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Donington is next on the calendar so make sure you tune in for all the action on 17th and 18th July

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance.   Join us for rounds 7 & 8 on the 17^th/18^th July 2021.   #fillthegrid #mgroverclubracing   Photos by DS Digital http://www.dsdigital.co.uk

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance.   Join us for rounds 7 & 8 on the 17^th/18^th July 2021.   #fillthegrid #mgroverclubracing   Photos by DS Digital http://www.dsdigital.co.uk

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Mike Williams chalked up two more MG Cup wins but they came in contrasting fashion, while main rival Morgan Short’s championship challenge was dented by failing to finish either race.

Williams (red Metro pictured above) pipped Short to pole position at the end of qualifying as the engine in Short’s MG ZS 180 began to overheat – a legacy of the damage he picked up at Oulton Park that would come back to bite him. Williams was then able to get a jump at the first corner as Short had his hands full with the Rover Tomcats of Richard Buckley and Matt Simpson (both pictured above). That gave Williams the margin he needed to overcome his VVC-engined Rover Metro’s comparative lack of power as he eased to victory. Things would go from bad to worse for Short as he pitted after two laps with a cooked engine and the suspicion that the car’s new radiator didn’t have the required cooling capacity.

Behind Williams, Buckley and Simpson engaged in a titanic duel, Simpson finally finding a way through on the last lap, earning the Driver of the Race award.

With Short absent from race two, the Tomcats made Williams work for his second win of the day. Both had spells in front before Williams eventually succeeded in his repeated attempts to pass Buckley at Stowe. Past champion Buckley held on to second from Simpson.

With points leader Iain Dowler absent owing to work commitments, Dan Jones dominated Class B in the first race but it came at a cost with a mechanical failure on the slow-down lap. That left the way clear for Wayne Stirling-Parker, making his final race start 27 years after debuting at Silverstone, to take the class honours in race two at the wheel of Rod Weston-Bartholomew’s MG ZR 170 after his own Rover BRM hit trouble at a recent Speed Championship event.

“I raced here in 1994 – first ever race with the MG Metro Cup,” said Stirling-Parker. “So 27 years later, I thought I’d start and finish at the same venue. It’s been a wonderful time, to be honest with you. It’s nice to spend most of my racing career in the MG Car Club.”

Steve Tyler’s MG ZR 160 twice took the laurels in Class A from Ian Boulton, who was returning to racing in a borrowed trackday car following his heavy accident at Brands Hatch.

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance. Join us for rounds 5 & 6 Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on the 13th June 2021. #fillthegrid #mgroverclubracing Photos by DS Digital http://www.dsdigital.co.uk

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance. Join us for rounds 5&6 Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on the 13th June 2021.

Live streaming of the race will be provided by Mysupercar Productions so you will see Ian busy in the paddock chatting to drivers and covering qualifying and both races.

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MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance. Join us for rounds 5&6 Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on the 13th June 2021. #fillthegrid #mgroverclubracing Photos by DS Digital http://www.dsdigital.co.uk

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance Join us for rounds 5&6 Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on the 13th June 2021. #fillthegrid #mgroverclubracing Photos by DS Digital http://www.dsdigital.co.uk

MGCC MG Cup powered by Cherished Vehicle Insurance

Two hard-fought MG Cup contests ended with honours even between the VVC-engined Rover Metro of Mike Williams, and sophomore driver Morgan Short’s MG ZS 180. Benefiting from his wet running in Friday testing, Short put the ZS on pole position for each race by the huge margins of 7.4 and 8.8 seconds. But, after last year’s horrendous conditions, race one would offer his first dry laps of the circuit.

Williams made his experience count to outdrag Short up Clay Hill on the first lap of the opener and, while Short stuck with him, he couldn’t find a way through and had to settle for second. The Rover 220 Tomcats of the returning Richard Buckley and Matt Simpson were third and fourth, Simpson earning Driver of the Race for his charge from the back after being disqualified from qualifying for a yellow flag infringement. Iain Dowler (MG ZR 170) took Class B honours, while Jago Keen (MG ZR 160) claimed Class A.

Determined to learn from race one, Short was able to defend against Williams’s similar attack in race two, and Williams lost time as he ran on the grass. But the Metro reeled the leader back in and was ready to take advantage when Short struck a slowing backmarker exiting Knickerbrook on the final lap. However, Short held firm to take his maiden win despite the scare.

“It was enough to do quite a bit of damage to the front of the car and I lost my whole gap to Mike,” said Short, who was named Driver of the Race. “I thought, ‘There’s no point giving up now, I’ve just got to keep pushing and hope nothing’s wrong with the car.’ And luckily, it looks like most of the damage is cosmetic. I had a great race with Mike, we were battling the whole time. He’s a great competitor and he’s a good sport.”

Simpson made faster progress early in the race so was able to beat Buckley to third, while Dowler took a comfortable Class B win and Keen too repeated his earlier Class A success.

We all look forward to rounds 5 & 6 at Silverstone on the Grand Prix Circuit on the 13th June 2021