Hi Guys,
The MG Classic race meeting at Manfield was once again a superb race meeting. Excellent weather and a good turn out of historic racecars. This year the organizers once again gave us and extra race on the Sunday. So five races was fantastic.
A good turn out of sports cars as well with Richard Wright, (Beowolf) Roger Greaney, (Buckler) Alan Hydman (H & C Triford) Bill Roughan (Mogal) Brian Service (Mallock) and myself all lining up for the practice. Brian putting the Mallock into the wall at the hairpin and bending the diff while Bill and Richard were having trouble with over heating marred practice.
The racing was incident free though, although the overheating problems continued for Richard and Bill. Eventually Richard retired with a suspected blown head gasket in his new engine while Bill managed to cure his problem.
We whipped the bent diff out of Brian’s car and took it to town where a engineer straightened it for free. Banged it back in with a replacement axle and away he went. Of course the wheel came loose because I didn’t tighten the spacer properly but other than that all was ok.
After a bit of a night at the event dinner Sunday dawned bright and cool but the rest of the day was fantastic. Good racing within the historic field and no real problems. Alan forgot to refuel the Triford so didn’t get to complete the last race but other than that we all managed to complete a fantastic weekend of racing.
Over the years there has been some chatter about the way Historic’s are treated at this meeting but obviously the organizers have made a huge effort to look after us. Practice and 5 races over a 2 day weekend is exceptional and on top of that the last race on Sunday was early afternoon so everyone that wanted too could pack up and head home early. Maybe next year we will see a return of some more Juniors to boost the fields even more.
Well that’s about it HRSCC Taupo is next with the Mallock 50th get your entries in now!!!
See you all there.
Alan Service
Sports Car Co-ordinator
McRae U2
Albo@woosh.co.nz
