[niklasw]

Why bother?
In the hope of appealing to some kindred spirits out there I would be grateful for your indulgence in understanding the purpose of building this track and what it meant to me.

Outside of indulging my own selfish reasons for building some sort of legacy, I had two primary objectives: 

1. Broadening awareness of Mission Motorsport and helping to raise funds for theme
   
2. Supporting the Scalextric Brand and deepening the relationship I fostered between them and Mission Motorsport.
   

At the tender age of 60 I suspect I am no different to many of us on these forums who are looking back on their lives and keen to leave a legacy to be proud of. 
17 years of being a tearaway child, followed by 20 years of military service, followed by 23 years of corporate IT sales has left me in a very privileged position to be able to help less fortunate veterans.

Having used my Havenwood track for the past 10 years to help raise money for various charities, it was an obvious concept for me to try and do something similar, but with a greater focus, for Mission Motorsport. A charity that uses motorsport as an excuse to get reclusive, isolated and vulnerable veterans out of their abodes and into a social environment for a chat. Goodwood features heavily on the 100+ events that Mission Motorsport organise each year and hence it seemed an obvious target for constructing a replica.

Scalextric had kindly donated a race set as a prize, which went to a very talented 9 year old who managed to get a out of the box Scalextric Mustang, operating at 60% power around the track a couple of hundreths over 8 seconds. (What was your best time Gary Skipp?).

Very inspiring read sir. So fun to hear about the 9-year old boy as well. Keep up the great work!