Go to 500 Owners Home PageGoodwood Revival 2008

500cc Formula 3 will return after two year's absence celebrate sixty years of competition at the Goodwood Circuit. The first race, in September 1948, was won by Stirling Moss from Eric Brandon and Ron "Curly" Dryden, all in Coopers. We will again be competing for the Earl of March Trophy over the weekend of 20th and 21st of September 2008.

Revival Timetable for 2008
Wednesday 17th Optional set up day, gates open for competitors only at 09:00.
Thursday 18th 08:00 Sign on, 09:00 Scrutineering, 12:00 Swedish Paddock Lunch, 14:00 Cricket Match, 18:00 Drivers Briefing.
Friday 19th 10:00 Earl of March Trophy Practice, 18:45 Competitors Cocktail Party at Goodwood House.
Saturday 20th 10:30 Earl of March Trophy Race, 1:00 Paddock Lunch and Prize giving, 19:30 Revival Party, by invitation.
Sunday 21st Official Prize Giving on the start line.

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                 We look forward to seeing all our friends from home and abroad.
The History of the Earl of March Trophy

The first lap at Madgwick in September 1954. Eric Brandon leads with Jim Russell and Reg Bicknell, in his Revis behind. On the outside are Les Leston and Don Parker. On the inside is Stirling Moss with Ivor Bueb and Eric Fenning.

The start in 1956.

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Paddock scene from April 1957, courtesy of Warwick Howlett.

Goodwood Period Results

18th September 1948

1st Stirling Moss - Cooper Mk II, 2nd Eric Brandon - Cooper T3, 3rd R.M. Dryden - Cooper Mk II, 4th Don Truman - Marwyn, , 5th Sir Francis Samuelson - Cooper Mk II, 6th Stan Coldham - Cooper Mk II 7th George Hartwell - Monaco    DNF: Lord Strathcarron - Marwyn

18th April 1949 Easter Meeting

1st Stan Coldham - Cooper Mk II, 2nd R.M. Dryden - Cooper Mk II, 3rd Don Parker - Parker, 4th Sir Francis Samuelson - Cooper Mk II, 5th Frank Bacon - FHB, 6th Spike Rhiando - Cooper Mk II     DNF Stirling Moss - Cooper Mk III, Don Truman - Bardon, Austen May - Cooper Mk II, Peter Collins - Cooper Mk II, Eric Brandon - Cooper T3

17th September 1949

1st Peter Collins - Cooper Mk III, 2nd Lex Beels - Cooper Mk III, 3rd Stan Coldham - Cooper Mk II, 4th R.M. Dryden - Cooper, 5th John Habin - Cooper, 6th Austen May - Cooper Mk II, 7th Don Parker - Parker, 8th George Saunders - Cooper Mk II, 9th Peter Page - Cooper Mk II, 10th Ken Watkins - Cooper Mk III, 11th Jeff Sparrowe - Marwyn     DNF: Ken Carter Cooper

10th April 1950 Easter Meeting

1st R.M. Dryden - Cooper Mk II, 2nd Stan Coldham - Cooper, 3rd Alf Bottoms - JBS, 4th Ken Carter - Cooper, 5th Austen May -Cooper Mk II, 6th Sir Francis Samuelson - Cooper, 7th Frank Bacon - FHB, 8th Basil Tye - Cooper Mk III, 9th Dennis Flather - Blue Flash      DNF: Don Truman - Bardon-Turner, Frank Aikens - Iota, Spike Rhiando - Trimax, John Cooper - Cooper Mk IV,

27th May 1950

1st R.M. Dryden - Cooper Mk II, 2nd Peter Collins - Cooper Mk III, 3rd John Cooper - Cooper Mk IV, 4th C.R. Stoop - CFS, 5th Ken Wharton - Cooper, 6th Alan Rogers - Cooper, 7th Eric Winterbottom - Cooper, 8th Eric Brandon - Cooper    DNF: Denis Poore - Parsenn, David Brake Cooper, Bill Whitehouse - Cooper, Alan Brown - Cooper, Lionel Leonard - Cooper, Don Parker - Parker

