50 years ago, a newcomer named Jackie Stewart drove a single-seater for the first time here at Goodwood at the invitation of Ken Tyrrell. On the day, he set the fastest time and secured a contract to run in the inaugural F3 series, which he won. He is here posing with his wife Helen, his son Mark, Mark Webber (left) and John Surtees.
Captions and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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Goodwood racing from the lens of Hugues Vanhoolandt.
Sir Jackie is at the wheel of the F3 Cooper, the very car that he tested here at Goodwood and that launched his single-seater career.
John Surtees did some demonstration laps at the wheel of the Ferrari 158 he drove to victory in the 1964 Italian Grand Prix and that contributed to his World Championship title the same year.
Another Ferrari on track was the 1512 of the Auriana collection, driven by Joe Colasacco in the Glover Trophy, for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars.
As with the E-Types and the GT40s in previous years, a race was dedicated to a model of car which has been significant in the history of the sport. This year was the Jaguar D-Type’s turn with the Lavant Cup race in which no less than 20 examples were entered, including some XKSSs.
Among the numerous anniversaries, Goodwood celebrated the 60th birthday of the Maserati 250F with a high-speed demonstration, and also a dozen examples entered in the Richmond Trophy for 2.5-litre front-engined GP cars.
If one includes the non running examples, the number of 250Fs assembled at Goodwood can be estimated to 15.
Listers are numerous in this race. The Chevrolet powered ‘Knobbly’ of Alasdair McCaig/Andrew Smith finished 3rd.
A pair of Maseratis 300S at the start, both entered by Swiss team Scuderia del Viadotto. David Franklin and Carlo Vogele share # 6 and Conrad Ulrich and Julian Bronson # 26.
Another 300S of Martin and Lukas Halusa.
Racing in family for the Rettenmaiers, Josef Otto and Stephan sharing this 1960 Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’.
With its 2.5-liter engine, the Maserati 250Si was struggling a bit compared with the 3.8-liter Lister-Jaguars or 5.7-liter Lister-Chevys.
Nick Leventis had a difficult start at the wheel of the 1960 Dino 246S. But the efforts of Bobby Verdon-Roe finally paid with a second place overall.
Lister-Jaguar ‘Costin’, Ferrari 860 Monza with ex-Indy winner Danny Sullivan and Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’, running in the dark.
The Goodwood Trophy is traditionally reserved for Grand Prix cars up to 1951. Apart from the numerous and very quick ERAs, there were two rare 1935 Maseratis V8RI, the one of Josef Otto Rettenmaier here leading this group.
The other V8RI was Michael Gans’s car, driven by Andrew Wolfe.
Big moment for Klaus Lher with his 1949 Maserati 4CLT, sliding on the humid grass.
Tom Dark attacking Madgwick corner in the 1938 Bugatti Type 59/50B.
The calm before the storm. The mechanics of the Maserati Tipo 151 and the Ferrari 250 GT SWB take some rest before the RAC TT Celebration race, the main race of the event.
Maybe due to ever increasing value of the model, less 250 GTO owners risked their cars in the TT race than in the past. This year, only the Bamford 250 GTO/64 driven by Jo Bamford and Alain de Cadenet.
…and the 330 GTO of the Scuderia del Viadotto shared by Lükas Hüni and Carlo Vogele were part of the show.
An uncommon entry was the 1964 Iso Bizzarrini A3C of entered and driven by Jamie McIntyre, partnered by the ever quick Bobby Verdon-Roe.
It’s not often that a current F1 driver risks his reputation in historic racing. Dutchman Giedo van der Garde, current Sauber F1 3rd driver, was not only spectacular but maintained the pace of his partner David Hart to win the RAC TT race at his first outing at Goodwood!
The Fordwater Trophy is reserved for Sports and GT cars between 1960 and 1966. With its 5.3-litre engine, the Iso Rivolta was the biggest car of the field, compared to the MGBs, Ginettas or TVRs.
Sole representative of Maranello was the Ferrari 275 GTB/6C of Spaniard Carlos de Miguel.
The Shelby Cup for small-block V8-engined saloons was mainly composed of Ford Mustangs but the Mercury Comet Cyclone of Roger Wills and Emmanuele Pirro (# 69) and the Ford Falcon Sprint of Rob Hall and Jason Minshaw put on the show for the gain of 3rd place that finally went to the Italian driver.
After selling ten Ferraris from the Maranello Rosso Collection in Monterey last August, Bonhams was now offering some Abarths from the same stable. From left to right, a 1969 1300 Sport spider SE010, a 1970 2000 Sport SE014 and a 1973 Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye.
Also on offer, a 1937 Maserati Tipo 6CM and a 1933 Tipo 4CM. These two cars were often seen in action in vintage racing events and sold respectively for $989,000 and $697,000.
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