MG Car Club
MGLive! to welcome the Masters
The MG Car Club is thrilled to announce the Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars will be racing at MGLive! alongside the Club’s championships at the biggest MG party in the world at Silverstone circuit on Saturday 17 & Sunday 18th June.
Racing at the home of British motorsport on Sunday 18th June, the Masters will provide an incredible experience for spectators at MGLive! thanks to an outstanding line-up of cars.
Like all of the races across the weekend, the Masters won’t be racing on Silverstone’s National Circuit. MGLive! is one of only a handful of events that uses the Grand Prix circuit, making it even more special for the Masters when they visit in June.
Broken down into several classes, visitors will get the chance to see BMW 2002s, Alfa Romeos, Lotus Cortinas, Ford Falcons and Mustangs battling it out against the ever competitive Mini Coopers.
All of the Club’s seven championships will also be in attendance with some iconic MGs on show. MGBs, MG T Types and more modern MGFs and MG ZRs are just a few of the cars that spectators can expect to see across the weekend.
Race Competitions Secretary John Hutchison commented: “Having Masters join us at MGLive! this year is a real coup and we’re delighted to welcome them.”
“We truly believe the Masters offer something completely different for motorsport fans of all ages. From brutish V8 Fords to classic Minis, visitors should enjoy an eclectic grid of cars that will provide some very exciting racing that will keep them on the edge of their seats,” Hutchison added.
MGLive! is just one of six venues the Masters will be attending in 2017, racing across Europe at destinations such as the Espiritu de Montjuic in Spain, Spa in Belgium and Zandvoort in Holland. For more information on the Masters you can visit their website by going to www.mastershistoricracing.com.
If you would like to find out more about MGLive! please visit www.mglive.com, and for information on MG Car Club racing go to visit www.mgcc.co.uk/motorsport.
It’s almost race time!
It’s now just one month until the start of the MG Car Club’s 2017 race season, which begins on Sunday 9th April at Donington Park.
MG Car Club racing sees MGs of all ages from T-types to modern ZRs racing around circuits located across the country. Racers with various experience levels are welcome, and in 2017 the Club will continue to support the next generation.
Half price entry fees have been extended to young drivers up to the age of 25, who can now age can kick-start their motorsport career and follow in the footsteps of the likes of former MG Trophy star, Jack Goff, who now races in the BTCC.
After opening the season at Donington Park, the Club will move onto Brands Hatch on the 29th and 30th April, before heading to Silverstone for MGLive! on the 17th & 18th June.
At MGLive! the Club’s championships will be joined by various high profile guest series’ – all of which will be revealed shortly.
Cadwell Park will be the next venue on the 22nd July before Oulton Park on the 2nd September. Snetterton will once again be drawing the season to a close on 30th September & 1st October, and will also be incorporating the British Motor Heritage Relay Race. This is open to all classic motoring marques, and entries can now be made for this popular end of season relay, which enters its 13th year.
Race Competitions Secretary John Hutchison said: “The 2017 race season is almost upon us, and we’re working hard to build on the success we achieved last year.
“The Club prides itself on being a competitive package for racers of varying levels of experience, and with a multitude of cars to choose from, it offers something we feel is very unique in Club motorsport.”
For more information on the Club’s race meetings and championships, please visit www.mgcc.co.uk/motorsport.
Trophy renew Millers Oils partnership
From left to right: Dominic Trowman (Marketing Assistant, Millers Oils), Naomi Palmer (Product Manager, Millers Oils), Pete Macwaters (MG Trophy Championship Co-ordinator).
The MG Trophy Championship has renewed its association with Millers Oils who will once again sponsor the ‘Driver of the Race’ awards at each of the 12 championship rounds in 2017.
Trophy co-ordinator Pete Macwaters said: “The Driver of the Race awards at our MG Car Club meetings are decided by the race commentators after each race and the chosen driver is awarded additional goodies on top of the usual club trophies.
“We are therefore very pleased to be continuing our relationship with Millers Oils for another year.”
Following the deal agreed with Millers Oils, Motorsport Product Manager Naomi Palmer announced that the company will donate five litres of race oil to each nominated driver.
Palmer said: “We were the first to bring the low friction benefits of nanotechnology to engine oil in the UK and our CFS 5w40 NT+ is one of our range of Motorsport oils that have been reformulated and upgraded for 2017.”
Macwaters believes that the extra incentive with push drivers even further in the 2017 season.
“This represents a considerable incentive to drivers to race hard but fair and with so many cars on the grid in 2017 this will be a well-earned bonus,” Macwaters concluded.
Fancy racing against the clock at Silverstone?
We are delighted to announce that the annual MGLive! Sprint is once again returning to Silverstone and that entries are now open! It will be held on the Stowe Circuit on Sunday 18th June and regulations and the entry form can be downloaded here.
For those that aren’t too familiar with Sprints, they consist of cars running against the clock. Each driver lines up at the start line near the pit exit and when given the green light starts a run, which consists of nearly two laps of the circuit. The car cuts the finish beam, a time is recorded, and the run ends up back in the pit lane.
Qualifying begins at 9am, followed by timed runs which count for awards. The cars are split into classes based on engine size and the amount of modification from standard. Our free Classic Bus service stops at The Stowe Circuit, so why not travel down to spectate for a while?
For more information please contact the organiser, David Rainsbury. He can be reached by phoning 01614 274861 or emailing david@rainsbury.com
Entries are available to download here.
20th anniversary of the MGF Cup
2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the MGF Cup and plans are being put in place to celebrate the landmark by running an MGF/TF race next season.
The MGF was launched in 1995, but it wasn’t until 1997 that the British Racing Drivers Club and the MG Car Club jointly announced two new race championships for the 1998 season. The BRDC’s ‘MGF Cup’ supported the British Formula 3 and British GT race meetings, together with the British Grand Prix in 1998 and 1999. Warren Hughes won the 1999 MGF Cup and went on to race for MG in the British Touring Car Championship and at Le Mans in EX264. The MGCC’s ‘Abingdon Trophy’ focused on the Club competitor, allowing them to convert their road car into a competition vehicle. Drivers competed in a combination of races, sprints and hill climbs. In 2001, the two championships merged to form the MGF Challenge, eventually becoming the today’s MG Trophy.
David Coulthard, who owns one of the original MGF Cup cars, is coordinating an information-gathering exercise. He has asked that any MGF and TF race car owners who would like to express an interest in a race, please contact him at CoulthardD@aol.com or call him on 07831 676027 (evenings please). A period history in either the MGF Cup or Abingdon Trophy is not required.