In a matter of days, the most expensive motor race ever will take place at the Goodwood Revival. The 20th anniversary of the classic car event will play host to the annual Kinrara Trophy. The event will play host to 30 pre-1963 GT cars, with a combined value approaching R3,7bn. Yep, you read that correctly, three point seven BILLIYON rand.

Incredibly, the total value of cars across the entire Goodwood Revival, there will be in excess of R10bn. Most of these will race in one of the 15 scheduled races that weekend.

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No parade

The Kinrara Trophy is restricted to closed-cockpit GT cars, with an engine size of three litres or more, that before 1963. In the field, there will be ten Ferrari 250 GT SWBs, including the unique ‘Breadvan’, alongside a pair of GTOs, including a very rare 330 GTO. The red cars will compete against four Aston Martin DB4 GTs and a phalanx of Jaguar E-types, plus two AC Cobras and a Maserati 3500 GT.

The event will take will assemble on the Goodwood Motor Circuit on the evening of Friday 7 September. The assembled grid will race for 60 minutes, through sunset and into dusk.

Click here to see video highlights of the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed.

In his words

The Duke of Richmond said, “It is fitting that as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Revival, we have put together the most valuable Kinrara Trophy grid ever. As a bo,y I watched these cars race at Goodwood when they were new and could not have imagined how valuable cars like the Ferrari 250 GT SWB would be today. This year we have ten of them in the Kinrara Trophy, and that’s only a third of the grid. Most would expect to find cars of this value locked away in a garage or museum. But at the Revival you will find them racing into the dusk, headlights blazing, and brake discs glowing as they roar around one of the fastest and most demanding circuits in the UK. It is a thrilling and unforgettable experience for spectators, and a nerve-tingling one for the owners and drivers.”