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The afternoon started with six 15 minute test sessions - each driver getting 45 minutes to run their cars on a full-size WHO track and make necessary tweaks ahead of the autumn Saturdays. It was a really useful experiment and one we will probably repeat each year as an extra Wednesday evening in August. 

However, after those sessions, we decided it was time to continue the testing in race conditions - starting with some Richmond Trophy 1950s front-engined F1 cars...

   

In true period fashion, Jeremy's car failed to make it to the line and Dean's LED wasn't triggering laps, but the three functioning cars served up a magnificent race...

   

   

Next up were three Sussex Trophy 1950s World Championship Sportscars...

   

There will be more on the grid in the autumn - we aim to squeeze a quick race into the September Saturday, but six of these cars will feature as one hour of the Birkett Relay in October. The two Mercs and D-Type did give us a fun race to watch...

   

   

So a few more people could race, next up we had six BTCC cars - a Cortina, Sierra and four modern racers...

   

   

And then six Goodwood St Mary's Trophy tin tops...

   

   

The final action of the day was a race for any Goodwood Revival car - with the exception of the Chaparral. It was a nice mix - although a lot of Whitsun Trophy cars! Two 15-minute qualifying heats allowed for a good rhythm... and then a slightly more frantic 10-minutes for the top three from each heat...

   

   

And that was it... A very useful day to get some rarely raced cars sorted and certainly upped the enthusiasm for the Goodwood Revival Saturday next month.