HILLCLIMB & SPRINT ASSOCIATION - NEWS DESK ARCHIVE
THE HSA AT RACE RETRO 2008
18/03/2008
For its fifth consecutive appearance at Stoneleigh Park’s excellent Race Retro – adjudged by many to be the best yet – the HSA’s stand was once again the focal point and a popular meeting place for hillclimbers and sprinters throughout the three days of the show. For them, and perhaps even more for the uninitiated, the big-screen TV showing a wide range of Brayspeed DVDs throughout the show was a big draw. We had plenty of enquiries from potential hillclimb and sprint competitors who were also well served with copies of Steve Wilkinson and Phil Short’s Hillclimbing and Sprinting – The Essential Manual, with the co-authors on hand to help out on the stand and sell copies of their popular book. This year’s show car was Henryk Koslowski’s successful Jedi-Yamaha which also attracted much interest, and the background shots that decorated the stand came, as ever, from the Midland hills via the lens of Roger McDonald’s antique, but superbly effective Linhof camera.
The HSA would like to thank the many volunteers who set up the stand and who manned it over the three days of the show, which included Tony Bray, Peter Curtis, Grant Cratchley, Henryk Koslowski, Phil Short, Jerry Sturman, Alan Terry, and Steve Wilkinson.
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See the HSA at Race Retro
05/03/2008
The HSA will be at Race Retro at Stonleigh from the 14th to the 16th March.
We can be found on stand A50 at the end of 'Speed Street' in Hall2. Drop by for a chat if you are attending.
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Regs for Anglesey rounds published
03/03/2008
The regulations for our two rounds of the REI/HSA Speed Championship at Anglesey on 30 and 31 August have just been published and can be downloaded here.
Anyone interested in taking part is advised to get there entries in immediately as the event is likely to be well over subscribed and are handled on a first come first served basis.
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Werrington regs published
03/03/2008
Although the REI/HSA Speed Championship won't be visiting Werrington this year due to clashing dates at Shelsley Walsh we do hope to return in the future and any HSA member wishing to make the trip this year will be pleased to learn that the HSA is an invited club.
The regulations for the 3rd and 4th of May events can be found here.
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Regs for April Wiscombe rounds published
02/03/2008
" I am pleased to advise you that the SRs for Woolbridge at Wiscombe hill climbs are now on the Woolbridge website, www.woolbridge.co.uk
Please go to the calendar page and scroll down to 26 and/or 27 April 2008 where you will find the SRs and entry forms.
Please read the SRs before filling in your entries, don’t forget to sign the reverse and please note, one cheque for both is quite acceptable if entering both days. I look forward to seeing you at the event
Regards
Gwyneth Wright
Secretary of the Meeting"
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Inaugural Regional meeting
02/03/2008
We will be holding an informal meeting for HSA members in the South West at the Cross Hands hotel and pub on the A46 at Old Sodbury South Gloucestershire from 7:00 pm on Thursday March 20th.
At least two committee members (Fyrth Cross and Chris Bennett) will be present and we are using this event to gauge the level of interest in the ‘regional meeting’ concept, particularly in the close season. If the idea is popular we hope to extend it to other regions and make it a regular feature.
The Cross Hands is conveniently located just off Junction 18 of the M4 and only about 15 minutes from Junction 14 of the M5.
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REI/HSA 2008 SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP REGS & ENTRY FORM PUBLISHED
23/02/2008
The permit for the 2008 Richard Egger Insurance/HSA Speed Championship has now been issued and the regulations and entry form can be downloaded here.
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Discounts from Opie Oils for HSA members
25/01/2008
Opie Oils have been Distributing Performance Oils for more than 12 years now and have an internet based Club Discount Scheme which can be used by HSA members. They offer oils and other performance products at substantial savings over high street prices and currently stock major brands including Silkolene, Castrol, Motul, Redline, Amsoil, Mobil, Fuchs, Denso, Brembo, Splitfire and Purolator.
They offer a free “recommend me an oil” service for those users that would like a bespoke recommendation but their product finders cater for most types of unmodified vehicles. Their website has a Club Members Section where there are large discounts and regular special offers.
The prices in the Club Members section are up to 17.5% cheaper than our normal prices and there are further “specials” on top.
Go to www.opieoils.co.uk to create an account. Select 'The Hillclimb and Sprint Association' from the pull down list of clubs and enter your membership number to create your account.
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On-line entries for Gurston Down
24/01/2008
From the start of the 2008 Season it will be possible to enter and pay for meetings at Gurston via the Internet. Using this method is very much encouraged by the organisers and there is no extra charge to the competitor – they will absorb the bank fees. The reasons for doing this are to save a large volume of paper and cost of printing and postage.
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New web site for Swansea Motor Club
21/01/2008
It is up and running already and they will be loading on the Llys y Fran entry forms when they are ready, so competitors can download them and help save printing & postage, which will help them try to keep costs under control, which will benefit entry fees. (Dont worry they will still post out to those who need it)
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Speedscene's own web site launched
06/01/2008
The HSA's magazine SPEEDSCENE, the only one in the UK to cover Hillclimbing and Sprinting, now has its own web site at www.speedscene.co.uk where you will be able to access news items, the current issue, an archive of previous issues as well as subscribe, renew and buy back issues.
Its very much work in progress at the moment so keep visitng the site during the year to see how it develops.
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Richard Egger Insurance to sponsor 2008 HSA Speed Championship
21/12/2007
See announcement at top of page.
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New HSA President & Chairman announced
10/12/2007
With effect December 2007, Chris Bennett takes over as the new HSA Chairman. "Chris is, of course, a regular competitor which gives him an invaluable insight into the requirements of HSA members." said outgoing Chairman Paul Richardson. "He has been doing a great job for the Association for some while now, not only running our website but also as Vice-Chairman."
"I’ve now been Chairman for over four years and I think it’s time for someone with fresh ideas and enthusiasm for this time-consuming role, both of which Chris has in abundance, to take over the reins. I will, of course, be maintaining my links with the HSA as Speed Championship Co-ordinator, assisted by Peter Hubbard, and I’d like to thank the committee for asking me to continue as President of the Association."
Paul takes over the President’s role from Ben Boult, who now joins the Association’s list of illustrious Vice-Presidents.
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Stunner tyre reprieve
06/12/2007
Good news for competitors in Roadgoing classes who use Stunner List 1A tyres.
The following text was received to-day in an email from John Ryan of the MSA:
"I am pleased to confirm that following agreement with the manufacturer the Stunner Scudo and Torneo tyres have now been re-entered on to tyre list 1A of the 2008 MSA competitors yearbook. The amendment will not be published in the yearbook as it has already gone to print however notice will be given to Scrutineers via the Scrutineers news letter and an amendment will be published in the Spring edition of Motor Sports Now magazine."
It is good to see common sense prevail and that the MSA is listening to the concerns of competitors.
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Final 2007 Championship Results
27/11/2007
Congratulations to all our competitors for an exciting and successful season despite the weather which blighted a few events mid season.
Also a big 'well done' to our new Champion John Bradshaw (pictured right pondering how he might find a few more tenths at Loton!)who had a marvellous season in his Striker despite being relatively new to Speed events.
The full results and additional awards are:
Overall Winner: John Bradshaw
2nd place: Steven Filkin
3rd place: John Owen
4th place: Mark Ibbotson
5th place: Andrew Till
Highest Placed Lady Competitor: Clare Rogers
Highest Placed Newcomer: Karl Dickinson
Ashton Mobile Service Trophy: Fyrth Crosse
(A1.) 1st: Andrew Till, 2nd: Karl Dickinson
(A2.) 1st: Steven Filkin, 2nd: David Crawley, 3rd: Ian Bennett
(A2.1.) 1st: David Jones, 2nd: Chris Bound
(A3.) 1st: Neil Duncanson, 2nd: Richard Etheridge , 3rd: Mark Laws
(B1.) 1st: John Bradshaw, 2nd: Robert Way
(B2.) 1st: Steve Day, 2nd: Bob Gale
(C1.) 1st: Wil Ker
(C2.) 1st: Simon Andrews, 2nd: James Freeman
(C3.) 1st: Vincent Dubois, 2nd: John Boyall
(F.) 1st: Lindsay Mercer
(G.) 1st: Bernard Armitage
(H.) 1st: Peter Roberts
(I.) 1st: David Owen, 2nd: Alan Cleveland
(J.) 1st: Michael Jenkins, 2nd: Simon Teagle
(J1.) 1st: John Owen, 2nd: Tom Cox
(J2.) 1st: Andy McBeath, 2nd: Craig Bates
(K.) 1st: Paul Tinsley
(N.) 1st: Mark Ibbotson
(P.) 1st: Eric Morrey
(U.) 1st: Hugh Whitcomb
(V.) 1st: Johnathan Plowe, 2nd: Peter Joy
(W.) 1st: Fyrth Crosse
(W2.) 1st: John Burton
(X.) 1st: Mike Broome
Finally, we hope to see all of our award winners both at the awards lunch on December 2nd and next season.
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Final 2007 Championship results and awards
27/11/2007
The final ALDON HSA 2007 Speed Championship results and awards can be seen here.
