No. TWENTY FIVE JULY N o . 2016 TWENTY NEWSLETTER FIVE GOODWOOD ROAD RACING CLUB

2016 REVIVAL LAST CHANCE HAVE LUNCH WITH A LEGEND TO BUY TICKETS SATURDAY AND WEEKEND TICKETS SOLD OUT STEWART MILLER & PETER JAMES INSURANCE OFFER CLUB FRIDAY AND SUNDAY TICKETS WILL SELL OUT SOON MEMBERS THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A VIP LUNCH CALL +44 (0)1243 755055 TO BOOK WITH MOTOR RACING HERO SIR

ME AND MY CAR As you may know, GRRC Members can which he won the Mille Miglia in the benefit from up to 15 per cent off classic Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, the British 1963 GT LUSSO car insurance thanks to Stewart Miller Grand Prix at Aintree, the & Peter James Insurance. And the and the RAC Tourist Trophy? Or company is now also offering Members perhaps to describe the sensation of MEET HUGH JAMES, HIS SON NICHOLAS, AND THEIR the chance to win a fantastic prize: racing one of the most beautiful GP TRULY EXQUISITE FERRARI a spot of lunch in Mayfair in the cars of all time: the Maserati 250F? company of motor racing legend Sir Whatever you ask him, it’s certain to Stirling Moss and his wife Lady Susie. be a unique insight into the career of ‘The first owner of my 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso dare I say it, quite possibly better than new. Given Sir Stirling will doubtless be full one of ’s all-time greats. was the president of the Santa Barbara Golf Club,’ the value of the Lusso today, I don’t tend to drive it of incredible motor racing anecdotes, For your chance to win, just GRRC Member Hugh James tells us. ‘So for the on the road that often, but I do enjoy taking it to so should you be chosen as the lucky register your details to receive a first 27 years of its life the car spent its time in the lots of concours events and shows, and that way winner, what would you talk to him household or property quotation Californian sunshine. But then I got hold of it, and it other people can appreciate it too. has been living on a scruffy farm in West Sussex for ‘The Lusso is as good to look at as it is to drive, about? How about asking him to cast via the electronic version of your YOUR REVIVAL the past quarter of a century, so you could say it has and in my opinion only Italians could have created an his mind back to 1955 – the year in newsletter, or call 0121 422 2282. suffered something of a comedown in circumstances. object this beautiful. It shares space on the farm with CHECKLIST ‘When I bought it, it appeared to be very shiny my Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada – another gorgeous Start your planning early to ensure and rust-free, at least from the outside, but that Italian car, of course. I am also fortunate enough to you’ve got everything you need for did not tell the whole story. Every Ferrari of this own a Series 1 Aston Martin DB4, which is also a the perfect Revival weekend age was constructed using lots of interconnected truly beautiful car. And who designed the body for box sections, which means you have things like that? Touring in Milan, of course!’ RENEWALS 2017 double-skin floors. So when condensation forms, the car begins rusting from the inside out. Even though DON’T MISS THE OPEN DAY As in previous years, renewal instructions will be sent out in October. Renewing by 01 Direct Debit is the best way to guarantee uninterrupted membership. Members it had been living under all that beautiful Californian Submissions to display your car at the 2016 GRRC March Enclosure who already renew by Direct Debit do not need to do anything. If you would like sun, the car still required a lot of welding and Open Day and Annual Vehicle Display have now Looking for a comfortable, luxurious to start renewing by Direct Debit, please complete and return the enclosed refabricating work. closed, and we will shortly be contacting Members environment in which to relax amid all the mandate (we cannot accept faxes or photocopies of the mandate) to the Club no ‘If you wanted to have similar work carried whose cars have been selected. However, all Revival action? Then the March Enclosure is later than Friday 14 October 2016. All received by this date will be entered onto out today by one of the top specialist restoration Members and their guests are welcome to come for you. To find out more, or to book, please our system, enabling you to purchase 2017 tickets with your Members’ discounts. companies, you would have to pay around £300,000. along to this free event, held on the Carriage Circle call the Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055. But you would have a car that is as good as new or, of Goodwood House on Sunday 14 August. 