The Speed Scene:
2012 BRITISH HILLCLIMB CALENDAR
The 2012 MSA British Hillclimb dates have been confirmed as follows:
April 28/29 Prescott Bugatti OC
May 12 Barbon Manor Westmorland MC
May 13 Harewood BARC Yorkshire
May 26/27 Gurston Down BARC South West
June 2/3 Shelsley Walsh Midland AC
June 9/10 Loton Park Hagley & DLCC
June 16/17 Doune Lothian CC
July 7/8 Harewood BARC Yorkshire
July 19 Bouley Bay * Jersey MC & LCC
July 21 Val Des Terres * Guernsey MC & CC
July 28/29 Wiscombe Park Woolbridge MC
August 4 Craigantlet * Ulster AC
August 18/19 Shelsey Walsh Midland AC
August 25/26 Gurston Down BARC South West
September 1/2 Prescott Bugatti OC
September 15/16 Doune Lothian CC
September 29/30 Loton Park Hagley & DLCC
Except where marked *, all events are also rounds of the Hillclimb Leaders Championship
04/12/2011
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Provisional MSA British Sprint Championship calendar released
The organisers of the MSA British Sprint Championship have released details of their provisional calendar for 2012:
24 March Castle
Combe
02 June
Snetterton
03 June
Snetterton
09 June
Pembrey
10 June
Pembrey
24 June
Silverstone
30
June
Kirkistown
01
July
Kirkistown
28
July
Kames
29
July
Kames
18 August Lydden
Hill
06 October Anglesey
07 October Anglesey
Best 8 rounds to count.
02/12/2011
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SHERIDAN THYNNE 1939 – 2011
We are sad to report that Sheridan Thynne has died suddenly while on holiday in Egypt. He was 71. As financial director of Williams GP, Sheridan was a key figure in the success of the Formula One team run by his old friend from his club racing days, Frank Williams. More recently, as an keen supporter of hillclimbing and sprinting he was a leading light within the HSA, serving for several years as our Competitions Secretary, and was a driving force behind many of the Association’s initiatives. We offer sincere condolences to Sheridan’s family and to his many friends in motorsport worldwide.
A full appreciation will appear in Speedscene 166.
22/11/2011
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HSA AWARDS LUNCH
The annual HSA Awards lunch took place at its new location of Shelsley Walsh last Sunday. Left to right on the Shelsley startline are 2011 REIS/HSA Champion Nick Mugglestone, runner-up Geoff Stallard, outgoing champion Tony Thomas, who finished third overall, fourth placed man Mark Paterson and the fifth placed Bob Ridge-Stearn, who also received the HSA’s Man of the Year award (photo by Shireen Broadhurst).
A full report and pictures will follow in Speedscene 167.
13/11/2011
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Nick Mugglestone wins 2011 REIS/HSA Championship
Congratulations to Nick Mugglestone on winning the 2011 REIS
HSA Speed Championship in his Mazda MX5. This was a noteworthy achievement to
succeed in the same Class in which the two previous champions had set some demanding
records and is a testament to his driving skills and a well sorted car.
Well done to runner up, Geoff Stallard in his TVR Vixen, who
wasn’t far behind Nick, and to outgoing Champion Tony Thomas also in a Mazda MX5.
Mark Paterson took a well earned fourth in his Ginetta G15 and this marks him
out as a strong contender for next year’s Ginetta Owners Club Championship
which is to be run within the HSA Championship in 2012. However, Geoff Stallard has a
quick Ginetta G12 lurking in his garage which is likely to provide some stiff
competition. Rounding out the top five was Bob Ridge-Stearn in another Mazda
MX5 who will be changing classes to a Formula Ford for 2012.
The Peter Stevens award for the highest overall competitor
with no more than 4 scores went to HSA Championship stalwart, Stuart Cairney in
his immaculate Hillman Imp.
In all, 97 car/driver combinations scored points in this
year’s Championship and we thank all of them for contributing to another year
of friendly and exciting competition.
Please note: Results remain provisional until officially
confirmed.
11/10/2011
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CRACKING CURBOROUGH FINALE
2011 REIS/HSA Speed Champion Nick Mugglestone ended his year in style with a class win and a new MX5 record at the Championship finale at Curborough. Safe in second place on the table, Geoff Stallard also took a class win in his TVR Vixen, but a broken rotor arm put him out of contention in the Alan Payne class winners’ run-off. After lowering his record twice during the class runs, Stuart Cairney found even more time in the run-off to take the coveted trophy by four hundredths from Phil Skipp’s Vauxhall Astra, adding it to the Peter Stevens Trophy for the highest score over four qualifying rounds.
