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Fifties style clothing	Laurel and Hardy in Model T Ford	Motorbabes in front of   Tesco supermarket	David Piper in his Fiat Topolino

The Revival High Street takes you back to a former British main street, including a period Tesco supermarket. This Tesco's 1966 replica store features
period-style products with authentic retro packaging. Dancers, bands, singers, and even Laurel & Hardy driving a model T Ford are present to entertain the
crowd. It’s a big garden-party with the mixed sound of battling racing cars and flying Spitfire aircrafts. The choice is all yours if you want to watch the races
or if you want to loaf around the course. Wherever possible, there's nothing later than 1966 and each year the attention to detail improves. There are simple
waist-high wooden fences, the shuttle buses are period 1960s, as are the tow trucks (Land Rovers and Austin Gipsy’s). The entry tickets and passes are
on old-style paper and even the fish and chips are wrapped in period newspaper.

A fantastic selection of rarely-seen pre-1966 aircrafts were on static display in the Freddie March Spirit of Aviation Concours, the giant 1944 Boeing B-17
Flying Fortress shared central attention with the Supermarine S6A float plane, a forerunner to the Spitfire, and a replica of the original Spitfire Prototype.

Revival Market Area	Rockers and their BSAs	Boeing B-17 at Aviation Concours	Mod style Lambrettas

Goodwood always attracts famous drivers such as Jochen Mass, Emanuele Pirro, Martin Brundle, Gerhard Berger, Derek Bell, Mario Franchitti, Stig Blomqvist,
Andy Wallace, Tiff Needell, Tom Kristensen, Vern Schuppan, and Richard Attwood, to name but a few. Most of them are invited by car-owners to compete in
one of the races. Also celebrities were spotted in the paddock like Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, Nick Mason, Jay Kay, Murray Walker, and
Ferrari-owning Chris Evans from the BBC.

1938 Alfa Romeo 308C	1938 ERA E-type GP1	1950 BRM V16 1.5 litre P15 MkI	1952 Kieft-Norton CK52

 The races

The first race was the Goodwood Trophy for Grand Prix and Voiturette cars that raced between 1930 and 1950. The race was won by Mac Hulbert in the
ex Raymond Mays ERA R4D who had a battle with Julian Majzub (Alfa Romeo 308C) in wet conditions after a heavy downpour just before the race. The two
both led and were never more than a couple of seconds apart.

In the Glover Trophy race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix and Tasman cars former works Nissan BTCC driver Andy Middlehurst dominated the race in his ex-Jim Clark
Lotus 25. Already by the end of the first lap he was in front by 7.3-seconds and a staggering 30-seconds ahead at half-distance. The battle for second place
was between Lord Drayson (Lotus-BRM 24), Alan Baillie (Cooper-Ford), Dan Collins (Lotus-Climax 21), Mark Piercy (Lotus-Climax Mk.4) and Sid Hoole
(Cooper-Climax T66)

Drayson won this five-car battle while Collins understeered into the gravel trap at Lavant corner which allowed Baillie to take third spot at the flag.

The Richmond Trophy for 1950s Grand Prix cars was a wonderful chance to see a brace of Maserati 250Fs competing against Aston Martin DBR4s and
the rare Lancia-Ferrari D50A owned by sir Anthony Bamford of JCB and  driven by Alain de Cadanet. The race was won by Gary Pearson in a BRM Type 25,
followed by Tony Smith in the lovely Ferrari 246 Dino.

GloverTrophy Paul Drayson in front of Mark Percy	Glover Trophy	1956 Lancia-Ferrari D50A	Elva-BMW Mk8 crashed  in the chicane

One of the most thrilling races this weekend was the St Mary’s Trophy for 1960s saloon cars.

A field of 28 cars of all sizes, three immense Ford Galaxies, several Lotus Cortinas, Alfa Romeos GTA, BMW 1800 TiSA, Mini Coopers and even a
Mercedes-Benz 300SE.

