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ISSUE 065 JUNE 2011

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS OULTON PARK A couple of weeks after we get back from the big Spa meeting, we move over to Cheshire and the glorious circuit of Oulton Park. This is one of the few one-day race meetings on the 2011 calendar, with everything happening on Saturday, 6th August. All registered competitors have already been sent their entry packs, and the closing date is Wednesday, 27th July.

a competition of this sort (it really isn’t very expensive!) I would love to hear from them.

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first ever to ask for a replica. And I still haven’t got it.”

INSTRUCTING AT SNETT

At the recent FOC track day at Snetterton I was fairly heavily booked in the morning to accompany a number of drivers wishing (as I was!) to learn the new layout recently unveiled at this historic track. Mid-morning, my booking agent (Sandra) told me my next ‘pupil’ was someone called Jan – I couldn’t pronounce his surname but I thought he must be CLASSIC DRIVER OF THE Scandinavian. Jan’s car was a MEETING 360 spider and when he arrived This season, thanks to the at the instructors’ bay I asked if generosity of Chris Compton he was familiar with the circuit. Goddard, we are once again “I’ve just attended a track day presenting an award, the here, so I think I’m reasonably au Hackwood Group Trophy, at each fait with the new layout,” he race meeting to the driver replied. ‘Thank goodness,’ I adjudged to have excelled in the thought. ‘He must know far more PFfc race or races. about it than I do’. Perhaps we should remind With Jan at the wheel we did competitors that, as agreed with a couple of sighting laps. ‘Okay,’ Chris, this trophy doesn’t I said, ‘Let’s give it a bit of a go.’ necessarily go to the driver Well, Jan didn’t seem to need WHAT’S ON who wins outright or even a second invitation. He had gets first place in his class. the 360 dancing to his tune. JULY 17 Gurston Down Hillclimb The driver selected to take Every turn-in, every apex, home this prestigious award every exit, was spot-on. The will be the one who is seen to rear end of the Ferrari was 22-24 Spa-Francorchamps: Pirelli have driven with outstanding squirming under controlled Ferrari formula classic and skill, resolution and pluck. power and each lap I became Pirelli Ferrari Open (D/H) The assessment is made more and more impressed. regardless of the potential 23/24 Silverstone Classic Festival Finally he eased up and I performance of the race car. asked if he worked in the city The successful competitor (many track-dayers do) but AUGUST 6 MIRA Sprint may even have come home he said he worked just down in last place if his the road from Snetterton. 6 Oulton Park: Pirelli Ferrari performance has been ‘I work,’ he said, ‘for Team formula classic and Pirelli exceptional. Lotus. I’ve just got back from Ferrari Open We find it is a very Canada – I’m Kovalainen’s 7 Hethel Sprint popular way of encouraging race engineer.’ It occurred to drivers and for 2012 we me that Jan (who is actually 21 Curborough Sprint would like to extend this French) had probably been excellent idea to our Pirelli coached round Snetterton by Ferrari Open series. If Heikki himself! ‘You might 29 Castle Combe: Pirelli Ferrari formula classic and Pirelli anyone would like to sponsor have said,’ I mumbled. Last month we wrote a piece on race trophies, and how the Ferrari Owners’ Club is rather more generous than most when it comes to the number of class awards we present at race meetings. It seems the vexed question of trophies isn’t just a perennial topic for discussion at club events. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph Sebastian Vettel says that his favourite trophy is the golden cup awarded to the winner of the British Grand Prix. It is a source of frustration to Vettel that two years after holding it aloft, he is still waiting for the organisers to send him a replica. “They didn’t even let me take it off the podium,” he said. “I asked if I could have a replica and they were like ‘what do you mean?’ It turns out I was the

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DROP GEARS AND SPLINES With a 308, or a 328 for that matter, the drop gears and their bearings, etc usually get little attention until they fail. When my ‘Old Blue Thing’s’ clutch disintegrated at Silverstone I took the car to Shiltech for a replacement. Whilst fitting the new clutch, Geoff Shiltern noticed lots of wear in the splined shaft and top gear. QV managed to find a replacement for me (‘Last one in the country’, they said) and this was duly fitted. I left my old assembly with Shiltech so that they could have a batch of replacements manufactured. The reason I am telling you this story is that it is well worth checking the serviceability of the gear train on these cars. They are getting a bit long in the tooth now and incipient failure in this area is hard to detect until it fails. So have it checked before you have a transmission failure!

WELL CHUFFED

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Hillclimbers may recall that at the last End of Season dinner Anne was presented with a superb gift voucher to enable her and the guest of her choosing (fortunately me) to take a trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), at a time of her choosing, including the full Pullman lunch, from Grosmont Station (near Whitby) to Pickering, and back. We booked the train to take us on this adventure for the end of June, and thoroughly enjoyable it was. The locomotive engaged for our journey was a Southern Railways steamer – don’t ask me the class or other intimate details, but keen enthusiasts like John

Anne enjoys the Pullman lunch.

Warner will spot the exact engine without a moment’s pause. We were impressed by the immense torque of the loco, and the pulsations of power and clickety-clack of the rails reminded me of coming home from school at the end of term. The meal was good: Whitby crab and prawns for starters, followed by roast beef and good old Yorkshire pudding, with hot apple and blackberry crumble to follow. All this washed down with a bottle of NYMR Bin No 2, a robust wine with, as you would expect, a distinctive smoky finish. Anne again thanks all those who financed this terrific package and I, as a mere hanger-on, add my humble gratitude. If you are ever up in North Yorkshire I can thoroughly recommend a trip on the NYMR; it will take you back to those wonderful times when present day pressures and traffic jams simply didn’t exist.