Chasing Mugglestone home in the Mazda class, outgoing champion Tony Thomas surged up from sixth on the table to round off the Championship top three.
The battle for FTD between Gary Thomas and Simon Keen promised much as Keen led the way by just four hundredths at half-time. Sadly, the Dallara’s Peugeot engine cried enough on co-driver Richard Keen’s first run, leaving Thomas to storm to the outright win and third in the run-off with a 29.12 in his Force-Suzuki.
Full report and pictures to follow in Speedscene 166.
Final Championship standings: 1 Nick Mugglestone 153; 2 Geoff Stallard 141; 3 Tony Thomas 135, 4 Mark Paterson 133; 5 Bob Ridge-Stearn 131; 6 Graham Cashmore 128; etc. (Full listing on the Championship Results page of the HSA website)
09/10/2011
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Final MOLE Racing report of the year
You can find the final MOLE Racing report of the year (Kames, Odiham and the brighton Speed trials) on the MOLE report page.
04/10/2011
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THE GENERATION GAME
Scott Moran ended his third hillclimb title year in style with a new Loton Park record – the only British hill record of the year – on the very last run of the 2011 Championship. Trevor Willis failed to qualify for the opening run-off on a wet track and Scott opted out of his opening class run, so the way was clear for Roger to take the morning run-off win and secure second overall in the Championship. Pictured right is the victorious family duo, the only father and son not only to have each won the British Hillclimb Championship, but to have finished first and second in the same year. With them is a potential third generation champion – Scott’s son Oliver!
Despite his early no-show, Willis recovered to finish third in the second run-off as Wallace Menzies’ challenge for a championship third place faded, the Scot losing out to his determined rival by just three points. On equal scores before the final run-off of the year, the straight fight between Lee Adams and Tom New ended with just one place in the GWR Raptor driver’s favour as took fifth place on the table by a single point.
With a fourth class record of the year in his self-developed, supercharged Force-Hayabusa, Rob Stevens clinched a record fourth Midland Hillclimb Championship, while Scott Moran secured the Avon/BMTR Top Ten Challenge to add to his 2011 British and Leaders titles.
Nicholson McLaren British Hillclimb Championship – final scores (subject to confirmation): 1 Scott Moran 267pts; 2 Roger Moran 224; 3 Trevor Willis 210; 4 Wallace Menzies 207; 5 Lee Adams 152; 6 Tom New 151; etc.
25/09/2011
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Ginetta Owners Club Championship joins the HSA
The Hillclimb and Sprint Association and the Ginetta Owners Club are pleased to
announce that the GOC Speed Championship, which began in 1994, will continue as
the GOC Speed Challenge within the HSA Speed Championship from 2012.
Members of the GOC, driving Ginetta cars will compete in
their applicable HSA class and the top three competitors in the overall
standings will receive the same trophies that have been awarded since 1994,
thus ensuring a continuation of the history of this popular competition.
Chris Bennett, HSA Chairman, welcoming the news, noted that
“GOC members will now be able to compete for their own trophies as well as HSA
Class and overall awards and that HSA members will see some interesting new
competitors in their Championship”.
Nick Stephens (GOC Club Competition Secretary) said that "The news has been well received by Ginetta Competitors some of whom are already doing the HSA Championship."
23/09/2011
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ADAMS AND MORAN AT DOUNE
It was honours even for Lee Adams and Scott Moran last weekend as they took a win apiece at Doune’s British Hillclimb counter and Adams (pictured) just failed to make it four wins in a row at his home venue. In the second run-off, the 2011 champion elect pipped the fleet GWR Raptor, which was running intermediate tyres all weekend in changeable conditions, for his eighteenth win of the year. Wallace Menzies chased home his Scots compatriot on a damp track in the opening shootout and followed the two leaders on his second, building his challenge to championship third place man Trevor Willis. He now lies just three points adrift of the OMS-Powertec driver going into the final two rounds at Loton Park this weekend.
As in June at the Scottish hill, Willis had a character-building weekend starting with a breakdown on the motorway on Friday afternoon. After his road car and trailer had been recovered to the venue, his opening run-off shot ended out of the points after a wild moment and a subsequent engine problem. He recovered to sixth place in the second stanza and while he still has an outside chance of catching Roger Moran for second overall at Loton this weekend unless Moran repeats his June form at his local hill, when Willis will need two good results to avoid losing third place on the table to the on-form Menzies.
British Championship standings after Doune: 1 Scott Moran 262pts; 2 Roger Moran 215; Trevor Willis 202; 4 Wallace Menzies 199; 5 Tom New 144; 6 Lee Adams 128; etc.
18/09/2011
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