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HAT-TRICK FOR PRIAULX
23/11/2007
Congratulations to former British Hillclimb Champion Andy Priaulx on winning his third consecutive FIA World Touring Car Championship.The 33-year-old Guernseyman completed his WTCC hat-trick with victory on the streets of Macau on 18 November.
After taking the 1995 British Hillclimb title with a maximum score - at the age of 21 - Andy went on to another clean sweep by winning all 13 rounds of the Renault Spider sports car series. Further success came in the British Formula 3 and Touring Car Championships before he graduated to the world's premier touring car series.
‘No-one should be in any doubt about the quality of Andy's achievements’, said MSA Chief Executive Colin Hilton. ‘He has repeatedly taken on the very best touring car drivers in the world and emerged victorious. He is fully deserving of the recognition that his success brings and those within the sport appreciate his professionalism and dedication. His success is a fine example to young British drivers currently cutting their teeth in UK motor sport as to what can be achieved on the world stage’.
Pictured right: Gurston Down, May 1995 - Andy Priaulx in his Championship winning Pilbeam-DFL MP58-03 (photo: John Hayward)
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It's not too late to book for the awards lunch!
23/11/2007
There's still time to get tickets for the Awards Lunch for the 2007 ALDON HSA Speed Championship will be held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon on Sunday December 2nd.
You can download a copy of ther booking form here (pdf version) or here (doc version).
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SPEED HILLCLIMB 2007 DVD
20/11/2007
This latest offering from Brayspeed, due to be shown on Motors TV in the near future, is available in advance on DVD. It gives an overview of speed hillclimbing over the past season, featuring action from Gurston Down, Longleat, Wiscombe Park and Shelsley Walsh.
There are interviews with former British champions Tony Marsh, Martin Bolsover and Roy Lane, together with current exponents such as Jonathan Gates, Tony Wiltshire and John Forsyth, and the DVD features on-track action from - among many others - Nic Mann's Mannic Beattie, Martin Baker's Morris Minor-Fiat and the Goulds of top British hillclimbers Scott Moran and Martin Groves.
There's also exciting footage of Graeme Wight Jr's Predator V10 in full cry! The DVD is available for £14.99 inc p&p from brayspeed@tiscali.co.uk or from 42b Edwards Avenue, Ruislip, Middx. HA4 6UT
Please make all cheques payable to: HILLCLIMB AND SPRINT ASSOCIATION
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ALDON HSA Awards Lunch booking form
15/11/2007
The Awards Lunch for the 2007 ALDON HSA Speed Championship will be held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon on Sunday December 2nd.
You can download a copy of ther booking form here (pdf version) or here (doc version).
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TWO NEW HILLCLIMB BOOKS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS STOCKING!
13/11/2007
HILLCLIMBING & SPRINTING – The Essential Manual answers most, if not all, of the questions likely to be posed by the aspiring speed event participant – plus many that hardened competitors may have been afraid to ask!
Phil Short and Steve Wilkinson have come up with a winner here with this excellent ‘How to do it’ book, profusely illustrated in full colour. It’s on sale direct from the publishers at: Veloce Publishing Ltd, 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, www.veloce.co.uk/hill.html, at £17.99 plus p&p, or from the authors: phil.short@blueyonder.co.uk or srw48@talktalk.net
SPEED CLIMB 60 – A review of the past 60 years of the MSA British Hill Climb Championship.
This 55 page A4 softback, packed with monochrome photos covering the entire life of the British Championship, contains a comprehensive history of the series by Jerry Sturman and is edited by Bob Cooper.
A Speed Championships Ltd publication, it is available for a modest £7.50 inc p&p from: The Secretary, Midland Automobile Club, Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb, Worcestershire. WR6 6RP. Tel: 01886 812211 (office hours) Email: secretary@shelsley-walsh.co.uk
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ALDON HSA Championship 2007 Top Three
24/10/2007
First John Bradshaw
(Striker Toyota) |
Second Steve Filkin
(Lotus Elise) |
Third John Owen
(Swift SC92FF) |
Congratulations to John Bradshaw on winning the 2007 ALDON HSA Speed Championship in his Sylva Striker Toyota. Having swapped his old crossflow motor for a more powerful Toyota twin cam unit at the end of 2006 John was hoping for a more successful year in 2007. However, even John's expectations were exceeded as the new engine clearly suited both the car and his forceful driving style with class wins coming aplenty.
After finishing third in the 2006 Championship in his Honda Integra Type R Steve Filkin acquired Sponsor Alan Goodwin's Lotus Elise and quickly got to grips with his new mount and finished the year one place better moving up to second.
Another driver improving on his 2006 position was John Owen in his familiar Swift SC92 Formula Ford. Having finished sixth last year John went three places better to finish third in 2007.
Full results can be found here.
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NEW HILLCLIMB DVDs
24/10/2007
The latest DVDs from Brayspeed are now available.
SHELSLEY WALSH SPEED HILLCLIMB 2007 features the record-breaking June meeting, the first British round held on Shelsley’s new surface. All the top class run action is in this 2-disc set, together with the dynamic run-off battle between Martin Groves and Scott Moran. £19.99 inc.p&p
WISCOMBE PARK SPEED HILLCLIMB 2007 includes Torbay MC’s May club meeting, with all classes featured plus in-car action from Jo Hodgson’s Elan, Martyn Pike’s Escort and John Forsyth’s Pilbeam-DFZ. There is also footage from July’s British run-offs, featuring the amazing tied duel between Martin Groves and Trevor Willis. £15.99 inc.p&p
Both DVDs are available by post from: Hillclimb DVDs, 42B Edwards Avenue, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 6UT
Please make cheques payable to: Hillclimb and Sprint Association
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DALLARA’S DAY AT CURBOROUGH
15/10/2007
CURBOROUGH, October 14: For the second year running a Dallara F3 chassis took FTD at the HSA’s Alan Payne Trophy meeting, the last round of this year’s Aldon Speed Championship. Last year it was Paul Webster that set the pace, and in 2007 it was Andrew Platt’s turn as he broke one of the oldest records in the Curborough book, demolishing Peter Griffiths’ eleven-year-old record 2-litre racing record by fourteen hundredths.
With Jim Tatler in overall charge and Peter Curtis in charge of a healthy turnout of marshals, this slickly run event offered competitors three practice runs, two timed runs and an eighteen-car class winners’ run-off for the Alan Payne Trophy and saw competitors assembling for the prize presentation just after 4.00pm!
John Bradshaw, who had already secured the 2007 Aldon/HSA title at Loton Park’s penultimate round, was a non-starter, so the main Championship battle centered around second place honours and it was Steve Filkin who came through to grab the series runner-up spot, a class win securing the overall placing from the absent John Owen after a fine year in his ex.Alan Goodwin Lotus Elise. A record-breaking run to win the Modified Roadgoing Imp class – in which Stewart Cairney and Graham Cashmore also ran inside Duncan Batty’s 1998 record – secured a championship fourth place for Davrian pilot Mark Ibbotson, while class A1 winner Andrew Till bagged a series fifth overall in his MG ZR 105 to leave Simon Andrews to round off the top six in his MG TF.
Despite a close fought battle for the minor placings in the Alan Payne class winners’ run-off between runner-up Alan Goodwin’s Aldon sportscar and John Palmer’s Westfield-Puma, separated by a hundredth, Jonathan Plowe dodged the bullets in the rare Jensen Healey to bag the coveted award (which he will receive on our December 2nd awards presentation at Gaydon), a clear 0.34sec inside his class winning time.
(A full report will appear in the Christmas issue of Speedscene)
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Winning day for top three ALDON HSA Championship contenders
30/09/2007
At a dry and pleasant Loton Park on Saturday September 29th each of the top three runners in the ALDON HSA Championship put in excellent performances in pursuit of thier championship ambitions.
In a very hard fought Formula Ford class John Owen came out on top on his last run just pipping Richard Summers while Steve Filkin won the Roadgoing Production cars class.
However, it was John Bradshaw (pictured right locking up into Triangle), winning the smaller Specialised Production car class in his Striker Toyota who unofficially sealed the 2007 ALDON HSA Championship.
With 44 ALDON HSA Championship runners entered it was a successful and ejoyable day for many competitors.
Eynon Price set FTD in his OMS 2000M with a sub 50 second run.
Full report to follow in Speedscene.
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PayPal problems reported
20/09/2007
We've had a couple of reports of members experiencing problems trying to renew using PayPal.
We've checked with PayPal and carried out tests and everything appears to be working normally.
If anyone encounters a problem we would be grateful if you could let us know by email.
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FINE ALDON TURNOUT AT RECORD-BREAKING GURSTON
28/08/2007
With over 30 entries, the Aldon/HSA Championship class at Gurston Down’s August Bank Holiday Sunday British Championship hillclimb provided a fine prelude to each of the two top twelve run-offs.