02 GEARED UP FOR REVIVAL FMSOA Party Join the GRRC and GAC for a night of With the Festival of Speed over for another year, we can start looking ahead with excitement to the Revival. glamour and incredible aircraft at our annual DON’T FORGET Here’s a taster of some of the incredible machines you can expect to see out on track come 9-11 September Freddie March Spirit Of Aviation party. To avoid missing out, return your booking form as soon as possible to [email protected] Time goes by so fast at Goodwood, and already we’re preparing for the Revival at the Motor Circuit this September. One of the many highlights of the event will be the two-part 03 St Mary’s Trophy for saloon cars, which this year will be a one-make Lavant Bank parking race for the Austin A35. It’ll be a sight to remember – a whole grid There is still availability for GRRC-exclusive of these little ‘jelly beans’ scrabbling for position as they go buzzing Lavant Bank parking, so if you would like to into Madgwick on the first lap. book, please call the Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055. In keeping with the theme, In past years we’ve witnessed some heroics as the little cars get only pre-1967 vehicles are permitted. in among the more powerful machines, poking their noses into impossible gaps. Former BTCC champion Andrew Jordan, who will share an A35 with his father Mike, has been testing in 6 AUGUST 9 AUGUST 26 AUGUST preparation for what will be a close-fought battle, and you can see 04 Pre-order your programme a video of his day at the circuit on YouTube or the Goodwood Road Members can pre-order one copy of the REGIONAL DRIVE – WALES BOURNEMOUTH SOCIAL EVENING RACECOURSE RECIPROCAL & Racing website – it’s sure to whet your appetite for the Revival. event programme at half-price (£7.50 – full Fancy joining like-minded GRRC Members on Come along and meet fellow Members and the As you may already know, a few times a year all The Kinrara Trophy, for pre-1963 Grand Touring cars, will be car bearing his own name – the V8 -powered BT20. price £15), and additional copies for £12. To a brand new addition to this year’s race programme, and it’s an Three times a World Champion, twice for Cooper in 1959 and ’60, some of the best roads in the country? Then GRRC team at this upcoming regional social, Members can attend the racing at Goodwood take advantage of this offer, please contact the enticing prospect: a grid of some of the most beautiful cars ever and with his own Brabham team in 1966, Jack was not only a tough Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055. come along to our next Regional Drive event, which this time will be held at Branksome Racecourse free of charge – as long as you wear built will charge into the dusk on Friday evening for this one-hour and talented driver but also a gifted engineer. Working with fellow taking place in Wales. We’ll take in some of the Beach Restaurant and Bar in Bournemouth your membership badge. If you want to bring race, providing a stunning climax to the opening day of the Revival. Australian , he also dominated Formula 2 with his stunning scenery in the Snowdonia National from 1900-2100hrs. If you’d like to come along, guests with you, however, you will need to book The line-up will include such iconic cars as the Aston Martin DB4 Brabham-Hondas, providing hundreds of customers with winning 05 Park before heading to the Brecon Beacons. To please register your interest by emailing places at an extra charge, so please contact the GT and Ferrari 250 SWB and GTO – machines which epitomise cars. Jack’s remarkable career – which included memorable Paddock Passes find out more email [email protected] [email protected] Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055 the halcyon days of GT racing at Goodwood. It’s sure to be a hotly appearances at the Goodwood Motor Circuit – will be celebrated Please double check that you have received contested battle, with headlights ablaze and brake lights glowing with a collection of cars he raced through the 1950s and ’60s. the correct number of Paddock Passes, as as the sun sets behind St Mary’s corner in the closing stages. none will be available at the event. To order There will also be a very special Goodwood Revival tribute to Revival Saturday and Weekend tickets have now sold out, with your allocation, please contact the Ticket For all ticket and booking enquiries for forthcoming GRRC events, please visit grrc.goodwood.com or call the Club on +44 (0)1243 755057 the extraordinary achievements of Sir , who is still tickets for Friday and Sunday set to sell out soon. If you haven’t got Office on +44 (0)1243 755055. the only man ever to win a Formula 1 World Championship in a your tickets yet, call the Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055 today

PAGE 4 PAGE 1 LOOKING BACK No. TWENTY UPCOMING ON ANOTHER FIVE FANTASTIC FESTIVAL EVENTS

