#InternationalNineHourCarRaceGoodwood
The nine-hour was organised in 1952, 1953 and 1955 into a 90-minute, two-driver race under an early-evening sundown. In their heyday, each of the nine-hour battles was won by Aston Martin. The inaugural event, on August 16, 1952, featured three factory-entered DB3s, with Peter Collins and Pat Griffth taking victory in the #17 car over a brace of Ferrari 225S racers, by two and five laps respectively. A year later David Brown's squad, now armed with the S-model, upped its game and achieved a one-two finish, with the #4 Parnell/Thompson car seeing off the challenge of year-one winners Collins/Griffith in #6 and two very competitive Jaguar C-types entered by the factory. For the final installment of Goodwood's evening endeavour, in 1955, Aston was given a hard time by the Jaguar C-type's replacement, the D-type. The Big Cat, pedalled by Desmond Titterington and Ninian Sanderson, finished one lap adrift of a relieved Poore and his third team-mate in as many nine-hour races, former Jaguar Le Mans winner Peter Walker, in DB3S #3. Third place went to the #2 Aston of Collins and his future Formula 1 rival Tony Brooks, while the #1 machine of Parnell/Salvadori broke a wheel early on. Freddie March Memorial Trophy during Goodwood Revival is the revival race in the spirit of Nine-Hour races.
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