{"id":16276,"date":"2019-01-10T01:07:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T01:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=16276"},"modified":"2019-01-10T01:07:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T01:07:26","slug":"new-kit-racer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/10\/new-kit-racer\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW KIT RACER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/news_mittell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/news_mittell-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fourth model from motorcycle-powered sports-racing car manufacturer Mittell Cars is set to be revealed on the 750 Motor Club stand at the 2019 Autosport International Show, this week (Jan 10-13, 2019 &#8211; stand 2280, Hall 2).<\/p>\n<p>The MC-41R is the first &#8216;slicks and wings&#8217; offering from the Hampshire-based constructor and is set to contest the full 2019 Bikesports Championship with Scott Mittell behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The MC-41R will offer central-seat sports-racing car architecture, powered by a Suzuki GSXR1000 superbike engine. The new car is designed to go head-to-head with the Radical SR3 and PR6 models that currently dominate in Bikesports, yet is powered by a more cost-effective 1000cc engine compared to the 1300+cc Hayabusa engine of the Radicals.<\/p>\n<p>The new Mittell model follows on from the father and son-run company\u2019s successes in various 750MC formulae; starting with the duo\u2019s self-developed Locost Championship win in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The first car designed in-house was 2012\u2019s MC-51 as raced in the RGB Sports 1000 Championship. This was replaced by the MC-52 in 2013 using lessons learnt from the MC-51, with the second offering securing its first pole positions in 2013 and first race wins in 2014, before winning the overall 2015 championship.<\/p>\n<p>The MC-53 was released in 2016 with various sales for new drivers in the RGB Sports 1000 Championship, and with older models still proving competitive, Mittell models now make up a significant percentage of the grid.<\/p>\n<p>MC-53 models have since finished 2nd in the championship in 2017 and 2018, taking twelve victories and numerous lap record along the way; most notably lapping Brand Hatch Indy circuit in 47.9 seconds and taking the company\u2019s first 1-2-3 podium lockout at Silverstone last season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the announcement, Scott Mittell said: \u201cWe have really enjoyed the challenge of designing and building a car for the Bikesports category, with the extra aerodynamic freedom compared to the RGB Sports 1000 cars we have built previously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The 2019 Bikesports Championship calendar is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 1 &amp; 2 \u2013 Donington Park GP \u2013 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0April<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 3 &amp; 4 \u2013 Silverstone National \u2013 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 5,6 &amp; 7 \u2013 Anglesey Coastal \u2013 15<sup>th<\/sup>\/16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 8, 9 &amp; 10 \u2013 Silverstone International \u2013 10<sup>th<\/sup>\/11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 11 &amp; 12 \u2013 Oulton Park \u2013 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Sept<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 13 &amp; 14 \u2013 Snetterton 300 \u2013 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0October<\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mittell-cars.com\/\">www.mittell-cars.com<\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.750mc.co.uk\/\">www.750mc.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0<strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The fourth model from motorcycle-powered sports-racing car manufacturer Mittell Cars is set to be revealed on the 750 Motor Club stand at the 2019 Autosport <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/10\/new-kit-racer\/\" title=\"NEW KIT RACER\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}