Amazwi engoma kaTony de Matos ayesele esithi “Oh ixesha liyabuya / Ndizisele yonke into endiphulukene nayo / Ndisizele kwaye undinike ubomi / Ubomi esele ndibuphilayo.”. Ewe, ngokuzisola okukhulu ngathi, ixesha alibuyeli ngasemva. Kodwa malunga neGoodwood, eNgilani, iphantse yabuya.
UKUKHUMBULA: Izizathu zokuba kutheni iGoodwood ibe yekhethekileyo kwaye sibulela iNkosi uMatshi
Kanye ngonyaka, ngempelaveki, iGoodwood ivuka ngeminyaka yoo-1960. Isondele kangangoko sinokuthi sibuyele umva kwixesha elidlulileyo – nokuba yiloo nto okanye ukuya eMntla Korea. Mhlawumbi kungcono ukunamathela kwiGoodwood...
Iminyaka yama-60s yayilixesha lempumelelo enkulu, inkqubela phambili kwezenzululwazi, impumelelo ekhumbulekayo yemoto kunye nedemokhrasi yolonwabo oluthile ebomini, kude kube ngoko kuphela kwiiklasi ezithile zentlalo. Akukho njongo akukho sizathu sokungathandi i-60s. Kwakuyiminyaka engama-60 ukuba i-bikini boom yenzeke, ngaba uyazi?
AKUMELE UPHOSELWE: Imifanekiso eyi-200 ekhethekileyo evela kwi-2014 edition ye-Goodwood Festival of Speed
Ngoko ayimangalisi into yokuba u-Lord March, umnini weGoodwood Homestead, afune ukubuyela kwiminyaka yama-60s kanye ngonyaka ngeMvuselelo yaseGoodwood. Iimpahla, iimoto, umculo, yonke indawo engqongileyo ikhupha umoya wexesha elidlulileyo, ingcamango ethandwayo kule mihla.
Sasilapho, siphefumla loo moya. Ivumba lepetroli emoyeni, iimoto zakudala kunye neentsomi zomdyarho zisendleleni, ziphinda zikhuphisana ngelona xesha lilungileyo. A real-time romance! Sade sakhubeka kuSir. I-Stirling Moss - bona igalari kwiphepha lokugqibela.
Kuphela iikhamera zedijithali kunye nesandi seselfowuni sasikhumbuza ukuba emva kwayo yonke into "saseselitye kunye nekalika" ngenkulungwane yama-21. Kodwa kwakumnandi ukuphila kwaye ukuva umtsalane welo xesha, kungekhona ngemifanekiso, kodwa ngexesha lokwenyani. Nangenxa yokuba, njengoko besesitshilo: imeko yanamhlanje ayinamtsalane, akunjalo?
Yayiluhambo lokuntywilisela ixesha kangangokuba okomzuzwana uJoão Faustino wayenqwenela ukuba iRazão Automóvel ibe lupapasho lwephepha. Kodwa masijongane nayo… akukhathaliseki nokuba ngamanye amaxesha anomtsalane kangakanani na, ukufumana ezona ndaba zintsha kwishishini leemoto ngokucofa iqhosha lixabiso elixabisekileyo, akunjalo? Ngokunyanisekileyo, akufuneki!
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Ukufota: João Faustino