{"id":43355,"date":"2015-10-07T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/?p=43355"},"modified":"2015-10-07T00:00:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:00:20","slug":"holody-awarded-mg-collier-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/holody-awarded-mg-collier-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Holody Awarded MG Collier Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Collier_Cup_220-220x285-1.jpg\" alt=\"Holody Awarded MG Collier Cup\" width=\"220\" height=\"285\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43356\" \/>MGA racer and NAMGAR member Jim Holody, from London, Ontario, was awarded the prestigious \u201cMG Collier Cup\u201d at this year\u2019s Collier Cup MG race, part of SVRA\u2019s \u201cU.S. Vintage Grand Prix\u201d at Watkins Glen, NY. The Collier Cup race is for MGs only, and includes cars from Pre-War MGs to MGBs.<\/p>\n<p>SVRA has been running this all-MG race and awarding the Collier Cup, in memory and honor of the MG racing Collier brothers, since 1985! It is not won by the race winner, but rather is awarded to the MG driver in the race who best represents the \u201cSpirit of MG Vintage Racing\u201d in both car preparation and driver conduct on and off the track.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_VictoryLane_500.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Holody\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_VictoryLane_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_VictoryLane_500-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winner is selected by a vote of the MG racers at the event. Jim later reflected on receiving it, \u201cReceiving the Collier Cup was totally unexpected and rattled me for the rest of the podium presentations. I thanked all the MG drivers and commented on the significance of the Collier Cup and the Collier brothers to MG racing. I was proud to receive this award that was also won by Don Funke in this same MGA Twin Cam that he raced here in 1990.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_RaceCar_500.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Holody\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_RaceCar_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Holody_RaceCar_500-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jim was also honored to win the \u201cBucher-Decker Memorial Cup,\u201d sponsored by NAMGAR, for being the first MGA overall in the race!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MGA racer and NAMGAR member Jim Holody, from London, Ontario, was awarded the prestigious \u201cMG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-namgar-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}