On Sunday 20th August, Karen's husband Richard will be borrowing her MR2C race car and using it at the Time Attack event at Silverstone.

Starting off in Japan, Time Attack, Super Lap and Tuner Battles were organised by the media as a proving ground to see the difference between street tuned cars, produced by the tuning industries most respected tuners.

Held at various circuits although mainly Tsukuba, Time Attack rose in popularity as the stakes began to rise and the tuners had to keep on developing new and improved machines with which to conquer their competition on track with. Since the early days things have moved on and there are now different levels of vehicles entering the competitions, from road cars to full-on specifically engineered Time Attack cars made mostly of carbon fibre as the sport has evolved. Its drivers normally consist of the racing industries finest, drafted-in by tuners to pilot these unlimited machines in the bid to become the quickest.

Richard will be driving amongst a field of very high powered Subaru Imprezas, Mitsubishi Evos, Nissan Skylines, a tuned Dodge Viper, Porsche 911 GT3, etc. Hopefully, the sight of a Mk1 MR2 will raise a smile and may generate some interest for the MR2C.

Keep your fingers crossed for a decent result and that the car survives intact ready for Karen's next races at Mallory Park on 28th August.

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Time Attack