Josef Otto Rettenmaier overcooks his exit from the chicane in his 1935 Maserati V8RI.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
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“Off to Goodwood again this weekend, are you? Don’t you get bored seeing the same cars each year?” This is a question often asked of me. The stock answer is no BUT the correct answer should be, “They are not the same cars year after year.” Yes, you do see some old favorites but for every old favorite there is usually something else that you have never seen, or if you had seen it then it was probably a long while ago.
The Goodwood team make a big thing of alternating the class of cars racing each year. Take for example the St Mary’s Trophy race for production saloons. This year it was the turn of saloons from the 1950s, next year it will be back to the 1960s. The Lavant cup race, not often run but this year it was a race solely for Jaguar D Types. As this is the 60th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang they conjured up a race just for small block V8s. The Fordwater Trophy, a race for production-based sports cars last year featured a phalanx of Alfas. This year Lotus Elites, Triumph TR4s even an Ogle Mini and no Alfas (shame). Another key ingredient to the variety of cars that appear each year is the popularity of the meeting; cars get restored just so as they can appear at the Revival meeting. I think you get the picture.
The other question I am usually asked is what was your favorite car ? From the old favorites category I would pick the Sunbeam Lister Tiger which raced in the TT celebration. I have watched this car over the past decade or so and it just keeps getting faster each year. As to the not-seen-before category then it has to be Federico Buratti’s Ferrari 125/166 single seater. As I type this my mind starts to think towards 2015 and to what key auto related anniversary’s occur next year., and what will appear on the grid that I have not seen before. In any event, here is a bit of what was presented this year:
The Maseratis in the pits.
Not all Ferrari's are red, Federico Burrati's 1950 125/166.
The Ferrari line up in the pits.
Charles Knill Jones attacks the chicane in Charles McCabe's 1934 Bugatti T59.
Don't expect to get into the paddock area with jeans or sloppy shirts.
Duncan Ricketts in action in his ERA GP1.
Terry Crab's 1937 ERA C Type R12C with the Ricketts ERA GP1 behind.
Now owned by Charles McCabe, Probably the most famous ERA, Remus Prince Bira's R5B.
Remus and ERA pits.
Stephen Edwards 1935 Maserati 4CM heads towards Madgewick corner on a beautiful late summers day.
ERAs and a Maserati 4CM prior to the start.
Ferrari 125, ERA GP1, Julian Majzub's 1938 Alfa Romeo 308C and Nick Topliss's ERA A Type R4A group around the chicane.
Early Saturday morning. The Maserati 4CLT of Rainer Ott steams quietly during warm up.
Entrants for the Goodwood Trophy line up in the assembly area. The 1938 Bugatti T59/50B as driven by Tom Dark. The weather was far too nice for a fur coat!
Stephen Rettenmaier's Alfa P3 is fettled prior to the Goodwood trophy race.
Geraint Lewis's 1936 Fraser Nash Monoposto framed by the engine of David Baldocks 1938 Alta.
Classic Goodwood shot, here dominated by Shelby things.
What a line up, 250Fs as far as the eye can see. Up front, Josef Otto Rettenmaier's unusual example, the last true 250F built.
Julien Majzubs rapid and great sounding 1958 Sadler Chevrolet MK3. Entered into the Sussex trophy and raced in partnership with Duncan Ricketts.
Another diamond jubilee was celebrated at the Revival this year, that of the Jaguar D Type. The entry for the Lavant cup race this year was for D Types and XKSS's only. In addition to the race a daily track parade was held which contained up to 33 examples of this great British classic.
This 250SWB is shared by its entrant Marc Devis, who is driving, and Richard Attwood.
Maserati corner, The Tipo 61's of Nick Mason (blue and white) and Joesf Otto Reittenmaier(red and white). Both entrants in the Sussex Trophy a one hour, two driver race for World Championship Sports cars and production sports racing cars of a type that raced between 1955 and 1960. Behind the Tipo 61s is the 1962 T151 entered in the TT trophy by Lawrence Auriano and driven by Derek Hill and Joe Collasacco.
The T151 Not that pretty but very effective.
Bill Shephard in his 1963 AC Cobra, a car he shared with Jochen Mass is followed by the 1963 Ferrari 330 GTO of Lukas Huni and Carlo Vogele.
Jackie Oliver in Rohan Fernando's Ferrari 250 SWB/C chases the Sunbeam Lister Tiger of Chris Beighton, entered by Tony Eckford, during practice for the TT Celebration race.
Another fantastic line up. Forming part of the daily Jackie Stewart tribute is Number 6 Matra MS10, a car in which Jackie won 3 Grand Prix in Matra's first year. Car Number 2, a Matra MS80, is Jackie's first World Championship-winning car. Number 3 Tyrell 001 is the car with which Jackie took pole at the Canadian Grand Prix in Canada in 1970. Jackie's third world title was one with Number 6 Tyrell 006.
3 Scarabs, a pair from Don Orosco's stable from the years 1958 and 59, and Julian Bronson's 1960 example.
Tyrell 001 contrasts rather nicely with the Ferrari 275 parked next to it in the assembly area.