CREATING SOME BRAND NEW MEMORIES IN SOME CLASSIC MACHINES
1 MINIS AT GOODWOOD
The 60th anniversary year of the Mini was a perfect platform for a celebration race for Britain’s favourite small car. Goodwood did it best, with the Betty Haig Memorial race at the 77th Members’ Meeting.
A grid full of pre ’66 cars was sure to deliver the thrills and such was the demand for entries that the timetable was shuffled to allow two heats and a final, so 60 cars went for 30 places in Sunday’s finale.
The great and the good of Mini racing came out to play and the race action around the Sussex sweeps was frenetic, although the widely-anticipated chaos was largely avoided. Huge packs of slipstreaming cars, monstrous four-wheel drifts and door-handle action were all part of the show, albeit without the unacceptable level of contact seen in a similar race at the Silverstone Classic in July.
The Goodwood final produced a glorious five-way lead fight that was only decided at the final corner as victory fell to Nick
