Written by Ollie Lewis, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri
Welcome to Day Two of Goodwood Revival, dominated by wheel-to-wheel racing and beautiful cars. Eight races took place, full of fabulous racing.
Below are summaries of the best five races today, featuring everything from Ferraris to Lotus and Vincent Black Shadow motorbikes.
Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 1
The first race of the motorcycles did not disappoint. The No. 68 Norton Velocette MSS of Michael Russel and Michael Rutter had an astounding start as they flew from 27th on the grid to ninth in just three minutes of race time.
By the end of lap 10, Rutter had got their bike into the lead, where it stayed unbothered for the rest of the race.
Unfortunately for the No.11 BMW of Isle of Man TT star Davey Todd, a slow start from pole dropped him down the order where they eventually finished outside the top 10.
Fellow Isle of Man TT legend Michael Dunlop was sadly forced to retire just over six minutes into the race, following a mechanical issue.
Mechanical issues appeared to hit this race like the plague, with other riders such as the No. 83 bike of Fernando Mendes suffering a mechanical in the closing laps of the race, having been running in second.
There was certainly a scare for the No.68 bike of Rutter and Russell after the rider-swap, as Russell constantly glanced down. In a post-race interview, he stated, ‘the bike was talking to [him]’, and he was concerned over the behaviour of the fluids. Thankfully for them, they were still able to complete the race with a 6.7 second gap to second place.
In Part 2 on Sunday, the amateurs will be starting the race with the professional riders taking over roughly half-way through, promising yet more shoulder-to-shoulder racing.
Fordwater Trophy
What. A. Race.
The Fordwater Trophy always promised to be an exhilarating display of driving, and fans would Not have been disappointed.
The rain began to slowly return, with a drizzle lacing the track before the start. Despite the slightly slippery conditions, the No. 7 Austin Healey of Tim Crighton had a solid start, entering the first corner in the lead.
The No. 1 Jaguar XK150 of Marc Gordon used his Jaguar’s extra power to slingshot past the No. 7 on the straight before the No. 7 performed an elegant switchback move to retake the position heading into St Mary’s.
This rather set the tone for the rest of the race, as the No.1 and No. 7 cars spent most of the race within a second of one another, with consistent changes in the lead.
The racing was halted on the second lap, when the No. 33 Lancia Aurelia suffered a terminal mechanical fault meaning it had to stop off the track. A safety car was brought out to slow the cars while the stranded Aurelia was rescued, which lasted until the beginning of lap 5.
On the restart, controlled by the No. 7, Crighton managed to time it well eNo. ugh to pull away from the No. 1 Jaguar briefly. This was short lived, however, as the No. 1 Jaguar pulled an exceptionally brave move around the outside of Woodcote corner, one of the most crucial braking zones on the course.
A lap later, the No. 7 reciprocated the move by the No. 1 and was the last of the late brakers, pulling another overtake around the outside of the No. 1 Jaguar at Madgwick.
During the same lap, the No. 1Jaguar made yet aNot her audacious move up the inside of the No. 7 Austin into Woodcote, causing the Austin to scamper around the rear of No. 1 Jaguar before entering the chicane, desperately trying to find a way through.
The beginning of the end happened on lap 7, when the No. 12 Elva Courier appeared to have a mechanical fault, with thick smoke leaking from the engine bay.
The racing was not limited to the front runners, as on lap 8 there was the battle of Porsche 356s, which were constantly swapping places in the fight for third.
Back at the front, on lap 11, there appeared to be a puff of smoke from the back of the No. 1 Jaguar, followed by an easy overtake for the No. 7 Austin around the outside at Madgwick. The Jaguar’s pace continued to fall away, but places were Not lost thanks to a sudden red flag.
On lap 12, the No.15 Elva Courier lost control at Madgwick and speared into a barrier, suffering quite an impact. The driver was thankfully ok. However, the track was not.
Seconds after the No.15’s shunt, the No.23 MG and the No.6 Porsche both lost control in the same area, with neither hitting the barrier. It was quickly deemed that there was a significant oil spill on track, prompting a quick red flag.
With four minutes to go, the race was Not restarted. Although the No. 7 Austin of Tim Crighton was first when the red flag was called, the officials used lap countback to determine the winner. Sadly, this meant Crighton lost the win to Marc Gordon, who crossed the line first in the final racing lap.
The podium was rounded off by Sam Tordoff in the No. 356 Porsche 356.
St Mary’s Trophy Part 1
In the first race of the St Mary’s Trophy, we saw the VIP drivers tackle the Goodwood circuit for 25 minutes of action.
Pole sitter Alex Buncombe had a poor start in his No. 11 Mini Cooper S, which saw Frank Stippler in the No. 133 Alfa Romeo GTA take the lead into Madgwick.
Just behind him, a fight for second was already breaking out as Alex Brundle in his Mini Cooper S also tried to make up a few positions by going around the outside of Madgwick.
