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Report by John Waugh and pictures by the photographers of John Waugh, Photographic Images The 2011 running of the Colorado Grand was held September 12-17, starting and ending in Vail, Colorado. The Colorado Grand saw new ground in 2011 with the first ever travel outside of the state. As usual, a remarkable collection of entrants was assembled, highlighted by more than 20 Ferraris including … [Read more...]
Mecum Auctions held their top fall auction event on September 15-18, 2011, at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, resulting in total sales (excluding buyer's premium) of more than $12 million and a 55% sell-through rate. Mecum offered more than 1,000 cars at the 2011 St. Charles sale, the most vehicles ever featured at the event. In addition, the multi-day auction saw record … [Read more...]
The Glover Trophy race at the 2011 Goodwood Revival was held 16-18 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. The 2011 Glover Trophy race featured 1.5-litre Formula One and Tasman cars of a type that raced between 1961 and 1965. These cigar-like racers are synonymous with the important F1 meetings in Goodwood’s latter years, and the selection of cars taking part focused … [Read more...]
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...]
Auctions America by RM will host its inaugural Fall Carlisle auction on September 29 to October 1, 2011 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In association with Carlisle Event’s Fall Carlisle collector car weekend (September 28 – October 2), the multi-day Auctions America sale at the Carlisle Expo Center will feature a nearly 300 collector cars. “Following a strong debut performance in Carlisle in … [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...]
