Graham Goode Racing History

Racing History - Company Details - Performance Centre

After an exacting upbringing at Broadspeed Engineering, building internationally successful racing saloons, Graham Goode constructed and raced his first two Cosworth-powered Fords. Amazing success in British special saloon car championships, and a rapid expansion of his business to cope with the demands for his expertise as a racing car constructor, led to his involvement with the now legendary Ford Sierra Cosworth for the 1987 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).

In August 1987 Graham scored the first ever win for the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500. In the following two years, more cars were built and run from Graham Goode Racing's Leicester premises. In 1988, GGR ran a second BTCC RS500 for Mike Newman and prepared many customer cars for other championships, again with many successes.

Graham's expanding company ran no fewer than three RS500s for the 1989 season, for himself, Mike Newman and Sean Walker. The Sean Walker GGR RS500 was driven by, none other than, 1996 World Formula One Champion, Damon Hill - who was then a Touring Car debutante. More successes followed in 1990, the final year for the turbocharged RS500. And in 1991 a normally aspirated GGR Sierra Cosworth, driven by privateer Andy Middlehurst, finished well ahead of the official works-supported Ford Sapphire Cosworth!

From 1992, when Graham accepted an invitation to race an RS500 in Malaysian Touring Car races, and rounds of the South East Asian Touring Car Championship, another very successful chapter in the Company's history began. In the following three seasons, Graham won every Touring Car race he entered - except one, where he finished second - competing against the likes of Nissan Skyline GTRs, DTM specification BMW M3s and Mercedes 190s.
More...