Coming towards the end of the lap on the Lavant Straight, Jake Hill put his monstrous V8 to the test by briefly overtaking the No. 133 Alfa for first, before losing it again after struggling for grip heading into the chicane.
Alex Brundle was still running in third by the end of this lap, but unfortunately for him the slight drizzle wasn’t enough to give him the advantage over the thunderous Ford Galaxies and Plymouth Barracudas.
Brundle was overtaken by the No. 214 Alfa Romeo GTA of Andrew Jordan, who had gained 6 places having started ninth.
In his frustration to catch Frank Stippler, Hill dropped a wheel into the grass at Fordwater, causing his car to lose grip and slide across the track. Hill expertly regathered the car, but lost noticeable time to Stippler in front and began to be pressured by the drivers behind.
From this point onwards, the three frontrunners remained in the same order with the No. 133 Alfa pulling away ever so slightly in the increasingly damp conditions.
Further back in the order, touring car champions Tom Ingram and Rob Huff were fighting over fifth and sixth place in their Lotus Cortinas, swapping places and weaving around the track like a snake.
Romain Dumas had an electrifying start in the race, having not driven the car yet that weekend and being somewhat of a last minute entry. In just 8 laps, Dumas had taken his Ford Galaxie from 30th to seventh, where he continued to climb.
While Ingram and Michael Fassler were battling each other into Lavant Corner, both in Cortinas, Dumas lurked behind them waiting to pounce. On the Lavant straight, he pounced, unleashing the mighty V8 and storming past the two Cortina drivers who were helpless to do anything. Dumas was now in fifth.
While fighting with Gordon Shedden on the tenth lap, Alex Brundle locked the rear wheels and left the track at Woodcote, performing a remarkable save to keep his Mini facing the right direction and out of the barriers.
On the 11th lap, Dumas made yet another overtake to move into fourth, while just behind Gordon Shedden had a slight moment as he locked the brakes into Woodcote, spinning his Ford Galaxie but thankfully avoiding the other drivers.
On lap 12, Dumas forced his way into third by moving up the inside of the No. 133 Alfa Romeo on the Lavant Straight. He now had 6.6 seconds to make up in five minutes to catch Jake Hill in second.
Traffic became an issue on lap 13, where both Hill and Frank Stippler struggled to move through the dense pack of cars, helping Dumas to catch up.
By the start of lap 14, the gap was only three seconds after Hill had been held up yet again by the No. 3 Mini Cooper.
Hill proceeded to drive an excellent final lap to prevent Dumas from making any moves, where they eventually finished side-by-side separated by 0.008 seconds.
Frank Stippler finished first, followed by Jake Hill and Romain Dumas, who had made up 27 places in 25 minutes.
Whitsun Trophy
The Whitsun Trophy began with tightly packed racing before one of the Lola T70 Spyders spun off the track before stalling on the grass. A safety car was called on the second lap as it was feared the car would have to be recovered, but the driver got it going again after the safety car was called.
The race resumed on the fifth lap, where the No. 144 McLaren-Chevrolet M1A of Miles Griffiths made it to Madgwick first ahead of the No. 29 Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder, which was forced to tuck in behind the gleaming silver McLaren.
Ollie Bryant in the No. 29 car caught up to James Davison in the No. 144 McLaren on the approach to Lavant corner, where Davison briefly lost control and understeered towards the left-hand edge of the track, forcing Bryant onto the grass.
Despite the quick apologetic hand-wave from Davison, Bryant still lost a position and dropped to third after Nick Padmore slipped through amidst the chaos.
It didn’t take long for Bryant to repass Padmore, which he did merely a lap later at Lavant corner, where he’d previously been off.
Bryant was on a rampage, catching up to the silver No. 144 McLaren of Davison the next lap, where he made a move up the inside of Lavant corner. Bryant was No. w in first, but it was short lived as Davison used his speed advantage on the Lavant straight to retake the position.
Having kept close through the chicane, Bryant was able to launch an attack on Davison with a move around the outside at Madgwick, yet again retaking the lead and it is where he stayed.
Bryant stormed off from Davison, gaining 3 seconds in just one lap. Davison ultimately suffered a terminal mechanical issue on lap 11, marking the end of the racing at the front.
Racing was still present throughout the grid, with the GT40s providing particularly exciting racing with Red Bull Aerodynamicist Adrian Newey dominating the GT40 race and making some fairly spectacular around the outside moves into Lavant and Woodcote.
Nick Padmore lost control of his car on lap 14 at Lavant, along with the No. 19 Lotus 30 which lost control a lap later.
Fred Shepherd, running third place at the time, also lost control, before becoming temporarily beached in the gravel.
All those who looked as though they could challenge Ollie Bryant were unable to catch up, meaning Bryant ended up winning by a staggering 47 seconds. John Spiers in the No. 96 car finished second after a consistent race with Adam Sykes finishing the podium in the No. 49.
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