Goodwood 75 commemorates numerous anniversaries History and heritage of the spiritual home of British motor racing to be celebrated throughout...
Even among the legends who make the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed one of the world’s greatest celebrations of motorsport...
Stirling Moss won the feature race of the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood 1956 in the works Aston Martin DB3S. His drive that day is captured in this oil painting by artist Bernard Reeves. Based in Herefordshire, England, Reeves specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes specialist oil...
Goodwood Festival of Speed debutant, Richard Petty, proved that there is much more to being a star than merely winning...
The world may be in an economic downturn, but there wasn’t much sign of that at the 2009 edition of...
The Goodwood Revival 2012 will again feature exceptional two-wheeled action, both on and off track, when the annual historic races return 14-16 September to Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex, England. The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy race – in the spirit of the original Goodwood Saturday motorcycle meeting – is already...
As a team manager my experience of driving racing cars is limited, although at the start of my motor racing...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated its 15th anniversary, between June 22–24, with another spectacular event, attended by an estimated 150,000 people. Even frequent, heavy rain showers failed to dampen the enthusiasm of both the crowd and the competitors. This year’s theme was “Spark of Genius—Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries—celebrating the...
The 2008 Earl of March Trophy race fell to Cooper driver Simon Frost. This 20-minute encounter for 500cc Formula 3...
The Glover Trophy race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars provided typically close racing. James King got to Magwick first from...
The Earl of March has recently confirmed the theme of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which is “Hawthorn to Hamilton—Britain’s Love Affair with World Motor Sport.” Britain has always played a key role in the global motor racing industry, forging successful relationships with the rest of the motor sport...
The 2008 Goodwood Revival came to a close over the weekend, as 124,000 visitors enjoyed the unique atmosphere over three...
Ludovic Lindsay led from start-to-finish to record his third victory in the Goodwood Trophy. Pole sitter Mark Gillies stalled his...
The 25-minute Sussex Trophy race for sports cars raced between 1955 and 1960 witnessed a bewildering number of lead changes. Fan favourite Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams, whose first race was way back in 1957, led the early stages after getting the jump on pole sitter Jamie McIntyre’s 4.6-litre Chevrolet V8-powered Lister...
An epic Whitsun Trophy provided a suitably dramatic dénouement to the 2008 Goodwood Revival race card. At the start, former...
The Earl of March announced many of the key attractions due to appear at this year’s Festival of Speed, held...
The Earl of March has confirmed the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed as “True Grit – Epic Feats of Endurance.” The theme celebrates the drive and determination of motor racing’s heroes, who overcame huge physical, mental and mechanical barriers in their quest for glory. From Jackie Stewart’s...
Wayne Gardner took his customary win in the second half of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, riding John-Lee Pemberton’s Matchless...
Although there was never a race called the Brooklands Trophy in Goodwood’s heyday, it was not unusual to see pre-war...
The Glover Trophy was originally presented to the winner of the Richmond Formula 1 race, which was for contemporary F1 machinery. At the Goodwood Revival, the Glover Trophy is for post-1961 Formula 1 and Formula 1-based Tasman cars. The 2009 Goodwood Revival saw veteran charger Martin Stretton keep Frank Sytner...
In Goodwood’s heyday, especially in the circuit’s earliest years, the Goodwood Trophy race was for older (essentially pre-war) single seater...
Nicky Leventis and Bobby Verdon-Roe claimed a resounding Lavant Cup victory, the latter anchoring the win with an epic drive...
Maserati charger Lukas Huni dominated the Madgwick Cup that featured sports cars with under two litre engines. The pole-sitter was out-dragged off the line by Patrick Blakeney-Edwards’s Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica but the Briton’s lead lasted barely two corners as the superior power of the Italian car soon told....
The Goowood Tourist Trophy was a three-hour endurance race for World Championship sports cars, and later for GT cars. This...
Named after the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Richmond Formula 1 race was traditionally for contemporary F1 cars. It...
Racing legend and Goodwood Revival favorite Sir Stirling Moss established another milestone on September 17th, 2009 when he turned 80 years of age. The Goodwood Revival celebrated Sir Stirling’s birthday with a variety of tributes, including daily parades of more than 80 cars that celebrate the remarkable breadth and depth...
The Mini reached its 50th birthday in 2009 and this year’s St Mary’s Trophy saloon car race was dedicated entirely...
Julian Bronson mastered his monstrous McLaren M1B to win the final race of the 2009 Goodwood Revival meeting – a...
A record number of motor racing enthusiasts and retro-fashion fans flocked to the Goodwood Revival on September 18-20, 2009 to join in the fun and celebrations at the world’s largest historic motor race meeting. Visitors again traveled from around the world to attend the Goodwood Revival, with the vast majority...