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Healeysport is the motor sports centre for the Austin Healey Club UK and this website is dedicated to keeping Healeys racing.
2025 Healeysport Awards
Our annual Awards Dinner took place at the Holt hotel near Bicester on Saturday 15th November. A celebration of this year's achievements of Healeys on track, deeds done and even problems encountered combined with a dinner, a raffle, a magician called 'Lofty' and some fun on the dance floor.
This was our fourth year at the Holt hotel and they did an excellent job of looking after us. The staff at the Holt hotel put on a great evening with a welcome drink, an excellent meal with friendly but impeccable service.
To introduce a different twist to the evening, we included a close-order magician to the event called "Lofty the magician" and yes, he was quite tall!! Lofty was a big hit with some amazing sleight of hand tricks as he worked the room before and during the meal. (see Lofty picture below with Jack Rawles and Abbey Williams)
Steve Casson was our Master of Ceremonies for the evening and he had a lot to get through.
He started by welcoming all
our guests, including Bill, Rose
and Jack Rawles
and Abbey Williams (from Bill Rawles Classic Cars) who sponsor our Big Healey and Jensen
Healey classes and Aled Price and Hannah Eccleston from Peter May Engineering who sponsor our Sprite and Libre classes.
Unfortunately, Steve and Karen Norton could not be with us.
The awards part of the evening was run by the usual duo of Paul Baker and Richard Mason ably assisted by Aled Price and Jack Rawles. Paul and Richard were received at the start of the presentation by the normal volley of rocket balloons aimed at them by the drivers - proving yet again that this evening was more about fun than formality.
Richard presented the class awards to the Sprite and Libre class
winners with the help of Aled and Paul presented the Big Healey and
Jensen Healey class winners followed by the points based and discretionary awards
with the help of Jack.
The
evening was completed
by Paul and Aled presenting our 2025 Overall Champion award to Brett
Dillon -
a tremendous achievement for Brett in only his second full season in the
championship.
Along with the perpetual trophies, all the class and points based winners received engraved glassware as a memento of their award. The overall champion also received a framed pencil drawing of him driving his Austin Healey Sebring Sprite at Loton Park this year. The original drawing was produced by Martin Price, a keen MG sprint and hill climber, who also happens to be Aled's grandfather.
A big thank you to our Sponsors - Bill Rawles Classic Cars who sponsor our Big Healey and Jensen Healey classes, Peter May Engineering for sponsoring our Sprite and Libre classes and Steve Norton who supplies our Overall Champion award.
Steve Casson (pictured right) then ran the raffle with his usual amusing selection of festive and unusual prizes - including some interesting bottles of gin and wine donated by Ian Thomas and the Holt hotel. As always, the most keenly sought was a huge cuddly teddy bear which was won by Huw Edwards, who was somewhat taken aback at winning this enormous teddy that was almost as big as him!
After the final photo's were taken, our DJ fired up and the dance floor filled fast and stayed that way all evening.
Overall, the feedback from everyone was that the evening was a great success - much more a Healeysport family party than a formal event. They all had a great time, finished off by breakfast together the next morning before everyone headed home for a much needed rest. Huge thanks was given to the team at the Holt Hotel for organising such a successful event.
To see all the pictures taken by John Tewson click here and to see a complete list of the 2025 Award Winners click here.
2026 Speed Championship - Sprint and Hill Climb Challenge
The 2026 Healeysport Speed Championship Sprint and Hill Climb regulations and entry form will be available soon. Click here to see last year's Regs and entry form for the championship 2025 Sprint and Hill Climb Regs and entry form If you are thinking of taking part or if you have any questions, please contact Paul Baker our Championship Organiser on competitionsec@austinhealeyclub.com
The 2026 challenge will be a 15 round championship with four Healey
classes, a merged Big Healey and Jensen Healey class sponsored by Bill Rawles Classic Cars
(BRCC), a Sprite
class and a Libre class sponsored by Peter May Engineering Ltd. In addition to the class awards,
Steve Norton sponsors the award for the overall
Sprint and Hill Climb champion.
Our provisional 2026 events calendar is available now - click on the link 2026 Provisional speed events calendar
Brett Dillon (pictured right) is our 2025 Overall Champion shown here in his Austin Healey Sebring Sprite. Remarkably, he achieved this feat in only his second full season.
Following our practice day at Curborough in March 2026, the championship will include double header events (two rounds) of hill climbing at Prescott, Shelsley Walsh, Harewood, Loton Park and Gurston Down. In addition, there will be a two day sprint at Snetterton and one day sprints at Cadwell Park (the first time Healeysport have been there), Lydden Hill and Goodwood.
Each venue provides a different set of challenges to test the Healey driver's skill and abilities to the full. This series is open to any Healey or MG Midget driver with some or no motor sport experience and a car that can be road standard, modified or part of our new Libre class; over half the races will have target times set for each driver, to take into account the different abilities of the driver and their cars, so everyone has an opportunity to win a race. Although highly competitive, there is also a strong sense of camaraderie amongst the thirty or so drivers who regularly compete and the social aspect of this sport is very important to everyone.
