2024 Goodwood Revival race results

The Sussex Trophy opened the programme of racing this year, and we’ll resume first thing on Saturday morning with the pre-war machines of the Goodwood Trophy. It’s been a thoroughly entertaining start to the weekend already, and we can’t wait to watch the action unfold over the next two days. Check back here to follow the results of the races at this year’s Revival as they happen.

Race 1: Sussex Trophy

There’s always a buzz around the first race of the Revival as the cars line up on the grid on Friday evening. This year it was the field of stunning world championship sportscars that make up the Sussex Trophy that got underway as the sun set on day one. By the time the flag dropped the rain had eased, but the conditions were still treacherous as the drivers flew into turn one for the first time. The slippery track did little to stifle the efforts of Andrew Smith in the Lotus 15, who flew into the lead and disappeared in the distance. Oli Bryant took over at the pitstop and cruised home to win by 46 seconds from the team of Nigel Greensall and John Spiers.

Race 2: Goodwood Trophy

Race two of the 2024 Revival, and the opening track action of Saturday here at Goodwood, the Goodwood Trophy brought out the pre-war Grand Prix and Voiturette racers of the 1930s and ’40s that participated in Goodwood’s earliest race meetings. They’re always fantastic to watch in action, and the race itself provided plenty of excitement as the battle for victory came down to the final lap as Ian Baxter in his Alta overhauled Mark Gillies’ ERA to take the chequered flag. Patrick Blakeney-Edwards in his Frazer Nash completed the podium with his own stellar drive.

Race 3: Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 1

The first racing action for the bikes of the Revival was well worth waiting for as the rain-affected Official Practice session on Friday made for a topsy-turvy grid. Despite starting way down in 27^th place, the pairing of Michael Russell and Michael Rutter scythed their way through the field to take a hugely impressive victory ahead of the battling Dan Jackson and James Hillier. Surprise pole sitters Davey Todd and Herbert Schwab were outgunned by more modern machinery as their 1928 BMW R63 Kompressor eventually succumbed to mechanical gremlins, and it was the team of Ben Kingham and Josh Brookes that rounded out the podium for Part 1 of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy.

Race 11: Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 2

The motorcycles returned for the final time on Sunday to round up their appearances at the 2024 Revival. Part 2 began with another Le Mans-style start and it was Duncan Fitchett who led into Madgwick for the first time. He would unfortunately be disqualified from the classification due to a technical infringement, but that didn’t stop him from battling hard at the front of the field.

The team of Russell and Rutter were the stars of the show, though, storming through from 27^th at the start to take the chequered flag after a stunning battle with the Fitchett-McWilliams bike. Herbert Schwab and Davey Todd put in another great performance to finish second ahead of Ben Kingham and Josh Brookes.

Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy combined result

Race 4: Fordwater Trophy

If race-long battles for the lead are your idea of entertainment, then look no further than the Fordwater Trophy. It was a fantastic 20-minute scrap between Marc Gordon and Tim Crighton as the pair swapped the lead virtually every lap as Gordon desperately tried to use the power of his Jaguar XK150 to wriggle free of the chasing Crighton in his Austin-Healey. Gordon did eventually prevail, he led by just a tenth of a second as the red flag flew to signal the end of the race. Sam Tordoff benefitted from Paul Woolmer’s late misfortune to take the final place on the podium.

Race 5: St. Mary’s Trophy Part 1

We love the St. Mary’s Trophy presented by Motul. It’s impossible not to, especially when the racing is as good as it was for Part 1 on Saturday afternoon.

Frank Stippler got the best start from the front row of the grid and took the lead into Madgwick as Alex Brundle's Mini challenged for the lead from fifth on the grid, but he was soon swallowed up by the more powerful cars behind. Jake Hill in the Plymouth Barracuda put in a spirited fight to try and overhaul the leading Alfa Romeo, but it was Romain Dumas, who started from the back of the grid in the gargantuan Ford Galaxie 500, who fought all the way back up to third, just barely missing out on second place by 0.008 seconds. Stunning stuff.

Race 15: St. Mary's Trophy Part 2

The second round of the St Mary’s Trophy was the ‘am’ part of the two-parter, with the starting order organised by a second qualifying session, rather than being a reversed grid, or based on the results of Part 1. So while Part 1 saw Frank Stippler triumph in the plucky 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA, with Jake Hill in pursuit in the 1965 Plymouth, Part 2 played out a little differently…

It was Nick Swift that put his plucky little Mini on pole for the race itself, with Chris Ward behind in the Jaguar Mk2 and another Mini behind him. Behind the front three starters, Bill Shepherd in his monstrous Ford Galaxie 500 loomed large, literally. It didn’t take him long to fill the rear views of his competitors too, lunging into the lead more or less straight away with the titanic power of the Ford V8. Max Chilton made a good fist of chasing him, trailing him at the finish by only 0.6 seconds. Swifty crossed the line in fourth 16 seconds behind. Raw power won out at the Revival this year…

St. Mary's Trophy combined result

Race 6: Madgwick Cup

There are several very pretty races running at the Goodwood Revival this year, and the Madgwick Cup was certainly one of them. Gorgeous Lotuses going up against equally desirable Lolas and dashing Coopers in a showdown of svelte 1950s sportscars. Miles Griffiths enjoyed a relatively stress-free afternoon as he led from flag to flag from pole position. In his Lotus 11 he headed home the two Lolas of Billy Bellinger and Nick Finburgh.

