Wednesday 30th June 2004

MG Festival

Huge meeting at Silverstone in July

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The largest ever collection of MG sports cars is expected to congregate at Silverstone over the weekend of July 23rd-25th, for the MG Car Club’s International Festival in the marque’s 80th anniversary year.

The 54th consecutive event is the largest MG event of its kind with an anticipated gathering of over 5,000 MG cars and 30,000 enthusiastic attendees. MG enthusiasts are travelling from all over the world just to be part of the event, with almost every type of MG represented at Silverstone.

The MG Car Club, with assistance from MG Rover Group will have a marquee displaying the journey through time from the earliest MGs through to the latest MG XPower SV sports car.

The event includes model grouped parking, circuit races with over 500 cars entering 16 races. Rob Oldaker, MG Rover Group’s Product Development Director is competing in the double-header MG Trophy race in a works-prepared MG ZR ‘ride-and-drive’ car.

The 2004 event includes a full two-day race programme, sprint, rally rides, a large trade presence, autotests, international concours, parades, circuit lappery, special exhibits and social events and looks set to draw even more MG devotees to the British Grand Prix venue.

On-track activities include 16-races, covering all the MGCC championships, with entries exceeding 500. There will also be a round of the prestige BRDC Single Seater Championship. The programme includes MGs of every age, from the earliest Brooklands car, through to the latest MG TF and ZR, which race in the MG Trophy, which has a full grid of 33 cars.

[Graham]

It looks like yours truley has bagged the second seat in an mg midget 40min 2 driver mini enduro on the sunday.

so if you see a bright Green MG going sideways its probably me :0

cheers

G

[agent006]

Any marshals out there, the MGCC is one of the best organisers to marshal for apparently. I'll be digging out my volunteering forms again to see if this one's still available.

[raindancer411]

C u all there... Boyfriends racing in the MG Andrew Actman Eyewear Challenge in his little midget...

Think if its going to be that big, will be camping from thursday...

[sb-1]

Well,how was it??

[Buffalo]

If anyone saw the green BGT on frontline's stand with the supercharger under the hood, that was mine! Good day saturday, intersting racing, some bargains to be had on the stands and good atmosphere/turnout/pride in cars!

Safety fast!