This 1965 Lola T70 chassis SL70/1 was first driven by John Surtees in 1965. John was reunited with the car when he drove it during the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Entered in the Surtees Trophy by Grant Reid and was driven by Tony Sinclair.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
Last week, Jonathan Sharp showed us all the neat Italians and French cars at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting, held on a cold March 18-19. This week, the rest of the cast.
It is hard to believe, but the 75th Members’ Meeting was the 47th motor sport event held at Goodwood since the first Festival of Speed It was also the first event to be held since the death of John Surtees who had been a staunch supporter of the Goodwood events since the first event back in 1993. With the Members’ Meeting being held just nine days after John’s death it did not allow the event team enough time to organize a more formal tribute to John; but just before the start of the Surtees trophy race on Sunday afternoon, a minute of noise, in which as many cars as possible in the paddock was started an rev’d, was held in John’s honor. Below are many of the non-French and Italian entries which deserve to be highlighted in VeloceToday.
An elegant entrant in the 45 minute two driver Graham Hill Trophy race for GT cars of the type which raced between 1960 and 1966 was this 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT driven by its entrant Tom Alexander and A Willmott.
Markus Kern’s 1913 Benz 200 Hornstead arrives in the assembly area prior to Saturday’s practice session for the SF Edge trophy.
From the Auto and Technik Museum the 1909 Blitzen Benz, driven in the SF Edge trophy by Hermann Layher.
Another rare entrant in the Graham Hill Trophy was Ian Burford’s 1964 Cheetah Chevrolet. Built by Bill Thomas Race Cars of Anaheim, California the Cheetah was to be Chevrolet’s answer to the Ford powered Cobras. Bill Thomas and Chevrolet had intended to build the 100 examples require for homologation but when the requirement changed to 1000 examples having to be built Chevrolet got cold feet and withdrew from the project.
A very rapid minnow among the leviathans, Patrick Blakeney Edwards’ 1921 GN Vittesse is sandwiched between the aero-engined Fafnir-Hall Scott and the Alfa GI.
The 20 minute Brabham Trophy race for rear-engined Grand Prix cars of a type which raced between 1956 and 1960 contained a entry list comprising mainly of Coopers and Lotus with one exception, Tim Bailey’s 1959 JBW Maserati shown here in the assembly area.
I am not a great one for parties, so I took a trip around the paddock on the Saturday evening. Most cars were covered but I found Mark and James Gibson’s 1959 Lister Chevrolet Knobbly in the buff.
Lister with bodywork removed.
The first race of the weekend was the Derek Bell Cup, A 20 minute race for Formula Three cars of a type which raced between 1964 and 1970. Car 82 is Sam Wilson’s 1969 Tecno Ford, the car behind is the 1969 De Sanctis Ford of Paul Waine.
The Weslake Cup race named in honor of Harry Weslake, the designer of the Austin A Series engine, was a 20 minute race for sports and GT cars powered by the A series engine of a type that raced between 1959 and 1966. A field mostly made up of various varieties of the Austin Healey Sprite as seen here with a few obscure cars from the likes of Rochdale, Ogle and Turner thrown in for good measure.
Named in honor of Roy Pierpoint. the winner of the 1965 British Saloon Car Championship. the Pierpoint cup was a 20 minute race for V8 saloon cars of a type which raced up to 1966. The 31 car field was mainly Ford powered with a few exceptions, Oliver Bryant’s 1965 Plymouth Barracuda being one of them.
Entered by Duncan Pittaway but driven by Gareth Graham as Duncan was busy taming the beast of Turin Fiat S76, was the 9.5 Liter aero-engined 1913 Monarch Special.
Another uncovered car seen on my night trip around the paddock was Pearson’s Ferrari 275LM.
Another high speed demo run on both days was for GT1 sports cars of the 1990s. The Ferrari F40 LM is joined in this line up by three McLaren F1 GTRs and a Lotus Elise GT1
Is there a collective noun for a group of Listers? A list of Listers maybe? A new race at this year’s members meeting was the Scott Brown Trophy, a 20 minute race for Lister sports-racing cars built up to 1963. In addition to Jaguar and Chevy powered, Costin and Knobbly bodied examples, the field also included the one off Lister Jaguar Coupe.
Traditonal roof shot with more Listers than we’ve ever seen in one place.
It takes a lot to crank a Lorraine.
The sound of the Matra V12 engine powering up through the gears between Madgwick, Fordwater and on to St Mary’s corner was well worth getting cold for. Matra 670C, driven by Rob Hall as part of the 3.0 liter prototype high speed demos departs, but the orange outfits of the pit marshalls are garishly out of place.
De Cadenet contacted McLaren and asked them to build him a 3.0 liter sports prototype based around the all conquering Can Am cars but powered by a Cosworth DFV engine. This M8C was constructed by Trojan using the first for 1970 M8C production cars.
What a line up! Just a small selection of cars entered for the Varzi Trophy
Art Sports McLaren F1 GTR with Nick Mason’s GTR behind.
From the Porsche museum, this 1970 908/3 was demonstrated on both days as part of the 3 liter prototype high speed demo by Charlie Eastwood.
Another 3 liter Prototype, this 1969 Porsche 908/2 was demonstrated by Uli Schumacher.
Four 911 GT1’s wait to be demonstrated at high speed as part of the GT1 display.
Entered by Marc Devis and driven by Martin O’Connell this TOJ Cosworth SC303 was the newest car in the 3 liter prototype demo. TOJ stands for Team Obermoser Jorg. Six 3 liter TOJs were constructed of which four remain. This BP backed car was entered in the 1978 Le Mans 24 hour race but suffered engine failure in qualifying and as no spare engine was available was unable to start in the race.
To my mind you cannot have a sports car race at Goodwood without at least one GT40. Car 8, one of ten listed in the race program for the Surtees Trophy was entered and driven by Leo Voyazides.
The third high speed demo was for Group A Touring cars of the 1980s. This ex-TWR XJS was entered by JD Classics with its driver being listed as Win Percy, who raced the XJS in period for TWR.
Gerhard Berger enjoyed being reunited with the BMW 635 CSi he drove in period.
Two British Icons.
Michael Lyons in John Monson’s 1964 Crossle Oldsmobile MK5S and Shaun Lynn in his 1965 Ford GT40 race towards Madgewick corner during qualifying for the Surtees Trophy.
Christoen von Lanschot in his 1965 Ford Mustang notch back goes head to head with Martin Mellings (driven by Rob Hall) 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint.
On the brakes for Madgwick, Nigel Baxter in his 1965 Mustang and Nick Whale in his 1963 Studebaker Lark Daytona 500.
The David Clark/ Matt Neal 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Gerry Marshall Trophy) seems to be camouflaged against the re profiled chicane.
Another camouflaged entrant in the Gerry Marshall Trophy, the 1978 Ford Capri 3.0 S MK3 of Raphael de Borman and Gerhard Berger.
Our final shot is of David Biggins in his 1913 Daimler Benz Rennwagen (SF Edge Trophy).
