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THE REIS HSA SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 REGULATIONS

THE 2012 REIS HSA SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2012 REIS HSA Championship (incorporating the Ginetta Speed Challenge) regulations are largely unchanged from 2011 but with the addition of a Class for Flathead (side valve) engined vehicles along with new awards for the Ginetta Owners Club speed challenge and a new award for the two drivers sharing a car with the highest combined score in the overall rankings. The Paul Squires award reverts to the most meritorious performance by a driver in the 1100cc Racing Car class while the Russ Ward trophy will now be awarded to the organisers of the 'best' Championship round. Classes A1, A2 and A3 (but not A2.1) will be permitted to use tyres from List 1B as most events are now allowing competitors to run with these tyres. Records for these classes will be removed.

Finally there is a very small change to the scoring in the situation where no record exists and any competitor with a best time within 1.25% of the best time in the class will now score 9 instead of 10 points.

The REIS HSA Championship 2012 Regulations can be downloaded here:

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The REIS HSA Championship 2012 entry form can be downloaded here:

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You may register for the 2012 REIS HSA Championship by filling out the registration form and sending with a cheque for £32, payable to the Hillclimb and Sprint Association Ltd, to the championship co-ordinator (details on the entry form). Please ensure that your HSA membership is up to date or that your membership application has been submitted before registering for the Championship.

Alternatively you can register on-line here and pay through PayPal using either your PayPal account or with your credit card.

The full list of REI HSA Championship 2011 award winners can be downloaded here:

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The full list of REI HSA Championship 2010 award winners can be downloaded here:

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If you have difficulty in reading or printing these documents please contact the Championship co-ordinator. Details on the contacts page.

THE SPECIAL AWARDS

1. ALAN PAYNE MEMORIAL TROPHY
This trophy, traditionally awarded to the winner of the class winner’s run-off at the HSA’s Speed Championship finale at Curborough, was awarded in memory of Alan Payne, a great enthusiast from Redditch who was an HSA member and renowned mainly for his very successful ‘Smiley Riley’, a Riley 1.5 saloon into which he inserted a Rover V8 engine. Shortly before his premature death, due to diabetic complications, he campaigned a single seater with a Rover V8 engine, a carbon honeycomb Anson SA4 F3 car which was later campaigned owned by Paul Gething and also driven by Gillian Goldsmith.

2. PAUL SQUIRES MEMORIAL TROPHY
This trophy is awarded for meritorious performance in the 1100cc racing car class. Paul was a formidable competitor in that class for many years in a Brabham BT28, which he shared with fellow Cosworth employee Phil Kidsley. Known collectively as the ‘Squidsley’s’, they achieved incredible results in the elderly car running from their own development of an ultra short stroke Cosworth BDA, successively supercharged with a Lysholm screw-type blower and later a turbocharger. Sadly, Paul died from leukaemia, after which the trophy was established, only for Phil to succumb to the same disease a year or two later.

3. PETER STEVENS MEMORIAL TROPHY
This trophy was awarded for conspicuous performance in the Clubmans (Hillclimb Supersports) and sports libre classes. Peter Stevens was the supportive father of four-time Midland hillclimb champion Rob Stevens. They shared the Caterham Super 7 in which Rob took his first two titles and the OMS-Suzuki in which Rob (who currently holds the Shelsley Walsh 2-litre sports libre record in a 1.6 Force-Suzuki) took his third. The trophy was supplied by the HSA’s founder member and first chairman, Russ Ward.
This trophy is now awarded to the highest placed competitor in the HSA Speed Championship who has scored in no more than 4 rounds.

4. THE HSA SHIELD
This trophy is awarded to the HSA 'competitor of the year' as judged by the organisers.

5. THE RUSS WARD TROPHY
Russ Ward was one of the founding members of the HSA and its first Chairman. Having served on the committee for many years Russ donated this well known trophy which was originally awarded for meritorious perfomances in the sport. Now it is awarded to the organising club of the HSA Championship round which the organisers determine as the 'best'.

6. THE GINETTA OWNERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELDS
From 2012 the Ginetta Owners Club Speed Challenge will be running within the HSA Championship and the top three drivers of Ginetta cars and members of the GOC in the overall championship will receive the GOC championship shields.

7. THE ASHTON MOBILE TROPHY
This trophy was formerly awarded to the highest placed competitor in the HSA Speed Championship who was over the age of 60 on April 1st but from 2012 it is being awarded to the two drivers of a shared car having the highest combined overall score in the Championship.

8. THE MX5 OWNERS CLUB TROPHY
A new trophy presented by the Mazda MX5 Owners Club to the MX5 driver with the highest overall score in the HSA Speed Chamiponship.

The UK Club is one of the largest MX-5 Owners Clubs in the world. Membership is not only open to all owners of MX-5s, Roadsters and Miatas, but also to enthusiasts of the car who have yet to acquire one.

The Club is organised by Area across the country. One of its greatest strengths is the network of Area Co-ordinators who organise local meetings, runs, track days, social gatherings and other events. The Areas publish a monthly newsletter for local members, and there are Area websites that provide up-to-date information on forthcoming local, national and international events and feature reports on past get-togethers.

The Club magazine, Softtop-Hardtop, is published bi-monthly, and features articles from members, technical advice and problem solving, focus articles on modifications as well as information on major MX-5 events both in the UK and elsewhere in the world. The magazine is well supported by Mazda dealerships and the major MX-5 aftermarket suppliers who regularly take advertising space.

Club benefits include discounts on servicing, parts and accessories available to members from the majority of Mazda dealerships across the country, as well as many OEM and non-OEM suppliers.