DAVID vs GOLIATH | 2026 St. Mary's Trophy Part 2 | Goodwood Revival

Cortina able to get ahead, so too Nick Sampson, who squeezes Fred Sheppard to the inside of Madgwick. Looks like Sheppard's been able to hold on to third, though, as they all jostle for position, heading wide through Madgwick. Yeah, and the fiver for Lucas went across the grass, slightly wide there, but look at Fred Sheppard down the inside already of Max Chilton, back into the lead of the race. It was like he never lost it, the grunts of that four just powering through in a straight line. But it's the corners, it's where it's tight and twisty. Oh, that's where the Cortinas will bite back, as we have the Chris Hard Jaguar Mk2 looking a little bit out of shape, but attempts to do that in those Mk2s, the rear end wagging its tail. But it's all tightening up, up and over the hill. Sheppard leads Chilton, Sampson tucked in, one, two, and three, as they were, with Nick Swift, Mr. Mini himself, up in fifth. I was just about to mention the Mini, it has less grunt than the cars around them, but look at Nick Swift managing to keep up as well, he's under a lot of pressure from Chris Hard, as we saw that. I'm not sure whether they did make contact, but now the number four, Richard Williams. This car was driven by Jenson Button a couple of days ago, all over the back of Max Chilton. Nick Swift just losing back that position to Grant Williams, then they have swapped a couple of times on this lap, and you can see there the sheer difference in size and shape, but both fighting it out for position here at the Google Revival in the St. Mary's Trophy Part 2. As we come through this again for the first time, car out wide, further back, little bit of grass and dust kicked up into the air. 25 minutes on the clock, already down to just over 23, back through into Madrig then, and it is Fred Sheppard who leads in the Galaxy 500, from Max Chilton's Ford Lotus Cortina Mark 1 in second. Grant Williams looks like he might have actually got himself upped into third now, having just picked off the Jaguar Mark 2, and indeed he has done, sorry, the Mini Cooper Swift of Swift down in fifth as well, losing ground. So chopping and changing as there's a little bit of daylight now in between Sheppard and Chilton. Yeah, our Cortina of Nick Sampson, that car finished third the other day, just finding his way back through the pack. He's slightly further down the order than he would have liked, but making places with the little Mini, still hanging on to the 124 of Chris Hard, and then further back we've got Colburn in another one of our Minis, so currently got a Mini fifth and sixth, doing a great job of it at the moment, as Nick Swift was sharing that car with Alex Buncombe, he's all over the back, but you can just see the power of the Jag is going to stretch its legs down the back straight to Woodcook Corner. Ninth did Alex Buncombe finish in the 76 on Friday, and then we'll go hard onto the brakes. Just to remember, we've got to keep an eye on Fred Sheppard. He said during the middle of the race, he should be okay. At the start, not so much, and towards the end, those rear tires on the Ford Galaxy will quite quickly overheat. Yeah, there you go, then, as the time's come through the chicane again, we go Fred Sheppard now, looking out that gap for just over two and a half seconds as we see Nick Swift catching up to the back of Chris Hard. Let's get another look at the start, then. Little initial bog down from the pole sitter, light and quick from Max Chilton. Richard Williams in the Cortina Mark 1 in red, really able to get up and going. Nick Sampson dropping back a couple of positions as Nick Swift was able to make up ground two, but Richard Williams in the second row in that Cortina, all in red, really having a great rise up. Yeah, and it looked like possibly a good start from the 95, and that was the blue Plymouth Barracuda at Duncan Pitsway behind the wheel of that, so possibly a good start from there. And looking at the lap times at the moment, two-second gap, nearly a three-second gap between Sheppard and Chilton, and pretty much identical times taking place for Chilton and Williams. Hard, about half a second off the pace of those in the top three. Darren Turner in the Plymouth Barracuda has just got himself upped inside the top ten, is currently chasing down the 2-1-4, making its way through in ninth at the moment. But back out in front then, nearly three seconds down the gap to Max Chilton, holding on, and he's got a sizable gap to Richard Williams, just over a second at the moment, managing that in the red Cortina, coming through, being chased by Chris Hard in the Jaguar Mk2. Then comes Nick Swift in the Morris Mini Cooper S, Ben Colburn up into sixth from ninth in another one of the Minis, just trying to keep on to the back of this. Oh, running out wide there, kicking up the grass is Chris Hard, just drags the tyre along, doesn't seem to slow him down too much, and then comes Ben Colburn at the back of that train, actually being followed by Nick Samson, who is trying to regain ground, having lost it at the start of this race from third, now down into seventh. Yeah, and you can just see a pass possibly taking place