Storming British Championship action on the fast Wiltshire hill saw the inevitable duel up front between series leader Scott Moran and Martin Groves, but this time Groves had the whip hand winning both rounds, resetting his hill record on the morning shoot-out and winning again in the afternoon for a maximum points haul of 22. Moran ran second each time as Groves ate into his lead in a series that looks increasingly like going down to the wire at Shelsley on October 7.
Records tumbled on one of the warmest days of the hillclimb year. As well as the hill record, Groves also reset his class mark in qualifying, Ed Hollier took a new 2-litre sports libre record to break clear of a tie with Paul Haimes at the head of the PowerMec Leaders table, Nic Mann lowered the big libre mark with another scintillating run in the astounding Mannic Beattie, while Sue Young and the Gould-Judd carved a whole second off Sandra Tomlin’s Gurston Ladies record.
With race cars not surprisingly setting the outright pace in the Aldon/HSA class, husband and wife team Morgan Jenkins and Amy Tomlin led the way in their OMS on 32.68 and 33.23 respectively. Surprisingly, it was Alan Goodwin’s first visit to Gurston but the Championship sponsor ran third in his Aldon AL3 on a mid-35. Championship second place man John Bradshaw brought the Toyota powered Striker home fourth overall, within a couple of tenths of Goodwin’s Ford powered sportsracer. Tony Jarvis in the ex.Moon ‘Pterodactyl’ FF Van Diemen RF84 collared fifth, but John Owen lost out in his Swift as Vincent Dubois elbowed the burly Nissan 200 SX through to ease the Aldon series leader out of the top six. Peter Roberts and the Jedi bagged eighth ahead of Martin Webb in the Van Diemen, while in tenth place was Simon Andrews rorty ex.MG X-Power Cup TF.
Mechanical misfortune befell the Wil Ker/Ben Hamer Mini turbo in practice and problems also struck Chris Jones’ Westfield, which ground to a halt on his first competition run. Will and Chris took no further part, but Ben made the event courtesy of a ride in Eric Morrey’s Clan, running a deferential six tenths behind the car’s owner!
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Rob Barksfield
14/08/2007
 Sadly we learnt over the week-end that Rob Barksfield (pictured right) had been tragically killed in a motorcycle accident whilst returning from a trip to the Nurburgring.
Rob was an active member of the BARC at Gurston Down where he holds the 1100 Class record in the Martin Ogilvie designed Saxon PCD. Having developed the car from scratch he set the new standard in 2004 leaving it at 28.93secs.
Rob will be missed by the whole of the speed events community and our deepest sympathy is extended to his family and close friends.
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ALDON HSA round at Prescott - latest
27/07/2007
The replacement date for the ALDON HSA Championship round at Prescott that was cancelled on July 22nd has now been confirmed as Saturday September 22nd. It will be an eligible round of the ALDON HSA Championship and entires may still be made by contacting the Bugatti Owners Club.
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New Prescott Date
26/07/2007
Some news from Dave Riley about Prescott.
The rain has done some damage to the track. The area after esses has moved further and dropped a section of the return road has tried to move into the stream.The bulk of the tidying up of gravel traps etc has now been done. Tomorrow Thurs. our contractors are coming on site to undertake the necessary repairs this is due to be finished by Saturday giving the club Monday & Tuesday to finish preparations for the driving school on Wednesday. The VSCC meeting Aug 4th & 5th will go ahead as usual as will Sept. 1st & 2nd. Last weekends two meetings will now run September 22nd & 23rd.
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HSA MIRA JULY 14th
23/07/2007
After many wet events in the preceding weeks the competitors were thankfully greeted to a warm and bright MIRA. The rain stayed mercifully away and with few incidents, the slickly run event concluded after a class winners’ run off at about 4 o’clock.
Morgan Jenkins took his first FTD with a 47.82s in his OMS CF96 on what was generally regarded as a slower day although a couple of new class records were set.
Notable performance came from Steve Filkin and Mark Ibbotson who both set new records with Mark's new time nearly two seconds better than his own previous record!
Full report in Speedscene issue 145.
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Shelsley
23/07/2007
The latest press release from MAC.
The severe weather conditions affecting Worcestershire have unfortunately caused serious damage at Shelsley Walsh.
During the night of 21st July an earth slippage brought the spectator pathway down onto the track in the area between the Kink and Bottom Ess. Although the total damage has not yet been fully assessed it does put the 3 day August meeting in jeopardy although no decisions regarding the August and September meetings have been made at present. The Secretary, Hill Committee and contractors are currently involved in addressing the situation and a decision will be taken when the full extent of the damage is known.
Members, competitors and spectators are asked to check with this website on a regular basis for the latest news regarding the situation... Please keep telephone calls to the MAC office to a minimum to allow the situation to be dealt with.
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Prescott 21st & 22nd July Cancelled
20/07/2007
Due to severe wet weather in the Cheltenham area the Prescott events on the 21st and 22nd July 2007 have been cancelled. It is planned to reschedule these to later in the year and entrants will be advised accordingly.
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Mannic Day at Shelsley
17/07/2007
Member’s day on July 14th at Shelsley and at last Nic Mann’s Mannic/Beattie realised its full potential. His startling run of 25.83 seconds not only created a new Shelsley Special record but also gave him BTD. As exciting was the 64ft time of 1.67seconds – instant acceleration with no apparent wheel spin! Runner up was Rob Stevens with an impressive 27.04 seconds in his Force SR4. Congratulations to both these HSA members.
Unusually for this season a sunny day and a dry track!
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MORAN'S THE MAN AT HAREWOOD
09/07/2007
HAREWOOD, July 8: Only a small contingent of Aldon/HSA contenders travelled to Yorkshire for the Championship's first visit to the Harewood, but the venue drew universal praise from all concerned, who eagerly awaited their next visit to the longest and one of the most 'technical' hillclimbs in the British Championship. Stuart Cairney with the Imp and Steve Filkin in the ex.Alan Goodwin Elise were the only ModProd representatives among the 'A' licence contenders and were, perhaps not surprisingly, a little outgunned by the British Championship regulars that knew the tricky Stockton Farm venue well. But Aldon/HSA series leader John Owen took on Harewood's Formula Ford regulars with gusto and despite a second run spin acquitted himself well in the Swift SC 92, finishing second to one of the venue's top FFmen, Andrew Henson, in his later model Swift.
The dedicated class for HSA 'B' licence holders saw Eric Morrey in charge with the Clan. In a close battle with Vincent Dubois, he finished just 13 hundredths clear of the big Nissan SX. Emerson Kent was within a couple of seconds of the leaders in his Peugeot 205, and a similar margin clear of co-driver Chris Flavell, with Michael Tindale fifth in his 850 Clan. Unfortunately Tim Beardsley retired the Ginetta G15 from the fray on his first run.
Top man in the Nicholson McLaren British Championship lineup was series leader Scott Moran, who netted both run-off wins and FTD in his Gould-NME, with season-long rival Martin Groves having to settle for second place each time as the pair continue to head the championship table. Moran climbed within a quarter of a second of his hill record on a day that started wet and dried progressively, but which saw four new class records. Ed Hollier lowered his own sports libre mark in the OMS-Suzuki, then Brodie Branch demolished Mark Budgett's 1100 racing record in the Ian Dayson Force using rear suspension parts loaned by Russ and Chris Pickering, their Vision (with Force rear end), having been sidelined in practice after a wiring loom fire. Paul Haimes took 0.03sec off Trevor Willis's 2-litre record with the Dallara, while after Robert Kenrick had broken Phil Cooke's 1600 record - in the same car that held it a year ago - James Blackmore went one better to finally bag the new mark with a time that still, as before, outpaced the 2-litre record!
Photo gallery to follow soon.
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Prescott June 24th
02/07/2007
Chris Merrick set the outright pace at a somewhat damp Prescott hillclimb as Aldon/HSA Speed Championship contenders made their annual visit to the Gloucestershire hill for the June Midland Championship round.
In the absence of several of the British Championship regulars, who were taking time off from a hectic schedule of no less than seven championship outings in as many weekends, the June Prescott invariably features a wide variety of cars in the Avon/ BMTR run-offs. Both Brodie Branch and his co-driver Darren Luke figured strongly in their Ian Dayson built Force-Suzuki, as did Rob Stevens’ rapid Force-Suzuki sports libre car, but it was Merrick and fellow British championship regular Trevor Willis that took the wins, with second and third placings for Simon Durling enough to give him the lead in the Avon/BMTR Challenge series in the absence of front-runners Scott and Roger Moran.
The 2-litre roadgoing sports car class contained the largest number of HSA championship entrants, with ten on hand in the 22 car class. In a typically close fought division, less than 4.5sec covered the top ten runners and while, as expected, Ash Mason continued his unbroken run of 2007 wins to maintain his place in the joint UK Changes Midland series lead, it was our own Chris Jones that ran him closest. In a last minute switch from his own Toyota powered Sylva Striker, Aldon/HSA Championship leader John Bradshaw shared the car with Chris, who elbowed his way through from fourth place in the wet morning runs to pip class regulars Ken Evans and David Uren.
