The action returns to Goodwood for 75MM
Goodwood has announced its race line-up for the 75th Members’ Meeting, including the return of the S.F. Edge Trophy, between 18 and 19 March 2017.
Named after Australian-born British businessman and race driver Selwyn Francis Edge, the race will again feature all manner of eccentric Edwardian leviathans wielding aircraft engines and manual fuel pumps, which will go head-to-head around the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit.
It has also been confirmed that the Gerry Marshall Trophy will be back by popular demand, in celebration of the best of 1970s and early ’80s saloons from the Mini 1275 GTs to the Chevrolet Camero Z28s.
For bike fans, the Hailwood Trophy will once again feature late ’70s and early ’80s two-stroke racing bikes, with the likes of Yamaha TZ250s and T350s screaming around the track.
The full line-up of confirmed races are as follows:
S. F. Edge Trophy – For Edwardian Specials of a type that raced up to 1923
Gerry Marshall Trophy – For Group 1 saloon cars of a type that raced between 1970 and 1982
Hailwood Trophy – For two-stroke 250cc and 350cc Grand Prix motorcycles of a type that raced between 1970 and 1984
Scott Brown Trophy – For Lister sports-racing cars of a type that raced up to 1966
Varzi Trophy – For Franco-Italian Grand Prix and Voiturette cars of a type that raced up to 1939
Weslake Cup – For A-Series-engined sports and GT cars of a type that raced between 1958 and 1966
Graham Hill Trophy –For GT cars of a type that raced at Goodwood between 1960 and 1966
Pierpoint Cup – For V8-engined saloon cars of a type that raced up to 1966
Derek Bell Cup –For one-litre ‘screamer’ Formula 3 cars of a type that raced between 1964 and 1970
Brabham Trophy – For rear-engined Grand Prix cars of a type that raced between 1954 and 1960
Surtees Trophy – For sports-racing prototypes of a type that raced between 1963 and 1966