MG Midgets

I took this photograph at Foulstons chicane during the MG Cockshoot Cup Championship Race at the Jaguar Drivers' Club's Cheshire Cats Trophy Meeting at Oulton Park in April 1987.

Chris Wright is leading Darrell Atherton and both are driving MG Midgets. The MG Midget was produced from 1961 to 1980 and according to the programme of the event both cars have the 1,250cc engine that was introduced in the MkIII in 1966. This doesn't necessarily mean that one or both of the cars are MkIII models as the 1,098cc engine of an earlier car could have been replaced by this larger engine, and the programme doesn't show the years of the competing cars.

MGB Roadster

I took this photograph at Foulstons chicane during the MG Cockshoot Cup Championship Race at the Jaguar Drivers' Club's Cheshire Cats' Trophy Meeting at Oulton Park in April 1987.

Leading is the MGB Roadster of Mark Ashworth followed by the MG Midget of Ashley Jacques and the Austin Healey Sprite of Rick Frisk. The programme of the event doesn't show the year of manufacture of any of the cars.

1961 MG Midget

This car took part in the 20 minute long Equipe GTS Series race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.

It's Richard McKoen's 1961 MG Midget, one of the 25,681 that were produced between 1961 and 1964. The MG Midget was a badge-engineered version of the Austin Healey Sprite, albeit with a different front end which didn't feature the famous 'frogeye' headlights. The 1961 model had a 4-cylinder inline 948cc BMC A-Series engine, although Richard McKoen's car has the 1,098cc engine that was not introduced until 1962.