All star field for Sydney Classic

One of the biggest fields of MG’s will take to the Sydney Motorsport Park on the June long weekend with 44 cars entered for the blockbuster round 3 of 2019.

Headlining the field is current points leader Phil Chester who will return his car to it’s home ground where Peter Bennett and Glen Taylor campaigned the car for 20 years, while notably absent is Robin Bailey who despite being just 9 points off the championship lead isn’t able to make the round.

The championship will get a huge shake up with two of the top five contenders unable to make the round with a number of competitors looking to leapfrog up the points table and their class results.There is a big list of drivers looking to bank points heading into the round with Rhys Howell currently lying 7^th in the points and looking for a strong weekend to get his championship back on track after a tough start to the season while Tony Vollebregt is 9^th in the points after having to miss round 2 and will be keen to bank some points with key challenger Sean Herlihy just 5 points behind in his F.  However possibly the man with the most to gain is Greg White who despite being 5^th overall has had two very consistent rounds and heads into round 3 looking to move up a spot or two and cement his Group S class lead with a very real chance to get into the top 3 overall.

Greg leads a gaggle of MG B’s, no less than 13 four cylinder MG B’s and another 4 Midget’s on the grid which will make the mid field battles something special. Eight Victorian’s will take on seven NSW cars in the classic field and will mean a strong weekend for championship hopefuls Greg White and David Anderson could see them rocket up the overall charts.

The field will also see at least five South Australian’s with Adrian Akhurst set to return to the wheel of the ZT V8 after campaigning a Lola F5000 for the last couple of seasons and will be joined by Trevor Dunford in his B GT V8, Rodney Gibb in his TF Cup car and former V8 ute racer Gary Baxter in the ex British Touring Car MG ZS.

The modern contingent of MG’s will see Andrew Howell in the ex MG Sport and Racing Judd ZR headline a star studded list, Paul Vernall, David Vernall, James Dodd, Anthony Vollebregt and Chris Gidney all in ZR’s while Sean Herlihy and Ian Branson will be in their MG F’s plus Rhys Howell. Rhys Howell had high hopes early in 2019 but has been set back by the challenging debut of the MG SV-R while father Andrew had a strong second round at Phillip Island and has taken the Open 1 class lead which he will be keen to retain.

The Invited British ranks have been a tough battle with current points leader Simon Elliott in his Lotus Elan leading Keith Ondarchie in his Triumph Stag by 15 points, joining the field will be third placed Ed Ferguson while Victorians Alister Ondarchie, Geoff St John Cox, Ursula Weidenmuller plus local competitors lead by Jac Cousin in his Jaguar E Type, Sue Tahir in her TR6 and Noel Bryan in his Austin Healey Bug Eye will mean it will be a real contest for IB honours.

The field of 44 entries will make for a fantastic show on debut at Sydney Motorsport Park and combined with the inaugural Peter Bennett Trophy on Sunday morning will have a special place in many people’s hearts.

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