further down the order, Crichton trying to get past Solis, so that's a BMW versus Mini, going to catch a replay of Hard having a moment, getting fully sideways, and a bit of grass as well, dust being kicked up into the face of Swift behind, managed to gather it together and still keeping his nose in front at the moment of Swift, but out front, slightly stretching his legs by only by a couple of tenths is Fred Shepherds, but still got the mirrors falling away of Chilton, Williams actually, he's starting to drop back now into the clutches of Hard. There is Hard, just finding his line further back, that was Max Chilton, just coming through, three seconds now the gap, this is one and two, with tyres though, the question around Fred Shepherding, that Ford Galaxy 500, just making them laugh, so we might see that gap start to ebb and flow at Max Chilton, looking visibly closer, coming through the final chicane, we'll see what the split time is, as we head over the line, and even Chilton, which runs a little out wide, they're sharing that car with his brother, Tom Chilton, brilliant racing family, of course Max Chilton, a former Formula 1 driver, for the Mauritius Formula 1 team, and Tom Chilton, multiple winner in the British Touring Car Championship. Yeah, highest of our Alfa Romeos there, Ferrani and Holmes, we've got Alfa in eighth and ninth, you can see the BMWs flashing through as well there, Mini slightly further back, now looking at the pace, it's come down to seven tenths now, Harry, the gap between Williams and Hard, so the battle for third is heating up, they're still dragging along, Swift, Ben Colbin sticking up, and as well, actually, Samson, in another one of our Ford Lotus Cortinas, has set a very decent lap last time around, quicker than all of those cars in front of him, including our race leader. It's interesting, in part one yesterday, really, the talk of the town was not only the Galaxy and the Cortinas, but we were looking at a lot of the Alfas doing battle, today, we're seeing more of the Jaguars and the Minis come to the fore, and look at how close that Mini is, all over the back of the Jag, and he's bringing Ben Colbin in as well into this, Chris Hard trying to hold onto it, being chased by Nick Swift's Mini, there is a man that can drive a Mini, it is Nick Swift, you will trust, with that opportunity, Ben Colbin, they're right behind him as well, and actually, Nick Samson's still right on the back of him in his Cortina, just watching this gaggle to see if they trip themselves up. Yeah, and he's got that pure power there, the one litre engine underneath the little Mini compared to the 3.8 litre underneath the Jaguar Mark II, now, Colbin, looking the much racier, at the moment, of the two Minis, has really stormed up to the back of Swift, so Swift's now got the job of looking ahead to attack, as this gaggle continues to catch the Williams, but he's also going to have to keep an eye on Colbin behind, and was that one of our BMWs kicking up a little bit of dust on the exit of the chicane? It might well have been, maybe we can get another look at that, but certainly one of the BMWs coming through, that might have been Tom Sharp's BMW, out in front, gap has come down by a couple of tenths, 2.7 seconds now between Max Chilton, as Ben Colbin looks like he might have got through on Nick Swift in the battle for 5th and 6th, Minis might have just found themselves in the opposite order, Ben Colbin, who starts down in 9th, now looks like he's up in 5th, Nick Swift, who started in 5th, down to 6th, and looking in his mirrors at a hunting Nick Sampson. The Cortina just snatched the fastest lap off Sheppard, as we can catch, a lovely drifting moment, couple of Minis, Jag in there, Cortina, lovely stuff, only a sight you get to see here at Goodwoods, so that gap, as you mentioned, starting to possibly come down, going to change possibly or nearly between our two Minis, Harry. But look at Nick Sampson as well, at the back of the Cortina, coming alive, there's 1, 2, 3 positions up for grabs here, maybe a 4th a little further up the road with Richard Williams, not really able to escape, running out wide in the Jaguar, just for Chris Hard, looking in his mirrors, where are the Minis, they're right behind you, nose to tail, and don't look further back, because you'll see at Cortina, Nick Swift back in front of Ben Colbin, the two Minis, the only ones able to chop and change positions, probably because there's the only ones with space in between them, the other two, much bigger machinery. Yeah, and there's where he's going to be under pressure now, they're going to go through Fordwater, and you can see the tail of the Jaguar just starting to step out, the Minis are fairly stable through there, but the Cortina, behind of Sampson, is having a look round the outside, you're going to be so brave to go round the outside of St Mary's there, not able to do so, and this is where the Minis have the strength over that much heavier Jaguar, they're able to get through that tighter, twistier section of St Mary's, having to close the door now is hard, and he shuts it quite nicely, and then he should, if he gets a nice clean run through, Swift's having a look down the