MOPED BEATS FERRARI

A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a brand new Ferrari 458 Italia. It is also the most expensive car in the showroom, and it costs him over $300,000. He takes it out for a spin and stops for a red light. An old man on a moped pulls up next to him. The old man looks over at the sleek, shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya'got there, sonny?" The young man replies, "A Ferrari 458. It cost over a third of a million dollars!" The NYMR Southern Railways locomotive. "That's a lot

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of money," says the old man. "Why does it cost so much?" "Because this car can do over 200 miles an hour!" states the young dude proudly. The moped driver asks, "Mind if I take a look inside?" "No problem," replies the owner. So the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then sitting back on his moped, the old man says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right...but I'll stick with my moped." Just then the lights change so the guy decides to show the old man just what his car can do. He floors it, and within 4 seconds the speedometer reads 60mph. Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It seems to be getting closer! He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly, whhhoooossshhh! Something whips by him, going much faster! "What on earth could be going faster than my Ferrari?!" the young man asks himself. He floors the accelerator and takes the Ferrari up to 120mph. Then, up ahead of him, he sees that it's the old man on the moped. Amazed that the moped could pass his Ferrari he gives it some more gas and passes the moped. He looks in his mirror and sees the old man gaining on him again. Astounded by the speed of this old guy he floors the gas pedal and takes the Ferrari all the way up to 180mph. Not ten seconds later he sees the moped bearing down on him again. The Ferrari is flat out and there's nothing he can do. Suddenly the moped ploughs into the back of his Ferrari, demolishing the rear end. The young man jumps out, and unbelievably, the old man is still alive! He runs up to the mangled old man and says, "Oh my goodness! Is there anything I can do for you?" The old man whispers....“Unhook ...my braces ...from your rear-view mirror.”

RAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HILLCOMMENT Photos: Richard Prior

Moving the Goal Posts or so it seems lately, with our top three runners, all previous Championship winners, turning in some quite remarkable performances in this, our 25th Anniversary year. As the 2011 season unfolded Nick Taylor produced a string of scratch wins and notched up a big points score to scamper off into the lead. Richard Prior answered back with that convincing win at Prescott, and a truly amazing time on the dry Shelsley practice day. Current champion, Chris Butler, has also produced the goods, surprising everyone in the wet at Shelsley to take the class win, and remaining supreme at Doune. Both these events are reported in this issue of CompRes. Sean Doyle just like Taylor, Butler and Prior, has come up with some exceptional performances this season as he continues to raise his game. Mike Spicer has also achieved some very strong results and will keep up the pressure on Sean for the remainder of the season to decide who takes home the 2011 PFHC Classic Cup. Doune was much more than just a hillclimb as you probably know. Many of us were in Scotland on Thursday evening, and on Friday Richard Prior organised a tour around the Trossachs over to Loch Lomond for lunch via a visit to the Glengoyne Distillery. A good selection of our cars embarked on this outing and we were joined by some of the local Ferraristi including the three Scottish Area Group Organisers. The weather was insufferably wet and some of the minor roads had the bumpiest, roughest surfaces this

Top: Scotch and water-the visit to the Glengoyne Distillery Centre: Some of the diners at the Ferrari Dinner Bottom: The Ferrari display at Doune.

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side of Khazakstan, the extreme winter weather apparently responsible for this deterioration. Despite all this we had a lot of fun and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Doune Dinner at Dunblane organised by Chris Butler on the Saturday evening was a splendid affair with some 34 people in attendance, not just the PFHC competitors but quite a few Scottish FOC members too. Notable amongst the guests was Hew Dundas, a Club competitor on circuits and hills in the eighties. The Scottish members were out in force at the hill on Sunday with a special Ferrari display adjacent to the competitors’ paddock. During the lunch interval all the Ferraris were unleashed on the hill for a demo run. I took the Clerk of the Course’s two grandchildren – a boy and girl around five or six years of age, both strapped into my 328’s passenger seat! Martin Griffiths many of you will know was five times British Hillclimb Champion twenty to thirty years ago. He was at Shelsley, not competing but just relaxing and really enjoying the day with no pressure. He was around the Ferrari paddock so I got to talking to him about one or two aspects of speed hillclimbing, and in particular top paddocks versus return roads or continuous flow such as happens Harewood. I said the top paddock, where you gather with your fellow competitors still shaking and comparing times, seems much more fun and he agreed wholeheartedly. However the organisers can accommodate bigger fields of cars with no batching at, say, Prescott and economically this makes sense, though there is no short break for the marshals, which is something I am sure they appreciate. The other interesting aspect we discussed is that most competitors on two day National events really like Shelsley’s turn up when they like and choose their own practice run, and we

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wondered why no other organisers run this system. Chris Butler on TV you must see; look out for a BBC antiques show called “Put your money where your mouth is” due out in October. Chris knows this antiques expert who is the anchor man on the show, and he usually buys something at an auction and sells it on for charity. This time around the expert had bought a non-antique Ferrari watch supposedly as used by the F1 pit crew. He had this bright idea to involve Chris, who drove up in the F355 and pretended to haggle in front of the cameras. This was all a lot of fun except that Chris ended up paying £325 for a watch he did not really want! He says watch out (sic) for it on eBay! Mike Spicer showing gentlemanly tendencies with advancing years has just treated himself to every senior citizen’s favourite Ferrari: a 550 Maranello (see pic). Showing impeccable taste, he chose a grigio titanium example with low mileage from none other than Nick Cartwright. Mike has no intention of throwing this splendid car up hills, and will use it for mostly posh occasions.

Mike Spicer’s silver dream machine.

