The Mini reached its 50th birthday in 2009 and this year’s St Mary’s Trophy saloon car race was dedicated entirely...
Racing legend and Goodwood Revival favorite Sir Stirling Moss established another milestone on September 17th, 2009 when he turned 80...
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....
In Goodwood’s heyday, especially in the circuit’s earliest years, the Goodwood Trophy race was for older (essentially pre-war) single seater...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he...
The helmet and goggles worn by Sir Stirling Moss when he won the 1957 British Grand Prix, Aintree, assisted by Tony Brooks, are to be the centerpiece of the memorabilia section of the Bonhams Auction at the Goodwood Revival, in September. Since that historic day, when Moss took the checkered...
Peter Arundell showed promise right from the start of his career, finishing 2nd with his MG TC at a BARC...
The grounds around Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England, were alive to the sound of horsepower! On land, water, and in the...
The 2009 Goodwood Revival Meeting is fast approaching, taking place in less than a month on September 18-20th. Lord March and his team have planned a fabulous experience at this year’s Revival with a number of exciting celebrations taking place throughout the weekend. As always during the Revival weekend the...
Similar to the unique Festival of Speed, Goodwood’s Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ is a Concours d’Elegance unlike any other. Set...
Bonhams held their annual Collectors Motor Cars and Automobilia auction on Friday, July 3rd at the Goodwood Festival of Speed....
The 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed was held July 3-5 in the scenic parkland surrounding the Goodwood House Estate in England. The Festival of Speed is far more than just a hill climb, as it can rightly claim to be the world’s largest and most diverse celebration of the history of...
With the 12th annual Goodwood Revival set for September 18–20, the organizers are planning to celebrate a pair of prominent...
With less than one month to go until the 2009 Festival of Speed (July 3-5), Goodwood can already confirm that...
1957 Aston Martin DBR1 Aston Martin’s relationship with the 24 Hours of Le Mans goes all the way back to 1928 when Jack Bezzant/Cyril Paul and “Bert” Bertelli/George Eyston launched the British company’s assault on the event with LM2 and LM1, Aston’s 1495-cc, 4-cylinder racer. Neither car made it to...
Tall, handsome, and charming, Roy Salvadori was everything Hollywood ever wanted a racing driver to be. He was a ’50s–’60s...
The International Tourist Trophy was first awarded by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1905 and continues to be awarded...
June 2009 Spewing flame on a downshift, Carroll Shelby presses onward with the Aston Martin DBR1 at Goodwood’s six-hour Tourist Trophy race on September 5, 1959. Joined by Stirling Moss, he and Jack Fairman won the race to give Aston the 1959 World Sports Car Championship. Photo courtesy of: THE...
Peter Bryant, best known in motor racing circles as the creator of the Titanium-chassied Ti22 Can-Am car, died of a...
In 2007 I attended the Press Day prior to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You can be a passenger in...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, commencing the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
The Lotus 19 took sports car racing to a whole new level upon its debut in 1960, rendering rivals such...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that...
Vintage Racecar is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the founding fathers’ of South African motor sport and British Racing Drivers Club member, Sam Tingle, who died just before Christmas last year. Although synonymous with South Africa, Tingle was, in fact, born in Manchester, England. His racing...
The Earl of March announced many of the key attractions due to appear at this year’s Festival of Speed, held...
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The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as “True Grit—Epic Feats of Endurance” to celebrate the drive and determination of motor racing’s heroes who overcame huge physical, mental, and mechanical barriers in their quest for glory. Jackie Stewart’s...
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...
