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SNETTERTON 300 CIRCUIT 21/22 SEPTEMBER FOR ROUNDS 11 & 12
It is set to be our biggest grid of the year with over 30 cars racing. We would like to thank all of our drivers across Class A-I for making the Cup what it is.
Class A 9 Drivers – 3 MGFVVC and 6 MGZR160.
Class B 20 Drivers – 2 MGZS180 and 18 MGZR170.
Class C 6 Drivers – 3 MGZS180 and 1 MGZR170 and 1 MGZR190 and 1 Rover 220 Turbo.
Class D 6 Drivers – 2 MGZR190 and 1 MGF Cup and 1 MGF190 and 1 MGB Roadster and 1 MG Midget.
Class I 10 Drivers – 1 MGB and 3 MGZR170 and 3 MGZR190 and 1 MGFVVC and 1 Rover 216 Gti and 1 Rover 220 Turbo.
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POST ABINGDON WEEKENDER – 3RD/4TH OF AUGUST – EQUIPE MG CUP – ON DISPLAY
120 Years of Rover – 100 Years of MG – With our friends at the MGCC Zed Register.
We are pleased to announce this years Post Abingdon weekender will return to Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway ! but with a twist …..
We are pleased to announce we will be attending the Post Abingdon weekender, which returns to Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway as part of the Rover 120 & MG 100 anniversary celebrations.
Saturday 3rd August sees The show ground open at Toddington Open at 10am to the public, there is a road run through the Cotswolds for those wishing to take part, pride of ownership, traders and much more!.
Sunday 4th August – the show will open from 9:30 to 16:30 we will be celebrating all things MG & Rover two of Britain’s greatest car marques, there will be traders, autojumble, pride of ownership as well as being able to travel through the beautiful Cotswold countryside on a heritage train.
We hope to see you there!
Link to purchase tickets below, please use our exclusive discount code CARCLUB24
RESULTS UPDATE AFTER DONINGTON
3 Rounds left of the Equipe MG Cup, with all classes well represented we are expecting 30 cars plus at Snetterton
Class A 9 Drivers – 3 MGFVVC and 6 MGZR160.
Class B 20 Drivers – 2 MGZS180 and 18 MGZR170.
Class C 6 Drivers – 3 MGZS180 and 1 MGZR170 and 1 MGZR190 and 1 Rover 220 Turbo.
Class D 6 Drivers – 2 MGZR190 and 1 MGF Cup and 1 MGF190 and 1 MGB Roadster and 1 MG Midget.
Class I 10 Drivers – 1 MGB and 3 MGZR170 and 3 MGZR190 and 1 MGFVVC and 1 Rover 216 Gti and 1 Rover 220 Turbo.
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DONINGTON ACTION SHOOTS
Thanks to Dickon Siddall for capturing the action of our 26 cars. joinus@mgcup.com
CLASS RESULTS – DONINGTON PARK 6 JULY
Donigton Park Race 1 – Classification
Class A 1st James Brown MGF VVC 2nd Ben Rushby MGZR160 3rd Sean Stanfield MGZR160
Class B 1st Cal Moore MGZR170 2nd James Moreton MGZR170 3rd Stuart Emmett MGZR170
Class C 1st Simon Lowery MGZS180
Class D 1st Eliza Seville MGF190 2nd Peter Bramble MGB Roadster
Class I 1st Stuart Tranter Rover 220 2nd Rhys Higginbotham MGZR170 3rd Denis Robertson MGZR170
Race 2 – Classification
Class A 1st James Brown MGF VVC 2nd Dale Reet MGZR160 3rd Greg Elgood MGZR160
Class B 1st Cal Moore MGZR170 2nd Leon Wignall MGZR170 3rd James Moreton MGZR170
Class C 1st Simon Lowery MGZS180 2nd Ashley Woodward MGZS180
Class D 1st Eliza Seville MGF190 2nd Peter Bramble MGB Roadster
Class I 1st Stuart Tranter Rover 220 2nd Chaz Ryles MGZR190 3rd Rhys Higginbotham MGZR170
RACE REPORT DONINGTON PARK
Equipe MG Cup
A strong MG Cup field got to start – and finish – the day’s race action and delivered two great races. Chaz Ryles was on pole for race one but it was the Rover 220 Tomcat of Stuart Tranter that got away the best from the front row, Ryles losing ground and tumbling down the order on the opening lap.
Tranter pushed hard from the start and opened a gap as a train of cars battled for second, Stuart Emmet’s ZR170 losing that spot to Rhys Higginbotham on lap two with three other cars right with that pair. The driver on the move was Eliza Seville, running in class D for the first time with slicks on her MGF, and she worked her way through to third and set about closing on Higginbotham who had pulled a small gap.
Together in the final laps, the pace of Higginbotham and Seville brough them close on Tranter, and Seville claimed second with a fine move at the chicane on to the pit straight with two laps to go. Tranter had enough in hand to take the win, Seville second from Higginbotham. Dennis Robinson was fourth having dropped to seventh early in the race, while Ryles recovered to finish ninth.
The sun was finally out for the second race and Tranter was on pole with Seville alongside, and again led on lap one, but this time with much less of a gap from Seville and Simon Lowery’s ZS180. Higginbotham tagged onto the back of the lead trio and in the early laps they were all close, Tranter able to pull away in places only to be reeled in later in the lap.
Seville pushed hard but couldn’t make a clean move, the Rover quick down the straights, the MGF better on the brakes and mid-corner. Ryles worked his way through to make it a five-car group by lap seven, but a lap later the safety car was out with a car stopped at Coppice.
Racing resumed for a final two laps, Tranter able to stay clear to continue the 2024 theme of Equipe MG Cup double winners. Seville second and taking her class from Ryles and Higginbotham, Lowery claiming fifth.
DONINGTON PARK 6TH JULY
Congratulations to our class winners, full race report and photos to follow.
26 ON THE GRID – DONINGTON PARK
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GREAT EQUIPE GRIDS AT DONINGTON PARK
The first of the two 20-minute Equipe MG Cup races starts off the day’s competitive track action, and with over 25 cars entered it should be another great race for the closely matched field. Stuart Tranter won both races at Oulton Park in May and returns with his potent Rover 220 Turbo Tomcat, but may not have things all his own way in the Invitation class as also back is Dennis Robinson’s ZR170, who took the double at Cadwell Park in April.
The slick-shod Class D cars have been front runners this season and Peter Bramble has won the class already twice this year, both times taking second overall in his MGB Roadster. Ian Boulton is always quick and Eliza Seville who claimed both Class A wins at Silverstone last month is out in her MGF.
Class C should be a battle between the ZR180s of Simon Lowery and Ashley Woodward, but it is a packed Class B that should be a highlight of the races. Cal Moore has already taken the class three times this season, but with the class supplying over half the field and drivers of the calibre of Leon Wignall keen to push him hard it will not be an easy race for Moore.
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IN A WEEKS TIME AND WE GET TO DO THIS AGAIN – DONINGTON PARK!
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