Velocity Invitational Founder Jeff O’Neill Wants To Build A Goodwood For The United States. O’Neill founded Velocity Invitational as an alternative to park-and-show gatherings on golf club fairways.

An expanding slate of automotive events serves as outlets for today’s growing enthusiast community, combining genuine fun with marketing opportunities for brands to increase public visibility. But many gatherings that end up in the “park and show” category tend to get old pretty quickly, leaving much of the real fun to collectors, owners, and fans willing to actually take their cars out for drives on public roads. And don’t even ask about the aggressive “street takeover” phenomenon that focuses more on disruption than actual appreciation for real cars, new or old.