Ac Ace in the Workshop
We have a very rare car in the workshop this week. In for general servicing, some engine setup work and an mot we have possibly the very last AC Ace. The rest of the workshop seems filled with Race cars and MGB’s undergoing full restoration. The Mcr team have a busy weekend ahead at the race track, with a car at Castle Coombe on Saturday and then a log trip down to Snetterton for the 4 hour relay race on Sunday. As well as running cars on Sunday, MCR’s own Dominic Mooney is entered in the Bright Green Sebring sprite which has been...
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The MCR team were once again at Oulton park, this time with Paul and Gary and their two FIA Historic Spec MGB’s. The Cars were entered in both the swinging 60’s 40 minute race and the 1 hour classic K race. This meant a total of 2 hours and 40 minutes track time for each of the cars and 4 track sessions. Both of the races involve a pit stop with the driver having to get out and back in again. This needs careful work by the team to bring the cars in at the best time during the pit window, and get the driver in and out and...
read moreBritish Sports GT and Saloon Challenge – Spa Francorchamps 2014
With the Qualifying session for Sundays 1 hour race completed Dom is sitting in 36th put of 74 Qualifiers after completing 9 laps in a damp and slippery qualifying session. Dominic managed a lap time of 3.23 seconds, still getting used to the car that he’s only driven once this year at Silverstone. The weather forecast for the race is as uncertain as it can be at Spa, but in a wet race we would expect to see Dom climb up the Leaderboard as the conditions reduce the advantage of the more powerful cars some with engines 4 times bigger...
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Its that time of year again when all our thoughts head in the Direction of Belgium. Its The weekend of the Spa 6 hour Classic and Dominic From MCR has once again entered his Sebring Sprite in Barry Siddery-Smiths 1 hour Support race. This is a fantastic opportunity to race on this great circuit surrounded by some fantastic machinery. Dom will be up against Cobras, Morgans, Aston Martins the odd GT40 and other historic race cars. In the dry the little sprite will have a tough time to get near the front, but in mixed or wet conditions often seen...
read moreMGB’s At Donington
The last weekend in August 2014 would see the MCR Team at Donington with the classic and sports car club. The Team were running two appendix K MGB’s in the Swinging Sixties 40 minute race and the Classic K one hour race. We also had another MCR prepared car andMg Midget racing with its owner in the swinging 60’s race. Through the day, working on coaching the drivers through the use of data loggers and on board video we managed to improve the lap times by 5 seconds, which is a great result. In race one unfortunately one car managed...
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