First off, apologies for the lack of action in this area, but unfortunately things have been extremely hectic at the start of this year and the media team has been, well this sums it up nicely!!



We have seen a couple of teams in the Endurance events in Season Ten of the MSA GT Series, the MGR Hankook team of MicroSte, MGR S7EVEN and MGR Jamesd49, as well as the WRT MooGin Audi Works team of MGR Ginge, MGR Wheelwash, MGR Iceman and MGR Tateatua, unfortunately, again, MGR Iceman and MGR Taeatua have yet to be seen as work commitments, especially in the case of Mr T have got a bit silly. But with two rounds down and two to go, both teams are very much competing for experience more than points to be honest.

The MGR Hankook team is also competing in the Sprint Series, well when MGR S7EVEN remembers to sign in, lol!! That team is currently preparing for Hockenheimring this weekend and another chance to build up the TORA experience. We do have a weekly diary of the team in various places and i have stole the bits written about the Endurance side of the MSA GT Championship so far, along with a few photos.

Last week saw the Endurance side of the MSA GT Championship start on TORA. MGR have seven members of the team campaigning the Endurance side of the series, although spread across just two teams, as the WRT Audi team is made up of members not able to make every round and only saw one for the opening round at Sunset peninsula in MGR Wheelwash, the MGR Hankook team though had two of there three members up and ready in MicroSte and MGR S7EVEN, all three in the same qualifying group and all three hitting a qualifying time within 0.06 seconds of each other, meaning they all started together in Lobby C, making team Photos a nice easy challenge to accomplish.



See, opening lap of the race, coming up to turn two, its like we planned it, lol!! All in all, a good solid start for the three drivers, MicroSte taking the honours in the inter team rivalry bit, finishing a good couple of thousand feet ahead of MGR S7EVEN and MGR Wheelwash is a bit thick, calculating his mileage completely wrong and coming down pit road for the first time on Lap Eight instead of Lap Twelve, i thought everyone was getting good mileage, this unfortunately meant that the last stint was a 15 lapper and that one thing discovered in practice was that after lap twelve, the tyres fall off a cliff, so the final three laps, a total of four positions given up overall in the standings and to cap it off, the tyres were 100% worn crossing the line, parking up to take the times, he couldnt slow down from 28 mph in time and hit MGR S7EVEN in a comedy slow motion stop kind of deal, the MGR body shop wasnt happy!!



A couple of really nice paints from Lobby Three, IBlueIJaBBexI's Lamborghini and the SLS of XPR Soundwave certainly showing the quality from the paint department. Perhaps a slight shame that of the 209 signed up, less than half were on show for the opening round of the series, but 97 was a bad starting figure and kudos to the organisation of the event which was top notch and extremely efficient. Next Sunday sees the Sprint Series starting, the MGR Hankook team of MGR S7EVEN, MicroSte and MGR Jamesd49 are all ready for the challenge that is Catalunya GP in the Lotus Evora Type 124 and glad to get some race tyres fitted to the thing as well!!



The return of the Enduro Series is in three weeks, at Twin Ring Motegi, which happens to be the favourite venue of a certain MGR Ginge, so big things will be expected from El Presidente.

The TORA GT Endurance Season reached Round Two on Sunday evening as Twin Ring Motegi played host to the GT cars. The MGR Hankook and MooGin WRT Audi teams were both two strong, the Audi R8 of MGR Wheelwash and MGR Ginge are competing in just the Endurance events and it was the #555 machine of MGR Ginge that did the business in qualifying, making the third lobby in the 75 man field. For MGR Wheelwash, pole in Lobby Four, the lead MGR Hankook Team Lotus Evora alongside in second place in Lobby Four, with MGR S7EVEN just another row back.



The good qualifying performance from MGR Ginge and a good start to the race was foiled by a lagout an hour into the event, which was a real downer for El Presidente, being on his favourite track and really getting the Audi work well. In the other Audi R8, MGR Wheelwash led from start to finish in the Lobby, racking up a 22nd place finish overall in GT3, which after the disappointing qualifying performance, was some consolation.

The MGR Hankook guys finished pretty much together, racking in 149 miles each. MicroSte is currently the best placed overall, lying in 41st place currently, and the Sprint Series continues this Sunday, as the Hockenheimring plays host to the three Sprint races and the quest continues for the MSA GT Championship in GT3 and GT4.


We are lucky in MGR as we do like a photo or two, so heres a small selection of some taken so far, from both the Sprint and Endurance Series, also featuring a few paints that have caught the eye along the way, as we do like a paint or two.













and a few of the Sprint Series









Theres loads more about in various places in which we get about and hopefully we shall keep this ticking over better in the near future. We may well have a couple of victims attempting the Touring Cars on a Tuesday evening and in the main, the focus is very much on the Sebring 12hr, the first main event on TORA for the 2013 campaign.