COYS MG Live Festival Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Nr. Towcester
Northampton
NN12 8TN
Saturday 11th July 2009
Registration Number: FR 13 Chassis Number: HDH / 55 / 3391
Since 1971, there has perhaps been no more familiar MGTF in the world of classic MGs than that of the ‘Toulmin TF’ of Tom Davis. Tom was part of a great motor racing dynasty that still resonates today in the world of historic racing. Tom’s brother, Cliff Davis, was the mercurial star of Goodwood’s heyday – winning a succession of races in his ground-breaking Tojeiro Bristol Barchetta (LOY 500) that was to set the mould for the AC ‘Ace’ and ‘Cobra’. Tom himself competed in MG T-types at Goodwood and was the owner of another famous Barchetta (LOY 501) known as the ‘Leonard MG’ and raced in period by Stirling Moss. Tom’s three sons, Grahame, Rae and Darryl followed the family tradition of motorsport and are all multiple champions – Rae probably being the best known for his giant-killing drives at