Jon Goodwin not known for shyness with his motor collection has entered his 458 Italia for the upcoming Loton Park double header. He practiced the 458 there earlier this year and has had one or two other exciting experiences with his latest acquisition, mostly in his own driveway! Hillclimbers Watch - that’s the TAG Heuer Monaco though it

The TAG HeuerMonaco: the Ferrari Hillclimber’s watch of choice.

was originally made famous by Steve McQueen who wore one in the film “Le Mans”. Nick Taylor started the recent fashion for this iconic timepiece amongst the Ferrari hillclimbers - his example has been very evident for some years (see pic), and then Mike Spicer was fortunate enough to receive one last Christmas as a present from Barbara. Now Richard Prior has one too, and Chris Butler is also rumoured to be looking, so I would recommend buying yours before supplies dry up! In McQueens time it was just a Heuer Monaco, as those vulgar TAG people had not yet arrived on the scene to bail out another ailing Swiss watch company. Steve McQueen was undoubtedly a man of some discernment. He even had a Nembo Spider, just like your columnist! Snetterton Track Day run by the Club on June 15, made use of the new three-mile long ‘Snetterton 300’ circuit. Rather surprisingly, there were few of the Club circuit racers around to try it out. The entry was bigger than usual and featured many of the latest tipos zooming around at impressive speeds. John and Wendy Marshall were busy testing John’s splendidly restored blue 308GT4, which we will be seeing more of soon. Peter Rogerson, always a stalwart FOC tracker was busy with his 360 Modena, and then of course there was that local man with the yellow F355. Andrew Holman we are talking about, out at Snetterton and giving his F355 some serious

stick as he does, with his usual selection of wheels and tyres to play with. All went well until nearly the end of the day when the 355 erupted in flames - an oil hose had split spraying on to the very hot exhaust system. Very fortunately Andrew had an extinguisher (standard FOC requirement for Track Days), and soon put the fire out with little damage apparent. Breaking News is popular on TV these days so I thought maybe I could say few words on brakes. Assuming you do not have those monster carbon ceramic items fitted to the very latest Ferraris, the best set up for speed hillclimbing is plain standard, or what your Ferrari was born with. You want optimum

braking performance from cold and the standard brakes work best under these conditions. If you enter track days as well as hillclimbing, there are pads that do well in both disciplines and can handle cold applications with aplomb. Pagid Blue pads are very popular with our Formula Classic people, and they work remarkably well on the road – only downside is they are expensive. Ferrari 458 Italia vs McLaren MP4-12C was on the newstands recently. I do not know about the Car magazine result but I do get Autocar and they concluded the 458 to be best, albeit not by much. Rather predictably, McLaren served up their road test cars with optional

List 1B Pirellis fitted, and I find it irritating that Autocar, who should know better, did not mention this in their editorial. The McLaren, understandably, was fractionally faster over a dry lap, and massively slower over a wet one. These tyres also make a noticeable difference to the standing start acceleration figures. The date of the 2011 PFHC Prizegiving Dinner you need to get into your diary - even though it seems like only yesterday that we had one of these, it is coming up quite soon. Saturday, 29th October is the date and we are back at Moore Place Hotel in Aspley Guise.

HE MAY PRESCOTT meeting is a chance for the Bugatti Owners Club to throw a garden party to celebrate all things French and automobile related writes RICHARD PRIOR. From the spectacular displays of Bugattis old and new to strolling accordion players, French maids and Can-Can dancers, there really is a lot to concentrate on for the Ferrari hillclimber. We had a prominent position in the paddock and it filled up quickly, mostly with red cars but, perhaps for the first time, three Ferraris finished in giallo fly were present: Andrew Holman (F355) Mike Spicer (328GTB) and Brian Jackson in his 308. Another first was the appearance of John Marshall in his new 308 GT4 after a long winter renovation, but unfortunately the first show of a 458 Italia on the hills to be driven by Jon Goodwin sadly didn’t happen. In first practice, Nick Taylor (348 GTC) led by a clear margin of 1.25 seconds over Richard Prior (355 GTB), and Andrew

Photo: Richard Prior

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 5 PRESCOTT 28th May 2011

Holman was another quarter of a second behind him. Times were close in the Classic Ferrari Class; Pauline Goodwin (328) was fastest on 52.76 after making an impressive start of 2.41 seconds. PG was followed by Mike Spicer on 53.08 seconds (even quicker off the start with 2.33 seconds) and then the 308s of Sean Doyle and Brian Jackson were separated by just 0.06 of a second, with Sean in the GT4

having the advantage. The maiden run of Marshall’s similar tipo was 58.09 and Sergio Ransford made his first appearance of the season in his 308GTB, clocking 57.52. Second practice saw most people improve, Colin Campbell by almost 5 seconds, WendyAnne by 0.35, Peter Wilson took 0.17 off and Julian Playford broke through the 60 second barrier. Tracey Haynes (328) knocked

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Photos: Richard Prior Photo: Richard Prior

0.44 off her previous time and Pauline was next to the start line. Slower split times all the way up meant Pauline was slower than on her previous run and perhaps she was trying to make up ground when unfortunately she exited the Esses with the tail out which pointed the 328 towards the Armco barrier on the left. Damage was done to the front corner of the car but the reports from the track marshal was that PG was rather miffed but thankfully okay. Mike Spicer was now opening up a gap from Sean Doyle and now recorded 52.77 seconds in the 328. Phil Whitehead had a sideways moment at the top of the hill while rounding the final corner and got the car onto the grass. The marshals threw out the red flags to halt the following cars on the hill. Prior was held between Pardon hairpin and the Esses, while Nick Taylor was sent back down the hill to the start

