NEWS ARCHIVE

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

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.

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.

Final ALDON HSA Championship positions
30/11/2006

The final confirmed ALDON HSA Speed Championship positions are available here.

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.

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.

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

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

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 (1.8 Honda Integra Type R)

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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’.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.