Goodwood has responded to the increasing disquiet from stalwarts about the commercialisation of the Revival meeting by adding a third date to its calendar.
In a bold move, the event will strip bare the Revival formula taking it back to its very earliest days with no sponsorship or advertising, no off-limits areas, barely any trade stands and only a handful of people (well 20,000 a day).
In a conscious bid to revive the early days of the Revival, the estate is relaunching its Members' Meetings, some 48 years after the last (the 71st) was held.
The only downside of the 72nd Goodwood Member's Meeting on 29-30 March is that you will have to be a Goodwood Road Racing Club member (or know one, there is currently an 18-month waiting list) to get in.
Each existing GRRC member will be able to take four guests. There is no fast-track to membership except for potential racers who must be a GRRC member to take to the track and can jump the queue when they enter.
The meeting is also intended to be a two-day event and, although single-day tickets are available, Goodwood is pushing the £120 weekend ticket and planning lots of Saturday evening entertainment to encourage people to stay at the circuit.
One nice touch is that GRRC members' mothers get in free on the 30th (Mothering Sunday). Another is dedicated classic parking for cars more than 30 years old.