Race 7: Whitsun Trophy

The big bangers of the Whitsun Trophy presented by Sky stormed away from the start line in pretty treacherous conditions as the rain began to fall. Every single driver was faced with the challenge of trying to caress several hundred horsepower through their rear wheels and onto the tarmac without veering into a meeting with the barriers. It was always likely to come down to who could best keep their car pointing in the right direction, and it was Oli Bryant who surpassed all others to come home a comfortable winner as those around him all fell by the wayside. Several incidents for front runners handed podium finishes to the McLarens of John Spiers and Adam Sykes.

Race 8: Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy

Saturday’s track action was brough to a close by the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy as the sun began to set, with yet another field absolutely stacked with motorsport royalty. The dream team pairing of Jimmie Johnson and Dario Franchitti dominated the race from ninth on the grid. Johnson completed one of the great opening laps to lead as he crossed the start-finish line for the first time. From there he looked set for a comfortable race, until a safety car brought the field back together. Dario was able to rebuilt that lead after their pitstop, though, and ran away a clear winner, even after a ten-second penalty. The AC Cobra of Greensall and Spiers were impressive on their way to second place, while the team of Jordan and Hartley Jr. had to settle for third after their own penalty for a false start.

Race 9: Earl of March Trophy

The heavens opened ahead of the first race on Sunday at the 2024 Revival, and it was the unfortunate honour of the ironically unsheltered drivers of the Earl of March Trophy who were utterly drenched in the downpour. The drivers lined up for a rolling start and their 500cc engines buzzed as they went. Tom Waterfield scampered off into the lead in his Cooper, but before two laps could be completed the safety car was deployed and the race did not restart as conditions worsened. Waterfield took victory ahead of Shackleton and Turner for a Cooper top three.

Race 10: Richmond & Gordon Trophies

Goodwood’s annual celebration of F1 from the 1950s and the early '60s got off to a cautious start under the safety car, but the green flags flew after a single lap and Will Nuthall in the Cooper T53 ‘lowline’ led from Andy Willis. The top two were embroiled in quite the scrap for a couple of laps as they both searched desperately for grip, Nuthall making the most of a bold outside line to maintain the lead through Madgwick. After Willis came a cropper through Lavant, his task was that much more challenging as he fought back to second place on the road. A penalty for Willis dropped him off the podium at the chequered flag, promoting Charlie Martin to second in his Cooper T53, and John Spiers, who kept it clean in the leading Maserati 250F, to third.

Race 12: RAC TT Celebration

The stars were out for the RAC TT Celebration in what is always a stand-out race at Revival. This year it was the stage for an Oli Bryant who was vying for a third win of the weekend, but it would be a race in which he would be starting from the back of the grid after he and partner Jake Hill were disqualified from Official Practice. That hardly seemed to make a difference, however, as he charged his way up through the pack in wet conditions. When it was his turn to jump in their AC Cobra, Hill continued in kind, building a lead as the weather improved, only now he was being chased down by Tom Ingram in the TVR Griffith. Close racing between the two followed, and after a few attempts Ingram made his move and took the lead of the race, where he remained all the way to the finish.

Race 14: Glover Trophy

In period, the Goodwood Motor Circuit hosted regular non-championship Formula 1 races, and it’s those fixtures we celebrate with the Glover Trophy. High-revving 1.5-litre grand prix cars come out in force, and it was no different for 2024’s staging. A very early red flag gave way to a 15-minute thrash that settled into a four-way battle between Ben Mitchell, Andy Middlehurst, Martin Shaw and Joe Colasacco. It was the 12-cylinder Ferrari 1512 of Colasacco that posed the biggest threat to Lotus 23 driver Andy Middlehurst, crossing the line just 0.03 seconds in his wake to claim a hard-fought second place. Mark Shaw’s Lotus 21 completed the podium in third. 

Race 16: Freddie March Memorial Trophy

The curtain-closing race for the 2024 Goodwood Revival was the Freddie March Memorial Trophy, which is for cars of a kind that raced in the 9 Hour races from 1952 to 1955. Bill Shepherd got a great start in the Ford Thunderbird ‘Battlebird’, but it was for nought when he later retired with mechanical problems. The main battle was at the sharp end, between Jake Hill (HWM-Jaguar) and Richard Woolmer (HWM-Cadillac). In the end, it was Hill’s cleaner lines that secured victory, but there’s no doubting the spectacle created by Woolmer’s sideways style. Scott Malvern drove a lonely race to come home third in his Allard J2X.

Settrington Cup Part 1

One of the most popular races of the Goodwood Revival weekend involves no internal combustion at all. Instead, it’s all pedal power. The Settrington Cup is for Austin J40s, and upper age limit for drivers is ten years old. You’ll spot some familiar surnames in the entry list, and it was Luca Franchitti who won the first of two heats. Completing the podium were Teddy Horne and Leo Evans.

Settrington Cup Part 2

Part 2 of the Settrington Cup has a reverse grid to even things out for the child racers. For the second pedal car race of the 2024 Goodwood Revival, it was Bear Hughes-Ward who crossed the line first. He was joined on the podium by second-place Josh Johnston and third-place Sofia Franchitti.

Settrington Cup Combined Result

The overall standings for the Settrington Cup combine both races, and when both heats were taken into account it was Josh Johnston who came out on top. The Franchitti makes its third appearance with Luca in second spot, while Hugo Upward is in third place.

The 2024 Goodwood Revival takes place on 6^th-8^th September. You can watch every moment of the historic motorsport action right here on our live stream!

Photography by Jordan Butters.