Roy
McCarthy - sad news
Roy McCarthy
Autosport obit 14.10.10. More
BCV8 Championship, the early years. More
Updated:
20.10.10
Posted: 7.10.10
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Roy
McCarthy, the well known MG motor racing competitor,
passed away on 7th October after a twelve year battle
with cancer. Roy began competing in an MGA in 1970
with fellow competitors like Vic Ellis and Rob Innes-Ker,
then ran a Big Healey followed by an MGB Roadster
and a standard MGBGTV8. |
Roy competed in a fully modified BCV8 Class D MGBGTV8
for many years. In that time he won the Club's MGA
and BCV8 Championships and the Thoroughbred Sportscar
Championship. The sight of his bright yellow MGBGTV8
being driven with blistering speed and skill at
Club race meetings was a delight for both spectators
and fellow competitors.
Roy went to the Masters event at Donington in early
September 2010 as an invited driver who had competed
there in 1977 when the circuit first reopened and
was looking forward to competing at the Club's two
day end of season race meeting at Snetterton at
the beginning of October as that was to have marked
the end of his 40th season of continuous racing
with MG Car Club. After the great news in early
September that Roy had again beaten off the disease
he went for his scan at the Royal Marsden on the
11th September to get him ready for the stem cell
treatment only to have the devastating news that
there was nothing more that could be done in the
very short time he had left with us. With failing
strength he sent his son Spencer to that event who
drove the MGBGTV8 to a win in the BCV8 Championship
race and enjoyed watching videos of the racing and
presentation of awards when his sons got home.
Mike Breedon, a long-standing fellow competitor
and current BCV8 Championship chairman, said "motor
racing, the BCV8 and the MG Car Club will miss his
input, enthusiasm and commitment."
The
funeral is being arranged for Thursday 21st October
2010.
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