A reminder regarding the Annual Dinner & Presentation Evening which takes place on Saturday February 28th 2026, the menu selection form can be found within the pages of the Calendar tab…

Also, New Years Day run, we look forward to meeting you at the Abbey Lodge before a leisurely drive to a mystery venue that is central for everyone’s homeward journey afterwards.

To break up the boredom between Christmas and New Year have a scroll through our planned events for 2026 and see if anything is of interest to you.

The events have been added to our calendar provisionally and since we set up the calendar we have already added the Classic Car show at Lincolnshire showground to the list of exciting events within our Centre.

All events will have entry forms etc added at a later date.

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The next autotest is scheduled to be at Strubby Airfield, near Alford on
a tarmac surface on Sunday 12th October 2025 starting at 1100am. Please
contact Ian Mackenzie or myself if you want to enter that event and your
entry monies will carry forward to October. If you wish to have your
monies returned just once again contact Ian and he will arrange a
refund.

Derek – Please amend the website to indicate the event cancellation
please.

My apologies to you all.

David

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Autotest entry form

The Lincs autotest site is at an old airfield at East Kirkby which on a fine day is a delightful venue with good clean concreted areas. Thankfully Sunday the 12th was such a good day.  Before commencing the driving tests there is a joint marshals & competitors briefing to explain to everyone the roles and responsibilities of the marshals, the penalties for competitors should a cone be struck or a line not crossed correctly and the format of the tests.

There were four tests – each test is completed three times with the worst score being deleted and the timing being done through a digital app which self populates a scored spreadsheet. This was a necessary introduction to comply with the MotorsportUK covid-19 guidance but has been welcomed by everyone as it saves transposing the data manually and is an instant record of a competitor’s score.

The tests were similar to those undertaken at the recent California Cup event at Malvern. Ian Webb was extremely competitive from the outset in his bright blue MG Midget but he unfortunately lost drive through a gearbox problem. It is very rare for any competitor to have to retire through mechanical failure as autotesting is regarded as “non-damaging motorsport”. That prompted Malcom Clark in his orange Midget to take the lead and he went on to claim Fastest time of the Day. Danny Reid in a blue MGBGT was very entertaining as was Robert Taylor in his blue MG TF and Michael Denton in his Audi. That latter car just proves you don’t need to be in an MG to compete at autotesting.  It’s great fun and any MGCC member is welcome to have a go.
Marshals are always welcome too as there is an opportunity to be a timekeeper, course marshal, club steward or even be the event organiser. Without marshals, the event could not run so it is always a good point to thank them for giving up their time.

David Stonehouse

Competition Secretary, MGCC (Lincolnshire Centre)

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So before we take part our car is checked over to make sure it is safe. This is simply checking that the wheels are secure, checking that the battery is securely fixed into it’s position, checking there is brake fluid in the system, the steering is responsive and finally that there are no loose items in the car that could fly out and injure the driver or indeed an official or marshal on the event. As you will have noticed non of these items are any more onerous than those checked at our annual MOT and if your car can pass an MOT then our scrutineer will pass it as suitable for testing your driving skill. Just one more item that can be done and is often checked at larger events is to have a piece of YELLOW tape around the battery lead that is to the earth point of the car. On many of our cars that is the negative battery lead but older cars pre 67 can be the positive battery lead these are positive earth vehicles.

Once that is all complete pay your small entry fee and attend an event. The organisers will give you a diagram of the test, you will have the opportunity on most occasions to walk around the course, then you will position yourself on the start line and the timing official will allow you to start. At this point, you simply go like hell for leather around the course hopefully navigating it as you were instructed. If you do this successfully the timing official will issue you will a time that will be carried forward to you overall time for the day. If at the end of the day you have the shortest time you will be declared the winner.

Of course, winning is not that easy but what will happen is that you will have a great day driving your car spiritedly without the fear of collision and, damage or points on you licence doing similar things on the public highway so give it a go.

What is an Auto Solo?

Unlike the Autotest that could require the entrant to drive in reverse or perhaps stop at a predetermined point on the course, an AutoSolo simply requires the competitor to drive a fixed course as quickly as possible. Again it is measured against the clock and is simply a one lap sprint. Again many people find this an exciting event simply being allowed to drive their car as quickly as possible without fear of damage or points on the licence from driving on public roads. Again the total time for the day’s events is added up and the winner, of course, is the competitor with the lowest total time. Class awards are given both in Autotesting and Autosolo to allow different vehicles to have a chance. Some people suggest that a turbo engined car will have an advantage (have they driven a turbo? possibly not) or perhaps a 1800 cc variable valve controlled engine will be a major advantage, who knows but class awards sort these issues out and hopefully we are all on a level playing field

The Next Meeting

May 2026

Autotest – Strubby Airfield Sunday 17th May 2026

The second in our series of autotests to take place ...

17 May

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September 2026

Autotest : East Kirkby – Sunday 13th September 2026

Our third autotest event in the Lincolnshire Centre's calendar, this ...

13 Sep

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October 2026

Autotest – Strubby Airfield: Sunday 11th October 2026

Our final competitive event in this seasons autotest calendar. Please read ...

11 Oct

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Past Events

Autotest Results for 9th October 2022

The final Lincolnshire Centre autotest of the season was held…

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September 11th Autotest

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Autotest 11th September 2022

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Sunday 18th October 2020 – Late Autumn Autotest – East Kirkby

This was our second lockdown Autotest.   Mark

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