line. At the scheduled time the her speed trap figures to a best aerobatic display began but due time of 59.81, as did Sergio to the delay there were still cars Ransford on 55.10. Julian Playto complete the class runs. ford also peaked on his first run On the re-run, Prior couldn’t match Nick’s previous time and was just over a quarter of a second behind. Nick was the first to break into the 49’s, his re-run timed perfectly to lead the class into the lunch break. Crêpes were on the menu and the accordion players convinced us we were in the French countryside. But as It was the first competition appearance of John we sat beneath the Marshall’s recently restored 308GT4. cherry trees in the paddock, a passing shower of with 57.78 and Tracey Haynes rain brought us back to the realwas a little slower than the mornity of a typical summer in Enging’s practice. 60.85 was to be land. The demonstration runs by her official best of the meeting, the Bugatti Veyrons continued and with PG unable to continue it undaunted and was Sean Doyle up next. Trying the track was his best to reel in Spicer, he had dry again before problems selecting first on the we were called tightest of the corners and his for our official 53.64 could have been quicker. runs in the afMike Spicer was keen to keep ternoon. ahead of his arch rival and Colin braked late for Ettores and locked Campbell had up with lots of tyre smoke, the his best climb 328 leaving the tarmac but safely straight after coming to rest in the gravel trap. lunch with a Brian Jackson had a smooth run 76.30, followed and sneaked ahead of Doyle on by Wendy-Anne scratch as well as points. Barrie Marshall who Wood was now into the low 55 had progresseconds and matching Jackson on sively improved the speed trap figure of 59 mph. on her practice John Marshall had his best run of Barrie Wood went well in his 308GTS. times and raised the day on 56.96 which put him

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Photo: Richard Prior

All the fun of the fair. Wing walkers and Bugatti Veyrons competed for attention during the lunch break.

Heading for victory. Richard Prior in his F355 rounds Ettores.

between Sergio and Julian in the final results. Holman was almost a second ahead of his personal best despite a relatively low speed trap of 63 mph and was currently in the lead, while next man, Phil Whitehead, was half a second off his PB but much improved on his morning’s practice, with 51.87. Richard Prior finally managed to launch the 355 from the start line in a respectable 2.46 seconds and clocked 69mph under the bridge; he was certainly enjoying the run all the way until the finish line, recording 49.07 and beating his personal best by 1.23 seconds. Nick Taylor was also expected to be in the 49’s and had a quicker 0-64ft time than Prior but understeer on the top half of the course meant Nick’s time was down a little on 50.30. The second official runs were very late in the day and improvements came from the 348s of Ian Chadwick (beating his handicap target with 58.32 and a new PB for him) and Peter Wilson, who had his best run of the day and beat the aforementioned Ian by just 6 hundredths of a second. Sergio, Julian, Tracey and Sean were all slower, so maybe the track was cooling off in the early evening, but the next three in the classic

class were still trying. Spicer needed to finish the run this time to get a worthwhile score in the

Championship, his run was still as determined as before and he didn’t seem to be letting up until he crossed the line in 52.68 (just a tenth slower than his 328 PB from 5 years ago) and 5th place on the day. Brian Jackson was also smooth and quicker, with 53.09, but it wasn’t enough to catch Mike on scratch. However, when PEP factors were applied, he bagged one more point than Mike. Barrie Wood increased his lead over Sergio in the other 308, while Phil Whitehead reinforced his 4th place on scratch with a 51.10. Richard Prior was unable to repeat his earlier performance but was still in the 49’s, so it was all down to Nick on the last run of the class. He started well, taking just 2.40 seconds to cross the first 64 feet but his split times were slower than the first run and he finished in 50.22 seconds. This gave Prior the scratch win and, after PEP factors were applied, also the 20 points (his first ever class win at Prescott after 10 years of trying!). The top three were also in the same order for points, so Nick Taylor had the consolation of the 17, which still kept him in the lead of the Championship, while Andrew Holman took 15.

Richard Prior is presented with his trophy. It was his first class win at Prescott after 10 years of trying.

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PRESCOTT Hillclimb 28 May 2011 Round 5 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

H/C

Run 1

Run 2

0/64ft

speed trap

splits

PEP %

PEP time

Pts

Richard Prior

F355

51.48

50.59

49.75

49.07

49.48

2.48

14.94/30.94

0.00

49.07

348GTC

50.24

49.72

49.29

50.30

50.22

2.40

15.50/31.84

-0.50

49.97

Andrew Holman

F355

51.74

51.30

51.00

50.33

51.47

2.54

14.91/31.63

0.00

50.33

Philip Whitehead

F355

61.83

57.63

51.34

51.87

51.10

2.77

15.26/32.09

0.00

51.10

Mike Spicer

328GTB

53.08

52.77

52.58

112.07

52.68

2.41

16.73/33.65

-3.00

51.10

Brian Jackson

308GTB

53.79

54.45

52.35

53.34

53.09

2.63

15.96/33.06

-4.50

50.70

Sean Doyle

308GT4

53.73

53.85

53.00

53.64

53.73

2.65

16.10/36.09

-4.50

51.23

Barrie Wood

308GTB

55.62

55.47

54.97

55.04

54.69

2.64

16.54/34.51

-4.50

52.23

Sergio Ransford

308GTB

57.52

55.36

54.63

55.10

55.96

2.63

16.93/35.02

-4.50

52.62

John Marshall

308GT4

58.09

58.48

53.00

56.96

57.29

2.50

17.44/35.61

-4.50

54.40

Julian Playford

F355

61.29

59.05

57.67

57.78

58.27

2.85

17.72/36.25

0.00

57.78

Peter Wilson

348ts

60.80

60.63

57.67

58.95

58.26

2.81

17.24/36.46

-2.00

57.09

Ian Chadwick

348ts

59.85

60.21

59.00

58.73

58.32

2.72

18.12/36.74

-2.00

57.15

Wendy Ann Marshall

328GTB

61.59

61.24

57.80

59.81

61.70

2.76

18.56/37.94

-3.00

58.02

Tracey Haynes

328GTB

57.64

57.20

56.38

60.85

62.85

2.74

17.04/40.73

-3.00

59.02

Colin Campbell

246GT

80.24

75.48

67.87

76.30

79.21

4.43

22.50/48.06

-6.50

71.34

328GTB

52.76

Fail

52.17

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-3.00

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Nick Taylor

Pauline Goodwin

BOC Class Awards:

1st Richard Prior

2nd Nick Taylor

FOC Handicap Awards:

1st Ian Chadwick

2nd Barrie Wood

3rd Andrew Holman

Classic Scores: Sean Doyle 65, Brian Jackson 41, Mike Spicer 39, Pauline Goodwin 34, Barrie Wood 17, Lorraine Hitchman 16, John Marshall 15, Mark Hargreaves 11, Jack Hargreaves 10, Sergio Ransford 8, Wendy Ann Marshall 7, Tony Attwood and Tracey Haynes 2, Colin Campbell 1

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CRYSTAL PALACE 2011

Richard Prior posted the fastest Ferrari time in his F355 GTB.

places throughout the day for second place with Holman slightly

Doyle continued to steadily improve throughout the day and on the final run managed to break the 42-second barrier, finishing with 41.85. Peter Wilson also learnt the track progressively during the event and ended the day on 44.68, ahead of many others in the class (including a Porsche 944). Holman was the first of the top three to be called forward but his run was slower with 42.39. Likewise Taylor tried hard but in the cooling conditions could only manage a final run of 39.79. Prior gave it everything and surprised himself when 39 seconds dead was shown on the scoreboard; he had snatched the class win away from Taylor and demoted Holman to third. It was a splendid sight at prizegiving to see all three awards going to Ferrari drivers. Nick couldn’t wait another 12 months to return to Crystal Palace and so entered the Bank Holiday event the very next day, when he reduced his personal best time to 38.85.

FTER THE SUCCESS of the inaugural event in 2010, the Sevenoaks and District Motor Club again secured the right to run a competitive event around the picturesque park at Crystal Palace reports RICHARD PRIOR. Unfortunately this isn’t a Championship round in our Hillclimb and Sprint calendar, but we are welcomed by the organisers to enter a Nick Taylor (348 GTC) with pedal to metal. handful of Ferraris to this popular event. ahead before the final run with The returning PFHC group 39.70 over Prior’s 39.85 secs. consisted of Sean Doyle (308 GT4), Nick Taylor (348 GTC), Richard Prior (F355 GTB), Andrew Holman (another F355 GTB) and a newcomer to the event, Peter Wilson in his 348 tb. All of these Ferrari drivers arrived fresh from the Prescott ‘La Vie en Bleu’ hillclimb meeting the previous day. We were included in a very mixed class of 20 post 1970’s road cars, mingling with Alfa 75s, Civic type R, Subaru Impreza, a Sierra Cosworth and even a Jaguar XJS, but we held up the Club honour on a very slippery track which is seldom used by any vehicles. Nick Taylor led the class throughout the practice sessions and into the final run, his fastest up to then being 39.24 seconds All Ferrari Podium. L to R: Andrew Holman, Richard Prior and Nick Taylor. with Prior and Holman trading

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DONINGTON PARK 28/29th MAY 2011

HE SECOND race meeting of the 2011 season was at Donington Park, a 2-day affair on Saturday and Sunday, 28th/29th May reports JOHN SWIFT. Both days featured a qualifying session and race for each of the Ferrari series – in the case of the Classics, 20 minutes duration. Our hosts were the Classic Sports Car Club, an organisation that seems to attract large grids for many of its own races. 2011 is the Anniversary Year of the E-type Jaguar, with some event or other for these cars practically every weekend. The perceived value of an E-type seems to have correspondingly risen this landmark year and prices have become eye wateringly high. Despite this, the E-types on parade at Donington were spread rather thinly, their special race attracting only nine cars. We noted that one of these

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All photography by Jonathan Tremlett

handsome cars was being driven by our Ferrari pals, David Edge and Barry Carpenter, whom we have previously seen pedalling F355 Challenge cars to some purpose. David and Barry brought their car home in 6th spot in their 60 minute race. The weather at Donington was nothing to write home about. After days of dry and unseasonably warm sunshine, when garden lawns were turning as brown as toast and plants were flowering weeks earlier than normal, the weather gods decided to be spiteful and we had sulky grey skies with occasional rain showers to contend with. Happily, for the Classic Ferraris conditions were mostly dry when they took to the tarmac.

A very healthy field of 25 cars were entered for the Saturday PFfc event; Geoff Neal (328GTB) would be joining us the

following day. There were two non-runners: Chris Goddard’s 308GTB was still not quite ready for action and remained in its workshop and Nigel Jenkins’s 328, now reputedly repainted in bright gallo fly livery, couldn’t be readied in time after its winter make-over. Most of the other drivers had been out in the opening meeting of the season, at Silverstone, the previous month but it was good to see John Day back in the swim, this time with a Gp1 308GT4 in lieu of his previous 328GTB, which he has put up for sale. Nicky Paul-Barron also returned to the fray with his smart 328, now to Gp4 spec with big brakes. Qualifying commenced just after 11 o’clock with dull skies overhead. In the gloom, Day’s fiery exhausts were quite spectacular, the GT4 appearing to suffer from over-fuelling. Richard Fenny’s similar car was offcolour, running on seven

Two welcome returnees to the Series were (top) Nicky PaulBarron with his smart 328GTB—now in Gp4 spec, and John Day, in his flame spitting 308GT4.

