{"id":497920,"date":"2018-11-15T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=67830"},"modified":"2024-08-24T22:45:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T22:45:47","slug":"minis-to-battle-at-goodwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/minis-to-battle-at-goodwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodwood Members’ Meeting (2019) – Minis to Battle at Goodwood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Goodwood has announced a further new race has been added to the 77th Members\u2019 Meeting schedule: The Betty Richmond Trophy, for pre-66 Mini saloons and variants. Celebrating 60 years since the Mini began capturing the hearts of the automotive world, this one-make race is certain to showcase some flat-out racing and some of the closest battles of the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Christabel Carlisle ready to race her Mini at Goodwood in the early \u201960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Freddie was on good terms with Alec Issigonis, the designer of the original Mini, and in 1959 managed to take delivery of one of the first Minis produced. The present Duke remembers the car well, stating: \u201cIt was a bright-red Austin Seven with a steering wheel as big as the car! My grandfather loved it, he was fascinated by clever, light, small-engined cars. It\u2019s where his love forLancia came from. But Betty loved the Mini even more and used to go hurtling around the Estate in it, to the extent that my grandfather wouldn\u2019t let her venture outside the park.<\/p>\n