The Fordwater Trophy is a long-serving race here at the Goodwood Revival, that’s been rested a couple of times in the 25 years since it was first run. This year it reverts to its traditional format for the first time since 2019, after returning in name for the sustainably-fuelled all-Porsche 911 race last year.
This year we’re back with a variety of production-based sports and GT cars, this time hailing from 1955-1960 and as with all races in the 2024 schedule the Ford Water Trophy will be run exclusively on sustainable fuel.
While last year’s running featured an all-911 grid and the previous race in 2019 featured later cars up to the mid-‘60s, this year’s grid winds the clock back a few years. In fact, we haven’t run a Fordwater Trophy with this 1955-1960 range of cars since 2013.
Cars you could expect to see in this race range from the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce, to the AC ACE, to the Austin Healey 100/6 – the winner of the last time this race covered this age range – to the Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France. You’ll almost certainly see Jaguar XK140s, Mercedes 300SLs, Porsche 356s, Triumphs and MGs, too.
All sorts of drivers ought to be present during the Fordwater Trophy, from fully paid-up race winners, to gentleman drivers and owners. Past winners include Le Mans alum Darren Turner, Patrick Blakeney-Edwards and even back in 2001, Charles Morgan. Yes, that Charles Morgan, then-managing director of Morgan, who surprise surprise, was driving a Morgan Plus 4. The last time the race ran this 1955-1960 lineup, Chris Harris joined Jochen Mass and Max Girardo among others in an excellent lineup of drivers and cars.
Last year, the Fordwater Trophy was the late-afternoon fixture and Saturday’s penultimate race, and we expect that to be the same this year, though that’s to be confirmed when the timetable for the Goodwood Revival is released. Practice as ever will take place on the Friday of the Goodwood Revival. You can find the exact timings for the Fordwater Trophy in the 2024 Revival timetable.
Year |
Driver(s) |
Car |
2023 |
Jordan/Holme |
Porsche 911 |
2019 |
Robert Barrie |
Lotus Elan S1 |
2018 |
Darren Turner |
Aston Martin DB2 |
2015 |
John Young |
Jaguar XK120 |
2014 |
Allan Ross-Jones |
Triumph TR4 |
2013 |
David Smithies |
Austin-Healey 100/6 |
2012 |
Martin Stretton |
Lotus Elan 26R |
2011 |
Minshaw/Stretton |
Jaguar E-type |
2010 |
Nick Swift |
Mini Dart |
2009 |
Ian Bankhurst |
TVR Grantura MkIII |
2008 |
Patrick Blakeney-Edwards |
Frazer Nash Sebring |
2007 |
Don Savage |
TVR Griffith |
2006 |
Keith Ahlers |
Morgan Plus 4 SLR |
2005 |
Chris Clarkson |
Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 |
2003 |
Willie Green |
Alfa Romeo Guilia TZ2 |
2002 |
Adrian van der Kroft |
Morgan Plus 4 |
2001 |
Charles Morgan |
Morgan Plus 4 |
2000 |
Brendan Roberts |
Lotus Elite |
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