One of the traditional season kick-off events, the Goodwood Members' Meeting is well established on the historic motorsport calendar. While it uses the Goodwood Motor Circuit, which has been preserved in its 1960s state, this event does not have the strict cut-off dates of the annual Revival Meeting. This has opened the door to a whole different breed of competition cars both young and very old. Set fixtures of the Members' Meeting are the S.F. Edge Trophy for cars that are at least 100 years old but also Group 1 touring cars from the 1970s and early 1980s. Among the further highlights were races for 1960s sports and GT cars and a one-make Jaguar E-Type race. In addition to the races there were also special parades celebrating the Super Touring Era and 50 years of James Hunt's World Championship victory. Lanzante also demonstrated their upcoming 95-59 hypercar and all three Brawn GP cars were brought together for the first time since 2009.
Enjoying a very nice spring weekend, our photographers were on track from start to finish to capture the event in this 150-shot gallery.

Touring Cars
Group 1 touring cars used in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1970s and early 1980s play in integral part in the Members' Meeting every year. The grid has become so popular that it has been split in two based on displacement. First up was the Win Percy Trophy for cars with engines under 2.8-litres. This was run over two races with celebrity drivers competing on Saturday and the owners on Sunday. Alex Buncombe started Part 1 on pole position with a Mini 1275 GT but it was Tom Kristensen who looked set to run away with it during the race until his VW Golf broke down. Instead the victory went to Guy Smith in a Ford Escort after a very eventful final pass through the chicane. Mat Jackson won Part 2 with his VW Scirocco, while the combined win on aggregate went to Rob Huff and David Devine in another Escort.
Scheduled for Sunday afternoon was the Gordon Spice Trophy for large displacement Group 1 cars. This was a 45-minute race with a mandatory driver change. Fastest in qualifying was the rumbling Camaro shared by Alex Buncombe and Jack Tetley. Sadly they ran into trouble, which opened the door to the Ford Mustang Boss 302 of Romain Dumas and Fred Shepherd to grab victory ahead of the Camaro raced by Jenson Button and Andrew Smith.

Super Touring
A particular popular period for touring car racing came in the 1990s when the Super Touring or Class 2 regulations were used. Introduced in 1993, these were relatively lenient but did require a four-door base vehicle with a naturally aspirated two-litre engine with no more than six cylinders. The category was adopted by a national and international championships around the world and attracted many major manufacturers and preparers. Leading the way was the British Touring Car Championship, which saw the likes of TWR, Prodrive and Williams compete with Volvos, Fords and Renaults respectively. Arguably the most iconic car of the era was the TWR-prepared Volvo 850 Estate, while the most sophisticated was the V6-engined Mondeo built for Ford by Prodrive.
Many of these iconic cars and their drivers were brought to the 83rd Goodwood Members' Meeting for two high speed parades. Seven drivers were selected to compete in a special Shoot-Out, which included icons of the period Steve Soper, Matt Neal, John Cleland and Anthony Reid. They could, however, not match the pace of Rob Huff who set the fastest lap time in the final with a Vauxhall Vectra from 2000.

Formula 1 Parades
It has been fifty years since one of the most legendary Formula 1 World Championship seasons was decided by a rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway. It was the culmination of an epic and dramatic battle between Ferrari's Niki Lauda and McLaren's James Hunt. Captured so well in the 2013 movie Rush, it was a great clash of characters. The very competitive Austrian looked set to successfully defend his 1975 World Championship when tragedy struck at the German Grand Prix. This brought the more flamboyant Hunt back into the title race, which was eventually settled in favour of the popular Englishman during the final race of the year. To mark this occasion, the ever diligent Goodwood staff assembled a selection of cars raced in period by Hunt and Lauda as well as some of the Grand Prix cars they raced against. An absolute highlight was the very McLaren M23 that Hunt used to score the four, very crucial victories during the 1976 season. For the Sunday parade, Freddie Hunt was invited to drive the McLaren M26 that his father raced during he 1978 Formula 1 World Championship.
For some very loud laps in a separate parade, 2009 World Champion Jenson Button was reunited with the Brawn chassis he scored all of his victories in that year. The other two cars used that year were also on hand, displayed side-by-side in the paddock.

Further highlights
Racing into the sunset on Saturday was the two-driver Protheroe Cup reserved exclusively for early Jaguar E-Types. Superb drives by both Dario Franchitti and owner Gregor Fisken saw their #61 E-Type Roadster grab the win from the E-type shared by Phil Keen and Jon Minshaw in the 45-minute race.
With a grid packed with Cobras, Lightweight E-Types, a Ferrari 250 LM and GT40s, the 20-minute Phil Hill Cup was one of the most highly anticipated races of the weekend. It turned out to be a great race after a particularly eventful opening lap. After the restart, a three-way battle ensued between Jenson Button in his 'CUT 8' Jaguar, Yelmer Buurman in the 250 LM and Nikolaus Ditting in a GT40. They eventually finished in this order but separated by less than a second after six laps of very close racing.
The Bruce McLaren Trophy for mid-1960s sports prototypes also required a restart after a messy opening lap. Once restarted, the eight-lap race was dominated by ace historic racer Phil Keen, who set a startlingly quick fastest lap of 1:18.141 in the Bryant family Lola T70 Spyder.
Italian racer Enrico Spaggiari took a popular win in the Derek Bell Cup with the unique Lotus 41X Ford Formula 3 'screamer.'
Goodwood regular Julian Majzub raced his 1916 Sunbeam 'Indianapolis' with great verve in both heats of the S.F. Trophy. He won the first and despite having to settle for second behind Archie Bullett in an aero-engined Pic Pic in the second heat, he also grabbed the combined victory.

Final thoughts
Helped by the lovely spring weather, the 83rd Goodwood Members' Meeting was one to remember. The races were spectacular as always, and the Super Touring, Brawn and James Hunt parades brought back many great memories. We thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, which is certainly reflected in our 150-shot gallery.