Turbocars ruled in the ‘B’ licence class for Aldon/HSA contenders, Wil Ker and the Mini giving valiant chase to Vincent Dubois’ Nissan 200SX before the bigger car pulled out a lead of almost half a second for the win. Ben Hamer made it a one/three for the howling red and black Mini. Eric Morrey closed in with the Clan for fourth and in the battle for the final top six place, Peter Joy gladdened the hearts of Lotus enthusiasts as he hustled his superb Climax engined Lotus Elite past the Westfield-Vauxhall of Chris Child.
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The ALDON AL3 visits Prescott
30/06/2007
 Alan Goodwin bought his unique ADLON AL3 car, built for the F100 series over thirty years ago, to Prescott over the week-end of June 23/24.
After putting up some very respectable times on the the practice runs Alan managed to post a 51.76s on a still dampish course on the Sunday.
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Not much to tell until now
19/06/2007
Well it's been a long time since I blogged anything; there are plenty of
excuses for this. Mainly because 3 of our good friends decided to get
married between March and June. This meant 3 stag dos, 3 weddings and
best man duties absorbed many weekend.
Also, the car only got returned to me from the body shop on 26 May and I
was then on holiday for a week. I've worked every hour available in the
last 2 weeks to get it all back together. A few modifications have been
put aside for the moment, but will hopefully be done after Prescott this
weekend.
Only the brakes to bleed and the suspension to set up now.
See you at Prescott if you're going
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MISSING COPIES OF SPEEDSCENE
19/06/2007
It has come to our notice that one or two new members/subscribers or those who have renewed recently may have missed the most recent copy of Speedscene (issue 143 and pictured above).
If you haven't received your copy yet please let us know by emailing us here.
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Barkston Heath
05/06/2007
Unfortunately it now looks extremely unlikely that the planned sprint and ALDON HSA Championship round at Barkston Heath on 12th August will be able to go ahead.
Appologies to all those who were looking forward to competing there this year.
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Records Fall at Shelsley
04/06/2007
In perfect conditions at Shelsley Walsh on Sunday, the MAC hosted their first National Championship round for 2007. Expectations of startling times on the new track surface were well founded. Scott Moran and Martin Groves traded hill records throughout the day with honours finally grasped by Scott in the closing runoff at 22.83sec.
There was plenty of excitement in most classes, too, with records falling everywhere: The 2-litre ModProd sportscar record fell to Ash Mason on 30.44sec, while the big saloon mark was reset by Roger Banks’ mighty Audi on 29.16sec after HSA member Roy Standley had already broken his existing record. David Tomlin moved the Ferrari record to 34.35sec, Tom Hammonds’ Shelsley closed car record finally fell to Mike Endean in his Puma on 28.06sec, the 1100cc race car standard was now in the 26second bracket, reset by George Brown on 26.83sec while the 1600cc race car record went to Chris Pickering on 26.08sec. Tom New set a new 2-litre record at 25.39sec and of course the unlimited race car record went too – to Martin Groves on 23.25sec. Among the Classics, HSA member Peter Cox reset the pre-85 mark to 28.84sec with the big Chevron-Rover and Classic Saloon/Sports cars to Kelvin Lee set a new Classic saloon/sports record with 31.62sec. Oh, and almost inevitably, Sue Young set a new outright Ladies’ record, leaving it at 24.73sec.
Just too much excitement for one day!
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Peter Hubbard - Out of hospital and recovering
15/05/2007
As some of you will have heard Peter had a nasty off coming out of Top S in damp conditions at Shelsley Walsh on Saturday.
Peter's unique KBS turned sharp left into the fence and suffered extensive damage while Peter himself was taken to hospital for checks. He was released on Monday morning and is now at home nursing a few bruises.
Peter would like to extend his thanks to everyone at Shelsley for their effort and care.
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Spring Shelsley 13th May 2007
15/05/2007
The first Shelsley for 2007 and for many HSA members a chance to drive the newly resurfaced track. General opinion was one of excellent and consistent grip, very smooth and good drainage, whilst the new surfaced loop road in the finish paddock made life easier for both competitor and marshal. Class wins by several HSA members and BTD to John Jones on 28.19sec in his Pilbeam MP82.
Saturday was a day of sunshine and showers, but almost perfect when compared with the meeting the following day which enjoyed continuous monsoon rainfall and for the final batches 100m visibility in the finish straight!
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New Welsh Hillclimb
24/04/2007
The Brecon Motor Club are organising a new hillclimb on June 17th at a venue called Epynt in Mid Wales. The course is 1650 metres long.
Entry forms are available from martin@leonard77.fsnet.co.uk or Martin.Leonard@BreconMotorClub.co.uk or by phoning 07766991803. Further details will be available shortly at www.breconmotorclub.co.uk
HSA members are invited so if you fancy something different to MIRA on June 16th why not have a look?
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THE HSA AT RACE RETRO 2007
26/03/2007
 The HSA's stand (pictured right) at Race Retro was once again the focal point for hillclimbers and sprinters visiting the popular annual Historic Motorsport Show at Warwickshire's Stoneleigh Park.
With the Brayspeed hillclimb DVDs playing throughout the three days of the show, many new and potential speed eventers visited the stand to find out just what our branch of the sport is all about, while in pride of place on the stand was Alan Goodwin's recently re-acquired Aldon sportsracer that he and business partner Don Loughlin originally built in 1970 for the short-lived F100 Formula, with BMC A Series power. After a successful circuit career over many years in several hands, Alan has bought back the now Ford Twincam engined car from long distance sportscar racer Phil Meaney Jr in the States, and intends to campaign it on the hills this season.
A big draw on Friday was the presence of motorsport legend Tony Marsh, who was on the stand (pictured left) to sign copies of his newly published autobiography - which sold like hot cakes!
It was the fourth successive, and successful, appearance at the show by the HSA. Our thanks to all those members who came along to help out on the stand over the three days, in particular to Fyrth Crosse, Alan Terry, Grant Cratchley and Pam, Peter Curtis, Alan Goodwin, Jerry Sturman, Dave Parr, Paul Richardson and Chris Bennett.
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HISTORIC DVD OFFER
21/03/2007
A limited number of DVDs, featuring the early days of one of Australia's premier hillclimbs at Rob Roy, are now available through the HSA. This 49 minute history produced for the Penrite Oil Company tells the story of the first dedicated hillclimb in Australia from 1935 to 1961, when the hill was discontinued prior to it's resurrection in more recent times.
It includes rare footage and photographs plus commentary from six-times Australian Hillclimb Champion Bruce Walton and other Aussie racing legends such as Tony Gaze and Bob Jane. The DVD is available for £15 including p&p from:
Rob Roy Hillclimb DVD
42b Edwards Avenue
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6UT
Please make out cheques to 'The Hillclimb and Sprint Association'.
STOP PRESS! Together with the Brayspeed Gurston Down and Longleat DVDs, the Rob Roy DVD will be on sale on the HSA stand at Race Retro this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tony Marsh's autobiography will also be on sale and the author will be signing copies on the stand on Friday.
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NEW EDITOR FOR SPEEDSCENE
21/03/2007
Jerry Sturman will be bowing out as the editor of Speedscene after the next issue, 143, which is due out in June.
'After 20 years and 105 issues, I think it’s now time to step down and let someone else occupy the Editorial chair', said Jerry. ‘Martin Price, who many of you will remember as editor of the popular "Ingear Motorsport" magazine and who currently edits "MAC News" has agreed to devote much of his own spare time to taking on this not inconsiderable task. He will, I’m sure, do a great job. All Speedscene’s regular writers and photographers, including myself, will continue to contribute to the magazine which I’m confident will continue to give unrivalled coverage of our sport. Good luck, Martin – and here’s to the 20 years!'
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Race Retro reminder
19/03/2007
Don't forget that Race Retro (International Historic Motorsport Show) is on at Stonleigh 23-25 March.
The HSA will have a stand as usual and will be featuring Alan Goodwin's ALDON F100 recently returned from the US. So please come along to say hello and to meet other HSA members who stop by for a chat.
Tony Marsh will be on the stand from time to time on Friday to sign copies of his recently released autobiography.
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Lydden Sprint April 7th regs
13/03/2007
The regs for the first round of the ALDON HSA Speed Championship can be dowloaded here.
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TONY MARSH TELLS HIS STORY
21/02/2007
One of motorsport's greatest all-rounders, Tony Marsh, who mixed Grand Prix racing with an unrivalled career as six-times British Hillclimb Champion, has at last put down his reminiscences in a volume just published by Parley books. You can read a review of the book here, where you can also find out how to obtain it.
The book will be on sale on the HSA's stand at this year's Race Retro Historic Motorsport Show at Stoneleigh and on Friday, March 23, Tony will be present on the stand to sign copies. Don't miss this great opportunity to meet a legend in the sport and to acquire a copy of his long-awaited book.
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2007 ALDON HSA Championship Regs & Entry Forms
15/02/2007
You can download the regs and an entry form for the 2007 ALDON HSA Speed Championship here. Please also note that the final calendar and classes include a few changes (an extra MIRA and 3 Sisters replaced by Harewood).
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ALDON F100 Sport Car returns!
14/02/2007
The unique & historic 1970 ALDON F100 car is being brought back to the UK from America by Alan Goodwin. Click here for more details.