Beginners Guide to Sprinting and Hill Climbing
Do you own a Healey - Sprite/MG Midget, 100, 3000, Silverstone or Jensen Healey? Are you interested in getting more out of your car and doing something you have always considered but put to one side? Well, why not take part in a fantastic sport with some really friendly and enthusiastic fellow Healey owners. Take a look at our Beginners Guide to Sprinting and Hill Climbing and then send Paul Baker, our championship organiser, an email on competitionsec@austinhealeyclub.com
Syd Segal Memorial Trophy Silverstone 2025
Anticipation of the Syd Segal Memorial Trophy Race had been growing for several weeks. This was an Austin Healey only event at
the Equipe
Classic Racing’s ‘Equipe Summer festival’ on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. This was a huge meeting with over 430 cars
registered on the entry lists for the various races.
Held over 16 laps/58.22 miles of the famous circuit and named after the charismatic driver Syd Segal, a veritable plethora of Healeys from not only the UK but also mainland Europe, gathered on a very overcast day to watch what was potentially one of the largest Healey races with 42 cars from Sprites to 3000’s lined up on the grid. Probably the best Healey grid in the U.K. since the 1980s.
Click here to read the report, see the results and view some of the pictures from this iconic event.
Drivers support 'Headway Surrey' Charity in 2025
Points for Charity - For 2025, all drivers taking part in the
Sprint and Hill Climb championship have the option to give.jpg)
(£1 a
point) to a chosen charity based on the number of championship points
they accrue by the end of the season. The Overall Champion at the end of the
previous season chooses the
charity for the year ahead. The scheme is entirely voluntary as the drivers need to tick the "Points for Charity" box on their championship entry form to agree to opt into the scheme.
In 2024 we raised over £1000 for Headway Surrey and hope we can do
better in 2025.
Headway Surrey is a charity that supports people and families where a head or brain injury requires some rehabilitation. Their biggest client group are those recovering from road traffic accidents.
To contact Headway Surrey to make a donation - click on this link
** Stop Press ** New Libre Class
Healeysport have created a brand new class in their Sprint and Hill
Climb Championship that will accept a whole range of cars.
The original car must be either an Austin Healey Sprite, 100, 100/6 or 3000, an MG Midget (1961 - 1979) or a Jensen Healey, but the modifications can be quite extensive. The car must retain the original central monocoque and front chassis. Fully space framed cars are not allowed. The make and size of the engine is free, as long as it retains the same number of cylinders as the original car. Fuel injection and supercharging is also allowed. The transmission, suspension, steering and brakes are also free. Aerodynamic aids such as: rear wings, front air dams, diffusers or venturis must fit within the confines of the original panels. Click here to see the regs for this and all the other classes.
The Libre class will allow a whole range of new cars to compete with us including any of the existing Class A, B or E cars from the Lackford Midget Challenge. If you are interested and have questions, contact Paul Baker on competitionsec@austinhealeyclub.com
Jensen Healeys - Welcome
Healeysport offers Jensen Healey drivers the chance to take part in the Healeysport Speed Championship and compete against Big Healeys and Sprites. The regulations have been agreed with Motorsports UK to allow for any Jensen Healey - Roadster or GT - that is a standard road car or modified car to take part. With its modern, Lotus designed, 2 or 2.2 litre, 16 valve, twin cam engine contained in a lightweight body these reasonably priced, pre 1976 cars will be competitive in road legal form, so with some modification they will be very competitive indeed.
This will also mean that we will have Healey and MG cars from three decades in the championship, with the Silverstone's, 100's, 100/6's and Frogeye's from the 50's - the Sprites/Midgets and 3000's from the 60's and now the Jensen Healey's from the 70's. Many would argue the golden era of British Sports Car production.
We have drivers signed up for the Jensen Healey class but are looking for more drivers to take part. So if you have a Jensen Healey and would like to find out more email Paul Baker on competitionsec@austinhealeyclub.com Alternatively, check out the regulations for the championship and the technical regulations for the cars (menu option above) and get in touch.
Lackford Engineering Midget and Sprite Challenge
If you are interested in circuit racing your Austin Healey Sprite or MG Midget then contact Mike Parker the organiser of this championship - see contact detail below.
The series sponsor continues to be Robin Lackford of
Lackford Engineering who also takes part in the championship in his red Austin
Healey Frogeye Sprite sporting no.57.
This championship is open to MG Midgets and Austin Healey Sprites and there are three classes to choose from Fully modified, Race modified and Road Modified plus an Invitation class at the discretion of the Championship Coordinator.
Good grids are expected at all rounds, so come along to any of the events and witness what promises to be an electrifying series with close racing throughout the field.
To view the 'Championship Regulations' and entry requirements, click on the Spridget Challenge tab above and then click on the Regulations tab. Alternatively, go to the Spridget Challenge website www.mgmidgetchallenge.club/ or contact Mike Parker at mikeparker78@btinternet.com or call on 01235 525255 if you are interested in taking part.
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