Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
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Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
Goodwood Revival Meeting ... Three days isn’t enough!
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Goodwood, 18th September, 2022

Three days isn’t enough! The Goodwood Revival Meeting, held between 16-18 September, has such a broad spectrum of activities that it is virtually impossible to experience all aspects within the three days of the event. Apart from a fifteen race programme, there are celebration parades on the track, together with a whole host of peripheral activities and entertainment, such that one is constantly spoiled for choice and at the same time torn between where you want to be.

There were three main celebration themes this year. Taken in chronological order, they were the 60th anniversary of Graham Hill’s first F1 World Drivers’ Championship win, with a track parade of cars that he drove during his career, led by his son Damon, the 1996 F1 Drivers’ World Champion, in a BRM P578 as used by his father to win the 1962 championship, who, as an aside, celebrated his 62nd birthday on the Saturday. His son Josh also drove a Lotus 49 in the parade, whilst Adrian Newey drove a Lotus 49B and Sir Jackie Stewart drove a 1966 BRM P83.

Almost every event this year seems to hold a celebration of Ferrari’s 75th anniversary, and the Revival Meeting was no exception, gathering a fine array of classic examples for static display and parade laps, the most notable of which was an extremely rare public showing of an example from “Mr E.’s” collection. It wasn’t just any old classic Ferrari, but the 1951 British Grand Prix winning 375 F1 car, driven to Ferrari’s first ever F1 World Championship Grand Prix victory in that race by Froilán González.


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The third and final celebration was the Centenary of the Austin 7, with an enormous display of many different types in the infield area, together with parade laps each day. On the subject of Austins, the Austin J40 pedal car races for children on the start/finish straight, have been a popular feature of the Revival Meeting for a decade, and this year they were augmented by a race track laid out in the infield, where visiting children could enjoy the cars themselves.


The fifteen race programme provided fast and furious action, with some close racing through the fields in almost every race, starting with the 60mins Freddie March Memorial Trophy, for racing sports cars built between 1952 and 1955, on the Friday evening as dusk fell.

This had been preceded by practice and qualifying sessions for all other races apart from the Sussex Trophy, which preceded the first race on the Saturday morning. Apart from the crowd favourite RAC Tourist Trophy Celebration Race on the Sunday afternoon, the two-part St Mary’s Trophy saloon car race is always a great attraction, with professional drivers taking the part in the first race on the Saturday, with the cars owners taking to the track on the Sunday, which was the last race on the programme this year. Whether it be the professionals or the owners, these races always provide really intense close racing, much appreciated by the spectators, who always give rousing cheers on the cooling down lap. Mention should be made of what was probably the aural delight of the meeting. This was the wonderful wail of the BRM Type 15 Mk I 1952 Type “Evocation” with its sonorous 1.5 litre V16 engine, driven by Rob Hall in the Goodwood Trophy Race on the Saturday afternoon.

As always, theatre is part of the magic of the Goodwood Revival Meeting, and visitors are encouraged to dress in period costume to add to the ambience of the gathering, with many going to great lengths to “look the part”. Some do it so well, that one wonders whether they are in fact some of the acts employed by the organisers to provide the retro theme. There are always the perennial theatre atmosphere favourites, like the “Mrs Mop” cleaning ladies, the “Glam Cabs” girls, the military camps dotted around the display areas, the “Mods & Rockers” with their sixties scooters and motorcycles, the road working crew, and classic police vehicles with uniformed “officers”, plus an array of hot rods, with an anniversary “32 Ford Garage Display” in Gasoline Alley, together with some more modern dragsters. There were also all the other popular features including the classic aircraft concours in the infield, the “Earls Court Motor Show” with a predominantly electric theme this year, although the Aston Martin stand featured their new Valhalla supercar, whilst adjacent to this was the Sky Cinema live film set. Then there was the classic BMW garage along with the Porsche Classic one, the latter running up an engine at intervals during the course of the weekend, a Bonhams auction, “Over The Road” with its broad array of vendors, fun fair, the free to enter (with free popcorn!) Revival Cinema presented by Sky Cinema, together with a massive classic car parking area, a show in itself, and plenty more besides without even considering the racing aspect of the meeting!
Despite the frenzy of activity over the three days, there were also solemn moments of reflection and respect, to mark the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II a few days before the event, with silences held each day in memory of her.


