The home of the Historic Marathon Rally Group. The Historic Marathon Rally Group (HMRG) is a friendly UK-based network of enthusiasts dedicated to reuniting historic rally cars, competitors, service crews, and supporters from around the world. Our mission is to celebrate and promote the legendary Marathon Rallies and Classic Car Endurance events of the past while fostering a shared passion for motorsport history.
If you would like a WCR50+2 London – Mexico City sticker you can buy at any of the events or shows we attend each year for only £1.50, we also have a limited supply of WCR 50 pin badges, 2018 London – Sydney Marathon plaques, replica rally plates and more available at our stand.
Historic Marathon Rally Group stickers cost £2.50 each sorry we no longer post stickers out pop to see us at an event to buy them.
We only have a limited stock of memorabilia so do not delay buy from our stand.
The Historic Marathon Rally Group are a part of the Competition car display at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon 6TH September. A couple of free car display passes are still available for this event.
Any make of MARATHON, ABINGDON WORKS, OR INTERNATIONAL RACE OR RALLY CAR is welcome to come. If you can get there, please contact us.
Full details of the event are on the British Motor Museum website.
There will be a special feature of ex-works cars prepared by the Abingdon Competition and Special Tuning Departments, a rare chance to see them together.
Some of the featured vehicles include Mini Coopers, Morris 1800s, MGBs, Austin Maxis, Austin-Healey 3000s and MG Metro 6R4s along with various experimental cars, prototypes and supporting vehicles.
There will also be the chance to meet the people involved in this golden era from the BMC Competition and Special Tuning Departments at Abingdon, Warwick Healey works and Downton Engineering.
This celebration is being run by the Mini Cooper Register, Historic Marathon Rally Group, Austin Healey, MG and Triumph Clubs.
Following discussions over the last few days with the Owner, the Perth to Sydney Marathon 2021 organisers can advise that all being well, the fabulous Sobieslaw Zasada Porsche 911 S Car # 58 will be seen on the Perth to Sydney Marathon 2021.
Our fingers are crossed.
Here is another view of the car at rest but this time actually on the 1968 London to Sydney Rally.
The Event Organising Committee will be meeting tomorrow to review the status of activity of what is turning out to be one of the largest Historical Rally Tours for many years. The Organising Committee approved an increase in Entries and we are pleased to confirm that within 3 days all places were taken. The event now has 80 confirmed entries and it is all steam ahead to deliver the event as outlined.
The Committee will release an Event Update following tomorrows meeting with updates also being published on the Historic Rally Club NSW and ACT Group.
President of the Historic Rally Club NSW and ACT Michael Batten has kindly agreed to join the Organising Committee.
Thank you to all Entrants and also to those entries on the Reserves List.
Kind regards,
Laurie Mason – Event Director.
If you want to know more about this event you can contact Laurie via the Perth to Sydney Marathon Rerun 2021 facebook group
You can read an earlier post about the Perth to Sydney Marathon Rerun here.
The CORVID-19 virus outbreak has lend to many car events being cancelled this year. Our headline event WCR50 had to be cancelled. As at the time of writing this is current outlook for events in 2020.
WCR50 has been postponed until next year. We now have a date in the diary for holding our show WCR50+1 at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon on 18 April 2021.
6 September 2020 at the British Motor Museum is the rescheduled BMC/BL Day along with the 50 years since the closure of Abingdon Reunion. HMRG are hoping be there with a few cars if lockdown rules allow. Read more details here.
We are supposed to be at the Classic Car Restoration Show on August 7th to 9th but this is looking doubtful, partly because of the large number of people who attend and part of the NEC being a Nightingale Hospital. You can check out more details here.
Show now postponed to 26 to 28 March 2021.