Newest Morgan entry at Lemans

[emgeetf]

Hi All,

I found this on AOL auto today and thought some of you might like to see it. Watched the clip and all i have to say is they drive these cars at insane speeds.

https://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/08/morga...g+%28Autoblog%2

 

[aeronca65t]

Very cool. Here's the related video

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[John Turney]

It doesn't LOOK like a Morgan.

 

[Simon TR4a]

I am sure that under the stylish bodywork it still has the traditional sliding pillar front suspension!

 

[drooartz]

It doesn't LOOK like a Morgan.

Only thing Morgan is the name sadly...

Still, cool to see them trying to get back in it a bit.

 

[aeronca65t]

Cool that they're racing, even if it doesn't look like a Mog.
I was happy to see Ginetta run at LeMans in recent years too.

And even MG raced there a few years ago before they were sold to the Chinese (although that car was more of a Lola than a real MG).
Morgan has a pretty long history at Circuit de la Sarthe.

They ran in the late thirties as well as the 50s and 60s (and probably other times too).

This '58 Mog won the under 2 Liter class at LeMans in '62.
It was basically just a standard street car that had been club-raced in the UK before that. The current owner still races it in historic events.

And this one, raced at LeMans in '04.

 

[Hap Waldrop]

I am sure that under the stylish bodywork it still has the traditional sliding pillar front suspension!

And wood , once upon a time I was a on the BOD of a large car show and one year we were having Morgan as the feature make, and at BOD meeting the subject came up of possiblty of trying to seek a major sponsor that we could that could be tied into Morgan for that year's show, my suggestion was Terminix

 

[John Turney]

The Morgans will be at 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend.

 

[Andrew_Grannis]

Yes they were there, not only racing...