Race Podiums
Race 1, Freddie March Memorial Trophy
1st – #11, F. Wakeman/S. Hancock, Jaguar C-Type
2nd – #24, N. Webb/J. Young, Jaguar C-Type
3rd – #77, Peterkin/B. Treluyer, Allard J2X


Race 2, Madgwick Cup
1st – #5, M. Griffiths, Kieft 1100
2nd – #23, M. Paul, Lotus-Bristol Mk X
3rd – #25, O. Marcais, Lotus-Bristol Mk X

Race 3, Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 1
1st – #17, J. Hillier/G. Thomas, Matchless G80 CS
2nd – #68, M.Russell/M. Rutter, Velocette MSS
3rd – #55, J. Brooks/B. Kingham, Vincent Black Shadow

Race 4, Glover Trophy
1st – #25, A. Middlehurst, Lotus 25
2nd – #99, M. Shaw, Lotus-Climax 21
3rd – #3, P. Buhofer, BRM P261

Race 5, St Mary’s Trophy Part1
1st – #92, R. Dumas, Ford Galaxie 500
2nd – #33, F. Stippler, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
3rd – #77, A. Jordan, Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1

Race 6, Goodwood Trophy
1st – #3, M. Gillies, ERA A-Type R3A
2nd – #9, D. Morris, ERA B-Type R11B
3rd – #61, I. Baxter, Alta 61 IS

Race 7, Whitsun Trophy
1st – #2, O. Bryant, Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spider
2nd – #5, S. Hall, McLaren-Chevrolet M1B
3rd – #97, R. Hall, Mclaren-Chebrolet M1A

Race 8, Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy
1st – #832, M. Whittaker/A. Jordan, AC Cobra “Dragonsnake”
2nd – #16, D. Hart/O. Hart, Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta
3rd – #7, V. Gaye/J. Twyman, Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

Race 9, Chichester Cup
1st – #20, A. Hibberd, Lotus-Ford 20
2nd – #55, C. Drake, Elva-Ford 300
3rd – #3, Joe Colasacco, RAM-Fiat 4

Race 10, Richmond & Gordon Trophies
1st – #10, W. Nuttall, Cooper-Climax T53”Lowline”
2nd – #2, A. Willis, BRM P48
3rd – #49, A. Beaumont, Lotus-Climax 18

Race 11, Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 2
1st – #55, J. Brooks/B. Kingham, Vincent Black Shadow
2nd – #17, J. Hillier/G. Thomas, Matchless G80 CS
3rd – #12, I. Bain/S. Brogan, Norton International

Race 12, Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration
1st – #79, G. Sheddon/A. Smith, AC Cobra
2nd – #17, F. Wakeman/T. Kristensen, Lister-Jaguar Coupé
3rd – #12, R. Meins/R. Huff, Jaguar E-Type Semi-Lightweight

Race 14, Lavant Cup
1st – #217, E. Foster, MGB
2nd – #88, M. Gammons, MGB
3rd – #74, N. Maton, MGB

Race 15, Sussex Trophy
1st – #16, J.Cottingham, Tojeiro-Jaguar
2nd – #33, D. Hart, Lister-Jaguar Costin
3rd – #37, M. Griffiths, Lotus-Climax 15

Race 16, St Mary’s Trophy Part 2
1st – #92, F. Shepherd, Ford Galaxie 500
2nd – #4, O. Hart, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
3rd – #59, Gregor Fisken, Ford Galaxie 500



Report & images ... Keith Bluemel


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