inside of the final part, but I think the Jag, if he doesn't get squeezed out onto the grass, it's going to be a drag race, which the Jag, in theory, should win, Harry. Yeah, it's the corners where the Mini gets the advantage, Nick Swift spotting a Mini-shaped space on the inside of that Mk2, but then just look at how much that Jaguar can find its advantage on the straight, but then the corner comes and the gap starts to close back up, so it's all about opportunity and maximising it here through the final chicane, 2.8 seconds up front, that's just come down actually to 2.2 seconds, Max Chilton still keeping Fred Sheppard honest, Richard Williams in third, just ahead of this gaggle that we're watching here and the red Cortina just coming through at the front of the screen, then comes the Jaguar Mk2 of Chris Hart being chased by the Mini and Nick Swift being chased by the other Mini of Ben Colburn, Nick Samson's just dropped back slightly just to see how this one plays out, but this Jaguar really is proving a bit of a blockade for our two Minis right now. Yeah, and Colburn is desperately waiting to pounce, and I can tell you, I'm going to chuck Samson into that as well, Samson's got a comfortable gap to those behind, again he's looking to go around the outside, won't have the braking capabilities though and the speed to do it, and Colburn gets sideways as well, but look at Swift, a nice run through the first part of St Mary's, he needs to try and go down the inside, but I think that door's going to be fully closed on board with Sheppard, who's in traffic, now how many times have we seen this come into play over the course of the weekend, Harry? At the moment the gap is still around about 2.9, unfortunately Nick, you're not going to win this battle down the straight with the Jag once again, and that's actually allowed Williams to escape a little bit off the road, because these are battling, yeah he's got to hope for some sort of fairly seismic mistake from Chris Hard's Jaguar, because he just falls back every single time does Nick Swift into the clutches of Nick Samson in the red Mini, then comes Nick Samson actually in the Cortina, who was momentarily ahead I think of Ben Colburn, who's now back behind Ben Colburn in the red and orange Mini, then comes Nick Samson in the 1.72 Cortina, and here we go though, this is as close as the Cortina's looked in a little while to getting back through on Ben Colburn with that Mini, just so quick, but have we had a little bit of dust, someone's dipped a tyre into the grass, everyone seems to hold on one in the Jaguar I wonder, because Nick Swift is all over the back, is he going to go three wide here, as Ben Colburn tries to make it so, no, we fall back, line of stern, momentary opportunity there for Nick Swift, but it falls away, yeah I wouldn't be surprised if the Minis are jumping up and down in their seats to just try and get a little bit more momentum down the straight, the gap at the front Harry, it's come down 1.7, traffic paying in a favour to Max Chilton at the moment, as this gaggle, now this could be interesting, they're going to be coming up to these back markers here, and depends where they catch the Jag might be able to capitalise on getting them down this straight, Nick Swift down the inside, he's going to push the Jag onto the grass, oh and is Ben Colburn going to be able to get a run as well, as they catch traffic, has Nick Swift tied this perfectly as well, to get in front of the Jag, and now nip his way through, but the Jaguar is going to bite back, manages to find a gap and through, Chris Hard back again, but no, to touch the brakes a tad earlier, we're going to get a Ford Galaxy in the middle, it's bumper to bumper stuff with contact thrown in, Nick Sampson's Cortina runs out wide, and Chris Hard having to fall behind, both Minis get through, Nick Swift and Nick Sampson, and the Cortina now finding its way, one of the other Jaguars finding a little bit of traffic too, but that all got messy very, very quickly, it certainly did, I think it was Mahmood in the other Ford Galaxy that we have out there, so the Minis need to try and crack on, let's catch a replay, and yet Swift did a great job of going down the inside, slightly forcing Hard onto the grass, and then it's basically pick a side, you can see, he wouldn't of course have kept it, the throttle pinned to the floor, pick a side, there's Mahmood in his Galaxy, and as they went to the braking capabilities of the Minis, slightly better than the heavier Jag, oh and there was, there was contact there, and Sampson kept it pinned, went across the grass, and Ben Colbin snuck down the inside into the final chicane. I think, I think there's trouble with Chris Ward's Jaguar, as we see it survive that melee, but he's pulled off onto the grass, what a shame for Chris Hard, looks to be out of this race, and out of the car, I mean there was definitely contact there, but it didn't look too, too hard, but obviously something untoward going on there, and that unfortunately means Chris Hard is out of this race, Nick Swift released up into fourth, Ben Colbin chasing Nick Sampson still behind those two Minis, frustratingly for him, all of that allowed Richard