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Record
breaking level of entries for the FIA MGB race at MGLive!
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Posted: 120531
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MGB50
Celebration race
A record breaking 58 FIA MGBs will compete in the
Official MGB50 Celebration race at MGLive! on Saturday
23rd June 2012 at Silverstone. The Silverstone meeting
this year will be MG Car Club’s 62nd successive
meeting at the circuit and has |
attracted
a mouth-watering grid of the World’s best MGBs.
The race will be on the full GP circuit.
Supported by British Motor Heritage, the prestigious
50 minute race is for FIA spec MGBs running on Dunlop
Historic Tyres and includes a mandatory pit stop.
Notable cars competing in the MGLive! MGB50 celebration
race include the ex works cars 6 DBL, BRX 854 B,
DRX 256 C, DRX 255 C, 2 GLL and LBL 591 E along
with other historic period MGBs HGT 576 C, 665 FXF,
the WSM MGB and a Jacques Coune MGB Berlinette.
Dave Saunders, Motorsport Director with the
MG Car Club said: “The worldwide response to
the official MGB50 race has been overwhelming. The
MG Car Club’s annual Silverstone event has
a tremendous pedigree and competitors were applying
to enter the celebration race as early as December
last year. Watching a rolling start with 58 FIA
MGBs roaring into Copse really will be spectacular
and the whole race will act as a fitting tribute
to one of the World’s greatest sports car.
The MG Car Club is proud to be staging the official
MGB50 celebration race and our organisation continues
to be at the forefront of the Worldwide MG movement.”
John Yea from British Motor Heritage said:
“British Motor Heritage is proud to be supporting
this fantastic race. I am delighted that our products
have enabled so many of these great sports cars
to continue to be enjoyed fifty years after they
were launched.”
Aside from the MGB50 celebration race, the Club's
usual comprehensive programme of track action will
be taking place.
MGLive! is the World’s largest MG event
and attracts 20,000 enthusiasts from every corner
of the globe. The MG Car Club’s award winning
weekend begins a trilogy of high profile MGB50 events
in 2012 with celebrations set to continue at the
Silverstone Classic in July and at Blenheim Palace
in September.
Activity offtrack
Off track, the MGLive! MGB50 street party will assume
centre stage and thousands examples of Abingdon’s
most famous export are anticipated to descend on
Silverstone.
Club dinner on Saturday evening
In
another exciting development, former MG works driver
Paddy Hopkirk will be on hand to present awards
to the winners of the MGB50 celebration race. Later
that evening, the popular Irishman will host the
MG Car Club’s annual Silverstone dinner in
the Jimmy Brown Suite which will see a host of ex
MG works drivers also in attendance. |
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