Video: 2024 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy highlights | Goodwood Revival

The hour-long, two-driver Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy takes place on Saturday evening, and will, along with every other race on the 2024 Revival schedule, run exclusively on sustainable fuel.

2024 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy highlights

Racing action on Saturday was brought to a close with the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, a stunning showdown between all of our favourite 1960s GT cars, and a race that featured one of the individual performances of the Revival so far.

Jimmie Johnson started ninth in his Aston Martin DB4GT, but made a remarkable start to make it up to fourth place through St. Mary’s. He made the most of the Aston’s power down the Lavant straight and slung an incredibly brave move around the outside of two Cobras at Woodcote to take second place.

He shot into the lead as they crossed the start-finish line for the first time, and proceeded to disappear into the distance. He clearly had the bit between his teeth to seek redemption for his scuffle with the barriers on Friday, and duly delivered on that.

Despite the dominance up front, it was just an absolute joy to watch one of the world’s most beautiful fields of cars at full racing speeds around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Cobras battling E-types and Ferrari 250 GT SWBs in a wonderful showcase of iconic machinery in their natural habitat.

A mid-race safety car ensured the Johnson-Franchitti pairing didn’t have it all plain sailing as the race went on, and there was plenty of dicing throughout the field in these incredibly valuable machines. Another race that well and truly delivered on its promise at the 2024 Revival.

Photography by Nick Wilkinson.

Official practice for the 2024 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy

Official Practice for the Stirling Moss memorial Trophy saw the most beautiful cars to race at Goodwood take to our sodden Motor Circuit and put their fastest foot forward. As it turns out, putting your fastest foot forward in the wet often sends you sideways.

Predictably then, this practice and qualifying session was as much a drift show as it was an opportunity for the competitors to get a time down in the books. If conditions stay slippery, it’ll be a rip-roaring time when the cars take to the circuit once again to race on Saturday evening.

Rob Huff and Richard Meins put the CUT7 Jag on the top step with a time of 1:50.898. They were trailed quite closely by the Buncombes in their fixed-head coupé E-Type, at 1:51.069. Following them were a few Cobras, E-Types, Aston Martins and Ferraris. 

Truthfully, however, it was the car that will line up 20^th on the grid tomorrow that had everyone’s attention during practice. It was, of course, the Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 owned and hoofed by Richard Woolmer. He had absolutely everyone’s jaws on the floor, fully sideways around Woodcote and Madgwick. Fast? No. The most spectacular moment of the weekend so far, and probably in the top 10 come the end? Absolutely.

Photography by Nick Wilkinson. 

2024 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy Grid (Top 15)

Which cars are racing in the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy?

Sir Stirling Moss earned his ‘Mr Goodwood’ name in so many ways, but a big part of that were his legendary RAC TT wins at the wheel of the famous Rob Walker Ferrari 250 SWB in 1960 and '61.

As such, today’s Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy grid is very much designed to honour the early ‘60s TT, with Ferrari 250s, Jaguar E-Types, Aston Martin DB4GTs, Austin Healeys, Corvettes and more.

These cars are more closely related to their road-going equivalents than the Lightweight E-Types and Cobras of the modern-day RAC TT Celebration, but the variety is glorious, making up one of the most beautiful and glamorous grids at the Revival.

Which drivers are in the Stirling Moss Memoral Trophy

Being as glamourous as it is, the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy always attracts a star driver line-up from across the motorsport world. The last running of the race in 2022 featured 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button.

This year, the four-time Indycar champion Dario Franchitti will share an Aston Martin DB4GT with seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson. They'll be joined on the grid by Le Mans legends Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro, a host of BTCC stalwarts including Gordon Shedden, Rob Huff, Rory Butcher, Josh Cook and Andrew Jordan, endurance racer James Cottingham, and Goodwood guru Nick Padmore.

When is the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy?

Practice for the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy will take place on Friday afternoon ahead of the first race of the event, before the race itself takes place on Saturday evening, to close day two of the Revival. 

That means these stunning pre-‘63 GTs will have to flick their lights on as the sun begins its descent towards the western horizon. You can find the exact timings for the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy in the 2024 Revival timetable. 

Previous winners of the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy

The 2024 Goodwood Revival takes place on 6^th-8^th September. Click here to view the full entry list.

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Photography by Lou Johnson, Nick Dungan and Pete Summers.