Goodwood 72nd Members Meeting - 29-30 March 2014.: Recent Episodes
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The Goodwood Members’ Meeting is a brand new style of motor racing event, based at the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit, taking place on the 29-30 March 2014.
GRRC MEMBERS
It is an invitation-only weekend of racing action and entertainment, run exclusively for the members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club and their guests. As well as being a weekend of close-fought action on the track, the Members’ Meeting will celebrate Britishness in Goodwood’s own, unique and inimitable style.
72ND MEMBERS’ MEETING
The event is a continuation of the 71 club meetings held at Goodwood during the 1950s and ’60s for the members of the BARC. The 72nd Members’ Meeting will be unlike anything that’s gone before. With the flair and innovation that typifies Goodwood motor sport events, this will be a memorable weekend of shared passions and enthusiasm, enjoyed by a group of like-minded friends without intrusion from the outside world. It will feel unlike any other event, with its own distinctive atmosphere. And the competition won’t just be on the track: every guest, including the drivers, will be allocated to a House with an honorary House Captain, with House points scored in a variety of challenges over the weekend.
WHAT SORT OF RACES AND CARS CAN I EXPECT TO SEE?
The grids will range from a one-make Bugatti race to F1 and sports cars of the Fifties and Sixties, plus – for the first time – a race for more modern machinery beyond the scope of the Goodwood Revival: the popular Group 1 racing saloons of the 1970s. As well as wheel-to-wheel racing, the Members’ Meeting will also feature thrilling, high-speed track action from more modern eras of Formula 1, Le Mans and beyond – sights and sounds that have never been seen before at Goodwood Motor Circuit. The inaugural event in 2014 will celebrate the flame-spitting Formula 1 cars of the turbo era, when cars qualified with 1500bhp; the long-tail Le Mans cars of the 1970s and ’80s; and the monstrous Group B rally cars of the mid-1980s.
Goodwood Radio’s Henry Hope-Frost and Barry Nutley discussing the highlights of the 72MM.
Salvadori Cup Winner - Lister Chevrolet Knobbly – his second win of the day after Gary Marshall Trophy success with co driver Chris Ward
Benefitted from the Stuart Graham mistake as they were second at the time of the pit stop error. Once in the .lead they did well to hold off Young and Pirro to win the Gerry Marshall Trophy. Only spoke to Andrew Smith tho as Chris Ward was not at the finish area..
Gerry Marshall Trophy in the Chevrolet Camaro. They had been leading but there was a mistake by Graham on the timing of the hand over of driver and that led to a penalty which dropped them back to 3rd..
Nick Finburgh making his drivers debut at Goodwood attains his first ever podium finish with a third place driving a Jaguar C type.
Gerraint Owen in his Kurtis 500S just kept Rob Hall at bay in the Aston Martin to win the Peter Collins Trophy
Chris Jolly in his Aston Martin DB2/4 came in third in the first race of the day behind winner Andy Shepherd and Andrew Keith –Lucas .
WINNER: ANDY SHEPHERD IN AC ACE BRISTOL...a car which won at Goodwood in 1960...54 years on still winning. The race had to be re-started because of a crash on the circuit.
Just pipped at the end were Joe Wyman and Ollie Bryant in their Lotus 11GT Breadvan....
The winners of the hour long Moss Trophy race, which finished in pitch blackness were Wolfgang Friedricks and Simon Hadfield...each driving about half an hour.
After an hour of racing the Aston Martin DB4 of Friedricks and Hadfield finished just ahead of the Lotus 11 GT “Breadvan”
Runner up in Race 2 the Threlfall Cup Ray Mallock driving another U2 Ford Mk 2 - Ray’s dad Major Arthur Mallock designed the chassis back in the 50s.
Winner of the second race of the day The Threlfall Cup for front engine formula juniors raced between 58-60
Winner of the first race of the day The Gerry Marshall Trophy...driving a Rover 3500 Chris Ward
Driver Andrew Beaumont in the single seater Lotus 24 competing in the Clark-Stewart Cup
Andy Ruhan driving a Studebaker Lark Daytona 500 in the Sears Trophy for production saloons raced between 59-63.
ONE OF THE MORE UNUSAL SIGHTS A BENTLEY DRIVING AROUND GOODWOOD. DRIVEN BY WILF ARIF AND OWNED BY TERRY OREILLY. The car is a Bentley R type Gooda Special coupe
House Captain - TORBOLTON - “The House of Torbolton stands for style and sophistication. There’s something very Italian about that, so I’m extremely proud to have been chosen to become House Captain, especially as Goodwood is somewhere I’ve always found extremely special in the way it tries to celebrate the best achievements from history. I’ll do everything I can to make sure Torbolton makes some of that history by becoming the first winner of the House Cup, and I hope you will too. So whether you’re racing on the circuit, playing chess or towing a caravan, give it your absolute best to make sure we win the Cup. If you give it your best, that’s all anybody can ask of you.”