30th September 1950

1st R.M. Dryden - Cooper, 2nd Stirling Moss - Cooper, 3rd Eric Brandon - Cooper, 4th Ken Wharton - Cooper, 5th Ken Carter - Cooper    DNF Alf Bottoms - JBS, Paul Emery - Emeryson, Frank Kennington - Emeryson, Leapingwell - Cooper

26th March 1951 Earl of March Trophy

1st Alf Bottoms - JBS, 2nd R.M. Dryden - JBS, 3rd Ken Carter - Cooper

14th May 1951 International Trophy

1st Stirling Moss - Kieft, 2nd Alan Brown - Cooper, 3rd David Clarke - Cooper, 4th Jack Westcott - JBS

14th April 1952 Earl of March Trophy

1st Stirling Moss - Kieft, 2nd Alan Brown - Cooper Mk VI, 3rd John Coombs -  Cooper Mk VI, 4th John Habin - Staride, DNF Adolf Lang - Cooper

4th June 1952 International Trophy

1st Bob Gerard - Cooper, 2nd George Wicken - Cooper, 3rd Don Parker - Kieft,  4th Reg Bicknell     DNF: Charles Headland - Kieft, David Shale - Kieft, Johnson - Cooper, Ken Carter - Cooper

27th September 1952

1st Stirling Moss - Cooper, 2nd Les Leston - Leston Special, 3rd Reg Bicknell - Revis, 4th Don Parker - Kieft, 5th ?, 6th Andre Loens - Kieft      DNF: Charles Headland

7th April 1953 Earl of March Trophy

1st Alan Brown - Cooper, 2nd Reg Bicknell - Staride, 3rd Stirling Moss - Cooper, 4th Bob Gerard - Cooper, 5th Eric Brandon - Cooper Mk VII, 6th Les Leston - Leston Special  8th Rex McCandless - McCandless, DNF Ken Tyrrell - Cooper

26th September 1953

1st Don Parker - Kieft, 2nd Stuart Lewis-Evans - Cooper Mk VIIa, 3rd Reg Bicknell - Staride, 4th Les Leston - Leston Special, 5th Rod Nuckey - Cooper, DNF: Stirling Moss - Cooper

19th April 1954 Earl of March Trophy

1st Les Leston - Cooper, 2nd Reg Bicknell - Revis, 3rd Don Parker - Kieft, 4th Eric Fenning - Staride, 5th Rod Nuckey - Cooper, 8th Stirling Moss - Cooper Mk VIIa  DNF: A.E. Elliott - Cooper

7th June 1954 Whitsun Meeting

1st Reg Bicknell - Revis, 2nd Keith Hall - Cooper, 3rd Ken Tyrrell - Cooper, 4th Eric Brandon - Cooper, 5th Peter Jopp - Emeryson, 6th Les Leston - Cooper Mk VIII   DNF: Rod Nuckey - ?, ? - Arengo, Elliott - Cooper

25th September 1954

Race 1

1st Don Parker - Kieft, 2nd Stirling Moss - Cooper Mk VIIa, 3rd Reg Bicknell - Revis

Race 2

1st Noel Berrow-Johnson - Martin, 2nd Alan Cowley - Cooper, 3rd John Denley - Cooper

11th April 1955 Earl of March Trophy

1st Ivor Bueb - Cooper, 2nd Don Parker - Kieft, 3rd Colin Davis - Cooper 5th Les Leston - Cooper MK VIIa, DNF: JRC Parker - Cooper, Keen - Cooper, David Boshier-Jones - Cooper, Ken Tyrrell - Cooper

2nd April 1956 Earl of March Trophy

1st Ivor Bueb - Cooper, 2nd Colin Davis - Cooper, 3rd Cliff Allison - Cooper, 4th Reg Bicknell - Revis, 5th Alan Cowley - Petty, 6th Ken Tyrrell - Cooper    DNF; Geoffrey Messervey - Jason

