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RELEASE IMMEDIATE July 23, 2004

MG XPOWER GIRL GOES FOR WORLD RECORD

Fast lady driver Fiona Leggate will be attempting to create a little bit of
history this weekend as she tries to break the Guinness World Record for
competing in most motor sport speed events in 24 hours - and she is doing
it all in MGs.

Fiona will start the ball rolling with an eight lap race in a 190bhp MG ZR
at the MG International Race Meeting at Silverstone.

As soon as that race finishes she will be whisked off the grid in a fast
(MG) car to a waiting helicopter where she will fly to Brands Hatch in Kent
to take over the works two litre MG ZR that former British Rally Champion
Gwyndaf Evans will be driving in a two hour Britcar endurance race. Ten
minutes later she will be on the starting grid for the one hour Britcar
Enduro before handing the car back to Gwyndaf. After the race it's back to
Silverstone for dinner.

On Sunday morning she has to practice and then race an MG ZS replica BTCC
car in the MGCC sprint, a car she has never even sat in before.

Then, provided she can stay awake, there are another four races on Sunday
afternoon in MGs ranging from a modern MG ZR to an MGB built before Fiona
was born.

MG Sport & Racing Manager and legendary MG race driver Don Kettleborough
said: "working out the schedule for this record attempt has been a
logistical nightmare. All the races will be very competitive, so if she can
pull it off, with the help of the MG Sport & Racing Team and others, Fiona
will have earned the world record."