cylinders after a plug lead fell off just as it had at Silverstone. David Hathaway’s 308GT4 suffered from brake failure – with no pedal he harmlessly spun off the track at Old Hairpin after only five laps. Jack Dwane’s problems were more serious. Experiencing difficulty with the gear change as he approached the newly named Fogarty Esses (we used to know the previous chicane as Goddards) he momentarily lost control of his Mondial QV and hit the concrete retaining wall. Jack was fine but the impact broke the car’s steering linkage. It was a close battle for pole position but Ben Cartwright did the business with his Gp3 328GTB, recording 1:22.008, a time that left the Gp4 cars of Gary Culver and his brother James over half a second in arrears. Peter Everingham and Martin Hart posted useful times in their Gp3 328 and Mondial respectively

to go 6th and 7th overall. William Jenkins (308GTB) was the quickest Gp2 car, a couple of places ahead of your scribe’s similar Ferrari. In Gp1, it was William Moorwood who comfortably outpaced his class rivals. The Classics were Race 5 on the 7 event Saturday programme and the cars were assembled down at the Melbourne Loop in grid order at around 5.00pm. Missing from the line-up was Dwane’s Mondial. Despite great efforts it hadn’t been possible to locate all the bits required to repair the damaged steering. The weather had perked up a bit, the clouds had rolled away and the sky was quite bright when the cars moved off on their green flag lap. Redgate, the first corner after the start, is always waiting to catch people out on the opening lap. Over the years I have tried to hammer this home

to dozens of drivers but there is always one driver who ignores good advice and imagines he is going to win the race right at the start. This time it was Wayne Marrs, who managed to spin his 328 mid-corner, causing mayhem for those alongside and behind. In phenomenal avoidance of what could have been a nasty collision, Peter Everingham and Ray Ferguson took to the gravel, beaching their cars in the process. Nick Cartwright came to a standstill and several drivers, your reporter included, were severely compromised. The only good thing was that no one touched anyone else and apart from the two embedded cars, the rest of the field quickly sorted themselves out and pressed on. It took some time to drag Evers’s and Ray’s cars out of the aggregate so that waved yellow flags at Redgate were out for an awfully long time. Culver, unaffected by the mêlée, took the lead, hotly pursued by Jim and Ben Cartwright, with Nicky P-B a little distance behind, in 4th. On lap 3, Ben spun at McLeans and dropped to 6th, in the wake of Butler (Gp3 328GTB) and Hart (Mondial t). Also at this time, Jenkins spun his 308 at Fogartys

Fresh ’n’ Fruity: Wayne Marrs with Michael and Richard Squires.

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First lap mayhem. Marrs (60) spins at Redgate causing Everingham and Ferguson to seek refuge in the gravel. The rest of the affected field managed to get through unscathed thanks to impressive skill.

and fell down the order. Moorwood, lucky with the traffic at Redgate, was going great guns. His leading GT4 had John Watts’s similar Gp2 car sitting on his rear bumper. By mid-distance the two leaders, Culver’s and Jim Carty’s Ferraris, were but a single blur of fast moving machinery, racing wheel to wheel with Gary very slightly – perhaps a metre or so ahead. Around 12 seconds behind were Ben Carty and N P-B, disputing 3rd place. In 6th, Hart was giving Butler’s 328 a hard time. Chris was always just ahead but their lap times were virtually identical – great stuff! Swift, trying to recover from the first lap incident, was leading Gp2 but the Gulf Oil 308 of Jenkins was nibbling into his lead. On lap 8, Didier Benaroya (Mondial t soft top) had a little off-course excursion and the two battling Gp2 308s slipped past, with barely a muttered merci bien to the determined Frenchman. Hathaway had already parked up his GT4 at Fogartys after a recurrence of his brake problems. The flame spitting GT4 of Day didn’t seem to be at all on song as it circulated at the tail of the field. Richard Allen was forced onto the grass as he lapped him but managed to regain the track with little delay.

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The beached Mondial t of Ray Ferguson and Evers’s 328GTB . . .

. . . and Ray’s reaction!

With two laps to go, Jim Cartwright made his bid for victory. As he and Culver dived down the Craner Curves and headed for Old Hairpin, they came upon a back marker. Jim passed on his right, Gary on his left, and the blue car emerged from the juggling just ahead – but enough to wrest the lead. He held it to the finish, the two cars being separated by just over a second at the flag. Ben sailed into third, to take Gp3 honours. Further down the order Michael Squire, driving ‘Rosie’, beat his dad into 9th overall while Fenny spun his 7 cylinder GT4 at Old Hairpin and retired to the pits. William Jenkins took a first in class by some five seconds from your reporter’s Old Blue Thing while Nick Whittaker, after

a storming drive, was the Gp1 victor, finishing 6 seconds ahead of rival Moorwood. The fastest lap of the race was posted by Ben Cartwright in his Gp3 328 (1:22.113), marginally faster than his brother’s time in the Gp4 car (1:22.295). The fastest Gp2 Ferrari was Jenkins in 1:26.458 while Whittaker lapped in 1:28.447 in his Gp1 308GT4.

Qualifying for Sunday’s race took place under grey skies once again, but the track was dry albeit dirty after Saturday’s racing. This time there were 22 Classic cars. Geoff Neal had joined us but David Hathaway had given up on his brakeless GT4 and Jack Dwane had persuaded his father to lend him his 360 Challenge car for the Open race, and loaded up his damaged Mondial for home. This time, booking the front row grid places was an allCartwright affair, with Jim just outpacing Ben by 0.3 seconds. The almost identical lap times illustrate how little the Gp3 and Gp4 Ferraris differ in performance, the bigger brakes, with their better durability, perhaps only being an advantage towards the end of a race. Gary Culver (sporting a replacement engine in his 328 after extensive internal damage at the Club’s Oulton Park track day two weeks previously) was only a soupçon behind, in third, and around a second quicker than the similar Gp4 car of N P-B. Jenkins was again the quickest Gp2 driver, about a secondand-a-half faster than Swift. Moorwood was back at the front of the Gp1 brigade, no doubt smarting after his rare defeat the previous day by Whittaker. Sadly, John Day’s GT4’s clutch failed towards the end of the session and he was therefore a non-starter for the race in the afternoon. In view of the fracas at

Top: Earning their stripes - Ben Cartwright and Nartin Hart were giving it what for Centre: John Watts, RA, Swifty and William Jenkins lead a group squabbling over the tarmac at Redgate Bottom: Michael Squire had a good race in ‘Rosie’.

