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Andrew Jordan storms to the top with a 1m52.534s as the tail of his Austin A40 is firmly out for the whole of his flying lap. Who needs drifters at Goodwood Revival?
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Rob Huff sets the first flying lap with 1m55.069s ahead of Matt Neal
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10 minutes remaining of this St Mary's Trophy Qualifying session.
The Ford Thunderbird, with Tom Kristensen at the wheel, has been towed back. Doesn't look like the Le Mans master will be taking part in the remaining 10 minutes of qualifying.
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"It's not a lot of fun to be honest. It's just unbelievable slippy. Just jumping about on the water. Couldn't be any more tricky if we tried," says Gordon Shedden. "Hopefully we could get a few clean laps. It'd be nice if we could extend this session as 15 minutes isn't enough."
Our Rainmaster Andrew Jordan was fastest in that brief period of running, but all the cars are back as we wait for the Thunderbird's recovery.
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That Ford Thunderbird has stopped on track and the marshals are wheeling its hulking frame back to the paddock.
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The touring cars are out for St Mary's Trophy Qualifying. Tom Kristensen takes the wheel of his striking No. 73 Ford Thunderbird. Expect oversteer.
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Andrew Jordan was one of Autosport's Rainmasters as seen in the August 17 issue. "It's easy to overdrive," he said. "With traction you're squeezing the throttle and maybe short-shifting. It feels so slow, but normally if it feels neat and tidy it's quicker. Finesse and feel are very important, keeping the forward momentum."
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Lots of heavyweights here for the St Mary's Trophy with Gordon Shedden, Anthony Reid, Tony Jardine, Jason Plato. Robb Huff, Andy Priaulx, Tiff Needell, Steve Soper, Matt Neal, Darren Turner, Tom Kristensen and more set to take the track.
Well, it's going to be hard to top that, but up next is practice for the St Mary's Trophy, probably the headline event of the Revival. There's a big dry slot behind this band of rain too, so we could see times tumble throughout the session.
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Sterling effort by Michael Dunlop on his final lap, finds a whopping 3.8s to finish second. Phew.
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1m 42.532s for Jeremy McWilliams, despite passing a slower bike into the chicane! Thats a fraction under 1.5s faster than anyone else.
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1m 44.028s for Russell, who tops the times.
Michael Russell is getting quicker and quicker, but hasn't had a clear lap yet, while William Dunlop comes in to hand over to Michael, who'll fancy a crack at pole in these final four minutes.
More riders join the party, as Michael Russell goes second, 0.789s behind, and Jeremy McWilliams 0.262s back in third.
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Well how much longer can this continue? 1m 45.313s for Troy Corser. 2.342s faster than Michael Dunlop, who's handed the MV over to brother William.
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1m 46.368s for Corser! What a battle this is!
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1m 47.655s for Michael Dunlop. Outstanding.
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1m 49.939s for Michael Dunlop who pushes Freddie Spencer back to second, with Troy Corser currently third.
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No matter how tough the conditions are though, there are purple sectors popping up on the timing screens. The Norton Manx 500 of Freddie Spencer and Julian Ide heads the times, but is swiftly beaten by Sebastian Gutsch and Troy Corser, who takes the BMW Kaczor R50S a whopping 2.709s faster!
The rain is teeming down as a period of heavier rain sets in. Incredibly challenging conditions for the riders out there, and they all deserve a huge amount of credit for what they're doing.
Problems right away for William Dunlop, who tries to wheel the MV to the safety of the pits. Not entirely sure the clerks of the course will be happy with him doing so against the flow of traffic on the main straight though.
Well if you thought conditions were tricky for sports cars, how about motorcycles of a type that raced between 1960 and 1966? Attention is rightly on Michael and William Dunlop, who share an MV Agusta 500/3, but there's a strong field of very talented riders ready to go.
Photo: Jamie Howlett.Instructions are to be followed, otherwise the gentleman with the rifle gets involved...
Some ingenuity of spectators enjoying a performance on the bandstand, taking shelter from the rain under the wing of one of the planes nearby.
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The top three in that session for the Madgwick Cup are covered by just 0.204s, setting up the prospect of a close race tomorrow.
Adams is out in a Lola-Climax Mk1, from 1959. That same year Lola Mk1s finished 1-2-3 in the Chichester Cup at this very circuit.
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Ben Adams takes provisional pole, just 0.041s faster than Griffiths, despite having two wheels on the grass at Woodcote!
The best result for a Lotus Eleven, incidentally, was seventh overall in the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours. That same year a modified version (with a bubble cockpit) was lapped by Sir Stirling Moss around Monza at 143 mph (230 km/h).
The next band of rain is sweeping in from the 'bottom' end of the circuit, over Lavant, meaning the drivers are going to have their work cut out to challenge Griffifths.
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Miles Griffith sets the initial marker, with a time of 1m 54.878s in a Lotus-Climax Eleven from 1957.
Fordwater, a rapid right-hander on the way to St Marys, will be a challenge for these lighter sportscars on a greasy circuit. With rain forecast all day it is going to take all of the skill and ability of the drivers to keep things on track.
There's little time to relax despite this being a Friday. Next on track is official practice for the Madgwick Cup, for prototypes under three litres of a type that raced between 1955 and 1960. Expect names like Lola, Lotus, Porsche, Cooper, and Elva.
Photo: Jamie Howlett. The Revival is more than just a historic racing weekend. Among the multitude of things going on is the Freddie March Spirit of Aviation concours.
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A dominating pole time for Stuart Roach, 1.9s ahead of Peter de la Roche.
There's a great variety of cars out on track, including the Deep Sanderson-Ford DS104. Made by Chris Lawrence, he named them 'Deep Sanderson' after a jazz record, 'Deep Henderson', that his Father's group recorded, with the name of his uncle, Tony Sanderson, who funded the project.
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On track here at Goodwood, Stuart Roach is the man to beat, with a time of 1m 50.057s, in a 1961 Condor-Ford S3.
British cars dominated the running in period, but increasing costs (up to £1,500 towards the end) made the formulae too expensive to be a viable option.
Some of the names who competed in Formula Junior in 1960 included: Jim Clark, Trevor Taylor, Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez, Denny Hulme, Jo Siffert, Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti, John Surtees, and Jim Hall.
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