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Mazda launched its racing cars into the air in Goodwood!

Mazda sculpture at Goodwood.

In Goodwood, where the Festival of Speed was recently held (2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed), Mazda launched its racing cars into the air! She did not blow them up, but the Japanese dismantled a 40-meter monument made of steel bars, under which Gerry Judah signed his name. It is a 120-ton installation dedicated to Mazda's racing heritage, and the sculpture is topped off by the 787B and LM55 Vision Gran Turismo models.

Recently, the entire motoring world flocked to Goodwood. It was held there Festival of Speed (2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed). Mazda she not only retired her legendary racing car 767B from 1989, but on this occasion she employed by Gerry Judah, to create a sculpture as a tribute to his sporting legacy. The London artist based it on Mazda's design theme "Code - the soul of the movement", a language spoken by many of Mazda's newer models.

Mazda's helix sculpture is the work of Gerry Judah.
Mazda's helix sculpture is the work of Gerry Judah.

At the top of the installation, two racing cars look up at the sky 787B with Wankel rotary engine, who conquered the competition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 and a model LM55 Vision Gran Turismo, which Mazda prepared for a video game GT 6.

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40-meter monument in the shape of a helix it is made of 418 steel bars with a total weight of 120 tons. If the sticks were stacked one by one, they would measure more than a kilometer and a half in length.

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