Goodwood’s 76th Members’ Meeting, set for March 17-18, 2018, will offer a pair of new races, named for American racing icon Dan Gurney and eminent British motoring journalist John Bolster, Autosport magazine’s founding technical editor.
The Gurney Cup is intended to highlight the diversity evident in Gurney’s career, and will feature sports cars both big and small in what’s being billed as a “David-and-Goliath battle,” while the Bolster Cup will star pre- and post-war vintage specials of all shapes and sizes, promising an extraordinary variety of one-off machines (above, photo courtesy of Goodwood).
Gurney’s versatility allowed him to drive a wide variety of cars during his career, and become the first driver to post a victory in all the major disciplines of Formula One, Indycars, Sports Cars and Stock Cars. Beyond his accomplishments as a driver he also founded All American Racers, which fielded championship-winning efforts in Indycars and sports cars and continues today as a high-tech manufacturing concern.
Bolster, who died in 1984, was one of the pioneers of “specials.” He made his name before WWII with the super-spindly, super-light and super-quick “Bloody Mary,” a wooden-framed, JAP motorcycle-engined, chain-driven creation. He suffered a huge accident in the ex-Prince Bira ERA R5B known as Remus during the 1949 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and while recuperating hatched a plan with Gregor Grant to publish Autosport every week. He went on to test and review road and racing cars for many years.
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