As we reflect on another Festival of 5 AUGUST Llangollen Social Speed, I’m aware that conditions on the Email [email protected] ground caused some frustration, so I’d like to thank you all for your patience and 6 AUGUST Regional Drive – Wales undiminished enthusiasm. Many of you ‘I’M A CLUB MEMBER’ Email [email protected] will know that a road accident at Kennels 6 AUGUST Gate disrupted traffic flow on the SERGIO RINLAND Abergavenny Social Saturday morning and led to some long Email [email protected] delays, for which we can only apologise. SERGIO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF FORMULA 1 CARS FOR 7 AUGUST WILLIAMS, BRABHAM, BENETTON HIT THE TRACK WITH THE GRRC Breakfast Club: On a more positive note, BMW’s decision AND SAUBER AMONG OTHERS. HE Thoroughbred Sunday NOW RUNS HIS OWN DESIGN AND Register at goodwood.com to celebrate its centenary with us ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY, FOLLOW IN THE WHEEL TRACKS OF F1 STARS BY JOINING THE GRRC AND contributed hugely to this year’s Festival, ASTAUTO LTD FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS FOR AN ADRENALINE-FUELLED TRACK DAY AT THE HOME OF THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX – SILVERSTONE 9 AUGUST from the Central Feature in front of the Bournemouth Social When did you join the GRRC? Email [email protected] House to the amazing array of cars and I was living in America working for when We are delighted to offer GRRC Members the opportunity to join us at Silverstone on Monday 17 October for a track day organised in conjunction with RMA. We will use the ‘Heritage’ pit lane and motorcycles on the Hill. Those of you who the Festival started in 1993, but when I moved back to England in 1998 I decided to join. experience the full GP circuit alongside RMA Members. The noise restriction for the day is set at 14 AUGUST came to the GRRC Ball on Thursday will 105dB. The day will begin with registration and a briefing at 0800hrs, followed by 15 minutes of track Annual Vehicle Display What is the appeal of Goodwood for you? familiarisation before the day begins in earnest. The morning session will run until 1300hrs, when Registration is now closed have seen the sculpture being revealed in Goodwood brings a smile to my face every year, and it we’ll take a break for lunch before heading back onto the track, and you are very welcome to bring spectacular fashion – certainly the most takes many months before that smile goes away. The additional drivers, passengers or spectators should you wish. The day will conclude at 1700hrs. events remind me why I fell in love with the automobile 15 AUGUST We very much hope you will join us for what promises to be an excellent day on one of the finest GP 105dB Track Day and motorsport. When I was a child in I used exciting display we’ve staged so far. circuits in the world. The price of the day is £350, with additional drivers, passengers, instruction, pit Sold out to sit by the road and wait for a car to come by. If it was garages and accommodation available at extra cost. To book your place, please return the enclosed one I liked, I would run indoors and draw it. form to Chloe Fernandez at [email protected] Once again, the American racers 26 AUGUST How did racing become part of your life? Racecourse Reciprocal Day entertained us all with some memorable There was always a passion for racing in Argentina, with Bring your badge the Grand Prix and the Temporada series. I used to tyre-smoking runs on the Hill. The follow Fangio and González, and the big road races highlights, for me, were Mike Skinner’s used to pass through my town, so I spent hours looking 8 SEPTEMBER at all of the cars we never saw anywhere else. Like any Freddie March Spirit electrifying run in his NASCAR truck, kid, I wanted to race, and my heroes were Jack Brabham, of Aviation Party Limited places remaining! and Richard Childress, the first NASCAR Jim Hall and Bruce McLaren because they were engineers as well as drivers – they knew their cars team owner to come to the Festival, who intimately. But unfortunately I never had the money to get behind the wheel and race myself. prepared his car specially for the event. 9-11 SEPTEMBER Revival When did you decide to come over to Europe? Saturday and Weekend tickets now When I was a teenager in high school, it was always ACTION IN THE ALPS HAVING A BALL! sold out, with Friday and Sunday my ambition. When I graduated as an engineer my It’s always so good to see the F1 drivers. set to sell out imminently father bought me a ticket to come to England. I’d met a Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg were lot of racing people, had worked with the Chrysler F2 GRRC MEMBER AND GOVERNOR WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ENCLOSE terrific (and enjoyed hooking up with team, but my visa only lasted for two months, so I went KURT ENGELHORN HOSTS THE THE BOOKING FORM FOR THIS 13 SEPTEMBER back in 1980, with a local Formula 3 driver as his race BERNINA GRAN TURISMO HILLCLIMB YEAR’S GRRC CHRISTMAS BALL Kennels Social Hollywood star Keanu Reeves), as well as engineer. When he got a works drive, Steve Hollman at Email [email protected] PRS gave me a job as a mechanic, and after I’d The Bernina Gran Turismo is a competitive It’s never too early to start planning your Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and redesigned most of the car he made me Chief Designer. hillclimb in the Swiss Alps, celebrating the races Christmas festivities, so get in the spirit now and We then went on to win the Formula Ford title Riccardo Patrese. Not to mention the held in the St Moritz area