Williams up the road in the red Cortina, and I just wonder, it was wrong place, wrong time I think, catching Tarek Mahmood, the track so narrow there, and that Galaxy 500 so massive, and slow in the corners, all of that just concocted for a pretty poor recipe. Yeah, it's bitterly disappointing, there is going to be some more traffic though up the road, for our race leader, Fred Sheppard, he's catching up Overington in the number two, dragging Chilton along with him, meanwhile our top three again, still having to filter through the traffic, a wave and a thanks I assume from, from Swift, as the BMW just moves, sorry the Alfa just moves out of the way. In all of that battle, just keeping an eye on things behind the top six, Viriani's Alfa Romeo up into seventh, Darren Turner's Plymouth Barracuda now in eighth, Holmes Alfa, and Tim Crichton in the BMW running well up inside the top ten, only a few BMWs in the field, Tim Crichton the best of them, but out in front then that gap has just tipped over again to plus two and a half seconds between Fred Sheppard and Max Chilton, Ben Culber, and in comes the Ford Lotus Cortina of Richard Williams, who is about 1.9 seconds ahead of the Mini of Nick Swift and then Ben Culber, behind, followed by Nick Sampson, that's the closest battle on track between fifth and sixth. Yeah, so clear now is our race leader, just passing Overington in another one of our Minis, Max Chilton looking to try and clear him as quickly as possible down the inside and still getting the tail out as he goes through, the gap was three seconds, so that's gone up, Max Chilton actually lost that, was a second slower that last time and Fred actually did the fastest lap, even having to pass the Mini, so again you mentioned Harry, it can be luck of where you get the traffic, we've still got seven and a half minutes of the race remaining, I'm pretty sure Max Chilton will be hoping and praying that the rear tyres on that Ford Galaxy will start to take a massive decline and the brakes as well, remember this was part one took part on Friday and it was this car on screen at the moment that won the race with Romain Dumas and actually Max Chilton was sharing the car with his brother Tom Chilton in the Ford Lotus Cortina, which finished down in 14th, so a really good job for Max Chilton to be up there in the top three. Yeah, that gap though has now gone up to four seconds last lap around, Sheppard about a second quicker than Max Chilton, that is Sheppard there making his way through, this is Nick Sampson getting through on Ben Colbert, a change for position for fifth and sixth. Yeah, he's through now, now his next job is to chase down Swift in the Mini in fourth, Williams is up in third and the gap's coming down between Williams and Swift actually for the final podium paying position, one second whereas when they crossed the line it was 1.6, so Swift doing a really good job in the Mini. Oh, and we've got a bit of action further back in the pack, that's the 214, one of the alphas, it's Matthew Holm actually who was inside the top 10 and losing ground as a result, Tim Crichton's gone through and Darren Turner as well, so that is a shame. That's a car that finished fourth in part one, so the 76 of Swift all over the back now of Williams and you can see again the Cortina having a little bit more power than compared to the Mini, able to open up a small gap as they go through Fordwalter, rise over the crest then into the tricky braking zone of St Mary's where I would say we get some of our best shots of the weekend and look at that, Swift getting the Mini sideways as he glides through the first part, plenty of curve on the inside and there's a pure example of how much more nimble the Mini is through St Mary's, there's close that gap and a small lock up from Williams into Lavant. Yeah, this car being shared with Jenson Button in yesterday's St Mary's but that lock up just an invitation for Nick Swift to keep up the pressure. Nick Swift fancies a go of third place here before these five minutes are up. Out in front, the gap stabilizing at four seconds, just a little under that last lap around actually, Chilton finding a couple attempts or is that Sheppard just managing the pace? Then comes this battle here, third and fourth, next closest up on track, Ben Colbert is still behind Nick Sampson, having lost that position a lap ago, still within a second but finding himself out of the final corner, Nick Swift wanted to get all up in the back of Williams' Cortina and this was the Alfa. Yeah, this Alfa had his another off, or is it going to be the same off? No, I think that's another off, isn't it? So going down the inside of one of our Jags, but a nice save that time, at least he didn't do a pirouette this time. Where is he on the road? He's dropped down to 13th now, so he was battling there with Williams. Here we go, a little bit of traffic now, one minute coming up, this could really help Nick Swift out, who's managed to really close that gap through the left-hander, we go as Nick Sampson has to debate how he gets through the traffic, they're both going to manage it, take the high line, lock up again, so to a lock up and Nick Swift who almost loses the rear, manages to