MGCC Speed Championship

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Castle Combe – June 21

The first of two annual visits to this very friendly circuit in Wiltshire.

Mallory Park – July 1

An opportunity to enjoy this fast and exciting circuit with some very special corners.

Anglesey – August 9

Experience this challenging circuit and splendid views on a day shared with the Lotus 7 Club.

Blyton Park – August 16

Not a traditional racing circuit, but a fun and friendly venue boasting a layout with real character.

Castle Combe – September 8

A second opportunity to enjoy the thrills of this ever-popular track which includes a couple of chicanes and high speed, technical corners!

Donington Park – October 4

A circuit with a long history, this is a firm favourite with all. Includes plenty of changes of elevation and the swooping Craner Curves.

Goodwood – October 25

A second visit in case you missed the first due to popularity!

Brands Hatch ‘Indy’ – December 6 Our season finale; don’t miss the chance

to enjoy this undulating circuit including Paddock Hill Bend!

John Wilman, Beechfield, Fern Bank, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak. SK23 0JJ Tel: 07778 165186 www.mgspeed.net GOODWOOD REPORT

Andrew Till pushing hard in his MG ZR at a previous MGCC Speed Championship event. Photo: David Doolan

It was a beautiful, sunny dry day for the Regis Sprint on Saturday April 17, the second round of this season’s MGCC Speed Championship. Ten Championship contenders formed part of the capacity 99-car entry at the legendary West Sussex circuit, along with a further handful of marque representatives spread out among the event classes. Definite stars of the show were Ben Rolls and John Egan, the latter making his speed event debut, as both achieved maximum 104 point hauls. Ben’s immaculate Healey Sprite won Class 9 with a very impressive 98.28. The car looked totally planted and carried real speed through the chicane onto the start/finish straight. John Egan’s 1800cc K series-engined Midget took a massive 13 seconds from the Championship Target Time with the same level of improvement from first practice to final competitive run and netted a class win in the Sports Libre up to 1800cc division. Not bad for a first ever event! The other MG class winner on the day was Andrew Till with his ZR105, who beat a Mazda MX5 and Lotus Cortina to take Class 3 honours. Andrew couldn’t match his personal best at the venue, though, so had to be content with 99.06 points.

Another high scorer was Alan Fairbrother, taking his white MG3 round in a best of 122.51 to bag 103.72 points on his way to 3rd in Class 1. Jamie Stevens’ blue ZR160 was absolutely gleaming due to a recent respray after an off at Abingdon towards the end of last season. It was Jamie’s first time at this very fast circuit and he also gained confidence and speed through the day, matching John Egan with a 13 second improvement from morning practice, finishing 3rd in class 2 with a best time of 112.23, which wasn’t quite good enough to catch Alex Smith’s MG6 which took the class win from a Toyota GT86.

Richard Farrow and Phil Thompson shared their MGB in Class 4, Richard coming out on top of the pair’s personal battle with a best of 113.16 against Phil’s 118.66. Howard Harman’s British Racing Green TC gave a good account of itself against much more modern machinery in Class 1 and Paul Bernal-Ryan’s Modsports Midget only completed two timed runs.

Most unfortunate Championship runner was Neil Walmsley who retired after practice with a fuel feed problem on his Midget. However, worse was in store for Club member Harry Rice who lost control of his Midget, exiting the chicane on his final run and hit the pit wall hard on the passenger side. His second run had been good enough for 3rd behind Ben Rolls and a Davrian in the up to 1400cc Modsports class. Charlotte Dawson also competed in a Midget in this class and Andy Porter ran his ZR160 in Class 10.

Some very good performances from MG competitors on a great day of motorsport. The FTD contest between the quickest single-seaters was pretty tight as well, with Stephen Miles taking the prize in his Van Diemen with a 75.70, just 0.06 ahead of Steve Broughton’s Dallara.