Gallery: Long-tail Le Mans racers out in force at Goodwood

The demos are always impressive, and over the last few years we’ve had modern LMP1 Le Mans cars, a load of Porsche 917s, and a some lovely high-airbox F1 cars. For endurance racing fans, though, a real highlight has to be the grid of pre-1989 long-tail Le Mans racers.

We had two Porsche 956s, a 962 and a 917 LH. Then there was a Jaguar XJR9 LM, a Lancia LC2 and an Aston Martin Nimrod C2B. There was a Ferrari 512 BBLM, too, and we mustn’t forget the Gebhardt ADA JC843, Alpine-Renault A441 and Rondeau-Cosworth M378. And that isn’t even the full list. There were 22 cars in total. A feast for the eyes.