FORD GT40 COMPETES AT GOODWOOD REVIVAL MEETING

The ex-Yamaha Ford GT40 (P/1077) successfully competed at this year’s Goodwood Revival Meeting during the weekend of 14/16 September.

The car was entered in the newly created Whitsun Trophy race for sports-racing cars of a type that raced between 1963 and 1968.

GT40 P/1077 in the assembly area before the Whitsun Trophy race - Goodwood Revival Meeting 2001

This very original example was initially used by Yamaha for test and development purposes and is a sister car to the Gulf-specification cars. It retains its original factory paint colours of Ford buttercup yellow with a white body stripe with black edging; and a Ford GT40 289cu V8 engine complete with Gurney Weslake cylinder heads. The car had only raced twice before the Goodwood event, this being at the Suzuka circuit in Japan in 1970. Classic Cars magazine featured GT40 P/1077 in its October 2000 issue when it was driven by 1969 Le Mans winner Jackie Oliver.

GT40 P/1077 in the paddock at Goodwood Revival Meeting 2001

The race itself started in dry conditions, but a heavy rain shower caused the race to be stopped following an accident involving another competitor at the chicane.

Lining up for the start of the Whitsun Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival Meeting 2001 GT40 P/1077 at speed on the pit straight - Goodwood Revival Meeting 2001

The car was prepared for the event by Lynx and was driven in the race by Lynx Chairman John Mayston-Taylor.

For more information, please contact John Mayston-Taylor at Lynx.

18 September 2001

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