Celebration

I'm a football fan and watching a game the other day made me think about what I'd do as a goal celebration. Now I'm not saying this is exactly what would happen, but it's what I'd like to think. I think a celebration is a chance to revel in a moment and share it with others, so if I scored the cup-winning goal I'd like to think it would involve some form of tribute to the team and the supporters.

Now that's all well and good but this is a car blog and so far this post has had absolutely nothing to do with cars...

I was fortunate enough to go to the Cholmondley pageant of power a few weekends back and had a fantastic day. Having essentially grown up at Silverstone, I've spent a lot of time at motorsport events, but nothing quite like Cholmondley. The atmosphere is a bit more relaxed, I think because unlike race events there isn't really a timetable, you just appreciate things at your own pace, as many times as you like. That's the beauty of events like Cholmondley, access to the cars which you only get to see on posters or in magazines and then if you're lucky, on the track too. Below are two pictures of a Veyron sport vitesse which I took while we were there and it also stretched it's legs a coupe of times. I didn't get a chance to speak to the driver, or shake his hand for that matter. That car costs nearly 2 million pounds but the driver chose to celebrate his time in the Veyron not by gently pulling away from the start line but by planting his foot, to the delight of everyone there, and launching off with smoke coming off all four wheels. Now that's a celebration i'm on board with.