Bumper grids for CMMC debut

CMMC

The Classic and Modern Motorsport

Club’s first official meeting will take place at Mallory Park this Sunday with bumper grids for most races.

The Classic and Modern Motorsport Festival features races for single-seaters, sportscars, saloons and even motorcycles.

The Motorsports School Sports Saloon Challenge will feature 18 cars, including four Ariel Atoms, Mazda MX-5S, two

Citroen C1s and a Triumph Spitfire among others. The British Thoroughbred Sports/saloon/gt and the Classic Car Challenge also sports a grid of 18, including a Jaguar XJ12 and XJS, Morgan

+8, five MGBS and a Triumph GT6 entered from Australia.

The Historic Sports Car Club is supporting the event, and a full grid is expected for the club’s 70s Road Sports series, with almost 20 cars for the Historic Road Sports field.

CMMC founder Richard Culverhouse, formerly of the Classic Sports Car Club, said: “People don’t want to see the same make of cars go around: there are plenty of one-make series. It’s a real clubby meeting and it’s grown from last year

[which was organised by the 360 Motor Racing Club]. We couldn’t get the bikes on board [last year], but we’ve got a full grid of 30 500cc F3 cars instead of the Formula Fords.”

The CMMC also plans to hold a meeting at Snetterton in September, which will include a one-off race for powerful production-based cars, with the aim of creating a new series in 2019 should be there sufficient interest.