Barbon Manor Hillclimb - 13th May

[Steve Wilkinson]

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.

A damp and miserable day. Groves aced both run-offs and closed the gap on the Morans. Tom New was the only two litre to qualify for the run-offs and performed well.

Martyn Silcox managed to go a whole day without rolling his Peugeot!

[Gavin Stephens]

Really? most of the day it was dry enough for slicks
And with the happy and friendly marshals and great organisation from Westmoreland Motor Club I thought it was a really enjoyable day
A fantastic venue that deserves much praise well done W'land MC

[ben240z]

what a cracking day it was at barbon. First time there for me so had to learn the course from scatch. definate slicks all day. Big thanks to organisers and local garage in castleton for help in welding drive flange back to the rear hub and letting me have second practice right at the end of morning. Bad day for the audi, shame to see him not running though good for me on the points front. Ben