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30-480: The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of racing cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit's original period—1948–1966. The first Revival took place 50 years after the 9th Duke of Richmond and Gordon opened the motor racing track in 1948, driving around the circuit in a Bristol 400 , then Britain's state-of-the-art sporting saloon . Most people dress in period clothes. It

60-553: A classic circuit, untouched by more modern developments, and relives the glory days of Goodwood Circuit , which ranked alongside Silverstone as Britain's leading racing venue throughout its active years. Between 1948 and 1966 Goodwood hosted contemporary racing of all kinds, including Formula One , the Goodwood Nine Hours race, and the Tourist Trophy sports car race. The meeting includes Grand Prix cars from

90-723: A transporter belonging to Team Surtees that was leaving the circuit after a test session. When the circuit was restored in the late 1990s, the chicane was remade using polystyrene blocks. Goodwood has, over the years, played host to many famous drivers: Mike Hawthorn and Graham Hill had their first single seat races here, Roger Penske visited in 1963, and Jim Clark and Jack Sears competed in 1964. The accident that ended Stirling Moss's international career happened at St. Mary's in 1962. Donald Campbell demonstrated his Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Record car at Goodwood in July 1960 at its initial public launch, and again in July 1962, before

120-550: Is a historic venue for both two- and four-wheeled motorsport in the United Kingdom . The 2.367-mile (3.809 km) circuit is situated near Chichester , West Sussex , close to the south coast of England, on the estate of Goodwood House , and completely encircles Chichester/Goodwood Airport . This is the racing circuit dating from 1948, not to be confused with the separate hillclimb course located at Goodwood House and first used in 1936. The racing circuit began life as

150-498: Is also a corporate version of the race, featuring teams like Lola, Jaguar Land Rover , Bentley Motors and Prodrive . The 'Breakfast Club' was introduced in March 2006. This is a semi regular free to enter, and open-to-all monthly gathering of drivers and riders who come to view each other's cars, bikes etc. Each meeting is themed with striking examples of the day’s theme paraded on the start finish straight. The circuit also hosted

180-479: Is noted for its annual Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival events. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual hill climb, held in late June or early July not on the circuit, but in the nearby grounds of Goodwood House. It features historic and modern motor-racing vehicles. In 2010, the event had over 176,000 visitors over 4 days. Following the success of the Festival of Speed hill climb, racing returned to

210-503: Is one of the world's most popular motor race meetings and the only United Kingdom event which recreates the 1950s and 1960s era of motorsport . There was some opposition to the re-introduction of racing at the circuit, but a numerically strong lobby in the form of the Goodwood Supporters Association helped eventually to gain approval. The revival race meeting is a showcase for wheel-to-wheel racing around

240-517: Is unchanged from its heyday, remaining in its 1952 configuration when the chicane was added. No modern vehicles are allowed within the circuit perimeter throughout the weekend, except for modern fire and rescue vehicles. There are also theatrical sets that bring the past back to life, as well as many historic aircraft. Races over the three days include: 50°51′34″N 0°45′33″W  /  50.85944°N 0.75917°W  / 50.85944; -0.75917 Goodwood Circuit Goodwood Circuit

270-472: The 1982 UCI Road World Championships for cycle racing, notable for the men's professional race, which saw a late breakaway by the American rider Jacques Boyer being closed down by a pack led by Boyer's teammate (and future triple Tour de France winner and double Road World Champion) Greg LeMond . The circuit was used as a filming location in the historical drama series Downton Abbey . In May 2019

300-694: The Junior Car Club (JCC). The club was immediately successful, with regional centres being formed in 1921, the same year the 200-Mile Race at Brooklands was organised, the first long-distance race to be run in Britain . The race, a contest for 1,500 c.c. light cars, was won by Henry Segrave in a Talbot-Darracq. Captain Frazer Nash ( G.N. ) won the cyclecar race. Further long-distance races were organised both at Brooklands and Donington Park , as well as rallies and International Trophy Races. After

