The much talked about HRDC MGB50 Series got underway at Goodwood on 1st November with an auspicious reunion between four original Works MGB Competition cars and some of the luminary figures who were instrumental in the success of these fabulous racers.

Long-term MGB stalwart Barry Sidery-Smith and Julius Thurgood, founder and race director of the HRDC, hosted this special gathering at Goodwood with the support of long-term HRDC sponsor CCK Historic. Guests included, Works driver Alec Poole, BMC Comps Dept guru Bill Price, BMC Competition Department Manager Peter Browning, BMC ‘Comps Shop’ Manager Basil Wales, BMC ‘Comps Shop’ mechanics Den Green and Brian Moylan, MG guru Malcolm Beer, veteran MGB racer Paul Campfield along with MG historian John Baggott.

The Works MGB cars were not just on static display, but put through their paces on the Goodwood circuit by Barry Sidery-Smith, Tony Dron and Paul Campfield to the amazement of the many MG aficionados present who all agreed that this was probably the first time that the four works cars had ever run together!

WORKS MGB COMPETITION CARS AT GOODWOOD

DRX 255C Le Mans car Owner: Barry Sidery-Smith GRX 307D ’Old Faithful’ Marathon de la Route car Owner: Malcolm Beer BRX 854B Spa-Sophia-Liege rally car Owner: Paul Campfield 1964 #47 Sebring car Owner: Anthony Binnington