During qualifying on Friday James Wood was fastest in the 7-litre Ford Galaxy followed by Richard Shaw in a BMW 1800 TiSA, third on the grid was Nick Swift
in a Mini Cooper S. In race 1 on Saturday the Galaxy was driven by Paul Radisich and Jacky Oliver drove the BMW. The Swift Mini was driven by Darren Turner.
During the first three laps the BMW chased the Galaxy but finally the Galaxy took the chequered flag just 3.7 seconds in front of the BMW. Behind the BMW
a 3-way dice started between Darren Turner, Anthony Reid in a Mark II Jaguar and Tom Kristensen in a Lotus-Cortina, all three of which were nudging for
positions – literally – as the scars in the paddock afterwards bore witness ! Race 2 on Sunday Richard Shaw's BMW 1800 tore off to an insurmountable lead,
but the crowd was thrilled by the battle for second and third place, fought by Woods mighty Galaxie and the highreving Swiftune Mini. Every lap on the
straights the Galaxie drove away from the Mini but struggled to slow down and turn the corner, whilst the little Mini barely slowed down at all and nipped
through on the inside with far better grip. Finally the Galaxie took second place just 2.7 seconds ahead of the Mini.

St MarysTrophy Battle  for second place	Martin Brundle in Ford Galaxie 500	St MarysTrophy winner  Richard Shaw	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan in RACTT race

Sunday’s highlight was the RAC Tourist Trophy Celebration race for 1960s GT machines. In this one-hour, two-driver race the most valuable and rare
closed-cockpit GT cars from 1960 to 1964 were competing. It was rumoured that the field of cars in this race was worth £100 million. From Ferrari 250 GTO,
GT SWB and 330 LMB, to Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato and Shelby Cobras. This year the Jag E-Types were absent because of the special race for E-Types,
the Fordwater Trophy in which 30 cars were entered. A very special car present this year was Lawrence Auriana's Maserati 151/1, which had been part of the
Rosso Bianco collection for many years and is the sole survivor of the three that were built. After an extensive restoration process, this was the machine's first
competitive outing. It was driven by Joe Colosacco and Derek Hill, son of 1961 World Champion Phil. On a damp track, Kenny Brack started on pole in a Cobra
Daytona Coupe he shared with Tom Kristensen. The Swede managed to create some distance between him and the rest of the field that was initially headed
by Martin Brundle in Nick Mason's Ferrari 250 GTO. He was soon challenged by Hill in the big Maserati. Then the clouds burst open and the race was stopped
for a few minutes due to the heavy rainfall. The overall victory went to Brack and Kristensen ahead of Brundle and Mark Hales and the two Americans in the Maserati 151/1.

Derek Bell in 1964  Ferrari 250 GTO	Shelby Cobra Daytona   wins RAC TT	1962 Maserati Tipo 151	Winner Alex Buncombe still  behind Anthony Reid in the SussexTrophy

The final race of this event on Sunday was the Sussex Trophy, a twenty-five minute race for world championship sports cars and production sports-racing cars of a type that raced from 1955 to 1960. Vintage tyre dealer Julian Majzub made a lightning start from the front row in his Sadler-Chevrolet but Alex Buncombe showed impressive car control on the damp track with his Lister-Jaguar ‘Costin’ and before the end of the first lap he had taken the lead and was never headed. Former touring car ace Anthony Reid moved into second place in a Jaguar D-Type ‘long nose’. On the second lap he was passed by Bobby Verdon-Roe’s Aston Martin DBR1. The top three positions remained unchanged to the finish.

This year 134,000 visitors from all over Europe came to Goodwood in their period costume to experience the unique atmosphere of an historic racing event like no other. What sets the Goodwood Revival apart is the degree of charm and humour that goes with it. Three days is just not enough to see and absorb everything that happens at this event. Racing aside, nobody takes it too seriously and everybody goes away at the end of the day with a huge smile on their face.