330-634: The Mongol Rally , a charity fundraising car rally to Mongolia , moved its starting point from Hyde Park, London to Goodwood. Entrants are on show to the public in the paddock before beginning the rally with a parade lap of the circuit. The National Finals of the Greenpower schools electric car racing challenge takes place at Goodwood each year. The Greenpower challenge is a nationwide series of electric vehicle endurance races for schools, who build their own 24 volt single-seater racing cars. There

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360-806: The Second World War , due to the demise of Brooklands, the JCC was amalgamated with the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club . The club then based itself at Goodwood Circuit , changing its name to the British Automobile Racing Club in 1949. Over the next 18 years, BARC organised at least one international meeting at Goodwood a year, notably Easter Monday Formula One races and 9-hour sportscar races—the first night races to be run in Britain. The club

390-737: The 1950s and 1960s, sports and GT cars, as well as historic saloon cars and little-seen Formula Juniors . Many of these important historic racing cars are driven by famous names from motor sport past and present. Famous drivers who have taken part include Sir Stirling Moss , John Surtees , Kenny Bräck , Sir Jack Brabham , Phil Hill , Derek Bell , David Coulthard , Damon Hill , Gerhard Berger , Martin Brundle , Tom Kristensen , Bobby Rahal , Johnny Herbert , Wayne Gardner , Giacomo Agostini , Jean Alesi , Barry Sheene and Peter Brock , as well as celebrities such as Chris Rea , Debbie McGee and Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean in 2009). The circuit

420-410: The 1951 Goodwood Trophy race in his Alfa Romeo 159 at over 95 mph (153 km/h), the curve was replaced with a chicane in 1952. At first, the chicane was made using straw bales and boarding, before brick walls were constructed in 1953. Despite a number of accidents this brick chicane survived until the circuit's closure for racing in 1966, before it was rammed and destroyed in the mid-1970s by

450-433: The 1965 Glover Trophy, the final formula one race at the circuit. The circuit claimed the life of McLaren founder Bruce McLaren in a testing accident on 2 June 1970. The accident happened on Lavant Straight, when a rear bodywork failure on his McLaren M8D Can-Am car caused it to spin and leave the track, hitting a bunker. The car would go on to win the opening event of that year's Can-Am Championship . Goodwood

480-544: The 500cc race (later to become Formula 3 ), followed by Eric Brandon and "Curly" Dryden, all in Coopers . Goodwood became famous for its Glover Trophy non-championship Formula One race, the Goodwood Nine Hours sports car endurance races run in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and the Tourist Trophy sports car race, run here between 1958 and 1964. The cars that raced in those events can be seen recreating (in shorter form)

510-627: The BARC organised the first ever UK round of the FIA International Touring Car series . The club had a particularly active role in organising A1 Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Masters series, both at home and abroad. The BARC is also in the unusual situation of running race circuits. As well as the home of the club at Thruxton, in 1990 they signed a 50-year lease on Pembrey Circuit in south Wales and in 2006,

540-829: The BARC organises a large number of race series. The club is the organising club for the British Touring Car Championship the Silverstone rounds of the World Sports car and Rallycross Championships and the support races at each weekend. Another major commitment is the organising of the annual Goodwood Members Meeting, Goodwood Revival and the Goodwood Festival of Speed meetings. The club also organises many smaller "club racing" meetings, featuring such classes as Classic Formula Ford , Caterhams , Clubmans and Legend Cars . As well as

570-561: The BARC took on Croft Circuit , near Darlington and so bringing the total number of circuits owned to three. The BARC runs more than just race meetings. As well as the Goodwood Festival of Speed , the club organises a number of hillclimbs and sprints. These include meetings at Gurston Down near Salisbury and Harewood Yorkshire both BARC Venues. More recently it organizes the Coventry Motofest and in 2018 it

600-473: The Goodwood Circuit are listed as: British Automobile Racing Club The Cyclecar Club was formed in 1912, running races for the small and light motorbike powered vehicles at Brooklands as well as rallies and sporting trials . Among the founder members of the club were H.R. Godfrey and Archie Frazer-Nash . In 1919, with cyclecars on the decline, the name of the club changed to

