 17 podium positions, 13 wins and 14 pole positions throughout. Ascari was part of Ferrari’s Formula One World Championship debut team in 1950, racing a supercharged Tipo 125 and later in the season a Tipo 375. During the 1951 season, Ascari won at the notorious Nürburgring and again at Monza, as well as taking pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix. During the 1952 Formula 1 season, Ascari raced in Ferrari’s T500 F2 but he missed the first race of the championship while he was qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. Ascari was the only European driver to race at Indy 500 in its 11 years on the Born: 13th July 1918 World Championship schedule. Returning to the Formula One circuit, Died: 26th May 1955 Ascari won the remaining 6 races, recording the fastest lap in each Career Points: 107 race and winning the world title as a result. His 1953 season was just as First Race: 1950 Monaco successful with Ascari winning the world title for the second Grand Prix Last Entry: 1955 Monaco consecutive year. Grand Prix Pole Positions: 14 “Ascari was a ruthless winning machine” Wins: 13 BBC Sport, 2012 Championships: 2 Whilst having a few years with Lancia under his belt, Ascari hit the ground running in 1955; taking several victories in non- championship races. But at the Monaco Grand Prix he missed a seaside chicane while leading the race, which resulted in his Lancia D50 ending up in the Mediterranean waters. Ascari escaped with only a broken nose. On 26th May 1955, just four days later, came Ascari driving the Ferrari 500 F2 on his way to winning Ascari’s tragic death after he left the track at the championship. a fast curve in Monza while testing a Ferrari 750 sports car. The corner has been renamed in his honour and replaced with a chicane now called Variante Ascari. There are eerie similarities between Alberto Ascari’s death on 26th May 1955, and the death of his father, Antonio Ascari, on 26th July 1925, both of whom passed away at the age of 36. Both father and son had won 13 Grands Prix and were killed four days after surviving serious accidents. To add to the mystery, both had crashed fatally at the exit of fast but ‘easy’ left-hand corners.