Gordon Spice Trophy
Group 1 touring cars that raced between 1970 and 1982.
Returning to a more familiar format is the Gordon Spice Trophy, perhaps the Blue Riband event of the revived Goodwood Members’ Meetings. Group 1 touring cars, which raced across Europe and in the British Saloon Car Championship include Fords Capri, Mustang and Escort, Chevrolet Camaro Z28, Rover SD1 and even the Mini 1275GT. Last year the Gordon Spice Trophy moved to a format of two qualifying heats on Saturday and one final on Sunday, but for 2024 it will return to its more traditional layout. On Saturday evening the cars will race for 45 minutes including a driver change mid-race. Expect to see some of the stars of modern racing jumping into historic touring cars once more.
Derek Bell Cup
1,000cc Formula 3 cars built between 1964 and 1970.
A sixth appearance for the F3 ‘screamers’, with their high-revving 1.0-litre engines positioned behind the driver. Very much resembling miniature F1 cars of the era, these were the machines that launched the careers of drivers including the man whose name adorns the race – Derek Bell. While they are miniature, the show that these junior machines put on is anything but, with regular race long battles that you’ll struggle to take your eyes off. Cars will include the likes of the Brabham BT28, Chevron B15 and March 703 and race for 20 minutes.