RGB regular Spire joins CSCC Magnificent Sevens

Multiple 750 Motor Club RGB champion manufacturer Spire Sports Cars will enter the Classic Sports Car Club Magnificent Sevens fray for the first time this season, with new RB7 cars in build at its Derbyshire base for existing customers John Cutmore and David Watson.

“I’d been planning to retire for a while, but Dave and John were very persuasive,” said Spire founder Paul Nightingale.

“Some of the components used in the front-engined Bikesports car we ran last year, including much of the frame, are carried over to the RB7. Having worked with the scrutineer to ensure that it conforms to the series’ [Group B motorcycle-engined, Class J] regulations the project is moving along quickly now and the body is being made. Both cars will be powered by 1440cc Suzuki Hayabusa engines.”

Long-time RGB Spire racer and former championship class winner Cutmore already has a bike-engined Caterham which he tested at Snetterton towards the end of last season.

However, the Suffolk house builder who initially raced a Westfield Megablade in RGB is looking forward to the challenge of developing a new bespoke racer with Nightingale, whose rear-engined GT3 designs he has raced for a decade.