The Sports Car Race; Goodwood, September 29, 1951. Stirling Moss is ready for the start from pole position with the Jaguar works C-type. Note the number of spectators everywhere, the solid timber barriers, power and phone cables on poles and the advertising.

Nino Farina in his Cooper 500, 1951.

17th January 1953: A Picture Post tester examining a sample of new 80 octane plus petrol at Goodwood race track.

Stirling Moss, Jaguar C-Type. Sep 28, 1951. Goodwood Sports Car Race

Peter Collins with Stirling Moss. Collins partnered Moss in the tail-end HWM team for the 1952 season. Collins won 3 Grands Prix in his short career before he was killed at the Nürburgring in Germany. Moss began his career in 1947 driving a BMW 328. In 1955 he won his first Grand Prix at Aintree driving a Mercedes, and in 1956 went on to win the Monaco and Italian Grands Prix driving for the Maserati team. In 1957 he was team leader in a British Vanwall, and beat the Maserati and Ferrari teams at Monza in the Italian Grand Prix. He drove Coopers and Lotuses through to 1961, and retired after an accident at Goodwood in 1962.

After an Le Mans styel start, Stirling Moss's Jaguar C-type is already well positioned during the Goodwood 9 Hours Race, Goodwood, 22nd August 1953.

Jaguar C type , Duncan Hamilton Goodwood 1951. Note hay bales!

Unloading a car from the rear of a truck. Note the empty white circle where the car number will be written for the race. Year of this image is unknown.

Goodwood, England, 1953, Mechanics fuel up a Cooper racing car using high octane petrol prior to the start of testing on the track

Goodwood, September 27, 1952. In some ways this was the high water mark for B.R.M. with their three cars in the first three positions. José Froilán González won, followed by Reg Parnell (the sun shining on him here) and Ken Wharton, drinking from the trophy.

Unloading a car from the rear of a truck. Note the empty white circle where the car number will be written for the race. Year of this image is unknown.

Goodwood, England, Cooper Car Company, 1953, The Cooper Bristol 2 Litre car being tested on the track

The Goodwood 9 Hours, August 16, 1952. Reg Parnell at Fordwater in the Aston Martin DB3 which he shared with Eric Thompson. This car was caught in the fire in the Aston Martin pits and retired.

Mcandless 500cc f3 streamliner drives in at Goodwood, 1951

Bob Gerard in an ERA, known as 'Mr Bob' in respect of his being much older than his rivals. Goodwood Whit Monday, May 10th 1952.

30th September 1951, Goodwood, England, Twenty two year old British racing driver Stirling Moss, born 1929, pictured winning the Sports car race in a Jaguar. Note the grandstands are still very crudely built, it was towards the end of 1953 that they became more permanent looking and had advertising on them.

1951 BRM V16, Reg Parnell at Goodwood.

Dennis Poore in his Connaught A-Type.

Sport, Motor Racing, pic: 29th September 1951, Goodwood, England, Italian driver Giuseppe "Nino" Farina having won the Daily Graphic Trophy race in an Alfa Romeo, recieves the trophy from the Duchess of Richmond and Gordon.

Piero Taruffi in his Thinwall Special, 1952, Goodwood.

15th May 1951: D Poore in an Alfa (25), leading B Bira (1914 - 1985) in an Osca (5) and G Farina in a Maserati (3) at Woodcote Corner during the Festival of Britain race, Goodwood.

Jose Froilan Gonzalez in his Ferrari.

This is a still from a video that shows Stirling Moss in the temporary 1951 paddock on grass.

Sport, Motor Racing, pic: 29th September 1951, Goodwood, England, Italian driver Giuseppe "Nino" Farina wins the Daily Graphic Trophy race in an Alfa Romeo.

1953 - Goodwood. A rare colour photo. Great reference for the more solid trackside barriers and advertising in 1953. Nice marquee (could be erected at Goodwood to hide modern buildings).

Frazer Nash at Goodwood, 1952.

Harry Schell in a Cooper at the start of a Formula 3 500cc race on Whit Monday at Goodwood, England 1951.

1952 BRM V16 driven by Froilan Gonzalez at B.A.R.C. International meeting Goodwood.

Reg Parnell-Eric Thompson's Aston Martin DB3S behind Frazer Nash le Mans Replica, Woodcote Corner 9HRS Goodwood, England, 22 Aug 1953.

Mechanic Luigi Parenti pushes Dr Farina's Maserati 4CLT in the assembly area at Goodwood.

George Abecassis in a HWM cooper bristols etc at Goodwood, 1952.

Cliff Davis-Les Leston's Tojeiro Bristol in 9HRS race at Goodwood, England 22 Aug 1953.

The start of Festival of Britain Trophy race at Goodwood, England 1951.

Eric Brandon in a cooper bristol at Goodwood, 1952.

Nino Farina in his Ferrari. 1953, Goodwood. This was taken at the rear of the building which is still there today. Note the scaffolding observation hut on the left and rough gravel floor.

A Maserati 4CLT leads Major Tony Rolt in Rob Walker's Delage-ERA in the Festival of Britain Trophy, Goodwood, England 1951.

The two works B.R.M.'s at the start of the Woodcote Cup, Goodwood, 27th September 1952. Nearest the camera is Reg Parnell, still watching the starter drop the flag while Froilan Gonz?lez on the other side has also got a good start. Between them is Nino Farina in the Thinwall Special, a Ferrari 375/F1, modified by Vandervell. Gonzalez went on to earn one of British Racing Motor's very few victories.

An ERA competing in the Festival of Britain Trophy race at Goodwood, England 1951.

Goodwood in 1953 (car #10; Connaught) between Ken Wharton’s BRM (#2) & Mike Hawthorn’s winning Ferrari Thin Wall Special.

Another great photo of the paddock. George Abecassis in a HWM in the paddock at Goodwood, 1952.

1951, Goodwood, paddock, Stirling Moss in his HWM.

Peter Whitehead-Ian Stewart's Jaguar XK120C in the pits, finished 3rd in 9HRS race Goodwood, England 22 Aug 1953.

A great view of the pits from 1953. Note the temporary timber look. No11 George Abecassis HWM Jaguar, No5 Roy Salvadori-Dennis Poore's Aston Martin DB3S, No4 Reg Parnell-Eric Thompson's Aston Martin DB3S won the race. No2 Tony Rolt-Duncan Hamilton's Jaguar C-Type XKC052. Goodwood 9 Hours, England, 22 Aug 1953.

Kenneth McAlpine in his Maserati. A great photo of spectators cars parked everywhere!

A Taruffi thinwall spl in the paddock, Herbert Johnson at Goodwood, 1952.

This is how the pits should look in Jet Black with no separation between track and pits, also timber pit structure. So many people taking notes in this photo! The Goodwood 9 Hours Race; Goodwood, August 22, 1953.