"How do you fit two, fully-grown racing drivers, into a Mini? You hold a 45-minute race to celebrate the Mini Cooper’s 60th anniversary and have a driver change in the middle. Which is exactly what Goodwood will do at the 2021 Revival in the John Whitmore Trophy presented by Sure.
The race will take place on the Saturday morning of the Revival (18th September) and features a quite extraordinary grid of modern motorsport talent. Where else would you be able to see nine Le Mans winners, six world endurance champions, four ex-F1 drivers, two British GT champions and BTCC, Formula E and W Series drivers all stuffed into Minis to do battle on track?
Named after Sir John Whitmore, who won the British Saloon Car Championship in a Mini in 1961, his very first year in the competition, this one-off race will see 30 of the iconic little cars battle on track over three-quarters of an hour.
The new addition follows the mighty success of the all-Mini Betty Richmond Trophy at the 77th Members’ Meeting, a race which saw nearly 60 minis battle for glory through two heats and a final. While the Revival’s will only see a single test for Minis, the two-driver, 45-minute format should guarantee a race that no one should miss."
Edited by mab01uk, 17 September 2021 - 02:27 PM.
