The Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 was staged over the weekend of 17-18 March at the iconic 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. Visitors were treated to close wheel-to-wheel racing at the 76th Members’ Meeting, despite conditions that ranged from bitter cold to bitter cold with snow.
New races for the Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 included the Caracciola Sportwagenrennen for pre-war sports cars and the Bolster Cup, named after legendary journalist, ‘specials’ builder and ERA racer, John Bolster. In addition to a packed race program, this year’s event also featured high-speed demonstrations of V8-engined Formula 5000 single-seaters and flame-spitting Group 5 sports and saloon cars.
The Formula 5000 single-seaters thundered around the Goodwood Motor Circuit as the Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 honoured these charismatic racers. This category was hugely popular in Europe, the USA and Australia during the late 1960s and much of the ’70s, and 30 of these small-block V8-engined monsters ventured trackside, ranging from such well-known marques as Lola, Chevron and McLaren to the one-off Hepworth-Ferguson four-wheel drive machine and a brace of ultra-rare Begg-Chevrolets. Several period drivers were reunited with their former mounts including British ace, Tony Trimmer.
Goodwood also paid tribute to its long-serving and incomparable maestro of the microphone Henry Hope-Frost. The hugely-popular commentator and journalist recently died in a road accident, and the loss of ‘Fever’ is a palpable one within the motorsport community. The loudest homage possible to the man dubbed by many as the ‘Voice of Goodwood’ took place shortly before the Formula 5000 demonstration, as the engines fired up for a ‘Minute of Fever’, a word strongly associated with Henry and his passion-filled commentary. For those wishing to support the Hope-Frost family, visit the JustGiving page created to make a donation.
Similar to 2015, 2016 and 2017, Sports Car Digest also documented the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting with the following selections from the 76th Goodwood Road and Racing Club event.
Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 – Photo Gallery (photos as credited)
Formula 5000 – photo: Dominic James
Lotus Eleven Paddock – Photo: Nick Dungan
BMW E28 530i – Photo: Nick Dungan
#Fever Helmet honoring Henry Hope-Frost – Photo: Nick Dungan
#Fever sticker honoring Henry Hope-Frost – Photo: Nick Dungan
Ford Capri III 3.0 – Photo: Nick Dungan
Porsche 904 GTS – Photo: Nick Dungan
Chevrolet Camaro Z28, David Clark, Gerry Marshall Trophy Photo: Nick Dungan
1979 Mini 1275 GT Gerry Marshall Trophy Photo: Nick Dungan
Maserati 250F – Photo: Nick Dungan
AC Cobra 289 – Photo: Nick Dungan
McLaren parade – Photo: Nick Dungan
BMW E28 Gerry Marshall Trophy – Photo: Nick Dungan
Gerry Marshall Trophy Start – Photo: Nick Dungan
Bolster Cup Start – Photo: Nick Dungan
Morgan 3-wheelers – Photo: Nick Dungan
Mini Cooper S Sears Trophy – Photo: Nick Dungan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
David Coulthard drove a Gullwing Mercedes – photo: Nicole Hains
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Lola-Chevrolet T332 F5000 – photo: Jayson Fong
Begg-Chevrolet F5000 – photo: Jayson Fong
Lister Jaguar – Photo: Nick Dungan
1969 Hepworth-Ferguson F5000 – photo: Jayson Fong
Business end of F5000 machine – photo: Jayson Fong
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Mini Cooper S Sears Trophy – Photo: Nick Dungan
Gerry Marshall Trophy Start – Photo: Nick Dungan
Ford Escort RS2000 – Photo: Nick Dungan
Ford Escort RS2000 – Photo: Nick Dungan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Stephanie O’Callaghan
Salvadori Cup 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
Porsche 904 Carrera GTS – photo: Dominic James
BMW 530i – photo: Dominic James
Ferrari 250 GT SWB ‘Breadvan’ – photo: Dominic James
McLaren parade – photo: Dominic James
McLaren Senna at 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
McLaren Senna at 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
1979 Ford Capri III 3.0S – photo: Dominic James
1928 Morgan Super Aero – photo: Dominic James
1929 Morgan Super Aero – photo: Dominic James
1921/08 GN Thunderbug – photo: Dominic James
David Coulthard 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing – photo: Dominic James
David Coulthard 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing – photo: Dominic James
Ford GT40 – photo: Dominic James
Lotus 30 – photo: Dominic James
Formula 5000 – 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
NASCAR burnout – photo: Dominic James
NASCAR burnout – photo: Dominic James
Susie Wolff, former Williams F1 development driver – photo: Dominic James
2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
Jaguar E-Types and Breadvan Ferrari down the front straight – photo: Dominic James
Start of the Moss Trophy – photo: Dominic James
Katarina Kyvalova drove an Austin-Healey 3000 – photo: Dominic James
1979 Mini 1275 GT – photo: Dominic James
Gerry Marshall Trophy, 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – photo: Dominic James
Ford Capris – photo: Dominic James
1921 GN Curtiss – photo: Dominic James
1929 Morgan RIP Special – photo: Dominic James
Ford GT40 line-up – photo: Dominic James
1964 Cooper-Maserati T61P ‘Monaco’ – photo: Dominic James
Ferrari 512 BB LM, Porsche 935 and Ferrari 512 BB LM – photo: Dominic James
Jochen Mass – photo: Dominic James
Atmosphere at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting – Photo: Jochen Van Cauwenberge
Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C ‘Breadvan’ – photo: Jochen Van Cauwenberge
Winning Ford GT40 of David Hart
Bentley 3/8 Special
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