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MGCC Valve Cover Races
Created on 2008-01-13 17:28:20
Today we had the MG Car Club Western New York Centre valve cover races. We bracket race each racer until we have a winner! We had 17 racers this year and quite a few new entrants. My racer "Rule Brittania" did OK, better than the short wheelbase setup I ran last year. I won three heats of two races before I got knocked out of the brackets. The overall winner was a nicely done car from driver/builder Bill Baldwin that diced it out with Leon Zak's "Pee Wee's Revenge". Pee Wee's revenge was built in supposedly two hours according to Leon. I spent a good deal more than two hours on my car but its all fun in the winter when the real car is hibernating. We hold our valve cover races every january and its the first event of our season. The rules state it has to be or include a British car valve cover, not exceed 24" long, not exceed 12Lbs weight and meet width requirements. We raced our valve cover racers against the Canandian MG club this summer and found they have no weight restriction- so perhaps we are working on some "experimental" unlimited weight racers for that contest later this year! Fun is the theme and some cars have colorful themes or absurd appendages, but they are fun!
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Some of the valve cover racers
My valve cover racer "Rule Brittania"
Some of the valve cover racers
My valve cover racer "Rule Brittania"
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Winter Projects | 2007-12-18 | 1 | Its getting to be the time of year I take on little winter projects in the garage. Its been blowing and snowing pretty good this week, and my garage is pretty nice to work in. I ... | |
| Holiday Party | 2007-12-09 | 1 | The Western New York Centre MG Car Club held its annual Holiday party last night and we had 96 members attend. good food, talk and fun. The activities chair of Brooks and Gayle S... | |
| Asleep For The Winter | 2007-11-11 | 2 | Well I decided with frost on the ground and snow in the air last Wednesday that it was time to put the old girl to bed for the winter this year. I had the B out last weekend and i... | |
| Is This Really Fall? | 2007-10-21 | I just got back from a beautiful top down ride in the MGB. I can't believe its 70 degrees in late October in Upstate New York. Incredible- so I have to enjoy it while I can. Not... | ||
| My Son's Motor | 2007-10-17 | 2 | While the weather begins to slip into fall mode soon to be winter, we have begun the inevitable work in the garage to finish projects or begin new ones. This time last year I burn... | |
| Mini Of Another Generation | 2007-10-17 | 1 | The MGB passed inspection earlier this month- as expected, so I've been motoring about in it as the weather and my travel plans at work allow. Interesting development of another k... | |
| Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix Festival 2007 | 2007-09-09 | 3 | I went to the 2007 Vintage Grand Prix Festival at Watkins Glen New York this weekend. The downtown area is closed off to regular traffic and there is a series of parade laps and t... | |
| Wayne Drumlins Car Show | 2007-08-20 | We had a prior committment, so our son Glenn took the MGB to the Wayne Drumlins car show Sunday. I've never been to that show although this year was the 30th anniversary. There we... | ||
| Cruisin' Along | 2007-08-18 | 1 | I took the MGB to the Log cabin cruise night Wednesday and there were hundreds of cars there. I tightened the muffler down pipe flange bolts over the weekend and the muffler situa... | |
| Muffler And Exhaust Part 2 | 2007-08-02 | 2 | Ok, so the first fix I did Tuesday night was an emergency one. A solid metal connection from the muffler to the frame under the seat results in massive vibrations when lifting you... |
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