21st May 1956

1st Jim Russell - Cooper, 2nd Eric Fenning - Staride, 3rd Reg Bicknell - Revis   DNF: Don Parker - Cooper, Colin Davis - Beart Cooper

8th September 1956

1st Jim Russell - Cooper, 2nd Don Parker - Cooper, 3rd Colin Davis - Cooper, 3rd Stuart Lewis-Evans - Cooper, 4th Ivor Bueb - Cooper, 6th Tommy Bridger - Cooper DNF: Latchford - Cooper

22nd April 1957 Earl of March Trophy

1st Stuart Lewis-Evans - Cooper Mk VIIa, 2nd Eugene Hall - Cooper, 3rd Derek Strange - Cooper

28th September 1957

1st Stuart Lewis-Evans - Cooper Mk VIIa,  2nd Jim Russell - Cooper, 3rd Don Parker - Cooper, 9th Harry Howlett -  Cooper

7th April 1958 Earl of March Trophy

1st Stuart Lewis-Evans - Cooper Mk VIIa, 2nd Trevor Taylor - Cooper, 3rd John Pitcher - Cooper, DNF Lovell - Grenfell, Jim Russell - Cooper, Robin Jackson - Cooper

27th September 1958

1st Tommy Bridger -Cooper, 2nd Trevor Taylor - Cooper, 3rd Don Parker - Cooper
Earl of March Trophy 2005

Goodwood 2005 winners large.jpg (56138 bytes)Once again, Lord March and his team laid on the most wonderful historic motorsport weekend with thrills, spills and even some sunshine. The 500s returned to provide good racing with good friends and all enjoyed ourselves. Click here for a full Report

 

The 2005 Earl of March Trophy winners; Dave Lecoq (Petty) is interviewed by Amanda Stretton while Richard Utley (JBS) and Rodney Delves (Kieft) remove their helmets.

 

Team Reichman push the Emeryson into Assembly

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The Kiehn Special of Pekka Nystom

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John Chisholm's Arnott in the paddock. Photo by Nick Bond.

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The wise pusher........ knows when to run!          Photo by Nigel Challis.

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A little refreshment in the paddock.

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The Cooper BMW of Karl-Heinz Meub, originally raced by his father, Philipp from '57 to '59

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Rodney Delves prepares to start the Kieft, Neil is on his way in the Cooper. Photo Nigel Challis.

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Age before Beauty: John Turner concentrates while "the lad" does the work. Photo Nigel Challis.

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Dad's Army.....

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Peter Kumlin's wonderful paddock transport!

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Earl of March Trophy Results 2005
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1st David Lecoq Petty Norton 14:45 8 1:49.08

Earl of March Trophy

Winner: David Lecoq

2nd Richard Utley

3rd Rodney Delves

Gentlemen Drivers Award

Winner: Peter Kumlin

2nd Gordon Russell

3rd Richard Utley

The Best Englishman beaten by the Best Swede Award

Winner: Gordon Russell

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2nd Richard Utley JBS Norton 15:05 8 1:51.37
3rd Rodney Delves Kieft Norton 15:06 8 1:50.77
4th Neil Hodges Cooper Mk VIII JAP 15:16 8 1:51.31
5th Peter Kumlin Effyh JAP 15:24 8 1:53.13
6th Gordon Russell Mackson JAP 15:30 8 1:54.43
7th David Stevenson Cooper Mk VIII Norton 15:37 8 1:54.63
8th Per Hageman Cooper Mk XII Norton 15:40 8 1:53.84
9th Geoff Gartside Cooper Mk VIII Norton 15:41 8 1:53.20
10th James Holland Cooper Mk VIII JAP 16:02 8 1:56.73
11th Mike Fowler Cooper Mk V JAP 16:04 8 1:58.71
12th Roy Wright Dastle JAP 16:09 8 1:57.82
13th Tony Steele Kieft Norton 16:29 8 2:00.39
14th Olle Linde Cooper Mk X JAP 16:38 8 1:58.54
15th Roy Hunt Martin Norton 16:41 8 1:58.85
16th Karl-Heinz Meub Cooper Mk VI BMW 14:46 7 2:02.47
17th Graham Murdoch FMS JAP 15:00 7 2:05.27
18th Rickard With Effyh JAP 15:40 7 2:08.59
19th John Chisholm Arnott JAP 15:57 6 1:59.50

