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The Chichester Cup race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Chichester Cup featured Formula Junior cars of the ‘late period’, when cars ran with rear-engines and disc brakes. These last appeared at the 2008 Goodwood Revival. With so many Juniors competing internationally, the specification of the race changes … [Read more...]
The Earl of March Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Earl of March Trophy race featured 500cc Formula Three cars that raced between 1948 and 1959. The race regularly provides some of the closest, most competitive racing of the Revival weekend. The 2011 race was no exception, as young charger Sam … [Read more...]
The Richmond Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Richmond Trophy featured Formula One cars from 1950 to 1960, offering exciting racing between the legendary cars from one of Grand Prix racing’s golden eras. Participants included Maserati 250Fs battling against Lancia D50, Ferrari 246 Dino, Aston … [Read more...]
The Goodwood Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Goodwood Trophy race featured GP ‘titans’ and more nimble voiturette cars based on designs from before the Second World War. These sit-up-and-beg single seaters thundered around the Goodwood Circuit, just as they did in the track’s earliest years. … [Read more...]
The St. Mary's Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 St Mary’s Trophy race featured saloon cars from the 1960s – a truly golden age of touring car racing. The race offered thrilling and close-fought battles between such diverse and classic cars as Jaguar MkII, Ford Galaxie, Mini Cooper S, Lotus … [Read more...]
The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration is the most celebrated race at the Goodwood Revival. The one-hour, two-driver RAC TT Celebration 2011 featured a spectacular grid of super-rare GT cars racing in anger, driven … [Read more...]
Fresh off the heels of another successful year of historic racing at Goodwood, the Goodwood Revival and Goodwood Festival of Speed released provisional dates for 2012.The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed is scheduled to take place over the weekend of 29 June-01 July, the same weekend that the world’s largest celebration of motoring culture has been held over the last three years. The 2012 … [Read more...]
The Sussex Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Sussex Trophy race featured World Championship sports cars and production sports racing cars from 1955 to 1960. The likes of Aston Martin, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lister and Maserati are perfectly suited to Goodwood’s fast, sweeping curves.Alex Buncombe put … [Read more...]
The Whitsun Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Whitsun Trophy was the weekend’s fastest race, with a wonderful selection of ‘big banger’ sports prototypes that unleashed upwards of 10,000bhp between them. The legendary Ford GT40 featured strongly, with several taking part in the race, including … [Read more...]
The Freddie March Memorial Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Freddie March Memorial Trophy was contested in the spirit of the Goodwood Nine-Hour races held from 1952 to 1955, featuring sports racing cars of that same period. Among others, the race saw fabulous classic sports-racing cars such as … [Read more...]
The Madgwick Cup race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Madgwick Cup featured sports-racing cars under 3-litres of a type that raced between 1960 and 1966. The Madgwick Cup is a name synonymous with Goodwood and the Revival, and this year’s race offered a grid of svelte, lightweight Brabham, Elva and Lotus … [Read more...]
The Fordwater Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England.The 2011 Fordwater Trophy featured a grid exclusively made up of Jaguar E-types, in celebration of the model’s 50th anniversary. It was a 45-minute two-driver race, with driver changes in the pits between 15 and 30 minutes. With a mixture of lightweights, … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic will be an integral part of the celebration of Juan Manuel Fangio at the 2011 Goodwood Revival, scheduled for 16-18 September at Goodwood Motor Circuit in England.This year's Revival will honor the centenary of Fangio’s birth, in addition to the 60th anniversary of Fangio winning the first of his five world championships. A daily track parade will include a variety of … [Read more...]
The 2011 Goodwood Revival will be staged 16-18 September on the celebrated Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex, England, with mouth-watering grids, scintillating on-track action and a number of significant anniversaries to celebrate.The 2011 Revival is set to build on the success of last year’s event, when a record-breaking 134,000 people attended over the weekend. As ever, the Revival aims to … [Read more...]
The U.S. Vintage Grand Prix 2011 was held September 8-11 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.Sanctioned by SVRA, the U.S. Vintage Grand Prix is historically one of the largest vintage car races in the States. While the 2011 edition was plagued by wet weather, a field of more than 300 entrants took to the 3.4 mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International road circuit. In … [Read more...]
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