There
is a first time for everything!
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the MGs on Track website for details of forthcoming track days.
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Join fellow members at the MGoT track day at Goodwood Circuit
near Chichester in West Sussex on Saturday 25th February 2012
with an opportunity for a lunchtime tour of the circuit too.
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Nic Houslip
on track at Donington. More
Posted: 310112
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Driving
an MGV8 on the track at speed is an experience many
V8 enthusiasts may dream of from time to time but
few get round to trying. But it is both easy and
safe at a well run MGoT track day as Nic Houslip
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Nic
runs the RV8 formerly owned by the late Bill Wallis,
the Club's former President, and says "I never
forget what Bill Wallis’s daughter Louise said
at Bill’s memorial service. Dad took me to
an airfield and allowed me to drive the RV8 flat
out and afterwards said: Now that you have done
that, don’t ever do it again unless the sun
is shining, or not shining, it’s windy or not
windy, raining or not raining, in short do it whenever
you can. That is what track days are for. There
are no lamp posts, cyclists, traffic coming the
other way, policemen etc. So enjoy." Bill would
be delighted to see his RV8 being driven in the
MG way - Safety Fast!
Nic is keen to pass on his enthusiasm for track
days to fellow members so has contributed an article
on his first track day on a circuit at Castle Combe
in Wiltshire in June 2011. He ends the article by
saying "until I can do it again I will relive
the experience over and over. I have already reserved
a place at Stowe in August and as soon as the MGoT
opens booking for Castle Combe in September I will
reserve my place because I'm hooked." Article |
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