Pedal car to be won at Goodwood
Austin Pedal Cars will bring a “very special” 1955 Austin J40 pedal car to the Goodwood Revival, giving one lucky child “the opportunity of a lifetime.” The company will offer a chance to compete in the Settrington Cup race at the 2025 Revival, the “most famous pedal car race in the world,” competing for an “important part of pedal car racing history.” Family tickets for four for the Revival weekend will also be included in the price.
In 1955, Ted French, a young racer won the very first Austin Pedal Cars Junior Grand Prix at Silverstone. The prize was his very own Austin J40 pedal car which his father worked to ensure his son could enjoy for the rest of his childhood. Ted would keep and cherish it for 70 years, keeping its original race number and battle scars from a “well-used and well-loved life.”
Whilst writing their award winning book about the history of the J40, the Austin team learned more about Ted, meeting him to conduct an interview for the book and to take photographs of his wonderful J40. It was then they realised that 2025 will mark 70 years since his victory, and it was agreed the J40 he won as a prize back in 1955, had to be raced to mark this special anniversary.
Now, 70 years after it was awarded as a prize during the first J40 pedal car race, the car will compete at the largest and most famous J40 race in the world – The Settrington Cup at Goodwood. While the little Austin will be fully prepared by Austin Pedal Cars to make it ready to race, it will retain its patinated bodywork to honour its place in classic pedal car history.
The winning prize includes four weekend tickets for the 2025 Goodwood Revival, a race in the Ted French car in the Saturday and Sunday heats of the Settrington Cup, and a host of Austin J40 merchandise. The winning family will also enjoy a familiarisation pedal with the car at Goodwood Motor Circuit ahead of the Revival event.
For more information on this amazing competition click here. Read more about Ted French here.
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