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Austin bakkie.
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WWII warbirds were everywhere you looked.
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Crowd Pleaser the car, with Crowd Pleaser the man, Lord March.
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Cooper-Ford T61 Monaco losing ground to Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder.
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Classic chaps. Sir Stirling Moss and Lord March.
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Bruce McLaren began his racing career in this Lycoming Special.
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Blowing up. The Ferrari 500 TRC lets go in spectacular fashion.
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Bonhams: This MGTA was first owned by Sir Douglas Bader.
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Bonhams: The wonderful Scarab-Chevrolet sold after auction for £650 000.
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Bonhams: Oh, to be a child again. This Ferrari child's car sold for £22 500.
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Bonhams: Ex-Rolling Stone, Keith Richards' Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur sold for £763 100 (Photo: Bonhams)
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Bonhams: The Scarabs.
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Bertram Mills Circus Land Rover - you work it out!
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1928 Frazer Nash saloon- known as the Owlet.
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Another nostalgic corner.
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An unusual front-engined 500, the 1950 Bond-Triumph.
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Alfa Romeo 308C, with Julian Majzub.
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Airmen resting in the shadow of the Sir Douglas Bader statue. He flew from Goodwood.
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A new sight at Goodwood.
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A Land Rover for all purposes.
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A Ford GT40 for the taller man!
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A difficult one, even for experts, the 1935 Squire 1500SC.
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A Cunningham parts the crowd.
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1966 McLaren-Chevrolet M18 at speed.
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1945 Bugatti Type 73C - another rarity.
A record 149 000 crowd attended this year’s Revival, the eighteenth. Rather than list all of the attractions, here is a list of the highlights:
- The featured car was a Shelby Daytona coupé, with all six original cars celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first World Sportscar title.
- Bruce McLaren, the driver and constructor was honoured, remembering that he died following a crash when testing at this circuit.
- RAC TT race for early 1960s GT cars was another fast and furious race, won by the Sheddon/Ward Jaguar E-type.
- The St Mary’s Trophy (Race 1) was won by Tom Kristensen, taking his Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt from last on the grid in what many describe as the best race ever seen at Goodwood.
- More than fifty Land Rovers built between 1948 and 1966 paraded to celebrate the Defender, which ceased production this year.
- Twenty-odd American “Gassers” warmed up the crowd performing burnouts on the hallowed pit straight.
- The “Earls Court Motor Show” attracted huge numbers, with the people’s favourite being the Ferrari 250 GTO.
- The 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was commemorated with a parade of WW1 veterans around the track.
- Bonhams auction was, as usual, amazing. Two Scarab monopostos, a Scarab-Chevrolet sports racer and the equipe transporter sold for well over £3 million (+-R60 million), whilst Rolling Stone Keith Richards’ Bentley “Blue Lena” sold for £763 000 (+-R15 million).
- More than thirty WWII aircrafts featured in the Freddie March Spirit of Aviation field.
The racing was as competitive as ever. The sky was torn apart by Spitfires, Mustangs, Hurricane and Curtisses. The spectators wore dazzling period creations – this year, the mini dress featured prominently. Yes, all was well at the Goodwood Revival. Surely it is on your bucket list?
-Barry Wiseman
