Although the weeks leading up to the Members’ Meeting had been wet, thankfully, the weather held out and delivered some welcome spring sunshine over West Sussex. As the event’s name suggests, only Goodwood Road Racing Club members and Fellows can attend, plus their invited guests. This makes the meeting much less crowded than public events, such as Goodwood Revival, offering photographers plenty of shooting opportunities. The dress code is relaxed for this event, with only one rule, ‘no denim’, but being Goodwood, there were plenty of people who really made the effort. While this is a great venue for people-watching, I was there for the cars and the racing. With 14 races over the weekend, there was a great selection to see. Many of the regular races were on the list, along with some new additions, such as the Jim Clark Trophy for Lotus Cortinas. This race saw a field of 30 Lotus Cortinas running in a series of close battles.
Alongside the vintage, historic and classics, we were treated to a great selection of GT1 racer cars from the early 2000s, a pair of Brabham-BMW BT52 Formula 1 cars, a Bently Speed 8 and Continental GT Le Man’s collection and demonstration runs from Gordon Murry Automotive. Saturday morning saw Gordon Murray unveiling his latest creation, a stunning Cosworth GMA2 V12 T33 spider—something I managed to miss.
Porsche, Porsche everywhere
Members hats
As mentioned earlier, there were plenty of well-dressed people, and I found myself drawn to the hat-wearers. Maybe there’s a little side project in capturing the different headwear of Goodwood…