Redgate the previous day, your reporter felt it necessary to gather the Classic drivers together for a special briefing, principally to try to curb any misplaced aggression any of them may have in attacking the corner on the opening lap of the afternoon’s race. Disappointingly, the chief miscreant failed to attend

the briefing. Just after 4 o’clock the field of 20 cars assembled on the dummy grid. For reasons unknown, John Watts didn’t make an appearance. This time the cars got away without problems except Swift, who, hoping to get the jump on Benaroya (with unbounded joy

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disputing every inch of tarmac. Swift was getting over his tardy start, getting past five cars and, by lap 5, right on the heels of Richards Allen and Squire. Just ahead, Jenkins, the Gp2 leader, was fending off Michael Squire. By half distance nothing much had changed although gaps at the front had increased. Swift had nipped past the Allen/Squire duo and was on the coat tails of Didier Nick Cartwright kicks up dust at Redgate. who, seeing the blue car Didier had outqualified him by closing in his mirrors, must have just 3 hundredths of a second) got his French knickers in a twist made a disastrous launch when and promptly spun at Fogarty’s. the revs died as the lights went And so the race ran its out. course. At the flag the winner,

second faster than his previous record for the revised circuit. The prizes for the second race were presented by Margaret Cartwright. She must have been especially proud when asked to hand the Hackwood Group Classic Driver of the Meeting award to her youngest son, Jim, who was given a round of applause reminiscent of Andy Murray’s at Wimbledon.

It was a double first for William Jenkins in Gp2.

Old Hairpin. The unfortunate Richard Fenny spins as he is lapped by the leaders, Gary Culver and Jim Cartwright.

All the cars negotiated Redgate safely this time and at the end of lap 1 Jim Carty held a slender lead from Culver, Ben C, Butler, N P-B, and Marrs. Swift was dead last and cursing himself. The order at the front remained unchanged over the next five laps although Jim’s advantage was increasing over Culver by about a second a lap. Similarly Butler, in 4th, was steadily losing ground to 3rd place Ben but having to work hard to keep Nicky P-B at bay. Behind these five there was a battle royal going on featuring Marrs, Evers and Hart, the three of them

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Jim Cartwright, had almost 10 seconds to spare over runner-up Gary Culver, who in turn was over 12 seconds ahead of Gp3 victor, Ben Cartwright. Nick Cartwright added to family honour by squeezing past Martin Hart’s Mondial on the closing laps to almost tie with Peter Everingham for 7th place overall. William Jenkins again took Gp2 laurels while Nick Whittaker had the edge in Gp1 for the second time. The class winners all recorded the fastest times in their respective classes, with Jim Cartwright being the quickest of the day in 1:21.693 – almost a

Hero of Donington was Jim Cartwright, seen here accepting his trophy from Amanda.

PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Round 2 DONINGTON PARK 28th MAY 2011 Pos

Driver

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Jim Cartwright

328GTB

20:59.375

1:22.295

1:22.818

Gary Culver

328GTB

21:00.599

1:22.709

1:22.638

Ben Cartwright

328GTB

21:13.795

1:22.113

1:22.008

Nicky Paul-Barron

328GTB

21:16.702

1:23.284

1:23.855

Chris Butler

328GTB

21:28.163

1:24.618

1:25.185

Martin Hart

Mondial t

21:28.789

1:24.615

1:24.759

Nick Cartwright

328GTB

2200.398:

1:24.592

1:24.956

Wayne Marrs

328GTB

22:01.124

1:24.608

1:23.521

Michael Squire

328GTB

22:08.164

1:25.962

1:26.548

Richard Squire

328GTB

21:04.581

1:27.946

1:28.399

William Jenkins

308GTB

21:16.258

1:26.438

1:26.085

Richard Allen

328GTB

21:18.333

1:27.072

1:28.827

John Swift

308GTB

21:21.444

1:27.603

1:28.087

John Watts

308GT4

21:22.292

1:27.872

1:30.356

Nick Whittaker

308GT4

21:23.818

1:28.447

1:36.336

Didier Benaroya

Mondial t Cab

21:25.322

1:28.223

1:29.542

William Moorwood

308GT4

21:29.535

1:29.628

1:30.170

John Day

308GT4

2207.333:

1:39.484

1:37.871

Richard Fenny

308GT4

2103.263:

1:32.680

1:34.233

DNF

David Hathaway

308GT4

8:14.893

1:35.269

1:33.606

DNF

Ray Ferguson

Mondial t

1:30.438

DNF

Peter Everingham

328GTB

1:24.742

Jack Dwane

Mondial QV

1:34.763

Class Winners

Tipo

Group Laps

1st

2nd

3rd

Group 4

Jim Cartwright

Gary Culver

Nicky Paul-Barron

Group 3

Ben Cartwright

Chris Butler

Martin Hart

Group 2

William Jenkins

John Swift

John Watts

Group 1

Nick Whittaker

William Moorwood

John Day

Fastest Laps:

Ben Cartwright

Gp 3

1:22.113 (86.76 mph)

Jim Cartwright

Gp 4

1:22.295 (86.57 mph)

William Jenkins

Gp 2

1:26.438 (82.42 mph)

Nick Whittaker

Gp 1

1:28.447 (80.55 mph)

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PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Round 3 DONINGTON PARK 29th MAY 2011 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Group

