Could a Goodwood-style festival be coming to North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway? That’s what the track’s brass envisions for its Smith Heritage Invitational. It’s also the impetus behind their plans for a new road course across the street from the speedway.
Everyone wants to be Goodwood all of a sudden, but Goodwood's events took many years to build their popularity, heritage and magic. It's hubris to think you're going to come along and do something similar in a short amout of time at a venue that lacks Goodwood's charm. The American Festival of Speed started up last year, using the same ambitions, at the M1 Concourse in metro Detroit. There were some neat cars and the event will eventually be interesting and fun to attend if it survives, but it's not even close to what Goodwood has and it never will.
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