630-667: The Goodwood circuit in 1998. The Goodwood Revival is a three-day festival held each September for the types of cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit's original period, 1948–1966. Historic aircraft help to complete the vintage feel. In 2008, a crowd of 68,000 people attended the event on the main Sunday - 9,000 more than in 2007. The track is now used for classic races, track days, and try-out days. Nearly everyone dresses up in vintage outfit from mods and rockers to racing drivers and just smart period clothes. In 2009,

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660-437: The car was shipped to Australia – where it finally broke the record in 1964. The car was a 30-foot-long (9.1 m) Bristol Siddeley turbine-powered 4,500 hp (3,400 kW) streamliner, with a theoretical top speed of 450 to 500 mph (720 to 800 km/h). The laps of Goodwood were effectively at "tick-over" speed, because the car had only four degrees of steering lock, with a maximum of 100 mph (160 km/h) on

690-710: The endurance races at the Goodwood Revival each year in the Sussex trophy and the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy (RAC TT). The original circuit layout featured a fast left-hand curve between the Woodcote corner and the start-finish line, with the pit lane on the infield side of the curve's exit. Increasing car speeds made organisers aware of the dangers of a fast car losing control at this curve, and after Giuseppe Farina won

720-788: The many events organised by the headquarters at Thruxton, certain BARC regions organise race meetings too. There are five centres in the UK and one in Canada. the Midlands Centre , North Western Centre , the South Western Centre , the Wales Centre and the Yorkshire Centre . As well as the BARC's own events, the club frequently is the national appointed club for visiting international series. For example, in 1995

750-479: The perimeter track of RAF Westhampnett airfield, which was constructed during World War II as a relief airfield for RAF Tangmere . The first race meeting took place on 18 September 1948, organised by the Junior Car Club and sanctioned by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon . The winner of the first race was P. de F. C. Pycroft, in his 2,664 c.c. Pycroft-Jaguar, at 66.42 mph (106.89 km/h). Stirling Moss won

780-418: The straight on one lap. Goodwood saw its last race meeting for over 30 years in 1966, because the owners did not want to modify the track with more chicanes to control the increased speeds of modern racing cars. The last event of the era was a club meeting organised by the British Automobile Racing Club on 2 July 1966. The lap record was a 1 minute and 20.4 seconds set by both Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark, in

810-506: The track was added into Gran Turismo Sport as a free update. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Festival of Speed, members and Revival meetings were cancelled and replaced by an event called Speedweek combining elements from all three events. The all-time outright lap record is 1:09.914, set by Nick Padmore in an Arrows A11 , during the 2020 Goodwood Speedweek timed shootout event . The fastest official race lap records at

840-678: Was also involved in the opening meeting at Crystal Palace in 1953, and organised the British Grand Prix when held at Aintree in the late 50s and early 60s. In 1951 the BARC Eastbourne Rally was held on 30 June with the best performance by Bancroft in a Ford 10 saloon. The event featured a Midnight Concours d'Elegance. During the period 1956–1967 the BARC organised competitive events at the Firle Hill Climb in Sussex. The event held on Sunday, 2 June 1957,

870-649: Was run in conjunction with the BARC 11th Annual Rally at Eastbourne, a 50-mile road event held the day before, starting at the Grasshopper Inn near Westerham , with intermittent driving tests, including one at Butts Hill, Willingdon , and then on to Eastbourne, via Beachy Head. Goodwood was closed on safety grounds in 1966. The last event was a club meeting organised by the BARC on 2 July 1966. The club relocated to Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire , opening in 1968, and becoming club headquarters in 1974. Today,

900-523: Was the first event to be held on public roads since the law change in 2017. The club also has a social side, with a number of events over a year including regional dinners and the Big Night Out , the latter being held every year in February. It is the club's awards night celebrating the previous years champions. The BARC partnered with Racing Pride in 2019 to support greater inclusivity across

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