Anyone going to be at this event over the weekend - AND HAVE A CAMERA
WITH THEM!
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RELEASE IMMEDIATE March 22, 2005
MG RETURNS TO CELEBRATE ITS 1st MOTORSPORT SUCCESS
Eighty years on, the car that gave MG its maiden victory will return to
the place of its inaugural success. To mark this historic event, 'Old
Number One' as the car became known, will return on Saturday 26 March to
run once again at the famous Blue Hills mine, Cornwall.
It was on 11 April 1925 that Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG, drove the
first MG sports car to victory in the Land's End Trial. This was to be
the first of many successes for the famous octagonal marque. Since that
first victory, MG has participated in almost every form of motorsport
and achieved success in hill climbing, land speed record breaking,
long-distance endurance racing, rallying, in touring cars and sprinting.
This year sees private and works entries compete in rallying, at the Le
Mans 24 Hours race and in the DTM touring series with the latest MG ZT
V8.
Rob Oldaker, MG, director, product development, said: "Seeing Old Number
One back at the Land's End Trial is a great reminder of MG's motorsport
success over the 80 years."
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Eric
'68MGB MkII
Adelaide, South Australia
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