MAY 2017 MAY 2017 NO. 32 N o .32 2017 SPRING SPRINT 2017 DIARY DATES EASTER ACTION 1. Clive Bergman (GRRC- 3 JUNE 16266), Austin Seven Special NEWSLETTER New Forest & West Sussex A collection of fast machinery (or not-so-fast in the case of Ian 2. Richard Haythornthwaite Regional Drive and GRRC BBQ Osborne’s [GRRC-19966] Citroën 2CV!) gathered at Goodwood (GRRC-18101), Lotus 11 Mk1 GOODWOOD ROAD RACING CLUB Email [email protected] circuit for the annual GRRC Spring Sprint on 17 April. As the day 3. Mark Zandler (GRRC- drew to a close, it was Garry Metcalfe (GRRC-22759) in his 19059), Jaguar F-type V8 S 5 JUNE savagely fast Nissan GTR who topped the leaderboard, achieving 4. Martin Hunt (GRRC-18624), 105dB Track Day (Goodwood) a very impressive time of 1 min 27 secs. Austin Mini Cooper S Fully booked 13 JUNE MEET THE TEAM Members’ Social at The Kennels Just drop by 28 JUNE GRRC Summer Ball Limited availability 29 JUNE-2 JULY ROBYN PARKER Festival of Speed Final places remain for GRRC EVENT PLANNER GRRC Kinrara Enclosure 1 2 ‘Following our first MSA Licence Day on 7 April it 7-8 JULY was a pleasure seeing Track Day (Circuit de Croix en these Members able to Ternois) participate in the Spring Final places remaining Sprint having passed their test. This event was even 30 JULY more special for me as it Autosolo (Thorney Island) was my last before I head Book now off to have a baby in July. I am delighted that Millie Evans will be joining the 31 JULY team as an Events Planner 3 4 105dB Track Day (Goodwood) in my absence.’ Fully booked 3 AUGUST Guildford Social Email [email protected] 6 AUGUST Annual Vehicle Display & Open Day 5. The No. 3 1968 Chevron B8 of (Goodwood House) Revival and Members’ Meeting regular Applications now open Patrick Blakeney-Edwards (GRRC- 30552) finished in second place overall, ahead of far more modern 5 14 AUGUST machinery – a sensational effort! Coventry Social Email [email protected] 15 AUGUST Jaguar Factory Visit DON’T LONDON SOCIAL, 30 MAY (Castle Bromwich) Book now FORGET SOPHISTICATED Graham Hill takes a break from shaking down his new 19 AUGUST SOCIALISING Cosworth DFV-powered 98dB Track Day (Goodwood) Lotus 49 in May 1967 Limited availability With Goodwood and Dunhill both being quintessentially British, it seems right that the Club will be visiting Bourdon House – the 25 AUGUST spiritual home of Dunhill – for the upcoming Racecourse Reciprocal London Regional Social evening. Taking place in Bring your badge the Cellar Bar and courtyard area, the event will FESTIVAL OF SPEED, 29 JUNE-2 JULY When the FIA announced that Grand Prix racing would be Expectations were initially low, but the DFV propelled run from 1900-2100hrs on 30 May, during which adopting a 3.0-litre formula from the 1966 season, Lotus founder Graham Hill to pole position, while Jim Clark qualified on the 7 SEPTEMBER time Members will be able to visit the cigar room Colin Chapman immediately made the decision to approach his third row of the grid. As many had expected, Hill’s car wilted, but FMSOA Party and speak with a number of specialists from former employee, Keith Duckworth, who, alongside Mike Costin, Clark hunted down the opposition, snatched the lead on lap 16 Tickets now on sale Dunhill. There’s no cost to attend the event, DFV DELIGHT had just started his own company, Cosworth. and took the chequered flag ahead of the Brabham-Repco of Jack but please do register if you’re thinking of With Lotus’s engine supplier, Coventry Climax, withdrawing Brabham. In its first race, the DFV had shocked the F1 paddock, coming along by emailing [email protected] The most successful Formula 1 engine of all time, from Formula 1, Chapman needed a new power unit, and with marking the dawn of a new era of Formula 1 racing. 8-10 SEPTEMBER Cosworth’s DFV, celebrates its 50 th anniversary financial backing from Ford, Duckworth had a 3.0-litre, double- For 1968 the DFV became available to anyone willing to Revival this year. There will be a dedicated class of cars four valve V8 ready in time for the third round of the 1967 season. stump up £7500, meaning that smaller teams could fight for race Final places remain for the GRRC with DFV motivation in action at the Festival Fitted to Team Lotus’s pair of 49s, the DFV made its competitive wins and take advantage of the engine’s combination of power, March Enclosure For further information and a full calendar of Club events, please visit the GRRC event pages at goodwood.com of Speed. So what made this engine so special? debut at the Dutch Grand Prix, held at Zandvoort. reliability