Triumph – MG Challenge

Marty Sukey (center) and Team Triumph take the Inaugural Triumph-MG Challenge Cup.

NOTE: On October 1, Pittsburgh International Race Complex announced its pending sale, with the new owners choosing not to continue motorsports operations. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix would like to continue to host the Triumph-MG Challenge and move it to the world-famous Schenley Park venue on July 18/19, 2026.

We are excited to announce that the Triumph-MG Challenge was a great success in its inaugural year.

A big thank-you goes out to everyone who participated in the first-ever 2025 Triumph-MG Challenge. Thirty-five racers took part in the spirited rivalry between the Triumph and MG faithful, with Coventry and Abingdon well represented in a battle for bragging rights. Both marques have proudly supported our Historics since the event began in 2004.

2025 Wrap-Up

Saturday’s race was a team race in which each driver was awarded a point based on their finishing position, and the team with the fewest points took the trophy. Sunday’s challenge race was a winner-take-all race for the trophy. The grid on Saturday is determined by each driver’s fastest times in Friday’s qualifying sessions. Sunday’s grid is based on the finishing order of Saturday’s team race. 34 racers qualified for the 2025 Saturday team race, 15 MGs and 19 Triumphs. The top 5 qualifying positions were

  1. Donald Dickey 1963 MGB
  2. Brian Dolan 1971 Vitesse
  3. David GOTT 1962 TR4
  4. Jason Sukey 1971 GT6
  5. John Studuhar 1959 TR3 Special

The 2025 team race started at 1:30 in sunny skies and 90ish-degree heat.  There were epic battles for all positions throughout the race. The lead position changed hands between the top 5 cars multiple times throughout the race.

Once the team scores were tallied, team TRIUMPH took home the trophy!

Sunday’s winnakes all races started with the top 5 grid positions filled with Triumphs. It was another brutal, hard battle for the entire 25-minute race, with Jesse Darrow ending up taking home the trophy with his Spitfire. The top 3 finishing Triumphs were

  1. Jesse Darrow Spitfire
  2. Scott Janzen GT6
  3. David Gott TR4

The top 3 finishing MGs were

  1. Donald Dickey MGB
  2. Marie Stiles MGB
  3. Jeff Bare MGB

2025 Results

2025 Triumph-MG Challenge

Race Entries

 

Contacts


Triumph Marty Sukey

 


MG Eric Russell

PVGP and Sponsorship Opportunities Dan DelBianco