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Goodwood 83rd Members Meeting April 2026

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I’ve written before about how I think Goodwood puts on some of the best motorsport events around.  Having recently attended the 83rd Members meeting, I’m inclined to not change my mind. Members meetings are run differently to other Goodwood motorsport events in that, as the name implies, they are open only to members of the Goodwood Road Race Club (GRRC) and their guests, so there is a slightly more ‘exclusive’ feel to the day.  You might think this would make it feel like a stuffy boys club event, but you couldn’t be further from the truth with that. The history of Members Meeting go back to 1948 when the 9th Duke of Richmond opened the circuit and held the first in a series of meetings for members of the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC). There were 71 race meetings, the last one being in July 1966, after which motor racing at Goodwood ceased. The Members Meeting was revived in 2014 in response to demand from Members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club. Members meetin...