About Morgan Challenge
Created in 1985 by a group of Morgan racing enthusiasts, many of whom are still racing in Morgan Challenge today. It has gone from strength to strength to become one of the most successful single marque Championships in the UK.
Eligible Cars
The Morgan Challenge is open to all 4-wheeled Morgans and the Championship is divided into several power-to-weight classes to encompass both standard and modified cars, encouraging entries from a broad spectrum of performance. Members of our Technical Committee are always happy to guide and advise on which class your Morgan is eligible for.
Close racing
Points are awarded to class winners, second, third and so on, with an extra point being awarded for the fastest lap in each class. This enables a quick and consistent driver from any class to become overall champion and win the coveted Peter Collins Tray at the end of the season. It also ensures that, although the overall race winner on the day is likely to come from the highly modified and very quick cars, the battles for class honours throughout the field should be just as hotly contested. The championship winner is often decided at the last race of the season.
Morgan Drivers
There are around 40 registered competitors in the Championship: several have been racing in the Challenge since it began in 1985 and some are new drivers, either novices to the sport or who have migrated from other forms of motorsport. Some competitors drive to the circuit in their race cars on the day of the event, some camp, some overnight in a local B&B and others bring their cars on trailers behind motor homes.
The variety of competitors is wide, both in age and occupations. The only qualifications you need are to be enthusiastic and sporting; commitment ranges from highly competitive to laid-back. The Morgan Challenge is very friendly and if anyone has a problem with their car at a race meeting, advice and help are always on hand from fellow drivers and their crews.
Spirit of Morgan Racing
Everyone taking part in the Championship voluntarily agrees to a Drivers’ Charter emphasising that the enjoyment and participation in Morgan Challenge is based upon a special respect for each other’s cars, friendship between competitors and finishing races with all the cars in one piece.
Morgan drivers all help each other out in the paddock with any mechanical problems and make sure that cars driven to the circuit (there are several of these) can get home should they have problems at the circuit. The Tony Morgan Tipp Trophy (pictured left) is an award presented at the end of the season, voted for by the drivers, for the person who has embodied the true spirit of Morgan racing during the season.