Fundraising is only a small component of the event’s purpose it’s an opportunity for people to come together and unite for a common purpose, to celebrate and support. Holding a 12-hour endurance race (split into two six-hour halves, over Saturday and Sunday) in the ice-cold embrace of November at one of the UK’s most weather-beaten (if beautiful) venues is part of the combative spirit of Race of Remembrance.Ĭreated by the forces’ motorsport charity Mission Motorsport, it’s an annual flagship event that brings together people from all corners of the military, sporting and automotive world.
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Rewind back to the beginning of the weekend, and both gleaming Plus Fours are tucked away from the elements in Anglesey’s pit garages as we wait for qualifying to begin. ‘On Sunday morning, the cars roll to a halt, engines fall silent and all congregate for a service of remembrance’ The Morgan Motor Company has entered two works Plus Fours in RoR 2021, one an automatic with hand controls, driven by Mission Motorsport charity beneficiaries – more on that in a moment – and one manual, with CAR among its four drivers.
Welcome to Race of Remembrance.Īll viewed from the classiest seat in the house. I’m halfway through my first racing lap, and there are another 10 and a half hours to go.
Its driver’s hands flicker to opposite lock, illuminated in the glow of lights mounted on its rollcage. High-intensity spotlights mounted on the car’s hardtop cut through the murk, illuminating a circuit packed with dicing cars: two battling BMWs ahead, door mirror to door mirror in a synchronised four-wheel drift further up the track, a pair of Citroen C1s nose to tail in their own private battle, tiny wheels splayed into odd camber shapes as they corner slightly beyond their manufacturer’s intended limits and a Caterham streaks around the outside of them all, two wheels kissing the grass.
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