back in the 1920s and book a place at our Ball. Hosted by Lord March 25 SEPTEMBER with Stefan Bellof. drifters Mike Whiddett and Ken Block. ’30s. Participant numbers at the event are at Goodwood House on consecutive evenings – 4 OCTOBER restricted to guarantee lots of track time. Due (8-9 December), the event is a highlight of the How did you get into Formula 1? Driving Tour – Spain I was working for Ron Tauranac at Ralt and was offered to Goodwood’s close relationship with the winter social calendar. Each Member can Only one place remaining! Now we all look forward to the Revival. a job by John MacDonald at RAM – that was where it organisers, special benefits will be available to purchase an unlimited number of tickets, but all began. Then in 1986 I went to Williams, working with Members who wish to take part or spectate over single bookings are also welcome. The evenings For me, the Revival is a very special event Patrick Head on the FW11, and from there to Brabham, the weekend (30 Sep – 2 Oct). Please see the always prove to be very popular, so Members 30 SEPTEMBER as it reminds us all of the very beginnings where I designed the turbocharged BT56, and remained email version of the newsletter for information are encouraged to book early by returning the – 2 OCTOBER there until the team closed in 1991. Seeing my cars on how to enter or spectate at the event. enclosed form to [email protected] of motorsport at Goodwood. This year we running up the Hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Bernina Gran Turismo Hillclimb is fantastic: the , the RAM 03 from 1985, See email version of this newsletter have new races (see page 1) and a tribute which I designed with Gustav Brunner – I didn’t know to Jack Brabham, who not only raced that still existed. Perhaps my best memory is the Fondmetal GR02, the first F1 car I designed after 9 OCTOBER here in the 1960s but also drove at both setting up my own consultancy in 1992. That was Racecourse Reciprocal Day FESTIVAL OF SPEED actually a very good car with a lot of promise, but the DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Bring your badge the Revival and the Festival. team ran out of money and had to withdraw from F1. ROLLS-ROYCE TOUR ULTIMATE DRIVING 75TH MEMBERS’ MEETING 11 OCTOBER FULL-THROTTLE FUN ON THE HILL What are you working on these days? In light of an overwhelming The GRRC has teamed up with Taking place on 18-19 March Reading Social I look forward to seeing you all My consultancy has been involved in a wide range of response from Members Ultimate Driving at Goodwood, 2017, tickets go on sale to Email [email protected] engineering disciplines, but now works mainly on following the Rolls-Royce tour powered by BMW, to provide Members from 1 August, in September. that took place in February, the Members with an opportunity discounted until 31 December. As Lord March mentioned (see left), some unseasonable weather presented a few challenges at this year’s Festival of Speed – but the electric and hybrid vehicles. We are also involved in simulator services for many different types of cars. Club is pleased to announce to learn the art of performance Buy before 12 September to be 11 OCTOBER British summer failed to dampen your spirits and enthusiasm in our two enclosures, the Kinrara and main GRRC Enclosure. that an additional Rolls-Royce driving at Goodwood Motor entered into a draw to win an ‘This year we introduced some exclusive benefits which I know many of you enjoyed,’ reports GRRC Manager Alan Brewer. ‘Lord Autosolo What do you drive at the moment? Factory tour has been arranged Circuit on 21 October. Look IWC watch. Members can buy Final places remaining March and I have been working hard to create the best possible experience for Members at the Festival of Speed. We are keen to work A 5 Series BMW turbodiesel. I’ve been driving 5 Series for 2 December this year. out for more details in our unlimited tickets for guests. A closely with our partners, and this year I know some of you enjoyed getting involved in the off-roading and the opening of the Jaguar cars for 25 years because they are fast, comfortable Registration will be available future newsletters – the day is limited number of tickets will go EARL OF MARCH Land Rover exhibition stand. We are in the process of planning more of these special benefits with more of our partners in the future.’ and practical. If I could have any road car it would have through the email version of sure to be filled with on-track on sale to non-Members from 17 OCTOBER The 2016 Festival was another memorable feast for the eyes and ears – so many great cars and bikes, plus a guest appearance from to be the BMW i8 hybrid , as I really admire the newsletter. and off-road excitement! 1 Jan 2017, subject to availability. Silverstone Track Day Hollywood star Keanu Reeves. ‘An awesome experience, such a fantastic event, I loved it all,’ said Keanu. We agree, and hope you do too. the technology that goes into it. Complete the booking form now

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