Casey Stoner, one of Honda's up-and-coming young talents in MotoGP will be one of the two-wheeled attractions at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The young Australian, who raced in the UK and won the 2001 British 125cc title, will be riding his Team LCR RC211V at the prestigious event. He will be joined by a host of Honda stars over the weekend of July 7th-9th, including 2004 World Superbike champion James Toseland and his Winston Ten Kate Honda Fireblade and HM Plant teamsters Karl Harris and Ryuichi Kiyonari on their Honda Racing CBR1000RRs.
Stars from yesteryear will include fans' favourite Ron Haslam on his Honda-powered 1986 Elf-3 machine. Luigi Taveri and Tommy Robb will be sharing an RC162 machine from 1961, while Ralph Bryans and Stuart Graham will be enjoying the RC174 from 1967 and legendary classic racer Bob Heath will be riding his RC173.
Another legend making a return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed is Italian legend Giacomo Agostini, who took 15 world titles from the 1960s and 1970s.
As well as bikes, Honda will be at Goodwood in force on four wheels as well, with British F1 ace Jenson Button making an appearance over the weekend alongside Matt Neal, Honda's reigning British Touring Car Champion.
Matt will be at the wheel of his title-winning Honda Integra Type-R BTCC car all weekend. Meanwhile John Surtees, motorcycling legend-turned Formula 1 World Champion, will be making a welcome return in the Honda RA300. Another driver who enjoyed Honda power in his days in F1, Nigel Mansell, will also be making his Goodwood debut in a Lotus and a Williams from his glory years.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed has been a major event in the motorsports calendar for more than a decade. It is a hill-climb event that marries the current Earl of March's love of motorsports on two and four wheels with a passion for the history of racing cars and motorcycles. It's all set in the glorious grounds of Goodwood, near Chichester in West Sussex.
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