New cars & new stars ready for 2018

New cars and new drivers and a resurgence in V8 MG’s will star at this weekend will see the 2018 Hobson Stores MG Road Racing Championship kick off at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs.

A 26 car field will take to the track at Sandown with new faces, new cars and a lot of excitement to come. New faces in the field are Hendrik Zwarteveen in the ex Ross Kaigg MG B Roadster and Sean Herlihy in the ex Cody Hill MG F, both having successful shakedowns at Sandown last weekend setting consistent 1:35’s between both. Travelling from Adelaide we also see Trevor Dunford join the field in a Group S MG B GT V8, having campaigned in the local historic scene in South Australia he will make his debut with MG Racing at Sandown. Finally Darren Souter who has experience in Group Sb in Victoria will join MG Racing alongside friend David Anderson for the weekend.

Rodney Gibb with Brian and Paul Luti in Scotland

Those four will be joined by new cars, with Rodney Gibb leading the way in the ex Dreadnought MG ZT 520 from Scotland, the car landed in Australia two months ago and has since had some updates to make it more usable for Rodney. Another V8 joining the field is Vince Gucciardo who has purchased the ex Phil Chester/Bob Nordlinger C GT V8. The car has had a few updates and changes for 2018 and a new livery.

The field will see the strongest V8 grid in recent times with reigning champion Phil Chester (B GT V8) joined by Richard Milligan (B V8 Roadster), Robin Bailey (B GT V8) and Gucciardo in the Open V8 field while Mike Wood (B GT V8) and Dunford will run their V8’s, the Invited British field will see Keith Ondarchie and Shirley St John Cox in their Triumph V8’s.

Back from 2017 will see Chris Gidney in his MG ZR after taking the Modern class win last season, Jim Dodd and Andrew Watson will join in their ZR’s. The historic field will see a strong field of MG B Roadsters with Greg White, Peter Rose, Don Mazzone and Jane Vollebregt back for more after strong runs in 2017.

The series will have qualifying and 3 races (2x 8 lap and 1x 10 lap) over the weekend to kick of 2018.

No	Entrant	Driver		Vehicle			Cap
1	Bristle Blaster Australia / Monti	Philip	Chester	1972	MG	B GT V8	5600
6		Peter	Rose	1963	MG	B Roadster	1800
7		John	Stevenson	1947	MG	TC	1850
9		Gregory	White	1966	MG	B Roadster	1860
10	Morris Garages / RM Racing	Richard	Milligan	1974	MG	B V8 Roadster	5100
11		David	Mottram	1974	MG	B Roadster	1796
12	GB Galvanizing Service	Vincenzo	Gucciardo	1968	MG	C GT V8	5000
19	Torq Racewear / Marchand Watch Company	Chris	Gidney	2002	MG	ZR	1796
28	Ultraglaze Detailing	Paul	Vernall	2005	MG	ZR	1796
32	Triple A Motorsport	Rodney	Gibb	2005	MG	ZT 520	4996
34	The Hobson Stores	Andrew	Watson	2002	MG	ZR 160	1796
35	Splatt Engineering / Chequered Flag Storage	Robert	Splatt	1969	Triumph	TR6	2498
36	Hema Hydraulics P/L	Hendrik	Zwarteveen	1964	MG	B Roadster	1867
40	Team Triumph Racing	Keith	Ondarchie	1975	Triumph	Stag	5000
41	TRacing Aura Design	Barry	Pritchett	1970	Triumph	TR6	2498
48		Anthony	Vollebregt	2001	MG	ZR	1800
49	Aussie Pools	Jane	Vollebregt	1966	MG	B Roadster	1867
50		Robin	Bailey	1975	MG	B GT V8	4890
52		Don	Mazzone	1975	MG	B Roadster	1860
53		Michael	Wood	1973	MG	B GT V8	3500
66	Eclipse Signage	James	Dodd	2002	MG	ZR	1800
68	Aussie Pools	David	Anderson	1967	MG	B Roadster	1862
69		Darren	Souter	1969	MG	B Roadster	1800
80		Sean	Herlihy	1990	MG	F	1800
83		Trevor	Dunford	1974	MG	B GT V8	3570