Chichester, 13th - 15th of September
Today the final curtain fell on this year’s Goodwood Revival
Meeting. Near the end of a long classic car season once more
the Revival was one of this year’s highlights with 16 action packed
races and lots of atmosphere around the historic race track
making this a trip well worth it not just for the petrol heads.
Although the weather forecast was not very promising the days
before the event, again ten thousands of spectators took the
chance to enjoy three wonderful days trackside or in the various
attractions around. Well equipped with umbrella and picnic chair
the best spots were taken early in the morning to see all the
action in the different races ranging from the pre-war grand prix
racers in the Goodwood Trophy to the sports cars and single
seaters up to 1966 when the original races on the high speed
track became history. A special feature this year was the first
race on Friday evening, a 90 minutes two-driver race for sports
cars of the era 1952-1955 intended to run into the sunset, but the
ran just set in minutes after the start, a fate it should share with
the afternoon races on Sunday.
Saturday started against all forecasts quit sunny and the first
races even saw some blue sky before the clouds came in again.
Fortunately most of the day it stayed tries so the races could be
done in regular conditions, especially the much awaited Whitsun
Trophy that had its practice the day before on a slippery damp
track. Normally the Whitsun Trophy is reserved for the big
bangers of McLaren, Ferrari and Lola but this year’s edition saw a
single marque grid with 30 Ford GT40 fighting for victory, the race
was won by Red Bull F1 star designer Adrian Newey and his
partner Kenny Brack, a former Indy 500 winner defeating Shaun
Lynn and 5 times Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro.
Sunday started with nice weather as well but it became soon
clear that the main race of the weekend, the RAC TT Club
Celebration for GT cars of the GTO-era would not be ending in the
dry. Just as last year the rain set in soon after the start making
the track very slippery and with a lot of spray it was surely not
easy to drive. The team Friedrichs/Hadfield managed the
conditions and the safety car phase best giving Aston Martin it
first ever victory in the RAC with the DP212 Project Car. This was
a very nice final of the Centenary Celebrations of the traditional
British sports car manufacturer that was also celebrated with
several cars displayed both in the paddocks and the Earls Court
Motor Show. Unfortunately the weather did not improve like last
year so the last two races were also held in the wet, unfortunately
many spectators already left Goodwood because of the rain.
We have now put together a small gallery with 72 images to give
a first impression what this year’s Revival looked like; a more
detailed report and many more images will follow the next days.
Report & Images … Peter Singhof
www.ClassicCarPhotography.de
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