Thruxton, July 30th, saw round 5 of the MGCC Thoroughbred Sportscar Championship sponsored by Motoring Classics. Russell McCarthy in his MGA (2) finished just ahead of his brother, Spencer, in his MGB GT V8 (92).
Our own John Yea, driving his Heritage MGB (35), finished 3rd in class B.

Later in the afternoon, there was a 40 minute ‘pitstop’ race for 1950-1965 classic sports cars which was wone by Ian Cox in a Marcos (68). John came home top of the MGB’s so two awards in one day for the Heritage car and driver.

We took the Midget to a glorious two days hill climbing at Prescott for the early May bank holiday. It was the first time out this year with the rebuilt competition engine and, with the new suspension setup, the first practice runs showed up the need to stiffen up the rear dampers.

Both John Yea and I were driving and we had handicap target times of 53 and 56.5 seconds respectively (he’s a much better driver than me!).  Our fastest timed runs were 54.45 and 56.36 which quite pleased me if not John.

The verdict on the suspension is that parabolic rear springs work well on a Midget but do need to be used with adjustable shock absorbers to get the setup just right.



Dave Savidge May 3rd 2011

In addition to competing in the ‘Motoring Classics Thoroughbred Sportscar’ race at Brands Hatch this weekend, John Yea also entered the two ‘Equipe GTS’ half hour races. All went quite well in Saturday’s race, but, at half distance in the Sunday race John lost it ‘big time’ at Paddock Hill bend while passing Nick Crewdson’s MGB. Fortunately, no damage was done and the Heritage MGB, with its new engine and gearbox, should provide us with plenty more entertainment (I mean good racing) during the 2011 season.

Dave Savidge April 11 2011

It was a beautiful sunny weekend for the first race of 2011 in our own ‘Motoring Classics Thoroughbred Sportscar Championship’, hosted at Brands Hatch by the MG Car Club.  Here’s John Yea, in his Heritage MGB (35), coming up Hailwood Hill under the Bridge for the first time.

Jerry Knight held the lead for most of the 30 minute race in his immaculate Jaguar D-Type Replica (58) only to go off into the gravel, towards the end of the race, letting Jon Ellison through to be the eventual winner in his yellow TR6 (67). 

Go to http://www.thoroughbredsportscars.net for full race reports on the race series.

Dave Savidge April 11 2011