Goodwood 75’ is the banner noting the 12 months of occasions celebrations forward on the storied motorsport venue in 2023. In addition to paying tribute to the circuit’s historical past and heritage, the Goodwood 75 festivities will embrace the way forward for motorsport, one thing which Goodwood has repeatedly championed all through the years.
The overarching celebration is that of the Motor Circuit, which reaches its seventy fifth anniversary in 2023. It was Squadron Chief Tony Gaze, an Australian fighter pilot primarily based at RAF Westhampnett throughout WWII, who first prompt to the ninth Duke of Richmond that the airfield’s perimeter observe would make a wonderful race circuit. Formally opened on September 18, 1948 by the Duke and Duchess of their Bristol 400, the very first assembly was attended by 15,000 spectators who gathered to look at 85 drivers. Stirling Moss received his first ever race that day, sparking a life-long affiliation with Goodwood.
Between 1948 and 1966, the years celebrated by the Goodwood Revival, the Circuit hosted World Champions Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Juan Manuel Fangio, Giuseppe Farina, Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Phil Hill, Denny Hulme, Jochen Rindt, Jackie Stewart and John Surtees together with a bunch of different stars, as Goodwood established itself because the religious dwelling of British motorsport. Following the cessation of racing in 1966, a few of the greatest and best-known racing groups, together with Brabham, Eagle, Honda, McLaren, Toleman and Tyrrell, continued to check their automobiles on the circuit.
Within the early Nineteen Nineties, the Earl of March (now the eleventh Duke of Richmond) started wanting into the potential of reopening the Circuit. Staging an occasion on non-public roads in Goodwood Park proved barely simpler, and in 1993, the very first Pageant of Pace happened. The 2-day occasion welcomed an estimated 25,000 spectators who watched practically 100 automobiles and bikes in motion on the Hill. Rivals and attendees included Tony Brooks and Roy Salvadori who went up collectively in an Aston Martin DBS3, George Harrison in his Rocket sports activities automotive, Nick Mason in his V16 BRM, Gordon Murray in a McLaren F1, and John Surtees, who was an occasion patron and organised the motorbike entry.
In 1998, the dream of reopening the Motor Circuit grew to become a actuality, and 50 years to the day since his grandparents opened the observe, the Earl of March opened the inaugural Revival assembly driving an equivalent Bristol.
The ’98 season additionally noticed the launch of the Goodwood Highway Racing Membership, a membership which at the moment boasts over 25,000 Members and Fellows who quantity among the many best supporters and advocates of Goodwood motorsport.
In its 75-year historical past, Goodwood has seen some exceptional feats of engineering and derring do: from the trailblazing drivers who raced right here within the early years and the automobiles that examined on the Circuit; to the scintillating record-breaking run from the McMurtry Spéirling on the 2022 Pageant of Pace and the pioneering use of artificial fuels on the Revival.
Talking concerning the momentous 12 months forward, The Duke of Richmond, founding father of the Pageant of Pace and Goodwood Revival, mentioned: “It’s incredible to have the ability to rejoice 75 years since my grandfather opened our great Motor Circuit again in 1948. As we speak Goodwood motorsport is well known and cherished by thousands and thousands world wide, which the entire Goodwood crew are immensely happy with. We now have a really particular 12 months deliberate for 2023 and I can’t wait to rejoice with our followers as we replicate on our historical past but additionally look forward to the subsequent 75 years, and past. I’d wish to thank everybody who has been so enthusiastic and supportive and a lot sit up for welcoming everybody throughout this particular 12 months.”
2023 CELEBRATIONS
Motor Circuit: Open year-round, guests to the Goodwood Motor Circuit will see a collection of nods to the seventy fifth anniversary. There can be numerous photograph moments throughout the Circuit from Spring 2023, the place guests will be capable to take a photograph as a part of our #Goodwood75 marketing campaign and create their very personal second in historical past.
Because the Circuit continues to evolve, we’ll launch our new Driving Simulator Room in spring, that includes 4 Exsim VR5 Simulators that use D Field actuator expertise and custom-developed movement profiles, which permit customers to take to the observe for the final word simulator racing expertise.
On Sunday, June 4, the Circuit will host the ‘seventy fifth Sunday’ Breakfast Membership with a specially-curated grid of automobiles from the final 75 years, showcasing a novel number of fashions from 1948 to 2023. Anticipate every thing from post-war classics to the most recent and best Supercars.
The seventy fifth anniversary of the Circuit and twenty fifth anniversary of the primary Goodwood Revival fall on Monday, Sept. 18.
eightieth Members’ Assembly introduced by Audrain Motorsport: Kicking off the motorsport motion in 2023, the eightieth Members’ Assembly introduced by Audrain Motorsport (April 15-16) will honor those that made their names on the Motor Circuit with the likes of the Moss Trophy, Salvadori Cup and Tony Gaze Trophy.
Honoring ‘Mr Goodwood’ himself, the Moss Trophy will see closed-cockpit GT automobiles and prototypes compete within the spirit of the RAC TT races of 1958-1962, whereas the ‘Godfather of Goodwood’ can be honored with the Tony Gaze Trophy for GT automobiles that raced between 1948 and 1954.
Pageant of Pace introduced by Mastercard: Goodwood 75 would be the theme of the 2023 Pageant of Pace introduced by Mastercard (July 13-16). A devoted Goodwood 75 hillclimb batch will showcase automobiles and bikes from our 75-year historical past together with The Racing Years (1948-1966), The Testing Years (post-1966), 30 Years of the Pageant of Pace (1993-2023), Racing Returns (1998-2023), and The Subsequent 75 Years.
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Goodwood Revival: Celebrating the Motor Circuit’s heyday, the Revival (Sept. 8-10) will see a beautiful gathering of automobiles that initially competed in 1948. We now have appeared to our motorsport heritage when selecting our honored driver, Carroll Shelby, who would have celebrated his a hundredth birthday in 2023. Shelby took half in what’s arguably probably the most dramatic race Goodwood has ever seen—the 1959 RAC Vacationer Trophy, when Stirling Moss took over Shelby and Jack Fairman’s Aston Martin DBR1/300 after his personal automotive caught fireplace within the pits, combating again by the sector to win the race and the World Sportscar Championship for Aston Martin. Lotus, which itself celebrates 75 years in 2023, would be the honoured marque on the Goodwood Revival, with a superb line-up of automobiles overseen by firm founder Colin Chapman.
Goodwood Highway Racing Membership: Along with an action-packed schedule of occasions, the Goodwood Highway Racing Membership will rejoice its silver jubilee with a collection of photograph moments for its founder members on the Pageant of Pace and Revival.
Become involved: In addition to attending the line-up of headline occasions all year long, followers and clients can submit their recollections of Goodwood through the use of the hashtag #Goodwood75, which can be collated and shared on Goodwood’s social media channels and web site. A particular timeline detailing key moments and achievements can even be obtainable to view at goodwood.com within the coming weeks.
