Bob Riggle with his ‘Hemi Under Glass’ and more top vehicles and drivers return for 20th Anniversary

Goodwood every year pulls out of the bag some of the most spectacular and memorable moments. At the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer a number of legendary events in motoring history will be re-created, many drivers and riders will be returning to the world’s most popular motor sport and car culture event.

From the first 20 years of Goodwood FOS, one of the most fondly-remembered Festival of Speed pairings was the astonishing Bob Riggle, popping lengthy wheelies up the Goodwood hillclimb in his amazing ‘Hemi Under Glass’ 1965 Plymouth Barracuda.

The well known American drag racer Riggle first wowed the Festival of Speed crowds in 2001, stealing the show and performing outrageous wheelies on infamous Goodwood Hill.  Since  returning in 2003 and 2007 he is back for more.

Riggle’s amazing Barracuda has a snarling Chrysler 426 Hemi engine shoehorned into where the rear seat used to be.  The black and gold-coloured Plymouth was affectionately given the nickname ‘Hemi Under Glass’ following its appearances across the States in the late 1960s.  Always an incredible display the beast would rock spectators back on their heels as the Barracuda’s front wheels pitched high into the air and screamed down the drag strip with its nose pointing upward to the sky.

The car was sold by Riggle a few years ago, so his much-anticipated reunion with the car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed is set to be a great FOS moment, as he steers the car looking through the ‘windscreen’ on the car’s floor.

Tickets, grandstand seats, camping and other products for the 2013 Festival of Speed, as well as the Moving Motor Show and Goodwood Revival, can be purchased from the Goodwood website or via the Goodwood Ticket Hotline as follows: Telephone: +44 (0)1243 755055

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