and straightforward maintenance. CONT. OVERLEAF PAGE 4 PAGE 1 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 N o .32 N o .32 First of all, let me say how good it was to see event. And our Summer Ball, held on the eve of testing whenever we liked. We and won the British championship the Club getting together for our annual the event, is the perfect way to get your Festival must have done thousands of laps. three times. They were great years. Spring Sprint – surely a favourite event for a weekend under way. As ever, we’ll be revealing And after four years there What is it about Goodwood that great many of our Members. We had another the Central Feature during the Ball – and this you decided to start your makes it so special? excellent entry this year, and it was nice to see so year, I can tell you, it will be a big surprise. own racing team? The events are always brilliantly many spectators coming out on Easter Monday This year’s Festival will see us celebrate Yes, Madgwick Motorsport, in organised, and it’s great to have to watch Members race against the clock. another significant anniversary. Cosworth’s 1982 – it was always tough to racing back on the circuit. You are take Madgwick corner flat in a close to the cars, and as a GRRC Now we can look forward to the Festival of game-changing DFV racing engine is 50 years I’M A CLUB MEMBER Your connections with Formula Ford, so I thought it Member you can park on the Speed, and I’m already excited about all the old this year, and you can read more about it Goodwood go back a long way? would be a fitting name for our Lavant Bank, get the deckchairs special events we have in store for this summer’s in this issue of the newsletter. ROBERT SYNGE I joined the GRRC a couple of new team. We won the Formula out and watch some wonderful show. Saturday tickets have already sold out, (GRRC-32443) years ago, but I got to know Ford championship in ’83 and the racing. What could be better? Goodwood in 1978 when F2000 title in ’84. Then we did so if you haven’t ordered your tickets yet please Robert’s link to I worked at Image Race Cars, Formula 3, and Stirling Moss What’s in your garage? do book them as soon as you can. Goodwood Motor Circuit which was based in the Supershell tested the car at Goodwood for My daily driver is a Porsche To make your Festival experience even more goes back nearly 40 years. building. Anthony Reid was our a TV feature, wearing his old cork Cayman GT4. I’ve also got an special, we have improved and upgraded the A former racing driver driver and he lived in a caravan helmet – unbelievable! In 1986 we MGA, and for track days I share EARL OF MARCH and team owner, he is next to the building, which was a won the F3 championship and a Radical with Adrian Reynard Kinrara Enclosure, which includes entry to the now a developer of bit rough in the winter! We could Macau race with Andy Wallace, and the Force India F1 team commercial property just wheel the cars out and go then we moved up to F3000 COO, Otmar Szafnauer. ME AND MY CAR 1955 ASTON MARTIN FESTIVAL OF SPEED CONT. FROM PAGE 1 SUMMER BALL, 28 JUNE DB2/4 MK 1 Over the following 16 years the now-ubiquitous engine remained Danny Sullivan wrestles the CENTRE OF ATTENTION This beautiful Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk 1 DFV-powered Tyrrell 01I competitive against a host of far more exotic engine configurations. around Monaco in 1983. is a unique example owned by John DFVs won 12 F1 Drivers’ Championships, 10 F1 Constructors’ Later that season, Michele This year’s Summer Ball, held on Wednesday 28 June Moulton (GRRC-29209) Championships and 155 Grands Prix. It even found some success Alboreto drove the 011 to – the eve of the Festival of Speed – gives Members the victory in Detroit – the last in endurance sports car racing, lasting the distance and winning of 155 GP wins for the DFV chance to start their Festival weekend in style. A highlight the famous Le Mans 24 Hours twice. of the evening is the unveiling of the spectacular Central The start of the turbo era of the early 1980s put an end to the Feature. Details of this year’s sculpture are still top DFV’s domination of F1, with the new 1.5-litre engines producing secret, but here Steve Fallick (GRRC-23593) – Director significantly more power and torque. The final Grand Prix win of Littlehampton Welding, the local company that builds for the DFV came in 1983 at the Detroit Grand Prix, when Michele the Central Feature each year – explains how these Alboreto took a surprise victory in his DFV-powered Tyrrell 011.