2015 MG Classic At Manfeild

[CUSTAXIE50]

What a great too days Friday and Saturday...pissing down today when I got up..has stopped now may be all right for today not going.The driver of the day on Saturday has to be Graham Barnes in his Capri..on the Friday 3rd gear let go they fixed it that night and came back Saturday talk about driving the wheels off this old girl.. the best run he has had for sometime.. and the way he went about getting up to the front in the last race for the day.On top of that Central Muscle Cars..F5000 (Ken Smith) Pre65's a top show put on by all the drivers..and on top of that 8.3 can-am car not much more one can say about this car.

[Spgeti]

Yes, drive of the day was Graham in his 40 year old Historic Capri....in the allcomers class along with Mark Allen, Freinza, Roger Davis, Torana SLR, John Telford, Mazda RX8 shoved in with latest Porsche RS, Mini 7, Mini Challenge, MX5s and a whole lot of those that just did not fit. Graham and the boys did well to get through the traffic with out a problem and a deserved win to Graham fighting of the wizz bang Porsche and showing his skill of tolerance and preservation.

Great Heritage Touring car field of 28 but suffered from mechanicals by a few. F5000 x 8 off and a good display by them and their supporters after all 14 off them had been overseas and one can accept the grid numbers. Formula Juniors, FF's, historic sports cars ie U2s etc put on great show. The sports car grid was a mixture of real modern Radicals etc along with the sole vintage McLaren ...beautiful car but the grid was a let down. BMW open was a good race and the same goes with Pre 65's and CMC.

The rest was just shoved in together......

Classic event ?.....no, but good on MG for what they put on, but it reflects the state of our classic race scene.

To our HMC, HSC and HSS guy's.....thanks for your attendance and your hospitality. I enjoyed meeting you all.

Cheers
BruceD