Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017: best of the hillclimb

CHEVROLET LUMINA - Ernie Irvan won 15 NASCAR Winston Cup races in his long career, including the biggest of them all: the Daytona 500. This V8-engined Lumina was the car he used to clinch that win

CHAPARRAL 2E - The Chaparral sports car only scored a single win in Can-Am, but the side radiators and massive rear wing made it a hugely influential and distinctive design

FERRARI 488 CHALLENGE - Taking part as part of the Ferrari 70th anniversary celebration, this machine runs in the Scuderia's long-established one-make series

FERRARI 512 BB - Four examples of this Ferrari sports car competed in the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans, but none of them reached the finish. It still looks great, though

DALLENBACH PVA SPECIAL - This 900bhp bewinged beast was created to tackle the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. It has set an open-wheel record on that course, and was also the fastest thing up the Goodwood hill at the 2007 Festival

DALLENBACH PVA SPECIAL - The car was driven by Paul Dallenbach at Goodwood - his brother Wally Jr and nephew Wyatt have both also driven it at Pikes Peak

FORD MUSTANG GT4 - Based on the successful Mustang GT350 racer, the Mustang GT4 had its public debut at Goodwood. It was driven by Billy Johnson, who did much of the development work - he also worked on the Ford GT road and race cars

HILLCLIMB VARIETY - A NASCAR stock car, a hillclimb Hepworth and a Group B Ford RS200. Yep, there's an eclectic mix of machinery at Goodwood

ALFA ROMEO 155 V6 TI - Alfa Romeo dominated the 1993 DTM German touring car series with this 2.5-litre V6-engined 400bhp racer. It won 13 out of 20 races, with Nicola Larini claiming the title

ALFA ROMEO 155 V6 TI - 1993 was Alfa's first season in the DTM, and it turned out pretty nicely. Larini won a record 11 wins on his way to the crown

PORSCHE 935 - The later 935/78 variety of the Porsche sports car earned the nickname Moby Dick because of the elongated 'whale tail'

LORRAINE-DIETRICH VIEUX CHARLES III - This is the only survivor of four cars made by Lorraine-Dietrich for the 1912 French Grand Prix

BALLOT 3/8 LC - This machine, built by innovative French constructor Ballot, dates from 1920 and features a 3.0-litre straight-eight engine

PORSCHE 919 HYBRID - As is tradition, the winning car from the recent 24 Hours of Le Mans appeared at Goodwood. And, as is also tradition, nobody bothered to clean it first

PORSCHE 919 HYBRID - Actually, manufacturers who win Le Mans go to great lengths to ensure the La Sarthe muck stays on the car after the event, which is something we applaud

TYRE MARBLES - There were plenty of worn bits of tyre to be found at Goodwood. The Festival is not kind on tyres

JAGUAR D-TYPE - This Ecurie Ecosse D-Type 'long nose' won Le Mans in 1957. The passenger in this pic wasn't alive in 1957, but clearly isn't too young to appreciate a stunning car

KNOPP-MANN SPECIAL - People build all sorts of crazy things to use in the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. This 2012 machine is based on a 1958 Lister-Jaguar chassis, heavily modified to weigh just 1040kg, and fitted with a 700hp Chevrolet V8 engine

FERRARI 333SP - A privateer car developed with Dallara, this machine brought Ferrari back into sports car prototypes after a long break

MCLAREN-CHEVROLET M8D - This car dominated Can-Am in 1970, winning nine out of 10 races. That showed the resolve of the team, as sadly founder Bruce McLaren died in a crash while testing the M8D

PORSCHE 917/30 - Another Can-Am beast, the 917/30 produced 1500bhp on full boost, with Mark Donohue using it to dominate the category in 1973

FORD SIERRA COSWORTH RS500 - Ford dominated Group A of the BTCC for much of the 1980s, with this 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, turbocharged machine cleaning up in the 1988 season. Andy Rouse won that year's title

BMW M3 E30 - Driven by former BMW works driver Roberto Ravaglia at Goodwood, this car was built for the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. The M3 won numerous tin-top titles during its career, including the BTCC in 1991

