Created by Goodwood owner, Lord March to recreate the atmosphere and camaraderie of the original BARC Members’ Meetings held at Goodwood Motor Circuit in the 1950s and ‘60s, the Goodwood Members’ Meeting recreates some of the most evocative sights and sounds from the golden era of motor racing.

The Members’ Meeting featured 12 races in total over the two days of the event. Three of the most iconic periods in motorsport history were also be celebrated with high-speed demonstration runs – the Super Touring cars of the 1990s, ground effect Formula 1 cars and Group 5 sports cars of the 1970s.

As well as the action on the Goodwood Motor Circuit, the Members’ Meeting featured a range of attractions for all the family off-track, including an exclusive party on Saturday evening and a wide variety of food and entertainment, live music and a fairground, on offer throughout.

The 74th edition of the sellout Goodwood Members Meeting will unfortunately be remembered for some rather serious racing incidents over the weekend.

Richard Wilson and Stephen Bond made contact in the Brooks Trophy resulting in Stephen catapulting his car end over end into the Pedestrian tunnel, Michel Smits was taken to hospital via air ambulance after his accident in the Bruce McLaren Trophy race. Thankfully all drivers escaped with only minor injuries, but these are no exhibition races. 33,000 visitors were treated to some real edge-of-the-seat competition, with close wheel-to-wheel racing, in very low ambient temperatures. One does question why this event is scheduled so early in March?

But the show went on, and the live Members’ Meeting was streamed via a live feed on the internet around the world (you can still catch up with all the highlights on their website.)

Along with the now-established Gerry Marshall Trophy race at the Members’ Meeting for 1970-82 Group 1 saloon cars, the 74th Goodwood meeting introduced a number of new races and competition vehicles to the event.

These included the S.F. Edge Trophy for Edwardian specials of a type that raced up until 1923, with Duncan Pittaway’s tiny 1921 GN Curtiss beating the giant 1923 Delage DH V12 of second-placed Mattias Sielecki. An astonishing one hundred year old Sunbeam‘Indianapolis’ was driven to third by Julian Majzub.

The very first motorcycle race at a Goodwood Members’ Meeting – the Hailwood Trophy, for two-stroke 250cc and 350cc Grand Prix bikes that raced between 1970 – was won by Ian Simpson on a 1979 Yamaha TZ350E, with Richard Parker (1981 Spondon Yamaha TZG) taking second, and Dean Stimpson (Harris Yamaha TZG) third.

In Sunday’s close-fought Derek Bell Cup race for 1964-70 Formula 3 cars, Andrew Hibbard (1966 Brabham-Ford BT16) took the laurels, followed by Peter Thompson (1968 BrabhamFord BT21) and Jim Blockley (1970 Chevron-Ford B17) on the podium.

James Cottingham won the Graham Hill Trophy for 1960-66 GT cars in a Shelby American Cobra Daytona coupe, chased by Andrew Smith in second in another Cobra Daytona, and Rob Hall in third in an AC Cobra.

William Nuthall took victory in the Parnell Cup for Grand Prix, Formula 2 and voiturette cars that raced up to 1953 in a 1953 Cooper-Bristol Mk 2, with Eddie McGuire taking second (1952 Cooper-Bristol Mk 1) and Marc Valverkens (1952 Gordini Type 16) third.

Ford Lotus Cortinas took a 1-2-3 in the Whitmore Cup race for sub 2-litre saloons, with Richard Meaden taking a comfortable victory over Mark Sumpter and John Young.

The final race of the weekend was the Peter Collins Trophy for 1948-55 drum-braked sports cars, with Sam Hancock taking a decisive win in a 1953 Cunningham C4R over second placed Steve Boultbee-Brooks (1955 Aston Martin DB3S) with Richard Woolmer (1954 HWM-Cadillac) taking third.

The fastest racing lap of the weekend went to Frank Stippler in a 1965 Ford GT40 who clocked a lap time of 1 minute 21.607 seconds in the all-GT40 Alan Mann Trophy race.

He was rewarded with a special watch from Members’ Meeting timing partner IWC Schaffhausen for his impressive achievement. Adding to the fast-paced racing over the weekend was a series of high-speed, high-octane track demonstrations. One such demonstration featured 30 ground effect Formula 1 cars from the late 1970s and early 1980s, which provided a distinctive howling soundtrack.

Guests also enjoyed the sight of Group 5 sports cars – including a record gathering of Ferrari 512s and Porsche 917s – plus some of the iconic Super Touring tin-top saloon racers from the halcyon days of BTCC.

The official timing partner of the Members’ Meeting – IWC Schaffhausen – also staged a very special celebration display of three significant Mercedes-Benz ‘Silver Arrows’ racer, with F1legends Mika Hakkinen and Jochen Mass driving demonstrating laps in the W196s.

Commenting on the 74th Members Meeting, the Earl of March said “I am very proud that we managed to pull together one of the best selections of racing cars and bikes ever at Goodwood, and despite some challenging moments, the event was a great success.”