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ALDON F100 COMES HOME
14/02/2007
In 1970 ALDON built an advanced monocoque sports car for the new F100 class (remember, at this time most racing cars outside F1 were of spaceframe construction)of sports racing cars. Powered by a 1300cc BMC engine, Alan Goodwin raced it in 1970 and after changing hands a few times it eventually finished up in the USA where, fitted with a powerful twin cam engine, it has recently been very successful (pictured right).
Now, after 37 years it is finally returning home, Alan having purchased the car at the end of last year and he is intending to enter it in a number of speed events in the UK once he has had a chance of checking it over.
You will be able to follow the story of this unique and interesting car here on these pages and there will also be major article appearing in a future issue of Speedscene.
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BARC PPC Speed Championship
09/02/2007
Draft calendar and regs for the BARC PPC Speed Championship have been published here. As a reminder, all HSA members are elegible to enter this Championship in 2007.
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The Start of the New Season
13/01/2007
So here we go with a blog of a year of hillclimbing and sprinting in a turbo charged mini.
Happy New Year to everyone (bit late).
If you don't know (and why would you) the mini got a bit damaged at Shelsley towards the end of the season. The picture was taken outside the body shop when I dropped it off a week or so ago, I am told it is now straight. The accident caused a few other things to get bent, but it will all be back together by the start of the season.
We're still chasing the elusive 160bhp, new pistons to cope and a new turbo should hopefully see us nearer the mark.
Cheers to everyone who's got in touch since this blog has been here, I look forward to seeing you all in a couple of months.
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NEIL BENFIELD
23/12/2006
We are very sorry to have to report that Neil Benfield lost his battle with cancer on December 21st. As many of you will know, Neil was the driving force behind Borough 19 Motor Club for many years, a highly respected MSA Steward and a man whose contribution to club motorsport was immense. His personal negotiations saved North Weald as a sprint venue and more recently he worked tirelessly behind the scenes to bring Cadwell Park on stream for sprinting, culminating in last October’s event at the Lincolnshire venue that won the prestigious Les Edmunds Trophy for the best organized British Sprint round of 2006. Despite his illness, he refused to let this restrict his activities and had already secured the venue’s use for 2007 and was even in charge of the finish line for the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on November 5th.
Neil was also closely involved with the HSA. He was a regular contributor to Speedscene and put a tremendous amount of work into our first event at Barkston Heath last August – even arranging for us to have all Borough 19’s safety equipment on loan for the event.
Neil Benfield was one of a kind. With his passing, club motorsport has suffered an immeasurable loss. Our thoughts are with his wife, Rosie, his family and all his countless friends and associates within the sport
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Ben Boult retires as HSA President
13/12/2006
After many years of service to the Association as committee member, ALDON speed championship co-ordinator, chairman and finally president, Ben Boult, who as many members are aware, also has a very busy life outside the HSA, has decided, due to pressure of other activities, to relinquish all his responsibilites with the Association.
The committee, and we are sure the membership too, would like to thank Ben for his active and enthusiastic support of the Association over the years. We all wish him well in his subsequent endeavours.
An announcement regarding Ben's successors as president and championship co-ordinator will be made in due course.
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Championship Results
30/11/2006
Congratulations to all our overall and class winners in the 2006 ALDON HSA Speed Championship after a successful and enjoyable season.
Let's hope for even more of the same in 2007.
The overall Top 10 positions are:
1. Sean McLurg
2. Chris Jones
3. Steve Filkin
4. Ben Cox
5. Ian Ritchie
6. John Owen
7. Chris Bennett
8. Mark Ibbotson
9. Fyrth Crosse
10. Bob Adams
The final class positions remain the same as shown on the results page.
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Final ALDON HSA Championship positions
30/11/2006
The final confirmed ALDON HSA Speed Championship positions are available here.
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Brian Dennis' Mini
26/11/2006
Here''s a spectacular photo (courtesy of Steve Taylor) of Brian Dennis' roadgoing Mini Cooper in action at Prescott''s Pardon hairpin.
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Ian Davis' Mini
26/11/2006
Here's a spectacular photo (courtesy of Steve Taylor) of Ian Davis' mod prod Mini Cooper S in action at Prescott's Pardon hairpin.
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Gremlins of the non mechanical kind!
09/11/2006
A few of you have recently noticed a couple of problems with the web site - unable to download the awards lunch form and unable to post items to the Forum.
The web site has just been moved to a new server and this has caused the glitches. As far as we can see they are all fixed now but if anyone notices a problem please send me an email at web@hillclimbandsprint.co.uk
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Longleat Hillclimb 2006 DVD
03/11/2006
AND NOW LONGLEAT, TOO! A new Longleat Hillclimb DVD, covering this year’s September 24 meeting at the Marquess of Bath’s picturesque country seat in Wiltshire, joins the Gurston Down DVD (see item further down on this page)as the latest offering from Brayspeed. The format is similar, with a full commentary, selected runs from every class and a comprehensive roundup of times – plus the final stages of the weekend battle between John Forsyth and Tony Wiltshire!
As before, the DVD costs £17 including p&p - Special offer! Buy both Longleat & Gurston DVDs for £25
Please send cheques, made out to the "The Hillclimb and Sprint Association", to:
Gurston DVD
42B Edwards Avenue
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6UT
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THE 2006 ALDON/HSA CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 3
28/10/2006
First Sean McClurg
(1.4 GSM Delta) |
Second Chris Jones
(1.6 Westfield-Vauxhall SE) |
Third Steve Filkin
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Having campaigned the rare, South African built GSM Delta for many years now with great success, Sean McClurg had a fine Aldon/HSA season with seven wins, at MIRA, Goodwood and two each at Shelsley and Loton Park. With the championship already in the bag, a new Curborough record in the pre-76 Classic Roadgoing Sports Car class was the icing on the cake.
Like McClurg, the two drivers battling down to the wire for second overall in the series both took class wins at Curborough’s final round but here the tables were turned. Already with four wins (at MIRA, Debden and two at Prescott) on his slate and now dropping scores, Steve Filkin lay second on the Championship table. But only by a single point, from Chris Jones, as the series moved into the final round at the Staffordshire sprint course.
Despite adding another win to his previous tally, even Filkin’s fifth class victory of the season was not enough to stem the challenge from Jones. Already with a win at Shelsley and two each at Loton and Prescott, the hard charging Redditch driver made it a round half-dozen wins at Curborough. With no scores to drop, it was enough to snatch a last-gasp second place overall in the Championship.
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2006 Awards Presentation
20/10/2006
The Awards Presentation for the Championship for 2006 will be held on Sunday 3rd December 2006 at the Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire CV35 0BJ.
You are invited to attend the meal, which will be held prior to the presentation, together with a guest or guest’s. Reception is 12.30 pm. for 1.00 pm.
The Centre will be open from 10am to 5pm on the day, your tickets will gain you access between these times, this should give you sufficient time to browse the grounds and take in the exhibits in the Museum.
A booking form can be found in the latest edition of Speedscene or downloaded here and you can download a map of the location here.
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WEBBO’S WINNER
16/10/2006
CURBOROUGH, Oct 15: Paul Webster scored his first ever FTD with a win at the HSA’s Alan Payne Memorial Trophy meeting.
The final round of the Aldon/HSA Speed Championship staged a battle up front between former Gurston Down Hillclimb Champion Webster, gaining valuable development time in his New Techniques engineered Dallara-Vauxhall F301, and OMS-Honda driver Barry Hunt, with Webster’s 29.55sec run getting the verdict by just seven hundredths of a second. Demolishing Graham Galliers’ Classic Racing Car record by over three seconds, Peter Cox took third FTD in his burly Chevron-Rover with the only other sub-30sec run of the day.
Already confirmed as 2006 Aldon/HSA Champion, Sean McClurg (pictured right at Prescott, courtesy of Steve Taylor) took a record-breaking class win in his rare South African built GSM Delta, but employing his hard charging sideways style to the full in the Cougar Westfield-Vauxhall, Chris Jones snatched the Championship runner-up spot on countback from Steve Filkin’s Honda Integra Type R as both drivers took class wins. The coveted Alan Payne Trophy for the best improvement in the single shot class winners’ run-off off went to Geoff Stallard, threequarters of a second inside his target time in the F3 Dastle Twincam.
Full report and pictures in Speedscene 141, the Nov/Dec issue.
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The ALDON Lotus Elise sold!
05/10/2006
Alan Goodwin's familiar Lotus Elise, pictured for sale below, has now been sold.
Alan is looking forward to competing next season in something different. Watch this space!
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Prescott 23rd September 2006
23/09/2006
A sunny breezy day and slow drying track welcomed HSA/Aldon competitors to Presott today with 2 dedicated classes for the HSA - closed and open wheel.
In the first Roy Standley in the Evo5 squeezed the win from Mike Tregoning in his Darrian, whilst Barry Hunt's OMS had half a second over Peter Cox in the big Chevron B42 in the open wheelers, son Ben supporting the family equipe with 3rd in the Jamon FF.