FERRARI 488 GT3 - Ferrari's current GTE-class contender attended Goodwood as part of the brand's 70th anniversary celebrations

MCLAREN 650S GT3 - McLaren's latest GT racer was also in action on the hill

ASTON MARTIN VULCAN AMR PRO - Okay, technically this isn't a racing car: it's a heavily upgraded version of a track-only supercar. Which, in our view, pretty much makes it a racing car. Besides, it looks awesome

FERRARI FXX EVO - Another track-only supercar is the Ferrari FXX Evo. Again, it's practically a racing car

ALFA ROMEO 33/2 LE MANS - An updated version of the Tipo 33, this stunning car was powered by a 2-litre V8. Although the engine was later enlarged to 2.5-litres. And then 3.0-litres.

FORD GT40 - The new Ford GT caused a stir at the Festival this year. The original isn't bad looking either

FERRARI 488 GT3 - The AF Corse-run Ferrari is a top contender in the World Endurance Championship's GTE Pro division

FERRARI 512 BB - The 512 BB was based on Ferrari's mid-engined racing car. This pic is also notable for having two yellow Ferraris in it

MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS - The DTM German touring car series was revived in 2000, and the cars were still high-tech marvels. Mercedes' effort was powered by a V8 engine

MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS - The Mercedes rushes past Goodwood's flint wall

ALFA ROMEO 166 V6 TI - The Alfa's 11,500rpm engine still sounds glorious on full song

MCLAREN-CHEVROLET M8F - Peter Revson claimed McLaren's fifth and final Can-Am title driving this car in 1971. It had a 700hp engine and produced around 1.5 tonnes of downforce

ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE - This car won the GTE Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was brought straight to Goodwood so the team could celebrate with their home fans

JAGUAR XJR-6 - The celebration of Jaguar endurance racers featured this Silverstone 1000km winner. Based on the American XJR-5 programme, TWR was called in to create this Group C machine

PORSCHE 917/30 - The Can-Am sportscar championship is revered among motorsport fans, largely because the 'loose' rulebook led to some truly amazing monster machines

SUBARU WRX STI - This Prodrive-built WRX STI is effectively a modern version of a World Rally Car, albeit one that produces 600hp. It's the machine Mark Higgins used to set a new car lap record on the Isle of Man TT course. That terrifies us, just thinking about it

JAGUAR XJR-12D - Festival regular Justin Law won the Sunday Shootout timed event in this classic Jaguar racer

BRM-CHEVROLET P154 - Another crazy Can-Am creation. This Tony Southgate-designed car was powered by a 760hp Chevrolet V8

LEXUS RC-F GT3 - This car is used in the American IMSA Sportscar Championship. Examples also compete in GT3 series around the world

KNOOP-MANN SPECIAL - This car originally ran at Pikes Peak in the Exhibition Class, before being modified and entered in the Unlimited Class. And yes, that class is pretty much as scary as the name suggests

AUDI S4 GTO - This mighty machine was built to race in the South African Westbank Modified Race Series. It was based on Audi's IMSA machines and produced around 720hp

JAGUAR D-TYPE - This Jaguar is painted in a stylish blue, rather than British Racing Green, reflecting the fact it was run by the Ecurie Ecosse team. The Scottish squad took victory at Le Mans in 1957

FORD RS200 - Father-and-son rallycross stars Pat and Liam Doran drove a pair of RS200s at Goodwood. One was a rallycross machine; this one was converted for use on Pikes Peak. It has a 925bhp engine capable of propelling it from 0-60mph in 1.7sec. Crikey

ARRINERA HUSSARYA GT3 - There aren't many Polish-built racing cars. Arrinera is hoping to change that with this GT3 model

JAGUAR XJ220 - This car was used by David Coulthard, David Brabham and John Nielsen to win the GT class at Le Mans in 1993. Well, for a month or so: it was eventually disqualified from the event under a technicality relating to the catalytic converter. Jaguar appealed the decision and won - but wasn't reinstated because it hadn't done so in time