Goodwood Revival Friday
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By: Matt Beer
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Thank you for joining us at the Goodwood Revival today, we'll be back again in the morning with a packed day of racing.
There's an early chequered flag due to fading light, so Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen win the first race of the 2017 Goodwood Revival - the Kinrara Trophy.
Further drama for the E-Type as Meins leaves the pit with the passenger side door open, so he'll have to come in once again.
Huff finally pits from the lead, Keen assumes the lead as Cottingham also owed a pit stop. Kristensen loses time lapping cars and is now 11s back of the leader, with Bryant on his tail.
Photo: Samarth Kanal.The Jaguar E-Type of Anthony Hancock and David Cooke exists the chicane during the Kinrara Trophy.
Van Riet, in second, is effectively the leader as Huff must stop. Keen is right on the tail of the Ferrari, with Kristensen 7s behind.
What was shaping up to be a fight to the flag is going to be a sprint, as there's just 17 minutes left on the clock, with the safety car still touring round.
The race leader has stopped on track! Further drama! The safety car, which was due to come in this lap, will continue for at least one more tour so the Greensall E-Type can be recovered.
The safety car is now waving cars through, to collect the race leader which leaves Greensall back in a dire position. Race leader, but he needs to stop, so will lose a lot of time to those who came in quickly.
One saving grace for Greensall is that the safety car picked up Huff, who is second on the track, so the leader has almost a lap lead.
Incidentally the safety car has been called to recover the Owen / Clegg Chevrolet Corvette which went off into the barriers.
Safety car! That turns the race on its head, as Greensall and Huff are trapped on circuit as the pit lane is closed. Advantage to Keen and Kristensen.
Five second penalty given to Greensall for missing the chicane, which means Minshaw is effectively just five seconds behind. Huff is setting fastest laps and quickly reeling in third place.
Lucky escape for race leader Greensall, as he misjudges his braking at the chicane but is able to swoop past without drama. Once upon a time he'd have been straight into a concrete wall...
Huff slowly gets going again without handing over to Richard Meins, and the World Touring Car Champion is straight back on the hunt.
Gregor Fisken sits in sixth, and he'll be switching with Tom Kristensen at the stop, so we'll see how much ground Mr Le Mans can make up.
While the leaders have a 13s gap to Jon Minshaw in third, he'll be handing over to the rapid Phil Keen when the pit window opens, so don't count that pairing out.
The leaders are already lapping slower traffic and Huff manages to open the biggest gap he's had over Greensall.
Martin Hunt goes off in his AC Cobra. Out of the race as he hits the barriers of St Mary's corner having tested the wet line. Big hit for him but he gets out and waves to the crowd.
New fastest lap by race leader Rob Huff as six Jaguar E types lead the Kinrara Trophy with 51 minutes remaining.
That lead battle between Huff and Greensall is captivating. Both are losing time here, however, as Jon Minshaw inches closer from third place.
The in-car cameras clearly show how much movement on the steering wheel is required to keep those cars on the straight and narrow. Treacherous conditions out there. Nigel Greensall laps fastest at 1m49.988s, half a second away from Rob Huff's leading car.
Cobras and 250GTs duelling mid-pack but the leading six Jaguar E-Types hold firm. It's Huff vs Greensall for the lead.
John Young's Jaguar E Type will start from the pitlane. Rob Huff on pole with Gregor Fisken on the front row. And away they go!
Headlights ablaze and engines fired, the hour-long Kinrara Trophy begins a weekend of captivating contest at the 2017 Goodwood Revival.
Headlights are on and cars are revving for the Kinrara Trophy, the first race of this weekend's Goodwood Revival.
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