House Captain - METHUEN - “Competition is all about winning, and motor racing is the ultimate competition. I’ve been involved in this sport for a long time and I can tell you from experience that you lose a lot more often than you win, so not only do you have to try your absolute hardest to win when the opportunities come along, but you also have to savour the victories when you do manage to secure them. It’s quite appropriate that the Methuen house crest is a lion, because we’ll all need to show a lot of heart and determination to win the House Cup. But I’m confident that my fellow Methuen house members will pull out all the stops, wanging willies and throwing darts, to make sure we have the best chance possible.”
House Captain - DARNLEY “It’s interesting that Darnley people are said to be serious and single-mindedly determined, because those are the qualities that you need to be a winner in motor sport. When you’re driving at 3am down the Mulsanne at Le Mans, you need all of that, but you also need to be able to have fun and enjoy any competition. I think the 72nd Members’ Meeting will be a very enjoyable event on and off the track and I hope you will all get involved in one way or another to help boost our points total. It would be very nice to have bragging rights over the other Houses for the next 12 months.”
House Captain - AUBIGNY “My philosophy with going racing is always to push as hard as I can without crashing, which is especially important with endurance racing. You have to have fun too. If you have fun, the result is usually good. Us French are all about heart. We are a bit over the top and we have fun, especially where there is competition involved. We’re extravagant. Whatever it is, we want to win, whether it’s driving racing cars, playing ping-pong or doing a tug of war. If I thought I needed to have my arm fall off to win a tug of war, I’d let it happen and I know my fellow Aubigny House members will feel exactly the same.”
Anthony Reid (Methuen captain): “Goodwood events are unlike any others, and as I’ve got more and more into historic racing over the past few years I’ve always enjoyed competing here because of the atmosphere and the camaraderie. I’m really looking forward to being a part of the 72nd Members’ Meeting and hopefully leading my House, Methuen, to victory.”
The Goodwood Members’ Meeting is a brand new style of motor racing event, based at the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit, taking place on the 29-30 March 2014.
GRRC MEMBERS
It is an invitation-only weekend of racing action and entertainment, run exclusively for the members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club and their guests. As well as being a weekend of close-fought action on the track, the Members’ Meeting will celebrate Britishness in Goodwood’s own, unique and inimitable style.
72ND MEMBERS’ MEETING
The event is a continuation of the 71 club meetings held at Goodwood during the 1950s and ’60s for the members of the BARC. The 72nd Members’ Meeting will be unlike anything that’s gone before. With the flair and innovation that typifies Goodwood motor sport events, this will be a memorable weekend of shared passions and enthusiasm, enjoyed by a group of like-minded friends without intrusion from the outside world. It will feel unlike any other event, with its own distinctive atmosphere. And the competition won’t just be on the track: every guest, including the drivers, will be allocated to a House with an honorary House Captain, with House points scored in a variety of challenges over the weekend.
WHAT SORT OF RACES AND CARS CAN I EXPECT TO SEE?
The grids will range from a one-make Bugatti race to F1 and sports cars of the Fifties and Sixties, plus – for the first time – a race for more modern machinery beyond the scope of the Goodwood Revival: the popular Group 1 racing saloons of the 1970s. As well as wheel-to-wheel racing, the Members’ Meeting will also feature thrilling, high-speed track action from more modern eras of Formula 1, Le Mans and beyond – sights and sounds that have never been seen before at Goodwood Motor Circuit. The inaugural event in 2014 will celebrate the flame-spitting Formula 1 cars of the turbo era, when cars qualified with 1500bhp; the long-tail Le Mans cars of the 1970s and ’80s; and the monstrous Group B rally cars of the mid-1980s.
The event is a continuation of the 71 club meetings held at Goodwood during the 1950s and ’60s for the members of the BARC. The 72nd Members’ Meeting will be unlike anything that’s gone before. With the flair and innovation that typifies Goodwood motor sport events, this will be a memorable weekend of shared passions and enthusiasm, enjoyed by a group of like-minded friends without intrusion from the outside world. It will feel unlike any other event, with its own distinctive atmosphere. And the competition won’t just be on the track: every guest, including the drivers, will be allocated to a House with an honorary House Captain, with House points scored in a variety of challenges over the weekend.