Eventual winner Dave Lecoq gets his push

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Revival 2002

The 2002 race was dominated by Reg Hargrave who led all the way in the Parker Kieft but the real excitement came from the battle for second between Julian Majzub and James Culver in Coopers. At the flag, the Julian took the place by 1/100th of a second. John turner recovered from start line gremlins to take fourth. Peter Kumlin was the best of the Scandinavians in tenth place.
Earl of March Trophy Results 2002
Driver Car Time Laps Best
1st   Reg Hargrave Kieft Norton 14:14 8 1:44
2nd Julian Majzub Cooper Norton 14.27 8 1:45
3rd James Culver Cooper Vincent 14:27 8 1:46
4th  John Turner Cooper JAP 14:52 8 1:46
5th Rodney Delves Kieft Norton 14:54 8 1:48
6th  Peter Wright Cooper Norton 14:56 8 1:49
7th  Kerry Horan Tremberth Vincent 15:10 8 1:52
8th David Woodhouse Cooper Norton 15:25 8 1:51
9th Brian Joliffe Cooper JAP 15:32 8 1:52
10th  Peter Kumlin Effyh JAP 15:33 8 1:54
11th Bob Culver Cooper Vincent 15:53 8 1:56
12th C G Peterson Effyh SRM 15:53 8 1:54
13th Richard Utley JBS Norton 15:59 8 1:54
14th Marek Reichman Emeryson Norton 16:05 8 1:55
15th Neil Hodges Cooper JAP 16:12 8 1:58
16th Bill Needham Cooper JAP 16:14 8 1:57
17th Lars Hageman Swebe JAP 14:27 7 1:59
18th Horst Bruning Kiehn JAP 14:40 7 2:00
19th Olle Linde Cooper JAP 14:49 7 2:03
20th Paul Hewes Cooper Norton 14:50 7 2:04
21st David Holland Cooper JAP 14:56 7 2:04
22nd Roy Wright Dastle JAP 14:59 7 2:02
23rd Shirley Monro Cooper JAP 15:06 7 2:05
24th Graham Murdoch FMS JAP 15:06 7 2:04
25th Haken Sandberg RJ JAP 15:11 7 2:03
Revival 2001
The Goodwood Revival gives the locals a chance to meet up with our friends from the continent. The Scandinavians travel a long way to compete and invite the Formula 3 paddock to join them in a traditional lunch of Herring and Aquavit. Car preparations usually stop soon after!
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The grid just prior to the John Cooper Tribute in 2001

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Earl of March Trophy Results 2001
Driver Car Time

Laps

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1st   Julian Majzub Cooper Mk VIII 14:14 8 1:43.72
2nd David Woodhouse Cooper Mk IX 14:14 8 1:44.74
3rd David Lecoq Petty 14:35 8 1:46.97
4th  Roy Hunt Martin 14:36 8 1:47.49
5th Rodney Delves Kieft CK52 14:41 8 1:47.49
6th  Peter Wright Cooper Mk VIII 14:46 8 1:48.50
7th  Bob Culver Cooper Mk VIII 15:33 8 1:53.70
8th Peter Kumlin Effyh 15:44 8 1:56.04
9th Paul Hewes Cooper Mk VIII 15:57 8 1:56.91
10th  Neil Hodges Cooper Mk VIII 15:58 8 1:56.99
11th Kerry Horan Trenberth 15:59 8 1:56.27
12th Bill Needham Cooper Mk IV 16:06 8 1:58.02
13th Richard Utley JBS 16:16 8 1:52.64
14th Olle Linde Cooper Mk X 16:29 8 1:58.10
15th Shirley Monro Cooper Mk V 14:31 7 2:01.97
16th Graham Murdoch FMS 15:18 7 2:04.94
17th Roy Wright Dastle 15:23 7 2:04.30

The John Cooper Tribute, on the grid, in September 2001. The Stars and Stripes, at half mast, were in memory of the events in New York, a few days earlier.

