The Lavant Cup was a
motor race held in the spring at
Goodwood, England from 1949 to 1966. Over the years it was variously run for
Formula 2
Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009–2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name r ...
,
Formula 1 and, finally,
Sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing i ...
classes, with the latter counting towards the
British Sports Car Championship. The trophy is named for the near-by parish and villages of
Lavant Lavant may refer to:
*Lavant, Tyrol, Austria, a municipality
*Lavant, West Sussex, a civil parish
** Lavant railway station
**Lavant (ward)
*River Lavant, West Sussex, the winterbourne after which the village is named
*Lavant (river), Carinthia, Au ...
, which also give their name to the Lavant Straight on the circuit itself.
In recent years the race has been revived as a historic racing event, forming a part of the Goodwood SpeedWeek meeting.
Winners
References
{{reflist
Sport in West Sussex