I have something Moss Motoring might be interested in displaying. One of our MG racers, Jerry Storch, was a very gifted artist, and he drew up many cartoons about MG and vintage racing that were used in the MG Vintage Racers newsletter and the VSCCA magazine over the years. Jerry passed away several years ago, but I know he’d be happy to know his cartoons were still being appreciated. Some of Jerry’s drawings were inside jokes, I’ll add explanations where I can.
– Greg Prehodka, MG Vintage Racers
A group of five MG vintage racers took the Jim Russel Driver’s School at Mt. Tremblant, Ontario, Canada sometime in the 1980s (including myself). The school used Formula Fords—not MGs.
Ed Henning owned three McDonalds burger franchises, and advertised on his trailer and his racing MGA.
The VSCCA was writing rules for roll bars for vintage race cars. An interpretation of those rules.
The VSCCA had a supporting vintage race at a CART race in the Meadowlands sports complex in New Jersey. NJ State Police had jurisdiction on racing safety rules in NJ, and this pokes fun at them. We were not racing Stock Cars on ovals! How to accommodate the rule about roll bars having to be at least six inches above the driver’s head? Don’t raise the bar, lower the driver!
Are MGs really “Old Dinosaurs?
One year at Watkins Glen, New York, just for the fun of it, there was the “MG – Allard Challenge” How to deflate and beat the competition! (Actually the challenge was which marque could have the “Most Pistons” racing that weekend! Most MGs had 4 pistons, most Allards had 8 pistons.)
New rule requiring race cars to have a label on the car showing the engine’s displacement.
VSCCA Spring Sprints at Lime Rock Park, Ct., got cancelled on year, “Due to Snow”!
Most folks know that MG T series cars (and other vintage British cars) have body tub frames of wood covered with sheet metal.
Paddock space for race cars was very tight at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Some big bucks racers came with big rigs and hogged parking turf.
Since not all vintage racers want to compete in a competitive group on the track, the VSCCA created the Gentlemen’s Fast Motoring Class” for those folks. In it, cars were only allowed to pass on straights, and not in the corners.
VSCCA driver’s school. Start them out slow.
Tires are always a hot topic, especially allowable width.
Mount Equinox, Vermont, VSCCA Hillclimb. The road up the hill is a winding 5.2 miles long, with a change in vertical elevation of over 3,000 feet! Most demanding on any car!
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