Video: TT star thrashes 95-year-old BMW around wet Goodwood

06th September 2024

Ethan Jupp

Qualifying for the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy proved to be quite a challenge for all who saddled up for the sopping-wet first session at the 2024 Goodwood Revival. It separated the risk-averse from the absolute madmen, from the gods of bike control that walk among mortal men. Davey Todd, as if it needed demonstrating anymore, very much put himself in the latter bracket with his qualifying performance.

Putting in an absolute performance for the ages, Todd confidently placed his BMW R63 Kompressor ahead of the chasing Vincent Black Shadow that wound up on the second step. In the end, his lead wound up being 1.5 seconds, with his 1:47.766 time leading the second-placed Vincent Black Shadow at 1:49.283. The next three riders managed times in the 1:50s. Todd was three seconds quicker... Otherworldly stuff.

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2024 Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy | Goodwood Revival

And to watch, it really is, because the track surface is glistening with freshly-fallen precipitation to a mirror sheen. Where Todd is finding the grip, we really don’t know. Even he has tentative moments, where he doesn’t want to give it too much lean, but everywhere else he’s playing Russian Roulette with the laws of Physics. An undeniable demonstration of raw pace extraction at the 2024 Goodwood Revival.

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