An enjoyable and fast running event with Andy Coley's Gould taking BTD on 40.08sec. Full report will appear in Speedscene.
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Cadwell Park, September 16th/17th
22/09/2006
Sevenoaks & District Motor Club and Borough 19 Motor Club ran a 2 day Cadwell Park Speed Weekend over the 16th and 17th September.
In the words of Borough 19's Neil Benfield:
"Sadly the sea mist rolled in all day Saturday and just when we had perfect visiblity one of our competitors caught a wheel on the grass after the finish line and connected heavily with the tyrewall. The air ambulance transferred Kim Kingham to Lincoln hospital where she underwent treatment for a fracture in eah ankle before being sent home to get used to a wheel chair for a month. The Saturday sprint was halted owing to time restrictions.
The Sunday sprint was totally diferent with glorious sunshine all day. Jonathan Varley sideswiped the armco and was similarly take to Lincoln hospital but released that afternoon."
FTD on Sunday was narrowly taken by Matthew Oliver in his Gould with a 76.61s on a slighlty shortened course from the Saturday. Chris Aspinall in his Jedi MK4 missed FTD by a scant three hundredths of a second. Tony Jarvis (pictured right) just pipped shared driver Martin Webb by 0.06s to win the Formula Ford class in their Van Diemen RF84.
Thanks go to the two organising clubs and Motor Sport Vision for an excellent event at a wonderful venue.
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Sponsor's Lotus Elise for sale
19/09/2006
Alan Goodwin's ‘Green’ Lotus Elise is for sale.
Offered as used 2003 through 2006 in Aldon/H.S.A. Speed Championship and Midland Hillclimb Championship and other events to great success.
The car is fully road legal and road going, always being driven to and from all events. The times achieved are all records for 1a and most 1b tyred road sports car (excluding Locaterfields) and is more than a match for all but the fastest Locaterfields.
33.9 S/Walsh, 59.50 L/Park, 48.8 Prescott, 34.5 Curborough, 63.5 2 lap Curborough, 54.5 MIRA.
Spec includes Aldon built in 190bhp K series engine, t/bodies, DTA ecu, Piper high torque cams, forged pistons, modded head, Quaife s/c c/r gears and cwp, Leda coil over suspension, BTB exhaust, twin plate clutch and various other mods.
Compomotive 6 x 15 and 8 x 16 alloy wheels.
Excellent condition, reasonably priced at £12,500, this easy to drive car is ready to win many events in 2007.
Contact Alan Goodwin on work tel: 01384 572553 or home 01384 372270
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Gurston Down 2006 DVD
12/09/2006
HILLCLIMB – GURSTON DOWN 2006 is a new DVD from Brayspeed covering a day at BARC Southwest Centre’s popular Wiltshire hillclimb. It’s mainly centred around the June Gates Gurston Championship round, but to complete the Gurston picture this 75 minute DVD also includes selected runs from the August Nicholson McLaren British Championship meeting. There’s a full commentary and the whole range of hillclimb cars, from saloons to top single seaters, is covered in depth with complete runs, plus times, from each of the many competitors featured. If you were there, you could well be on this DVD!
To obtain your copy, please send a cheque, made payable to The Hillclimb and Sprint Association, for £17 (which includes p&p) to:
Gurston DVD
42B Edwards Avenue
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6UT
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ALDON sponsor returns to Cadwell
31/08/2006
Alan Goodwin, Aldon HSA sponsor, will be competing at the Cadwell Park meeting on 17th September for the first time for 40 years since he last raced there in the 1960's!
Then a mere strip of a lad Alan first campaigned a 1071cc Cooper S against the likes of John Fitzpatrick in the works Team Broadspeed cars.
Secondly in his rapid A.H. Sprite in the modsports events and thirdly in a F3 Lola coming second to ex F1 driver Peter Gethin.
Alan will be competing his Lotus Elise, if he can get it there as he needs to tow it for the first time.
The car will probably be outclassed against all the 2000cc & Westfields, Exiges etc. and with very low hillclimb gears but hopefully the journey will bring back many memories nonetheless.
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Goodwood 19th August
22/08/2006
The BARC South Eastern Centre ran its annual Ian Bax memorial sprint meeting at the historic Goodwood circuit including rounds of the ALDON/HSA, PPC Magazine, ASEMC, TVR Car club and Sevenoaks Speed League championships on Saturday 19th August.
Competitors were greeted with overcast but pleasant conditions with the forecast rain staying away for the duration of the meeting. A virtually incident free day saw the usual complement of two practice laps and three timed runs completed by mid afternoon. A surprisingly small entry was reduced further by nine non appearances and five retirements following practice including ALDON HSA championship regulars Andrew Till, George Harris and Geoff Stallard; the latter with a broken driveshaft on his Dastle MK10.
FTD was taken by David Standing in his immaculate Toms 037F Formula Three machine with a 83.06s.
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SIMON WINGS HIS WAY TO FIRST BARKSTON WIN
14/08/2006
 Driving wind and rain did its best to put a damper on the first ever Barkston Heath Sprint in Lincolnshire, jointly run by HSA and the NSCC.
But competitors shunned the miserable conditions and stayed to the end, enjoying two practice runs and no less than four timed runs over the challenging new Lincolnshire course.
Despite the weather there was close class action and a fine battle for FTD. As heavy rain thwarted the single seater drivers' earlier bids it looked as though Paul Perkin, who had set the pace for most of the day in his ModProd Peugeot 205, was all set for top honours.
Then as the single seaters found a window in the weather, Simon Wing - who had never previously driven his Jedi in the wet - just pipped early spinner Jonathan Toulmin's Marengo by a mere four hundredths towards the end of the fourth runs to set the day's best time in 62.10sec.
A full report and pictures will follow in the next issue of Speedscene, out early October.
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BARKSTON HEATH SPRINT 13th AUGUST 2006
30/06/2006
The new Barkston Heath Sprint is official, and regulations and entry form are now available to download off the web site. Located not far from Grantham this is a proper track with grass edges and the minimum use of cones, all details and track plan in the regulations.
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Debden Sprint Meeting 16th July 2006
25/06/2006
Have you put your entry in for Debden yet?
If not then do it now.
If you have lost your regs they can be obtained from tony@stainest.freeserve.co.uk
or the web site http://hertscountyaac.co.uk/
This is an excellent venue and worth doing, back in the 60's it was an excellent race track with fir trees that were upside down as the car rolled or so I am told.
Ben
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Lydden Sprint Championship
17/06/2006
Well it was HOT at Lydden both in the Paddock and on track. New class records for the 1100 and 1600 Racing cars, the latter inside the existing 2 litre record! A cracking run-off won by Roy Dawson and plenty of incidents!
A full report will appear in the next Speedscene (No 139).
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61 ALDON Championship competitors for Prescott!
16/06/2006
At the last count there were 61 registered ADLON/HSA championship competitors entered for the Bugatti Owners Club meeting at the famous Prescott hill over the week-end 24/25 June. See you there!
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Curborough 11th June
12/06/2006
The Owen Motoring Club ran their Graham Hill Trophy Sprint and a round of the ALDON/HSA championship on the Curborough short course on Sunday June 11th in sweltering heat. Special thanks go to the marshals and officials for running an almost incident free day in the difficult conditions.
Ian Palmer took FTD in his Force with a 30.91s on a day when many personal best times were being set.
 Also making another appearance was newcomer, Graham Boulter, in his pretty, immaculate and unique Kudos coupe with a 1700cc Alfa boxer engine. The fibre glass monocoque car was the subject to almost constant attention from onlookers throughout the day.
Full report in Speedscene.
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Anglesey Double Header
12/06/2006
Waht a superb week-end! Sun, sand and sea; OH and the sprinting was first rate too!
Saturday saw 'Roy the Boy' Dawson notch his third win is as many rounds but on Sunday disaster! The Gould developed clutch problems and then the gear selector forks became bent.
Up stepped Stewart Robb to claim his first run-off win of 2006 and only his second ever British Sprint Championship maximum.
A full report will appear in a forthcoming Speedscene!
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Double hat trick for Aldon engines
12/06/2006
 At the Chester Motor Club's Anglesey Sprint double header over the week-end of June 10th/11th John Palmer (Westfield, pictured right at Loton last year), John Loudon (Westfield) and Mike Smith (RAW Striker) scored an unprecedented 1-2-3 on both days.
 All three cars were running PUMA Zetec engines either built by ALDON or with parts supplied by ALDON in the up to 1700cc Kit Car class.
Over the same week-end ALDON/HSA Championship sponsor, Alan Goodwin, broke the 60 second barrier in his Lotus Elise (Pictured left at Prescott last year) at in the Midland Hillclimb Championship meeting at Loton Park on Sunday with a 59.95s.
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MIRA 27th May
02/06/2006
The Midland Automobile Club ran its MIRA SPRINT meeting for the Midland Speed Championship, the Morgan Speed Championship and the Ferrari Hill Climb(?) Championship on the usual MIRA course on Saturday May 27th.
