Goodwood Revival

Gerry Marshall Trophy One of the most popular races of the weekend, the Gerry Marshall Trophy saw Ford Capris, Chevrolet Camaros and Rover SD1s battle with the 1275 GT Minis creating the great David V Goliath battles. At the wheel of the Jon Mowatt 1275 GT was Nick...

Swiftune had another incredibly busy weekend at the 2015 Goodwood Revival, running 4 Mini’s throughout the weekend. The St Mary’s Trophy featured a wide array of BTCC, F1, Le Man and rally stars including twice BTCC Champion Jason Plato who partnered TV Chef James...

Swiftune returned to the Goodwood Members Meeting with the incredibly popular 1275 GT Longman Mini driven by Nick Swift and 2013 BTCC champion Andrew Jordan. To on-lookers surprise the Mini was up amongst the 3.0 litre Ford Capris, 3.5 litre Rover SD1s and 5.7 litre...

Goodwood hosted 71 Members Meetings in the 50’s and 60’s and the 72nd meeting made a return 40 years later, in March 2014. Swiftune built a replica of the Richard Longman 1275 GT Mini specifically for the Gerry Marshall race in record time after being asked in...

Nick Swift renewed his successful partnership with four time Le Mans class winner Oliver Gavin, the pair campaigning the beautiful Willow Green Swiftune Works Cooper 'S'. They were joined in the team by rally legend Rauno Aaltonen and Jason Stanley in Jason's Swiftune...

On his first visit to the fast sweeping Goodwood circuit Jack Woodhouse put his Lola on the front of the grid with an impressive 1 min 30.87 sec -fastest lap ever for this category of Juniors- just at the end of the session. However the A Series-engined 1959 Elva 100...

Third place overall in the St Mary's Trophy race was a remarkable result for Swift and Aston Martin works driver Darren Turner who had a race-long dice with Anthony Reid's Jaguar MkII and Le Mans-winning Tom Kristensen's Lotus Cortina in race one on Saturday. He was...

A race for small British sports cars made its debut at the 2010 Revival and Nick Swift was there to secure the winners laurel. Driving Stefan Wray's unique Mini-based DART Nick took a strong victory in the Fordwater Trophy beating a Mini Gem and quick Lenham Midget....

Lord March decided the best way to celebrate the Mini's 50th anniversary was to run the St Mary Trophy for Mini Cooper Ss only, and has now gone down as the most iconic Mini race to date. Months of determined work by Nick Swift and his team was rewarded when Nick and...

Legendary rally driver Rauno Aaltonen joined Jason Stanley in his familiar Cooper S that Swiftune have settled for a number of years. Aaltonen showed he has lost none of his class and skill and at the end of the race said to Nick, “That is probably the best Mini I...

This year saw the Swiftune crew at their second Goodwood Revival looking after Jason Stanley driving with Barrie Williams who was still close to the front of the pack in the 2009 event.

Giant killing is what the remarkable Mini is known for and at the 2003 Revival Norman Grimshaw drove brilliantly to put his Mini Cooper S on pole position. Imagine being surrounded by mighty V8 Falcons, Mustangs and Galaxies when the starter's flag drops! The little...