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The Goodwood Revival – which takes place from 18-20 September, will be a weekend of celebration, as it marks two important 50th anniversaries.  It’s half a century since Goodwood staged arguably its single most famous race, the 1959 Tourist Trophy, in which Aston Martin won the World Sportscar Championship; and it’s also 50 years since the launch of probably the UK’s most iconic passenger car, the Mini.  Both anniversaries will be marked in unique Goodwood Revival style.

The Revival is set to build on its record-breaking success last year, offering visitors of all ages a chance to revel in the romance and glamour of motor racing as it used to be.  It is the only sporting event in the world set entirely to a period theme and, every year, spectators and competitors take a magical step back in time by getting into the effervescent Goodwood spirit.  The majority of visitors dress in appropriate clothing from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, considering it all part of the fun, with the ladies being encouraged to wear their mini skirts this year, especially on Ladies Day, Saturday 19 September. 

The lovingly restored circuit is unchanged from its heyday (1948-1966), and great lengths are taken to ensure that everything on the site is exactly as it was.  No modern vehicles are allowed within the circuit perimeter throughout the weekend – period vehicles provide all essential  services and competitor support.  Bands play 1950s music, the corn stooks on the circuit infield are made from a specially-grown crop with extra-long stalks for hand cutting rather than combine harvesting, and even the food has a 1950s flavour.

This year’s event as always will offer an action-packed weekend of historic motor racing and period theatre for all the family, with much more besides.  The following pages have a summary of all the on-track motor racing activity.

The ‘celebrity’ two-driver races

Lavant Cup (one hour, two drivers)For cars in the spirit of the Goodwood TT races, 1958-1959

Goodwood will mark the 50th anniversary of arguably its most important race by staging a special 60-minute endurance event in the spirit of the famous 1959 Tourist Trophy.  It will recreate the classic three-way battle between Aston Martin, Ferrari and Porsche to decide the World Sports Car Championship, and will include a gaggle of Aston Martin DBR1s, Ferrari Testa Rossas and Porsche RSKs, competing against the Jaguar D-types, Lister-Jaguars, Tojeiros, Elvas, Lolas and Lotuses.  The race will be a one-hour, two-driver battle staged on Saturday afternoon, with drivers changing-over in the pits during the race, just as they did in period.

The Tourist Trophy race on 5 September 1959 was a six-hour season finale in which three factory teams were in a position to take the title – Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin. All three sent full-strength teams stocked with top drivers, including newly crowned F1 World Champion Jack Brabham and three future F1 champions in Phil Hill, Jim Clark and Graham Hill.  It was undoubtedly the finest field of drivers ever assembled at Goodwood, with such all-time great stars as Roy Salvadori, Carroll Shelby, Masten Gregory, Dan Gurney, Tony Brooks, Wolfgang von Trips, Jo Bonnier, Hans Hermann, Chris Bristow, Bruce McLaren and Innes Ireland all taking part.  However, the star of the field was undoubtedly Aston Martin’s Stirling Moss – who took an immediate lead at the start of the race.

Moss handed over to Salvadori, and then the race’s most infamous incident happened when Salvadori came into the pits to refuel and hand back to Moss.  Disaster struck as the nozzle on the refuelling hose opened too soon, splashing fuel all over the car’s tail. The car burst into flames and Salvadori was engulfed, rolling out of the car to put out his burning overalls while a St John’s Ambulance man used his coat and hat to help extinguish the flames.

While Salvadori went to the first aid tent to have his burnt hands bandaged, Moss surveyed the car. It was covered in extinguisher foam and the bodywork had melted through in places.  Stirling knew immediately that the car’s race was over.  The second-placed Aston was called in and Moss took over, setting off on a legendary charge to catch and pass the leading Porsche, only to lose the lead when he stopped for fuel and tyres, before battling back into the lead once more to take victory – and the World Championship for Aston Martin. It was one of the finest drives in the glittering career of arguably the greatest all-round racing driver in history.

Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration race (one hour, two drivers)For closed-cockpit GT cars in the spirit of the RAC TT races, 1960-1964

The one-hour, two-driver Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration race remains the jewel in the Revival’s crown.  Nowhere else in the world will you see such a spectacular grid of super-rare GT cars racing in anger, driven by great aces past and present.  The grid will once again feature a breathtaking £80 million array of internationally-renowned historic cars.  Expect to see Jaguar E-type Lightweight; Ferrari 250 GT SWB, GTO and 330 LMB; Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato and Project car, plus the thundering AC Cobra.  Drivers taking part include Le Mans winners Derek Bell, Jochen Mass, Emanuele Pirro, Vern Schuppan, Richard Attwood and Jackie Oliver; Red Bull team manager Christian Horner and designer Adrian Newey; Indianapolis winners Bobby Rahal, Eddie Cheever and Danny Sullivan and touring car heroes Darren Turner and Andy Rouse.

St Mary’s TrophyFor Group 2 Mini Cooper S saloon cars of a type that raced prior to 1966

To mark the 50th anniversary of the world’s best loved small car, Goodwood will stage a special saloon car race devoted entirely to Alec Issigonis’ masterpiece.  A full 30-car grid of 1275cc Mini Coopers will contest what is sure to be the most closely-fought race in the Revival’s history, promising to swarm around the famous circuit as one as they dice for position.  While most of the cars will be identical Coopers, the field will also include a lone interloper in the form of a Wolseley Hornet variant featuring reshaped boot and front grille.  The St. Mary’s Trophy continues as a two-part race staged on both Saturday and Sunday, with an aggregate result.  Pairing up with the owners once again will be a host of celebrity drivers, many of whom will have raced Minis during their professional careers.  Expect to see Mini experts including Rauno Aaltonen, Alec Poole, Warwick Banks, John Fitzpatrick and Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams battling with such luminaries as Derek Bell, Jackie Oliver, Bobby Rahal and Rowan Atkinson. 

Barry Sheene Memorial TrophyTwo races for 350cc to 500cc motorcycles of a type that raced between 1962 and 1966

Following last year’s successful revisions to the format of the Revival motorcycle race, this year’s Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy will continue as a two-part, two-rider challenge with a dramatic Le Mans-style running start.  There will again be one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, with the result decided by aggregate timing.  Each owner-rider will be paired up with a professional racer, and both will ride in each race, changing over in the pits around half distance.  Famous motorcycle racers of the modern era – including Jeremy McWilliams, James Haydon and Michael Rutter – will line up against former world champions such as Phil Read and Wayne Gardner.  Also taking part will be heroes of yesteryear including Mick Grant, Stan Woods, Trevor Nation and Steve Parrish. 

Unlike in 2008, the machinery this year will be from the 1960s, with a host of Italian exotics such as MV Agusta, Ducati, Moto Guzzi and Aermacchi taking on the archetypal British single-cylinder machines from AJS, Norton and Matchless.

Sports car races

Brooklands TrophyFor sports cars in the spirit of the great Brooklands endurance races prior to 1939

Returning to the Revival by popular demand is the Brooklands Trophy for pre-war cars – although the selection of cars will be completely different this year, focusing on sports cars in the spirit of those that competed at the famous banked circuit during the 1930s in endurance races such as the Brooklands Double Twelve, BRDC ‘500’ and International Trophy Race.  The grid will comprise a variety of two-seater sports cars such as the Bentley 4½ litre, Mercedes-Benz SSKL and Alfa Romeo 8C, as well as Bugatti, Invicta, Lagonda, Delahaye, BMW, Talbot, Frazer Nash, Aston Martin, MG and Riley.  Goodwood has a long-standing connection with Brooklands.  The present Earl of March’s grandfather, Freddie March, was a keen competitor at Brooklands and won the famous Double Twelve race in an MG.  After WW2, racing was no longer possible at Brooklands, and in opening the Goodwood circuit Freddie March’s aim was to revive the original Brooklands spirit (a notion that was repeated when Lord March revived the Goodwood circuit in 1998).  The Brooklands Automobile Racing Club became the British Automobile Racing Club and Goodwood was its new home – even Brooklands’ gates adorned the Goodwood circuit for a while.  Seeing wonderful Brooklands-type cars racing flat out on the historic Goodwood circuit is certain to make a gripping spectacle.