The weather for scrutineering and the first practice run was overcast but dry. Thereafter the threatened rain arrived and the remainder of the meeting was run in wet conditions to varying degrees. Despite the weather there were few incidents and the slickly run event concluded after a third optional, ‘fun run’ at about 4 o’clock.
Chris Aspinall was consistently fast all day in his Jedi MK IV and took FTD with a 51.92s on his second timed run. Such was his domination that his first timed run was good enough for second fastest run of the day.
Full report, as usual in Speedscene
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ALDON customer back on the hill
30/05/2006
 Bob Gale from Worcester returned to the hills at Shelsley Walsh in May with his smart Westfield SEiW.
This car was originally built up by ALDON before being acquired by Bob who now looks after the maintenance himself. Powering the car is an ALDON developed 2.0 Vauxhall engine and we wish Bob the best of luck in this year's ALDON HSA Speed Championship.
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Torbay MC Wiscombe 20th May
22/05/2006
Torbay Motor Club's inaugural Wiscombe Park hill climb was acclaimed as a resounding success on Saturday, with both competitors and club members enjoying a full day's sport despite the high winds and constant threat of rain.
Although the track control team had never operated together before at this venue, slick cooperation between the Clerk of the Course, John Hill, Rodger Harvey (the club's finance director) in track control, the timekeepers and marshals on the course ensured that every competitor was given the very welcome opportunity for an extra timed run in the afternoon.
Local single-seater ace Tony Wiltshire, from Newton Abbot, seized this chance to stamp his authority on the event, and for the third time this season powered his orange 2-litre Ralt RT34 up the hill to fastest time of the day, the only driver to better the 39 second barrier, leaving his class rivals in more powerful machinery trailing in his wake.
The award for the best Torbay Motor Club competitor was given to Stewart Lillington, from Chard, in his 2-litre Vauxhall Astra.
Dave Williams (Ford Escort) won the Marshal's Award, which is given by popular acclaim of the marshal's on the day, for 'entertainment value'!
The event, supported by Exeter Caravan Centre, was a qualifying round of the Torbay Speed Championship and the Bridge Tyres and Wheels Wiscombe Hill Climb Championship.
At the awards ceremony, Torbay Motor Club President Phil Drinkwater presented Don Hansford from the Devon Air Ambulance Trust with a cheque for £300, representing funds raised by the club at their events in 2005.
Full results are available at the club web-site: www.torbay-mc.co.uk
Report submitted by Rupert Barker
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Loton Park Week-end 20th/21st May
22/05/2006
After two very wet days at Loton it will take competitors some time to clean the mud not only off the cars but off themselves!
Bill Hutchins took FTD on both days whilst there was able support on Saturday from the TVRs and on Sunday from the Paul Matty Lotii!
Full reports later in Speedscene!
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Harewood 14th May
15/05/2006
NME British Hillclimb Championship Rd 7
1 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 62.97s;
2 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 63.52s;
3 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 64.16s;
4 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 64.71s;
5 Simon Durling (2.65 Gould-NME GR55) 65.14s;
6 Tom New (2.0 Pilbeam-QED V6 MP88) 65.82s;
7 Willem Toet (2.65t Pilbeam-Cosworth HD MP88) 67.03s;
8 Jon Waggitt (2.0 Reynard-Vauxhall 903) 67.09s;
9 Tim Wilson (1.4 OMS-Suzuki/SBD CF04) 67.29s;
10 Mike Dean (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 67.47s;
11 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 67.54s;
12 Basil Pitt (3.5 Gould-NME GR55C) 68.56s.
NME British Hillclimb Championship Rd 8
1 Groves 54.10s; 2 Roger Moran 55.94s; 3 Durling 56.72s; 4 Scott Moran 60.32s;
5 Chris Guille (2.0 OMS-Vauxhall CF04) 60.71s;
6 Ranson 61.00s; 7 Pitt 61.02s; 8 New 61.15s; 9 Merrick 62.29s; 10 Waggitt 63.92s; Wilson – failed; Dean – failed.
Class Winners: Graham Smith (1.4 Radical-Suzuki SR3) 60.93s; Michael Walton (1.0 OMS-Suzuki 14/89) 61.58s; Robert Kenrick (1.1 Caterham-Honda 7) 61.08s; Simon Green (2.2 Westfield SEi) 64.45s; Tom Brown (1.7 Vision V98) 59.95s; Tim Elmer (2.0 Imagination-Vauxhall/QED PH1) 59.00s; Dave Banner (1.1 OMS-Kawasaki 2000M) 55.82s; Chris Pickering (1.3 Vision-Suzuki VF HB) 57.08s; New 56.06s; Groves 51.77s; Andy Geen (2.0 Peugeot 205) 68.80s; Mike Walsh (2.0t Mitsubishi EVO 6) 67.86s; Robert Bellerby (1.6 Sylvia-Peugeot Striker) 64.61s; John Hoyle (2.0 Westfield-Vauxhall SEi) 64.50s; Phil Short (1.4 Mini Cooper S) 67.11s; David Lanfranchi (1.6 Van Diemen RF87) 66.63s.
NME British Hillclimb Championship Positions:
1 Martin Grooves 68 pts
2 Scott Moran 67 pts
3 Roger Moran 66 pts
4 Simon Durling 57 pts
5= Mike Dean and Rob Turnbull 27 pts
Watch out for a full report in Speedscene!
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Barbon Manor Hillclimb
13/05/2006
NME British Hillclimb Championship Rd 5
1 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 21.78s;
2 Simon Durling (2.65 Gould-NME GR55) 22.19s;
3 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 22.22s;
4 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61) 22.40s;
5 Rob Turnbull (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 22.57s;
6 Mike Dean (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 22.71s;
7 Willem Toet (2.65t Pilbeam-Cosworth HD MP88) 22.80s;
8 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 22.85s;
9 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 23.30s;
10 Tom New (2.0 Pilbeam-QED V6 MP88) 23.84s;
11 Alistair Crawford (3.5 Gould-Judd CV GR37) 24.16s;
12 Jim Robinson (2.8 Pilbeam-Hart MP58) 24.59s
NME British Hillclimb Championship Rd 6
1 Groves 21.17s; 2 Dean 21.66s; 3 Roger Moran 21.69s; 4 Scott Moran 21.83s; 5 Durling 21.86s; 6 Toet 22.47s; 7 Ranson 22.63s; 8 Merrick 22.76s; 9 Turnbull 22.86s; 10 Crawford 23.56s; 11 Andy Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel V6 GR55) 24.13s; 12 New 23.58s
Class Winners: Robert Kenrick (1.1 Caterham-Honda 7) 26.95s; Martyn Silcox (1.9 Peugeot 205) 32.58s; Will Hall (2.0 Westfield-Vauxhall SEi) 28.00s; Graham Loakes (2.0t Subaru Impreza) 28.06s; Haydn Spedding (4.2 Jaguar E-Type) 29.04s; Gary Stephens (1.7 Mallock U2 Mk21/24B) 25.48s; Simon Fidoe (2.0 Pilbeam-Millington MP43) 25.32s; Graham Holmes (3.8 Proteus-Jaguar C-Type) 34.93s; Olivia Cooper (0.6 Jedi-Honda Mk4) 29.60s; George Brown (1.0 Force-Suzuki) 26.04s; Tim Wilson (1.4 OMS-Suzuki CF04) 25.03s; New 24.10s; Groves 21.80s; Keith Beningfield (1.4s MG TC) 33.89s; Vernon Williamson (1.0 Ecurie Ecosse-Imp) 32.00s.
Full report in a forthcoming Speedscene
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Forthcoming Events
10/05/2006
We are often asked by Competition Secretaries to publicise details of forthcoming speed events for which entries remain open. As a trial we are making this service available to all Organising Clubs who can have their event added to a dedicated web page by simply sending in the relevant details.
To see how this will look click here and for details about how to have your event added click here.
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Wiltshire's Wiscombe
08/05/2006
Contrasting with the wet weather in 2005, this years first Wiscombe weekend on the 6th and 7th or May enjoyed dry and occasionally warm conditions for competitors. Both days saw the overall fastest time by Tony Wiltshire in his Ralt RT34, Saturday being slightly quicker on 38.62 sec.
Saturday saw the 3rd round of the Aldon/HSA Championship with a good turnout of contenders, the award for overall fastest HSA member going to David Watson in his Radical SR4 on 42.19sec although the welcome appearance of Bill Morris in his Pilbeam resulted in the fastest HSA contender time of 40.38 sec which gave him a class award.
The Championship continues on the 13th May at Shelsley Walsh and we look forward to seeing many of you in Worcestershire next Saturday.
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Rd 2 SBD Britsih Sprint - Knockhill
06/05/2006
In variable weather conditions Roy Dawson not only won the latest round of the Championship but also set new class, course and Outright-circuit records with his Gould GR55. Stewart Robb was second whilst the drive of the day came from Daniel Pickett in the 1 litre Jedi who snatched third when Mike Musson spun out.
A full report should be in the next issue of Speedscene.
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2006 ALDON/HSA CHampionship
04/05/2006
What an excellent range of cars I see we have entered for this year’s Aldon/H.S.A. Championship. Keep them rolling in!
