Graham Goode

Graham Goode
Nationality	British
Born	(1949-02-24) 24 February 1949 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active	1980–1985, 1987–1990
Teams	Graham Goode Racing
Starts	92
Wins	0 (9 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	9
Best finish	7th in 1984
Championship titles
1985	British Saloon Car Championship - Class B

Graham Derek Goode (born 24 February 1949) is a British former racing driver and car tuning specialist.

Goode worked as an engineer for Broadspeed alongside his contemporary Andy Rouse, before he won the Forward Trust Saloon Car Championship in a self built Ford Anglia in 1974. He founded his own preparation company, Graham Goode Performance Centre in 1976, specialising in Ford vehicles.

BTCC career

After winning several championships in national motorsport, Goode moved up to the British Saloon Car Championship in 1984 driving his own company's Nissan Bluebird. Results came quickly, with several wins scored and a 3rd place in class in his first season. The following season saw another competitive showing. Taking advantage of his relationship with Ford, Goode was one of the first drivers to race the Ford Sierra RS500 in 1987, in fact taking the type's first ever victory. Goode continued his relationship with the RS500 in the following seasons, building his own cars independently to race in the series. He expanded and ran his team with Listerine sponsorship and took on Sean Walker and Mike Newman as drivers alongside himself. While the team's results were solid, Goode could not repeat his earlier good form. Ford were not investing in any one team and without sufficient funds, results were hard to come by.

Following the switch from the class system to the super touring regulations in 1991, Goode ran the car for Andy Middlehurst, and despite having very little money, managed to have a competitive season. Goode left the BTCC and began racing in the far east, winning races in Malaysia.

Graham Goode Performance Centre

Today, Goode continues to run his car preparation business, based in Leicestershire. Employing 25 people, the company offers performance parts, tuning and restoration of Ford, Subaru and Mitsubishi vehicles.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1980	Kamasa Tools	Ford Capri III 3.0s	D	MAL 5†	OUL 4†	THR Ret	SIL 5	SIL Ret	BRH ?	MAL	BRH Ret	THR DNS	SIL 12				27th	8	7th
1981	Bestmoor Silencers	Ford Capri III 3.0s	D	MAL 7†	SIL	OUL 10†	THR 8	BRH	SIL ?	SIL 9	DON 9†	BRH	THR	SIL Ret			41st	1	14th
1982	Graham Goode Racing	Ford Capri III 3.0s	D	SIL	MAL 6†	OUL	THR	THR 6	SIL 7	DON Ret	BRH	DON 4	BRH	SIL Ret			31st	5	9th
1983	Graham Goode Racing	Ford Capri III 3.0s	A	SIL Ret	OUL	THR	BRH	THR 5	SIL	DON Ret	SIL Ret	DON	BRH	SIL			26th	3	13th
1984	Graham Goode Racing	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	B	DON 18	SIL 14	OUL 12	THR 13	THR Ret	SIL 11	SNE Ret	BRH Ret	BRH 7	DON 6	SIL DSQ			7th	40	3rd
1985	Graham Goode Racing	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	B	SIL 4	OUL 3	THR Ret	DON 5	THR 6	SIL DSQ	DON 3	SIL DSQ	SNE 6	BRH 6	BRH	SIL		10th	37‡	1st
1987	Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	A	SIL 5	OUL 2	THR 2	THR Ret	SIL 3	SIL 4	BRH 15	SNE 5						9th	34	4th
		Ford Sierra RS500										DON 2	OUL Ret	DON	SIL
1988	Listerine-Texaco Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	SIL Ret	OUL Ret	THR 11	DON Ret	THR 7	SIL 7	SIL 9	BRH 13	SNE 5	BRH 6	BIR C	DON 5	SIL Ret	39th	5	14th
1989	Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL Ret	SIL 4	THR DNS	DON DNQ	THR 10	SIL Ret	SIL 6	BRH Ret	SNE 11	BRH 6	BIR 9	DON 6	SIL Ret	35th	6	12th
1990	Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL Ret	DON 5	THR 6	SIL Ret	OUL 7	SIL 5	BRH Ret	SNE 5	BRH 6	BIR Ret	DON 4	THR 4	SIL 3	11th	72	6th
Source:

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Docked 20 points for technical infringements.