RACE TORQUE
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by Mark Baulch
ith summer well on the way and positive news in good supply, I thought that I would start this month by introducing the newest member of the MG racing family! Born to proud parents Kayleigh Powell and Josh Nicholls, baby MG Trophy Championship driver (pictured) already has a good number of racing laps on her clock, having been ‘on board’ at Snetterton last year! In more good news, we will have welcomed spectators to our Oulton
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Park meeting in May and now know that people will be able to attend our Silverstone event on June 12-13. This will include an opportunity to drive your MG on the hallowed tarmac, including the Sir Lewis Hamilton straight, which has also seen many fellow Members chauffeur the F1 drivers around a couple of years ago. Details of how to book for this will be on the Club website, and for spectator tickets see silverstone.co.uk With barely time to catch our breath, we then move on to Donington Park
on July 17-18, with a programme that includes all of our MG Championships, guest appearances from Morgan and the wonderful pre-War Triple Ms and more entertainment from Equipe Classic Racing. The latter will host the three-hour relay once again this year, which always attracts an amazing array of cars, which we now expect that you will be able to come and watch. 2020 saw 40 teams take part! We are also starting to put together an exciting show from the Motorsport family at the MG and Triumph day in August. This will mean that you will have a chance to see cars from all of our MG Championships, as well as having an opportunity to speak to some of the drivers. Many of our amazing organising team will be there, too, so please do come along and chat to us about ways in which you can be involved with this side of the Club in the future. The racing year then reaches its climax in September, as we head to Snetterton for the 2021 finale. Many of the Championships often go ‘down to the wire’, so a trip to the East Anglia circuit is definitely encouraged. I hope that this snapshot of the year and all of the good news that it contains may encourage you to find out more about the racing side of the Club and that we will see you in the paddock or at an exhibition soon. JUNE 2021 SAFETY FAST! 71
