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THE HSA NEWS DESK
MOTORS TV HILLCLIMB DVD
29/04/2008
Available from the first transmission date, May 3rd, the first of the ten hour-long hillclimb programmes from Brayspeed to be aired on Motors TV covers the opening round of the Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship. All four rounds of the series will be featured on the satellite channel during the year, together with six rounds of the British Hillclimb Championship. The widescreen DVD retails at £15.99 and is available by Email from info@brayspeed.co.uk
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MORAN'S PRESCOTT DOUBLE
28/04/2008
Scott Moran opened his 2008 Nicholson McLaren British Hillclimb account in style with two straight wins and FTD at Prescott in his Gould-NME GR61X. He goes to the Barbon/Harewood weekend double-header in a fortnight with 20 points in the bag and a four point lead over Trevor Willis, who drove brilliantly in the Powertec bike V8 engined OMS to finish fourth in the opening shoot-out before shadowing Moran in the final stanza.
Defending champion Martin Groves had a torrid weekend dogged by gearbox problems, and after qualifying behind rival Moran could only finish seventh in the opening pre-lunchtime points battle. In the afternoon, co-driver Paul Ranson damaged the suspension during his tyre warm-up and only a frantic wishbone change enabled Groves to bid for a place in the final line-up. But after another second place qualifier, his run-off shot ended in a spin at the Esses to leave his tally for the day at just four points.
British Hillclimb Championship standings after rounds 1 & 2, Prescott: 1 Scott Moran, 20pts; 2 Trevor Willis, 16; 3 Roger Moran, 14; 4= Deryk Young and Chris Merrick, 12; 6 Rob Turnbull, 10; 7 Basil Pitt, 6; 8= Tom New and Mark Coley, 5; 10 Martin Groves, 4; 11 Robert Kenrick, 3; 12 Oliver Tomlin, 2; 13 Paul Haimes, 1.
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RICHARD EGGER INSURANCE HSA SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP - ROUND 3, GURSTON DOWN, April 19
21/04/2008
Despite the best efforts of former Gurston Down Hillclimb Champion Rodney Thorne, Ian Chard took his first ever outright Gurston win in the diminutive, supercharged Jedi-Suzuki from Thorne’s 5-litre V8 Pilbeam-Rover sportscar. A mere tenth of a second split the battling duo at a wet and treacherously slippery event on the fast Wiltshire hill.
Split into two dedicated classes for awards purposes, 25 Richard Egger HSA Speed Championship contenders splashed through the gloom in search of third round points, with Neil Duncanson – no stranger to the fast Wiltshire hill – in charge of the saloon and sportscar group on his effective Audi Quattro. 4WD was a definite advantage in the conditions, track day graduate Richard Colwille chasing hard in his Impreza Estate for second place ahead of former Modsports racer Bob Haigh’s Quattro.
Craig Bates stormed his OMS to the head of the sportsracing and racing division to set the fastest time by an HSA contender at the meeting, but the single seater driver was the only one to shade out Duncanson’s Quattro as James Tearle’s bike-engined Ginetta-Honda and John Burton’s Ralt-Vauxhall battled for second in class. Amazingly, Colwill’s estate car was next up in the overall standings, outrunning David Tearle in the Ginetta.
Full report in the next issue of Speedscene.
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Llys y Fran - entries filling up fast
16/04/2008
Entries for the popular Welsh hill climb at Llys y Fran are filling up rapidly and the May 11th entry list is already almost half full, and July 20th is already 1/3rd full.
Members/competitors should know that, if they haven't already done so, they need to send in their entries in to Steve Lloyd, 16 Southward Lane, Langland, Swansea, SA3 4QE now if they want to avoid disappointment.
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Photos from Curborough April 13th
16/04/2008
Rhodopsin have some excellent photos from the recent HSA Championship round at Curborough on April 13th as well as the previous round at Loton Park on April 5th. Call Richard Robotham on 07825 176420 or 07880 811837 for more details and mention that you are a member of the HSA for a discount.
A gallery of Curborough photos by Jerry Sturman will appear on this site shortly.
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RICHARD EGGER INSURANCE/HSA SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 2
13/04/2008
With a distinct shortage of entries for our first Curborough sprint event of the year, the second round of the HSA’s Speed Championship nearly didn’t happen. But after non-starters had reduced the original field of 50 to just 43, Brodie Branch and Darren Luke staged a great battle in their shared Force-Suzuki for not only FTD but the 1100cc racing car class record. The verdict finally went to Branch (pictured right) after his co-driver had been the first to officially demolish Mark Budgett’s 6-year-old mark, while third fastest overall was 2007 Midland Hillclimb Champion Ash Mason, turning the tables on co-driver Steve Day on their first competitive outing in the ex.Goodyear Pilbeam-Vauxhall MP62.
Defending HSA Champion John Bradshaw in the Striker had to give best to an on-form John Palmer in the 1700 kitcar class, while the star of the class winners’ run-off was Aldon Automotive parts manager Steven Lane in his ‘budget’ Fiesta. One of only two drivers to improve on their target time, Steven pipped Ralt-Vauxhall driver John Burton by just two hundredths to take the award. A full report and pictures will appear in the next issue of Speedscene.
In a hectic schedule for Richard Egger Championship contenders, the next round is scheduled in just 6 days time at Gurston Down hillclimb, meanwhile check the website for the latest HSA Championship positions and results analysis.
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Goodwood regs for May 10th
08/04/2008
The regulations and entry form for our Championship round at Goodwood on May 10th can be downloaded here.
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The New Season is underway!
04/04/2008
I have just entered the lastest entrants into the Championship, ready for scoring the opening event at Loton this weekend and I am pleased to say that there are 91 of us to date.
If you look at the Championship web site you will see a good spread across all class's and I am especially pleased to see 6 in the 600cc Racing Car Class after a couple of years with just 2 of us - and we are from the "Vintage" age group!
The MX5 is well represented as well as the A & B class's.
However there are a few Class's with only the single entry, so maybe these competitors could talk to their known fellow Class competitors and persuade them to enter the Championship?
There are lots of rounds this year and only the 8 best scores count so plenty of time to get some more competitors into the Championship.
Wishing you all a good safe season of racing and lets see if the new scoring system will bring out a deserved recipiant of the Championship Trophy by October.
Peter Hubbard
Championship Liason Officer.
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News of the April 5th Loton Park
04/04/2008
Round 1 of the Richard Egger/HSA Speed Championship was held last Saturday the 5th April at Loton Park where despite prophesies of bad weather the day remained dry. After lunch fleeting sunshine saw a dry track with reasonable grip for the time of year. An entry of 30 championship contenders enjoyed good competition with overall class victories for John Bradshaw, Chris Child, Lindsay Mercer, Tony Jarvis, Paul Tinsley, and Geoff Stallard whilst Barbara Fogden was competing in her first competitive event with her Mazda MX5. Full details of the event will appear in the next edition of Speedscene.
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Closing date for HSA Sprint at Curborough
23/03/2008
The closing date for entries to the HSA Sprint at Curborough on April 13th is Monday 31st March so please get your entry in on time.
If you haven't received the regs or an entry form they can be obtained by calling Tony Fletcher on 01562 754243 (office hours only please)
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