The Goodwood Revival meeting is one of the British Automobile Racing Club blue riband race weekends. Three days of flat-out motor racing as it was Pre 1966 on the historic and pristine Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit.

With so many races for so many iconic cars, we thought we would do a run down of what they all mean. Are you ready?

Saloons

St. Mary’s Trophy

What is it?
Two 25-minute races for production-based saloon cars of a type that raced between 1950-1959. One race for owners and another for celebrity drivers with the two results combined.

What Type of Cars
This year it is the turn of the 1950s saloons with little Austin A35 and A40 models going up against the Jaguar Mk1 and Mk7 and everything in between. Look out too for a brace of 1959-spec Mini Coopers on the fifties grid for the first time.

When are they racing?
Friday lunchtime and evening for official practice and Saturday early afternoon and Sunday evening for the races.

Single Seaters

Goodwood Trophy

What is it?
A 20-minute race for Grand Prix and Voiturette cars of a type that raced between 1930 and 1951.The precursor to F1.

What Type of Cars
This is the oldest grid at the meeting, but that doesn’t mean the racing is any less special. Expect to see the likes of the Maserati 4CLT, Talbot-Lago T26C, ERAs right up to the evocative BRM V16.

When are they racing?
Friday mid morning official practice and Saturday early morning race.

Chichester Cup

What is it?
A 20-minute race for front-engined Formula Junior cars.

What Type of Cars
The modest little single-seaters they may be, but no less significant. The likes of Jim Clark and John Surtees made their single-seater debuts in these sorts of cars.

When are they racing?
Friday mid afternoon official practice and Sunday early morning race.

Richmond & Gordon Trophies

What is it?
A 25-minute race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars of a type that raced between 1961 and 1965.

What Type of Cars
The heavier Maserati 250Fs and Ferrari 246s and the like make up one half of the grid as they do battle against the revolutionary Coopers, BRMs and Lotuses.

When are they racing?
Friday mid afternoon official practice and Sunday evening race.

Glover Trophy

What is it?
A 25-minute race for 2.5-litre Grand Prix cars of a type that raced between 1952 and 1960.

What Type of Cars
Perhaps the most prestigious single-seater race of the meeting. Cars from Lotus, BRM, Cooper and Ferrari, will be continuing the story left off from the heroic era of F1. A great, great spectacle.

When are they racing?
Friday late afternoon official practice and Sunday mid afternoon race.

Sports Cars

Freddie March Memorial Trophy

What is it?
A 60-minute, two-driver race for cars in the spirit of the Goodwood Nine Hour races of 1952-1955.

What Type of Cars
1950s sportscars, including the Aston Martin DB3S and the Jaguar C-type.

When are they racing?
Friday morning official practice and Friday evening race.

Madgwick Cup

What is it?
A 25-minute race for sports racing cars of under 3.0-litres of a type that raced between 1960-1966.

What Type of Cars
Small lightweight – purpose built sportscars including the Lotus 23, Elva Mk7 and Brabham BT5.

When are they racing?
Friday lunchtime official practice and Saturday lunchtime race.

Sussex Trophy

What is it?
A 25-minute race for World Championship sports cars and production sports-racing cars of a type raced between 1955 and 1960.

What Type of Cars
Lotus 15s and Lister Knobblys mixing it with Jaguar D-Types and Lola Mk1s, there’ll be no shortage of exquisite bodywork and engineering on show.

When are they racing?
Friday evening official practice and Sunday mid morning race.

Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy

What is it?
A 45-minute, two-driver race for closed-cockpit GT cars of a type that raced before 1963.

What Type of Cars
Sir Stirling Moss won the RAC Tourist Trophy in 1960 and ’61 in a Ferrari 250 GTO, and he is remembered at the Revival with a race that brings together the kinds of cars that featured in those events. Ferrari 250 GTs, AC Cobras, Jaguar E-types and Aston Martin DB4GTs a plenty.

When are they racing?
Friday mid afternoon official practice and Saturday evening race.

Whitsun Trophy

What is it?
A 25-minute race for sports-racing prototypes of a type that raced between 1960 and 1966.

What Type of Cars
Home to the big bangers. The fastest and loudest race of the Revival. V8 engines galore with Ford GT40s, Lola T70 Spyders and McLaren M1As all diving into turn one

When are they racing?
Friday early afternoon official practice and Saturday mid afternoon race.

Fordwater Trophy

What is it?
A 25-minute race for production sports and GT cars of a type that raced from 1964-1966.

What Type of Cars
The race will feature a grid of cars from 1964-’66, including Lotus Elan 26Rs, Shelby Mustang GT350s and Alfa Romeo TZ1s for what will be one of the more eclectic grids of the weekend.

When are they racing?
Friday late morning official practice and Saturday mid afternoon race.

RAC TT Celebration

What is it?
A 60-minute, two-driver race for closed-cockpit GT and selected prototype cars in the spirit of the RAC TT races.

What Type of Cars
Things are rarely too serious at the Goodwood Revival, but the atmosphere does gather a hint of tension as focus turns to the RAC TT Celebration on Sunday afternoon. AC Cobras to sleek Jaguar E-type ‘lightweights’, TVR Griffiths, Porsche 904s and so much more – it’s one of the most expensive and rarest grids in the world!

When are they racing?
Saturday mid morning official practice and Sunday mid afternoon race.

Also making an appearance…

Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy

What is it?
Two 25-minute, two-rider races for 500cc Grand Prix motorcycles of a type that raced between 1948 and 1966.

What Type of Bikes
Split into two parts, riders will each share the saddles of Matchless G50s Norton Manx 30Ms and more. With a Le Mans start and pitstops for rider changes, there will be plenty of opportunity for drama before the combined winners are announced on Sunday.

When are they racing?
Friday mid morning official practice and Saturday mid morning and Sunday lunchtime races.

Settrington Cup

What is it?
A two part race for junior drivers aged between 4 and 11 in pedal cars! It’s very cute!

What Type of Cars
Racers of tomorrow pedal and power their way down the start, finish straight after a Le Mans style start. A chicane then sorts out the order before the winner is crowned. The car of choice is an Austin J40 pedal car.

When are they racing?
Saturday mid morning and Sunday mid morning races.