Spa Francorchamps 3 hour Classic Race
With the Teams Pre 1965 FIA specification MG MGB ready, after a single test day to shake the car down and get the two drivers used to the car, it was then straight to Spa Francorchamps for the £ hour Classic Race at the Spa Summer classic. The Idea was to get the Team and the Drivers used to running the car in a longer race at Spa ready for the 6 hour Classic race later in the year. The Team Got to Spa on the Wednesday night and settled into the pit lane. On Thursday there were two test sessions and scrutineering all that went past with no...
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The Midland Classic Restorations racing team were once again at Spa Francorchamps, This time with Managing Director Dominic Mooney racing the famous Kawasaki green Sebring Sprite in a one hour race during the Spa Classic...
read morefirst and second on the grid
In the MG Challenge Race at Silverstone during MG Live the MCR prepared cars took Class pole and 2nd and 2nd and 3rd on the overall grid ahead of many class A cars. The MG Midget will look familiar to most people, despite the car running a Midland Classic Restorations produced Sebring Sprite one piece bonnet and front end. but the Lenham uses a different bonnet and a fastback roof and rear bodywork giving it a very different look. Both cars use an MCR built race engine and this weekend were run by Midland Classic Restorations...
read moreClass Wins a plenty
Its been a busy couple of weeks in the workshop, thats been rewarded with some great success. At Brands hatch on the Bank Holiday Weekend we were running Andy and Chris Southcott a very fast father and son pairing. For this meeting Andy was running a Lenham and Chris the Sprite. With Dom looking after the cars they took 1st and second in class for both races with Andy winning family bragging rights. The following weekend would see the team at Silverstone With the Classic and Sports Car Club, with the usual appendix K...
read moreSeason in full swing
Whilst the weather still seems cold the 2015 season is in full swing, with the workshop full of cars being prepared for their drivers, The MCR team have already been out supporting drivers testing and racing. With races at Snetterton and Castle Coombe. With some great results from the drivers. Indeed One of the drivers had one of his best weekends racing a great start to the season. From Testing through to the final race we found 10 seconds, getting the driver from the back of the pack to right in the mix fighting for class...
read moreDigital Dashboard
Whilst many of the cars we work on here at Midland Classic were built before the information superhighway, we’re not afraid of new technology, and have just fitted a race technology Digital Dashboard into the retro looking Modsports Mg Midget. The dash is connected to both the ECU and the data logger to display engine and performance parameters, including live predictive laptime indicators on one side and shift lights on the others. The unit can also be programmed to warn the driver if any engine parameter i.e. water temp or oil...
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