{"id":492061,"date":"2011-10-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=37508"},"modified":"2024-10-02T03:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:37:36","slug":"historic-racing-drivers-club-honors-mgb-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/historic-racing-drivers-club-honors-mgb-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Racing Drivers Club Honors MGB in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-730982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/D3S_5873-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) will celebrate 50 years of the MGB as a racing car in 2012.<br \/>\nOn the suggestion of Barry Sidery-Smith &#8211; the acknowledged &#8216;Godfather&#8217; of MGB racing in the UK &#8211; the HRDC will run a series of 30-minute, single-driver races for FIA-Appendix K-type historic MGB cars. There will also be an invitation class for historically interesting MGB-derived race cars, such as the WSM MGB and the Jacques Coune-built MGB Berlinette.<br \/>\nHRDC founder and race director Julius Thurgood, commented, &#8220;I was thrilled to be asked to help stage these events by Barry. &#8216;Sideways&#8217; got me into racing in the first place and made sure that I bought the right car to start with &#8211; the ex-Neville Marriner Prodsport MGB, which I ran successfully in the first Willhire 24-Hours some 30-odd years ago. Like so many would-be competitors that Barry has helped and mentored over the years, Barry took me under his wing and introduced me to circuits such as Spa, Nurburgring, Zandvoort and Chimay.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe inaugural race for the HRDC &#8220;MGB50&#8221; will take place at Castle Combe on 9 April 2012, at the HRDC &#8216;Historica&#8217; race day in association with the Castle Combe Racing Club.<br \/>\nBarry Sidery-Smith &#8211; who started racing MGBs at an International level in 1965 &#8211; will, of course, be entered in his famous ex-works Le Mans MGB &#8216;DRX255C&#8217;, which will be supported by many of the ex-works and works-associated MGB racers.<br \/>\nApplications to race in HRDC &#8220;MGB50&#8221; can be made via the HRDC website at <a title=\"Historic Racing Drivers Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hrdc.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.hrdc.eu<\/a>.<br \/>\n[Source: HRDC; photo credit: <a title=\"Tim Scott \/ Fluid Images\" href=\"http:\/\/fluidimages.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Scott \/ Fluid Images<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) will celebrate 50 years of the MGB as a racing car in 2012. On the suggestion of Barry Sidery-Smith &#8211; the acknowledged &#8216;Godfather&#8217; of MGB racing in the UK &#8211; the HRDC will run a series of 30-minute, single-driver races for FIA-Appendix K-type historic MGB cars. There will also be an invitation class for historically interesting MGB-derived race cars, such as the WSM MGB and the Jacques Coune-built MGB Berlinette. 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