From the archives
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:23 pm
There seems to be a lot of interest in the history of Morgan competition and so I have been looking through some of our old paperwork.
A club newsletter from 1968 refers to the club again having been promised their own 5 lap handicap race and exhorting competitors to make sure that there should be a good turnout (some things never change). This really confirms that there was a Morgan race the previous year and so we must deduce that 1968 was not the first year but probably the second and maybe even the third year of a Morgan race at this event. I am posting extracts from 1968 and 1969 newsletters which refer to it.
John entered the 1969 race and I am posting copies of the programme and results. There are some interesting names and it is interesting that there were 4 Plus 8s in the entry list and also that 3 of the drivers in the race were from the East Anglian Centre (Messrs. Lindsay, Binder and Shrubb).
Chris, if you think that these document are too cumbersome for this forum please don't hesitate to move the links to the mogsport site.
A club newsletter from 1968 refers to the club again having been promised their own 5 lap handicap race and exhorting competitors to make sure that there should be a good turnout (some things never change). This really confirms that there was a Morgan race the previous year and so we must deduce that 1968 was not the first year but probably the second and maybe even the third year of a Morgan race at this event. I am posting extracts from 1968 and 1969 newsletters which refer to it.
John entered the 1969 race and I am posting copies of the programme and results. There are some interesting names and it is interesting that there were 4 Plus 8s in the entry list and also that 3 of the drivers in the race were from the East Anglian Centre (Messrs. Lindsay, Binder and Shrubb).
Chris, if you think that these document are too cumbersome for this forum please don't hesitate to move the links to the mogsport site.