Dave Livingstone
MG 07740 582830
on track dave@mgs-on-track.com
www.mgs-on-track.com MGS ON TRACK
An experimental format – your pun. Unbelievably, it was another dry day Looking forward to 2009
comments invited and someone even spotted some blue sky! Goodwood in November will pretty much be
On September 8, we ran a track day at What’s more, the weather angel secured our fifth birthday. It’s truly amazing for those of
Castle Combe as an MGCC Register Day. another day for us at Donington. Despite us that started MGoT to think that we now
Unlike most of our days, where we split the awful weather before and after October 3 run pretty much a track day a month. Our
cars mainly by experience into a beginners’ there was no more than a slight sprinkling of plan is to continue with that into 2009 albeit
session, an intermediate session and an rain over the lunch period and sunny skies with a cautious approach to how many places
experienced session, this day was split just on before and afterwards. Long may it last, as are on offer given the economic uncertainty.
the type of MG. We had an MGB session, a we’ve a busy back-end to the year. We’ll probably want to share a few more
Midget session and a V8 session. days, building on our established relationships
More than just this variance on creating Three more to go – Oulton Park, with Club Triumph, Lotus on Track and the
sessions, we also asked each of the relevant Goodwood and Brands Hatch MX5 Owners’ Club and hopefully extend
Registers to take the session as their own What a way to end the season, with three of these, where possible, to other compatible-
and promote it as their event. As a small the most exciting tracks in the country on marque, like-minded clubs. Sharing the
incentive, we asked each Register to take on offer. Despite the fact that Oulton and financial risk is a key part of our strategy.
their share of the financial risk! Goodwood are sold out, the reserve list is
We were delighted that the V8, MGB small, so please don’t despair. Email me and We can always use more help
and Midget Registers all took up that I’ll add you to the reserve list that I keep MGoT is almost a small business in its own
challenge and, albeit with some difficulties offline. The current website doesn’t keep an right. Every event that we organise costs
along the way, all the sessions were filled. accurate reserve list so please ignore what between £4,000 to £12,000 pounds (the
The question is now – was this experiment you see there. If you can give me a latter, of course, being Silverstone GP
worth it? Do the Registers feel it was a telephone number as well, then there is circuit!). Managing the cashflow, marketing
success that they would like to repeat – or even more likelihood of getting a place, as the events and selling places are key tasks that
too much work and risk! Do the participants last minute cancellations require phone calls we have to take seriously even though this is
feel that it was worth it – or would they rather than emails. our hobby and we are a club. And, that’s
prefer to be grouped by experience, as Places at Brands, as I write this column, before we even get to running the event on
usual? Do we, the MGoT Committee, are on their way towards single figures. Once the day! The MGoT Committee is small and
feel that it was worth it – or again was it there they will go very quickly, so my advice hard working and can always use extra help.
too much additional work to make the is don’t hold back on that credit card – book If you are interested in getting involved, then
day happen? now. It will sell out. Though again, if it has please contact me.
Obviously, the latter question will arise by the time you read this, email me and you
at the next MGoT Committee meeting. A may be top of the reserve list. Photos by Martin Charles.
considerable factor in our decision will be the
answers to the other two questions. So, this
is an invitation for feedback – either from the
Registers concerned or the individuals who
participated. Is this one-off to be repeated or
not? Answers on the back of a postcard to…
better still, email dave@mgs-on-track.com
How about our ‘weather angel’?
Last month I joked about the ‘weather angel’
we seem to have watching over us and I
promised to let you know what happened
on the Register Day at Castle Combe, as the
deluge of rain in the days before didn’t bode
well for our track record, if you’ll excuse the
50 Safety Fast! NOVEMBER 2008 www.mgcc.co.uk
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