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Goodwood Revival 2018

Save up the pennies and the pounds, this is a cracking event!

https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/goodwood-revival/

Here are some photos from Saturday & Sunday........

All the race cars and bikes, along with infield displays are pre 1966 (the year the circuit stopped motor racing)

Part of the display near Derek's dinner

1958 MkI jag with a couple of Austin J40 pedal cars.

The pedal cars are used in a short race for the toddlers

Part of one of the many displays

The Ferguson-Climax P99 – the only 4 wheel drive Formula One car to win a race.

Mr Ferguson was the gent who made the 4 wheel drive part for the Jenson Interceptor FF (FF standing for Ferguson Formula)

The Ecurie Ecosse race car transporter from the 1960’s

The BMC (British Motor Corporation, later to become British Leyland) competition department truck.

A 1964 McLaren-Chevrolet M1A undergoing some heavy maintenance as the gearbox and bell-housing required changing following damage.

One of the team was sent up to the midlands, arriving around 2am to collect replacements, getting back to Goodwood around 7am, to allow one of the mechanics to replace and re-assemble the car.

He got it done and it was racing later on!  8)

Yep, its a steam locomotive at The Goodwood Revival!

2018 featured a British Transport Parade.
To quite the official programme.
“British Transport was truley revolutionised 70 years ago with the establishment of  the national rail network and the launch of the FX3 black cab”

Among the many displays of taxi’s was this elderly cab, see if you can spot/recognise the registration?

It’s PEG 1 – as featured in Carry On Cabby.

The owner told me he bought it from a museum and did a total restoration.

The motorcyclists coming out for their first of two races “The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy”.

Barry was a visitor and competitor at the Goodwood Revival in the years leading up to his death, and bike races are now named in his honour.

In the photo, Troy Corser is in on #11 and John McGuinness #1.

The bike race starts with a Le-Man style sprint with the riders running across the track to their bikes (engines running and being held by one of the team).

John had dispensation from the running due recent injury, and can (just) be seen standing next to his bike, waiting for a deputy to do his running for him.

The Revival is primarily a race meeting, and the folk who campaign their cars and bikes do so with proper gusto.

Sometimes its goes a tad wrong, as can be seen by the damage on this poor chap’s 1964 Iso Biizzarrini A3/C after he slid it into the tyre wall during practice or the RAC TT Celebration race.

Fortunately there are folk out with the talent to repair these old cars/bikes, and folk with the bank balance to allow it to happen.

One race, the Kinrara Trophy, was said to have a grid value of around £2,000,000! £200,000,000 (thanks Phunkie for pointing out my typo  ;))

The St Mary’s Trophy race part 1 for production saloons of the type first raced between 1960 and 1966.
These are at full chat four-wheel drifting.

One of the characteristics of the Cortina when pushed hard was the inside front wheel would lift, the  white Cortina has around an inch of air under its front wheel.

The gasser ally display area.

Many of the spectators dress up to reflect an era that the circuit was in use.

One of the larger displays “The Earls Court Motor Show”.

Each year has a different theme/focus, and a part of 2018 Revival’s “The Earls Court Motor Show” theme was Steve McQueen.

Here’s the display board for one of the machines.

Steve rode this actual TriumphTR6 in the film The Great Escape.

Me thinks it had a bit of ‘tidy’ since then..............

A Mustang to reflect the film Bullitt, along with uncannily good manikin (the photo doesn’t do it justice)

Once part of Steve’s personal collection, his 1936 Indian Cheif

The first of two display boards relating to cars that were in Steve’s personal collection, and featured in his film Le Mans

The second board

...and the cars from the film Le Mans.

The little road Porche in the background was his too.

From a Can Am series V8, the four Webers

A McLaren-Chevrolet M1B (5735 cc) prior to racing

An original Ford GT40 prior to racing in the Whitsun Trophy.

The race included 8 orginal GT40s

Saturday and Sunday morning saw a display Spitfires and Hurricane doing flybys, then, one after the other, doing barrel rolls over the green runways of RAF Westampnett (Goodwood).

Tech details
1949 Hawker Hrricane Mk.1 “P3717”
1942 Supermarine Spitfire Mk V “EP210”
1943 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX “MH434”. Remarkably original having never been rebuilt.
1943 Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI


Not a bad way to start an event...........

1943 Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX “MH434”. Remarkably original having never been rebuilt, just after landing.

It taxied to a display area which allowed spectators to have a close look, including inside the cockpit.

As some folk would say, “if you ain’t rubbin’, you ain't racin’ “

1959 Austin A50 Cambridge

Seen in the pits, but not racing, a supercharged Brough Superior – sigh......

1926 Brough Superior SS100 getting prepped for its race.

The chap on the phone is Ewan Cameron (one of two riders) who runs a business making JAP engine parts.

1st, 2nd  and 3rd places in the Sunday Barry Sheene Memorial race (a race where the bikes is swopped between riders part way through), doing the appreciation lap.

Proper stuff, two riders on each bike, no helmets waving to folk who enjoy good racing only a matter of yards away.

Bike 12 – Ian Bain and James Hillier on a 500cc 1953 Manx Norton single.
Bike 1 – Glen English and John McGunness also on a 500cc 1953 Manx Norton single.
Bike 11 – Victors Troy Corser and Herbert Schwab on a 1929 (yes 1929) BMW R57 Compressor 498cc opposed twin. This bike has no rear suspension, front suspension via a leaf-spring and gear change is by hand as it’s on the left side of the petrol (tho Troy Coser used his left hand throughout the race)

Original AC Cobra in the pits/paddock.

Why did I post this piccie.............. ???

The infamous 1967 Eagle-Weslake 1 car of the late, great Dan Gurney.

Dan passed away in January of 2018, and on top of his many, many driving achievements, he was a supporter of the Goodwood Revival.

This car was given a special place at the 2018 Revival and was demonstrated (driven around the track) by Jackie Stewart (with no other cars running).

Considered to be one of the most beautiful Formula 1 cars ever build.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQ2FB0X9Lk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4qvI8nsd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch31vM-y8Tg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxInpDSzRig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfGMPOSinOA

Another view of the infamous 1967 Eagle-Weslake T1G car of the late Dan Gurney.

The “business” end showing the V12 powerplant of infamous 1967 Eagle-Weslake T1G car of the late Dan Gurney.

Fantastic photos & info as always Tony, thank you.
I saw a few photos on the 'net of a red Cortina crashing -was that the same one?

https://www.facebook.com/100008640155461/posts/1694656577313411/

I think you're a couple of noughts short there, Tony!!

That's how you can tell they have a limited slip diff in there.

Used to be John Atkinsons (Jamesigns, Chessington) number also had BOO85 on their slopey back transporter. He was big into Cobras, so probably still is his.

I was indeed, ta for spotting, corrected to £200,000,000  ;)

Cortina #10 had a huge crash (barrel roll) at St Mary's corner in Sunday's St Mary's Trophy Part 2. Driver was OK, but car was very poorly.

It is the most expensive grid in the world, anywhere, including F1.

We are all greatful for your effort with these pictures - thanks.
I liked the number on the front of the gt 40...
Also, I would have said ewan cameron was younger - are you sure that's him? Maybe I was talking to his son, or perhaps we'd had a few beers too many by then....

Ta for your thanks  ;)

Yeah, that's Ewan, maybe it was the beer after all  ;D

Used to see him at motorcycle sprints run by the VMCC Sprint Section at Wroughton, and saw him as he was riding at the 2013 Pendine bike meeting too.


Link has a couple of pics of Ewan's bikes at Wroughton a few years ago.

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9564.0