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Ravenhall Sponsored MG Midget competes at Historic Silverstone Event

Ravenhall have joined forces with tFive racing to help keep automotive history racing.

It’s 21 years since Dave Shannon won the then Halfords sponsored Sprite & Midget Championship in his blue fully modified race Midget. Two years later the car was put on axle stands in one of his Barns on his farm.

When Dave decided to hang up his helmet and concentrate more on looking after fellow competitors cars Andrew Mcgee of tFive took up the opportunity to have Dave look after his car and with Dave’s help Andrew managed several top four finishes with a podium placing at one of Hollands premium race meetings held at the beautiful seaside circuit of Zandvoort.

Then both Andrew and Dave took time away from the circuit to concentrate on their business

During this time the blue modified car still sat under a growing layer of straw and hay dust and general farm muck….that is until June 2015 when Andrew set about getting the modified MG midget back on track

Fast forward 12 months to the beginning of June 2016 and the re-emergence of the Modified Race Midget at the legendary Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone where the car took to the race track once again….

MG Silverstone

(Photo credit to Kai Spencer of Huddersfield)

Check out Her on board footage from Silverstone is worth a watch, Driver Andrew McGee putting her through her paces

Unfortunately on its first outing in 20 years the Midget had a gear box issue toward the end of the meet so an early finish and some TLC needed. But the team were really impressed with its performance and look forward to getting her back on track for further meets later this year

The tFive MG Midget returns tot he track soon and we will give you updates on where and when… we will also keep you informed how it gets on!