Madgwick CupFor sports-racing cars under 2-litres of a type that raced between 1948 and 1954

The Madgwick Cup has always been a name synonymous with small-capacity sports-racing cars, and although this race has taken several forms at the Revival, this year, for the first time, it will feature a full grid of rarely-seen early cars that would have been Goodwood mainstays in the late-forties and early-fifties.  The race will feature a fabulous grid of predominantly British-built minimalist open racers, most of which use proprietary engines.  Expect to see MG- and Ford-powered specials from Cooper, Dargue, Kieft, Lester and Lotus alongside thoroughbreds from OSCA, and Veritas.

Fordwater TrophyFor production-based sports cars, in the spirit of the Goodwood Members’ Meetings, of a type that raced between 1960 and 1966

The Fordwater Trophy aims to recreate the plethora of scratch races staged during Goodwood’s active years by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) for its club members, who would arrive and race in their road-going sports cars.  Each year the specification of the race changes to cater for a different group of cars, and this year it’s the turn of standard-bodied 1960s cars such as the Lotus Elite, MGB, Alfa Romeo Giulia SZ, Elva Courier, Ginetta G4, Triumph TR4 and TVR Grantura. These familiar-looking road cars are certain to provide fabulous entertainment as they sprint around the famous circuit.

Freddie March Memorial TrophyFor cars in the spirit of the Goodwood Nine-Hour races, 1952-1955

Following last year’s 90-minute twilight race, the Freddie March Memorial Trophy reverts this year to its more familiar format of a short sprint race for cars of a type that contested the legendary Goodwood Nine Hour race.  It will feature a fabulous collection of classic sports-racing cars such as Jaguar C-type, Aston Martin DB3 and DB3S, Maserati A6GCS, Ferrari, Allard and HWM.

Whitsun TrophyFor sports-racing prototypes of a type that raced between 1963 and 1966

The Whitsun Trophy is the weekend’s fastest race and is always guaranteed to provide breathtaking entertainment and close racing.  A wonderful selection of ‘big banger’ sports prototypes will once again unleash upwards of 10,000bhp between them.  The legendary Ford GT40 will feature strongly, with several taking part, including a rare 1964 model.  Providing stiff opposition will be legions of Ferrari prototypes, Lotus 30s, Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyders and McLaren-Chevrolet M1s.

Single-seater racing

Richmond TrophyFor Inter-Continental/Formula 1 cars of a type that raced between 1950 and 1960

The Richmond Trophy for Formula One cars (1950-1960) continues as a race solely for front-engined cars.  This will offer exciting racing between the legendary cars from one of Grand Prix racing’s golden eras, with Maserati 250Fs out in force, battling against Ferrari 500 and 246 Dino, Vanwall, Aston Martin DBR4, BRM Type 25, Cooper-Bristol, Connaught, HWM and the unique four-wheel drive Ferguson P99. 

Goodwood TrophyFor Grand Prix and Formule Libre cars of a type that raced between 1930 and 1950

This race features GP ‘titans’ and more nimble voiturette cars based on designs from before the Second World War.  These sit-up-and-beg single seaters will thunder around the fast and spectacular track, just as they did in the circuit’s earliest years.  ERA cars will feature particularly strongly in celebration of the marque’s 75th anniversary.  In addition, expect to see Alfa Romeo 308C take on Maserati 4CM, 6CM, 8CM and 4CLT, plus Alta, Bugatti Type 54 and Talbot Lago. A gaggle of super-rare Alfa Romeo Tipo B monopostos will also take part.

Glover TrophyFor 1.5-litre Formula One and Formula One-based Tasman cars of a type that raced between 1961 and 1965

This race for 1960s Formula 1 cars will once again see a spectacular gathering of 1.5-litre GP cars.  These cigar-like racers are synonymous with the important F1 meetings in Goodwood’s latter years, and the selection of cars taking part will focus on genuine F1 cars using fabulous-sounding V8 engines, making the race as noisy and exciting as ever.

Chichester CupFor front-engined Formula Juniors of a type that raced between 1958 and 1960

The Formula Junior race heralds a return for the earliest, front-engined cars, which last appeared at the Revival in 2006.  With so many Juniors competing internationally, the specification of the race changes every year, to give it a new look and character.