control it, side by side, Mini against Cortina, which one's going to have it? The headlights on for the Mini, but in a straight line, will it have the grunts through the left-hand kink? We go, the battle for third and fourth, the moment swinging the way of the Cortina. Yeah, and that was more waving there from Nick Swift, I'm not sure what sign he was being pulled there, but egging Williams on, you can just see again, braking capabilities, is he going to try and brave it down the inside? No, thinks better of it, and they'll swing around the final part of the chicane, and on to another lap, Sheppard out front, still maintaining his pace at the moment, only a couple of tenths shy of his fastest lap a few laps ago, and there's that lock up you mentioned. And nearly, Nick Swift, I think, having a loss of rear, and he wasn't, I don't think he's quite happy there, with that, I'm not sure why. Yeah, I mean, he's entitled to hang it around the outside, is Williams, but still, he just can't shake off the little Mini, popular car, of course, back in the day, still hugely popular now, used to be used by some of the British police forces as well, and I can see why. They look a little different now though. I'd love to see them. A little bit bigger in size these days. Two and a half minutes left on the clock, Tim Crichton has just been overtaken by Darren Turner in the Plymouth Barracuda, Darren Turner up into eighth now, Tim Crichton's BMW down to ninth, Tom Schaaf behind them in another of the BMWs, started 17th, a good race from a couple of the BMWs, which were further down in the order. Gap back up though, to over five seconds between our race leaders, Fred Sheppard leading after 15 laps of running here at the St Mary's Trophy, part two. Oh, Swift, the biggest slide I've seen him have yet through Woodcock Corner, real pushing the limits of the little Mini to try and capitalise on that better section for the Mini compared to the Ford in front, and then of course that gap will open up once again, so I'm expecting we're going to get this lap and one more, by the looks of Fred's just gone through and cut the beam in sector one, as has Max Chilton now, and there's this battle you were just talking about between Turner and Crichton, the Plymouth Barracuda versus one of our BMWs. Barracuda, a real machine that, making its way around in the Team Starfish colours with that Richard Petty association. Rowan Atkinson has previously raced that car at Revival, it's not necessarily the lightest or the most sophisticated thing here, but it is unquestionably one of the loudest. Sure is, it's had a mixture of road racing, club competition and even drag racing back in the day, the Plymouth Barracuda. Can't shake Swift, can he, Williams? Still looming large in the mirrors. We're going to catch a replay, what's this? Who's that? 77. Ian Thompson's Cortina Mark One. Oh, and bumping over the grass as he rejoins. Yeah, nicely gathered back together. A bit of traffic for the third place car, and that could really open up an opportunity. Oh, is the Mini going to try and follow through? It is! Into the chicane, let's see who comes out on top. It is still the Cortina, the Jaguar gets out of the way, they both manage to get through that 500 further back in the pack, and just look at the straight line speed though, that Cortina all the way down towards Magic. Nick Swift losing ground, tucks in behind, as we see our race leader as the clock has counted down to zero. We're on the final lap. Yes, we are, and stunning from start to finish from Fred Sheppard in the Ford Galaxy. We do have thinking about 20 minutes ago that maybe, maybe Chilton was going to close that lap, that gap down, but at the moment as it stands, 6.9 seconds, and you can see Fred in his comfort zone, getting the tail of the Galaxy out, having a bit of a pump, but this battle continues between Williams and Swift. And looking good for not only the victory in the St Mary's part two here, but for overall victory of the St Mary's trophy for Fred Sheppard and Romain Dumas, who took victory yesterday in this Galaxy 500. It is a mean machine, it's loud, it's powerful, and it takes victory here in St Mary's trophy part two, won by Fred Sheppard after 17 laps, over seven seconds between himself and Max Chilton, one and two as they started. Max Chilton crosses the line in his Lotus Cortina in second, and holding on to third spot, just but really being harried out of the final chicane. Richard Williams' Cortina to the line, Nick Swift putting on a show for us, sideways more than he was going in a straight direction. Nick Swift's Mini in fourth, with Nick Sampson winning out the battle against the other Mini of Ben Colbert, fifth and sixth. Brilliant job from our race winner. I have to say from Nick Swift as well as Darren Turner, still under pressure from Crichton, but I think with the power of the Barracuda, he's just about going to hold on from the BMW. That's at eighth and ninth place settled as we wait for Sharp to cross the line in tenth. You can see the Alfa just behind, but well done to everyone. Fantastic job, and Williams just about holding on, as you said, Harry, to that final podium paying position, but that will be an overall.