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Earl of March Trophy Results 2000
Driver Car Time

Laps

 Best  

Fastest lap: Julian Majzub - Cooper Norton Mk VIII - 83.44 mph.

 

DNF: Brian Jolliffe - Cooper Mk V, James Culver - Cooper Mk X, David Lecoq - Petty, James Diffey - Cooper Mk V, David Holand - Cooper Mk IV, Reg Hargrave - Kieft, Oliver Crosthwaite - Cooper Mk IX, James Maitland Cook - Cooper Mk VIII, Per Hageman - Cooper Mk XII, Bob Culver - Cooper Mk VIII, Goran Anderberg - Alfa Dana
1st   Julian Majzub Cooper Mk VIII 14:09 8 1:43.541
2nd John Turner Cooper Mk IX 14:18 8 1:45.485
3rd David Woodhouse Cooper Mk IX 14:25 8 1:45.235
4th  Roy Hunt Martin 14:38 8 1:45.613
5th Nick Leston Cooper Mk V 14:41 8 1:46.915
6th  Richard Utley JBS 15:00 8 1:49.769
7th  Rodney Delves Kieft 15:15 8 1:51.835
8th Kerry Horan Trenberth 15:30 8 1:53.191
9th Peter Wright Cooper Mk VIII 15:30 8 1:53.619
10th  Peter Kumlin Effyh 16:00 8 1:58.221
11th Bill Needham Cooper Mk IV 14:09 7 1:59.379
12th Paul Hewes Cooper Mk VIII 14:31 7 2:01.049
13th Hakan Sandberg JBS 15:14 7 2:06.064
14th Marek Reichman Emeryson 15:23 7 2:07.066
15th Shirley Monro Cooper Mk V 15:29 7 2:08.117
16th Andy Wright Cooper Mk V 15:46 7 2:10.094
17th Roy Wright Dastle 15:23 7 2:04.30

1999 was the second running of the Earl of March Trophy in the Revival Period, it rained heavily throughout the weekend leading to slower than normal times.

Earl of March Trophy Results 1999
Driver Car Time

Laps

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Fastest lap: Julian Majzub - Cooper Norton Mk VIII - 70. 78 mph

 

DNF: James Diffey - Cooper Mk V, Peter Wright - Cooper Mk VIII, Paul Hewes - Cooper Mk VIII, David Ellison - Bardon Turner, Lars Hageman - Swebe, Anders Ericsson - Cooper Mk VIII, Andrea Wright - Cooper Mk V, Brian Jolliffe - Cooper Mk V, Karl Hopper - CRM

 
1st   Julian Majzub Cooper Mk VIII 16:47 8 2:02.066
2nd John Turner Cooper Mk IX 17:13 8 2:02.740
3rd Nick Leston Cooper Mk VIII 17:22 8 2:08.612
4th  David Woodhouse Cooper Mk IX 17:26 8 2:07.551
5th Richard Utley JBS 18:01 8 2:11.437
6th  David Lecoq Petty 18:02 8 2:11.963
7th  Per Hageman Cooper Mk XII 18:12 8 2:13.554
8th Roy Hunt Martin 18:13 8 2:13.410
9th Peter Kumlin Effyh 18:16 8 2:11.534
10th  Hakan Sandberg JBS 18:31 8 2:14.546
11th Kerry Horan Trenberth 18:50 8 2:14.767
12th Bill Needham Cooper Mk IV 17:11 7 2:23.616
13th Oliver Crosthwaite Cooper Mk IX 17:32 7 2:14.613
14th Rodney Delves Kieft CK52 17:47 7 2:22.623
15th Bob Culver Cooper Mk VIII 17:48 7 2:29.197
16th Cliff Jowsey Wasp Iota 18:19 7 2:33.809
17th Shirley Monro Cooper Mk IV 18:58 7 2:32.575
18th Michael Moore JBS 16:50 5 2:31.421

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