Goodwood Revival 2016

About the Event

The Revival is now in its 19th year, and the fact that the racing remains fresh and exciting is a testament to Lord March’s propensity to embrace sensible change. One such change this year was the Kinrara Trophy, a 60-minute, two-driver twilight race for pre-1963 GT cars. As I watched from the roof of the pits, I was astonished by the collection of cars that assembled on the grid: more Ferrari 250 GT SWBs that I’d ever seen in one place before, an Aston Martin DB4, a DB4 Zagato, the Bamford 250 GTO, and pretty much all of the famous racing E-Types were there. At the front was Joe Macari who, with his co-driver Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen, qualified in pole. As the cars left the line and screamed towards the first corner I mentally added up the values… somewhere over £150m I gave up; the first corner had the potential to be the most expensive car crash in history. Against all odds the field cleared the corner with Macari still holding the lead, but he was soon overwhelmed by the professional drivers around him.

A few laps later, Macari’s silver 250 GT SWB pulled into the pit lane, and Kristensen took his place. Over the next few laps this man, brought in at the very last minute to replace Jason Plato, showed why he is a master of GT endurance racing. He carved through the field, winning ahead of James Cottingham and Andrew Smith’s 1961 E-Type.

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