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Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 2 highlights

A race split in two parts with two riders for each makes the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy one of the hardest races to predict over the Goodwood Revival weekend. There are just so many variables, and that’s before you throw in the traditional Le Mans style start that sees riders sprinting to their machines before heading to the first corner. With riders from circuit and road-racing backgrounds, there’s also plenty of talent on these bikes, which date back almost 100 years in the case of the oldest BMW. With the results from both races aggregated for an overall podium, a strong performance in Part 2 was vital for all pairs, but who came out on top…?

Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Part 1 highlights

Part 1 of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy delivered drama from the opening seconds, with the spectacle of the Le Mans-style start. The race proved to be a war of attrition; reliability issues and sudden engine troubles struck multiple heavy hitters right from start, forcing key contenders into early retirements and shaking up the field before they reached the first corner.

Despite the mechanical carnage, the afternoon served up breath-taking masterclasses in racing. The front-runners staged a dominant breakaway, while further down the pack, heroic charges from the back of the grid kept the crowds on the edge of their seats.In a gruelling test of man and machine, only a fraction of the field managed to survive the punishing battle to see the chequered flag.

Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy Official Practice

Most of the races at the Goodwood Revival involve cars, as you will no doubt have noticed. But several times throughout the weekend there’s a unique soundtrack filling the air of the Motor Circuit, one that only two-wheeled machines can produce. We’re talking, of course, about the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy. 

Official Practice for the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy got underway with the usual cacophony, as 30 bikes headed out to build up some pace and start pushing for a top grid position. For a while it was the 1948 Vincent Rapide of Beau Beaton and Jeremy McWilliams in the number one spot, but Tom Booth-Amos and Ben Kingham on their Vincent Black Shadow managed to snatch provisional pole away with ten minutes to go.

Their time of 1:28.943 was good enough to keep them at the top, despite coming into the pits and failing to return to the circuit while others pushed hard to reduce the deficit. 

A small incident for the 1953 Norton Manx Longstroke of Sebastian Perez and Sebastian Perez Jnr. saw the bike pushed off to the side of the track by marshals, while the aforementioned Vincent of Beaton and McWilliams also pulled off the track with mechanical issues. 

Photography by Joe Harding.

Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy grid (top 10)

When is the 2026 Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy?

Celebrating a legend as remarkable as Barry Sheene would be impossible to squeeze into a single day, so you can enjoy motorcycle action across all three days of the event. Bikes will first hit the track for Official Practice at 12:10 ahead of Part 1 of the race at 12:50 on Saturday. Part 2 will follow on Sunday at 09:35, kicking off the final day of racing action in thrilling style.

Who is competing in the 2026 Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy?

There’s no shortage of talent in this year’s Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, with the likes of World Superbike and Isle of Man TT riders among the entry list. Davey Todd, John McGuiness, Troy Bayliss, Andy Hornby and Ian Hutchinson are amongst some of the racing royalty set to grace the Goodwood Revival in 2026. We can’t wait to see these racers take to the historic straights of the circuit and see the side-by-side action we all know and love. 

Which bikes will be in the 2026 Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy? 

With Sheene’s last race of his career coming at the Goodwood Revival in 2002 on a Norton Manx, it would be a crime for these marques to not feature in the race — good thing we have an abundance of them ready to race. Alongside these winning machines, a featured bike that’s rarer still is the 1954 Royal Enfield Meteor, with only one in the 30-bike grid, alongside the Matchless’ and Triumphs populating the line-up.

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