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Luffield MG ZR In Action

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Despite the varying weather conditions at the MG Car Clubs 57th International Meeting at the Silverstone Motor Circuit in June 2007, the Luffield MG ZR Race Team proved a hard act to beat with Luffield Cars Managing Director, David Wood and Caterham Champion and long time MG racer Mark Humphrey, collecting Wins in both the 30 Minutes and 45 Minutes Enduro 2-Driver races at the 57th MG Car Clubs Annual Race Meeting at the venue of the British Grand Prix. The week-end proved to be very successful for the MG Club with over 550 race entries and regular grids of up to 40 cars.

Mixed conditions in Qualifying enabled the duo to claim a 4th place with a 1:39.916 in the first Qualifying on Saturday then 2nd place on Sunday in the second session just loosing out to pole position by 0.012 secs to the MG ZR of Ben Jacques.

Heavy rain only 20 mins before both of the races caused much deliberation regarding the choice of tyres, but the difficult choice of selecting “Slicks” on a wet track was not the obvious one, but Mark started the race that way and was able to lead into the first lap. With a strong field consisting of MG ZT 520 of Paul Luti and several MG ZR’s, MGB V8’s and a Morgan V8, Mark was able to take the lead at the half way stage, when a car went off at the Becketts complex which seemed to indicate a possible “Safety Car” period.  Mark was able to pre-determine this and whilst in the lead on Lap 18 he immediately headed for the Pits to make the regulation Driver Change. This proved to be his second great decision of the race and David was able to get back onto the circuit before the Safety Car Train passed the Pit lane entrance. All that he needed to do was retain this position and ensure that the speeding ZR of Malcolm Gammons was firmly in the mirrors for the remainder of the Race.

Ultimately the chequered flag dropped at the 45 minute mark with Wood firmly in the lead, winning Race 2 of the week-end by 9.7 secs.

Also at the MG Car Clubs 57th International Meeting at Silverstone in June 2007, local driver, Suzanne Dignan from Barrow upon Soar had an excellent weekend driving in her first race meeting since winning the 2006 Formula Woman Team Award.  A change from the rear wheel drive Caterham Roadsport car to a front wheel drive Luffield MGZR proved quite a challenge, made even more demanding in the alternating wet and damp condition that prevailed throughout the weekend.  In the first race on Saturday, she made good progress whilst learning the new skills and techniques.  On the Sunday, in a totally wet race, her patience and previous experience paid off, and she secured the fastest lap of the race for her class, beating the other 6 male competitors.

Suzannes second race of the week was a 30 minute, 2-driver, pit-stop race where Suzanne shared the Luffield MG ZR with her brother Peter.  From a field of 44 cars they started 18th on the grid and in conditions of heavy rain, moved steadily up the field to take over the 4th overall at two thirds distance.   A spin and recovery just before the end saw a drop to 10th overall and a third in class award, but they were both more than pleased with the result in what was a dramatic and exiting race.  Their next two events are at Cadwell Park and at Snetterton, where they plan to build on their success at Silverstone.