I know of several competitors who have promised to enter but haven’t yet including our very own salesman Steve Lane in his home built 1400 Fiesta to hopefully give Richard & Jamie Yapp some much needed competition. It’s his first year in speed events so lets give him a warm welcome.
Many of you have used our facilities over the winter so thank you very much and the best of luck for 2006.
Every customer means I can hopefully continue sponsoring the H.S.A. Championship for future years.
See you all around.
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Llys-y-fran May 14th
02/05/2006
Swansea Motor Club is organising the first National B hillclimb of the season at the scenic and challenging Llys-y-fran track near Haverfordwest on Sunday 14th May. There are over 30 classes including Classic Cars and Rally Car classes so there should be something for everyone.
Members of the HSA are invited to enter and there are rounds of The 2006 Trident Engineering Welsh Sprint & Hillclimb Championship, The MG CC Luffield Cars Speed Championship, The 2006 ACSMC Speed Championship, & The Mitsubishi Lancer Register.
Any competitor needing an entry form should contact:
Robert Allender, 50 Trallwn Road Swansea SA7 9XA
Tel 01792 791686 Mob/text 07999 523694
Email rob.allender@ntlworld.com
Or you can download the regs & entry form here.
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Werrington Park 29th & 30th April
26/04/2006
The next round of the Aldon/HSA Championship is being held at the Werrington double header weekend, with Sunday 30th April hosting our championship.
A beautiful park land venue with an interesting and testing hill including the notorious cattle grid gateway, Werrington is located 10 minutes north of the A30 at Launceston signed off the A388.
Spectators are welcome with good views and free access to the paddock, grass banks on which to picnic in the sun, and convenient car parking. If you are in the area we will be delighted to see you.
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HSA MIRA Sprint April 22nd
23/04/2006
The HSA organised sprint at MIRA on Sunday April 22nd took place in cool, overcast conditions initially but later warming up to a pleasant spring afternoon. The three practice and two timed runs followed by a class winners run off proceeded uneventfully apart from a few 'start of season' mechanical gremlins experienced by some competitors including Roy Standley and Bob Gale.
Overall FTD was set by Phil Lynch in his RALT RT36 who commented that 'it was one of the best run events he had attended in years'!
The Championship points table has been updated with the results.
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Bentwaters Parks Springtime Sprint May 28th
03/04/2006
All HSA members are eligible to enter the Springtime Sprint that the Borough 19 motor club are organising at Bentwaters Parks (Rendlesham, Woodbridge, near Ipswich) on Sunday 28th May. The regs can be downloaded here.
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Barbon Hillclimb News
14/03/2006
Westmorland Motor Club’s Brian Whittaker informs us that the Club will be spending approximately £7500 in partial resurfacing of the track at Barbon Hillclimb in time for the British Championship event on 13 May. This will address the problem of the bump on the first straight, resurface completely Richmond Corner and do some minor patching. Brian would, however, like to point out that complaints relating to the surface were only brought to the Club’s attention via Tony Fletcher towards the end of last year, and that WMC would appreciate it if any comments about either the facilities or the track condition at Barbon were made direct to the Club and as soon as possible after a meeting has been held, so that the Club can programme the work effectively.
Also, Westmorland MC would like to thank sincerely Graham and Barbara Bracegirdle for all the work that they have done in connection with Barbon over the years. Graham and Barbara will be retiring from the position of Secretary of the Meeting at both Barbon events at the end of 2006, but this does cause a problem for the Club, which at the moment has no-one else in a position to take over the job. A similar problem also occurs in connection with Secretary of the meeting for the Motorcycle event held in June. If any Northern-based HSA members would be interested in the job, Brian Whittaker would be delighted to hear from them. He can be contacted at Short Haul, Old Hall Road, Windermere, LA23 1JA Tel: 01539 442434
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BARC (SE) Sprint Silverstone Sunday 25th March
07/03/2006
All HSA members are eligible to enter the Sprint that the BARC (SE) are running at Silverstone on Saturday 25th March. It only costs £65 and the regs can be downloaded here.
An entry form for the 2006 BARC / PPC Speed Championship, which the BARC (SE) now run in association with the HSA and ALL HSA members are eligible for can be downloaded here.
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Historic Motorsport Show
02/03/2006
 The HSA stand at the third International Historic Motorsport Show held at Stoneleigh Park between February 24th and 26th received hundreds of visitors over the three days.
Members plans for the coming season were discussed and many enquiries were received. Most were of the usual variety of how to get started in Speed events but others were more unusual. For example there was the gentleman from Codemasters, the computer games company, who was interested in finding out about hillclimb venues for an upcoming game. He was likely to be a little diappointed though as the one track they have already modelled is Pikes Peak, Colorado and he wasn't expecting British venues to be so short!
All in all though, it was a very successful occasion for the HSA with Speedscene sales being particularly strong and new memberships and subscriptions being taken up.
Thanks should be given to Grant Cratchley for co-ordinating our presence and for the various members who contributed to the successful outcome.
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Championship Competitors update
23/02/2006
I have now loaded the entries to date 23rd February so you can see who is in your class.
May I remind you that you need to get your entries in as regs have been sent out.
Ben
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Historic Motorsport Show
22/02/2006
Come and see us on the HSA stand at the third International Historic Motorsport Show being held at Stoneleigh Park between February 24th and 26th.
You can find us on stand A50 in Hall 2 at the end of ‘Speed Street’.
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Speedscene 138
17/02/2006
Jerry Sturman has asked me to remind contributors and advertisers that copy for the next issue of Speedscene should reach him by May 5th at the latest. All contributions gratefully received!
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Borough 19 Test at Oakington Airfield March 5th
15/02/2006
The Borough 19 Motor Club will be holding a pre-season 'shakedown test' event at the Oakington Airfield Sprint course, Cambridgeshire, on March 5th. Regulations and entry form can be downloaded here.
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The HSA's first new on-line member
31/01/2006
Steven Filkin of Essex has become the first person to join the HSA using the new on-line joining service.
Welcome to the HSA Steven.
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MIRA 22th April - Mallock Class
30/01/2006
There will be a special class for all Mallock cars at our first MIRA sprint on the 22nd April. The class is open to all members of the Mallock Club, and of course members of the HSA. We hope that this proves to be a success, and welcome anything produced by that iconic family firm, probably the oldest established dedicated race car manufacturer in Europe, if not the whole world!
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2006 SBD Motorsport British Sprint Championship
15/01/2006
The regs are now published and should be dropping through letterboxes this week. This year's championship will be fought out over 13 rounds as follows:
13/04 Croft; 06/05 Knockhill; 10/06 Anglesey Racing Circuit; 11/06 Anglesey Racing Circuit; 17/06 Lydden; 08/07 Pembrey; 09/07 Pembrey; 22/07 Llandow; 04/08 Kirkistown; 06/08 Kirkistown; 28/08 Colerne; 02/09 Aintree; 17/09 Cadwell Park.
Full Details available on the BMSA website.
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PR and Media Representative
07/12/2005
With the continual development of the HSA the committee consider that a new member is necessary to take responsibility for all contact with the press and other media.
This will also include promoting the HSA, its activities, and hill climbing and sprinting in general. Ideally this person with have current or past professional experience in this field. In the first instance please contact Paul Richardson at chairman@hillclimbandsprint.co.uk to discuss the position.
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HSA AWARDS PRESENTATION - GAYDON, November 20
21/11/2005
 After a dominant year which included 24 wins and five new hill records, 2005 Nicholson McLaren British Hillclimb Champion Martin Groves received the Hillclimb and Sprint Association's Man of the Year award at the HSA's annual Awards lunch at Gaydon's Heritage Motor Museum.
The Association's annual British Hillclimb organisers' award, the Norrie Galbraith Memorial Trophy, went to BARC Southwest Centre for their running of the Gurston Down rounds in August, which Gurston C-o-C Simon Harratt accepted on behalf of the Club. First time winners of the Les Edmunds Memorial Trophy, presented to the top British Sprint organisers, Chester MC were the recipients for their Anglesey round in June, accepted by the event's C-o-C Bob Chesters and wife Jan.
 Amongst the other special awards presented were the Peter Stevens Memorial Trophy which was won, appropriately enough, by Peter's son Rob for his record-breaking 2-litre sports libre year in his 1600cc Force-Suzuki. HSA Vice-President Russ Ward presented his own annual trophy to the spectacular Trevor Willis, after another giant-killing year in his OMS-Vauxhall.
The HSA's own Speed Championship has been sponsored for the eighth successive year by Aldon Automotive. Top class finishers and the overall top ten received awards, including 2005 champion Simon Gee who won the Aldon/HSA Championship trophy at the wheel of his Jedi Mk4. Force single-seater driver Jane Farthing took the award for the highest placed lady competitor, while the Ashton Mobile Service Over 60s Trophy went to Roy Standley, who also finished seventh overall in his Mitsubishi Evo. Ben Cox, a fine fourth overall in his Jamun FF and competing in his first year in the sport, took the HSA Newcomers' Trophy, while the Aldon/HSA Championships Man of the Year was enterprising VW Beetle driver Robin Judge.
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