place, whilst Cottingham swept past the flag third. Bernberg scored a strong fourth place finish, whilst Brian Lambert( MGB) held off the hard charging Tom Smith( MGB), who had started at the back of the grid, for fifth. Smith stormed to victory in race two, after carnage struck the start. As the field raced towards Copse on lap one, Jeff Handley( Triumph Spitfire), Alistair Pugh and Les Congdon’ s races were thrown into turmoil when a heavy collision brought out the safety car. After a short period, the damaged cars were removed from the track and the race resumed. After trailing Cottingham in second for much of the race, Gammons launched past on the final lap, to score his third consecutive second place
Pete Foster performed well in his Triumph TR4.
finish. Cottingham held onto third ahead of Quattlebaum, Bernberg and Mike Harris. As ever the MG Car Club was pleased with another triumphant MG Live event, and with some spectacular racing I’ m sure the fans enjoyed it too. The sheer mix of wonderful classics combined with the‘ home
of British Motorsport’ that is Silverstone, made this a really special race meeting. The next port of call on the club’ s 2013 map of adventure sees the series call at the ever challenging Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire on Sunday July 21. Make sure you don’ t miss it as it promises to be a really great weekend!
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