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Jim Cartwright

328GTB

20:46.279

1:21.693

1:22.294

Gary Culver

328GTB

20:55.936

1:22.520

1:22.636

Ben Cartwright

328GTB

21:08.596

1:23.094

1:22.604

Chris Butler

328GTB

21:18.594

1:24.226

1:23.904

Nicky Paul-Barron

328GTB

21:18.821

1:23.933

1:23.576

Wayne Marrs

328GTB

21:30.257

1:24.763

1:25.021

Peter Everingham

328GTB

21:35.201

1:25.158

1:25.806

Nick Cartwright

328GTB

21:35.760

1:24.767

1:25.203

Martin Hart

Mondial t

21:36.619

1:25.280

1:25.342

William Jenkins

308GTB

21:45.984

1:24.971

1:26.465

Michael Squire

328GTB

21:48.751

1:25.606

1:26.174

John Swift

308GTB

20:52.485

1:27.017

1:28.084

Richard Squire

328GTB

20:57.454

1:26.715

1:27.640

Richard Allen

328GTB

20:58.519

1:27.026

1:29.11

Didier Benaroya

Mondial t Cab

21:16.670

1:27.390

1:28.048

Ray Ferguson

Mondial t

21:17.174

1:28.019

1:30.967

Nick Whittaker

308GT4

21:25.612

1:28.907

1:35.423

Geoff Neal

328GTB

21:28.190

1:29.625

1:30.715

William Moorwood

308GT4

21:28.929

1:29.702

1:30.545

Richard Fenny

308GT4

21:03.630

1:34.913

1:31.719

John Watts

308GT4

1:32.154

John Day

308GT4

1:34.533

David Hathaway

308GT4

Jack Dwane

Mondial QV

Class Winners

1st

2nd

3rd

Group 4

Jim Cartwright

Gary Culver

Nicky Paul-Barron

Group 3

Ben Cartwright

Chris Butler

Peter Everingham

Group 2

William Jenkins

John Swift

Richard Fenny

Group 1

Nick Whittaker

William Moorwood

Fastest Laps:

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Jim Cartwright

Gp 4

1:21.693 (87.21 mph)

Ben Cartwright

Gp 3

1:23.094 (85.74 mph)

William Jenkins

Gp 2

1:24.971 (83.84 mph)

Nick Whittaker

Gp 1

1:28.907 (80.13 mph)

DONINGTON PARK 28/29th MAY 2011

ONINGTON PARK seems to catch the imagination of many of our Pirelli Ferrari Open drivers writes JOHN SWIFT. It’s a great track that is usually the scene of some memorable battles. For the second race meeting of the season, hosted by our friends at the Classic Sports car Club, we had again increased the qualifying session and race

There is now a plentiful supply of Pirelli slicks for the 458s.

All photography by Jonathan Tremlett

durations to 30 minutes in was unable to race and a problem response to popular demand. with Derek Johnston’s car, the A useful entry of 19 cars winner at the earlier round, arrived at the Derbyshire circuit meant he had to switch to his on a weekend not blessed with ‘other Ferrari’, the 430 Challenge the best of weather prognoses. he drove in 2010. Mick Dwane Twenty Ferrari drivers were had finally received delivery of engaged, with Darren Laverty sharing Vance Kearney’s F355 Challenge car. In Class C1, James Shirley, the 22year old son of Highlander John Shirley, was having his first race with Nick Knight (430) was having his first outing. us at the wheel of the family F355/Ch. James is his new 458 and joined Paul reading Mechanical Engineering Bailey and Craig Milner in their at Strathclyde University and, like Graypaul Racing team cars. the rest of his family, is a very Gary Eastwood was making successful racing bicyclist, his first appearance with us this competing all over Europe with year in his formidable 430 distinction. Another Scot, Mario Challenge and Nick Knight was Ferrari, driving his bright yellow having his very first race in a highly tuned 308GTB, had similar car, both Ferraris being travelled the furthest to get to run by the FF Corse team. the meeting, having flown in from Brazil. In theory we should have The 30-minute qualifying had a record five of the latest session got underway at 10 458 Challenge cars on parade but o’clock. The weather conditions Geoffrey Finlay, who had driven were decidedly tricky, the track so competitively at Silverstone being wet but drying. The choice until ECU gremlins intervened, of tyres wasn’t straightforward,

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Top line-up. Some of the main protaganists (clockwise from top left): Craig Milner (458 Challenge), David Tomlin (430 Challenge), Gary Eastwood (430 Challenge), Paul Bailey (458 Challenge), Richard Bramham (430 Challenge), Mick Dwane (458 Challenge.)

some optimistic drivers opting for slicks and others for full wets. Mario Ferrari was caught out by the slippery tarmac at Redgate, his 308GTB sliding into the deep gravel and causing the yellow flags to be brought out. We hoped that he wouldn’t try to start the engine because from bitter experience we know that stones can get underneath the cam belts and cause the valve timing to go haywire. Sadly, in the heat of the moment he forgot this might happen and, sure enough, valves and pistons came into contact with each other although not catastrophically so – Mario was hopeful of being able to race in the afternoon.

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Nick Knight had a spin in his 430 sustaining mild body damage but generally most of the others emerged unscathed, hoping for better weather for the race later in the day. To his obvious great delight Wayne Marrs (360GTC) found himself at the top of the timesheet – his first ever pole with this car. In second and third were Eastwood and Johnston, the watch being barely able to separate them. Similarly, in 4th and 5th positions, David Tomlin and Arwyn Williams set almost identical times in their 430s. Mick Dwane was the quickest of the 458 drivers, fractionally faster than Paul Bailey. Of the class C1 cars,

amazingly it was young Shirley who was the pick of the crop. Perhaps being based up in the boondocks he is more used to the rain than his Sassenach rivals. The weather had bucked up considerably by the time the PFO race was called up in the early afternoon. The sun was shining, the track was dry, and the scene was set for an entertaining scrap. All nineteen cars set off behind the pace car with Darren Laverty taking his turn in the Kearney 355 and Marrs proudly leading the procession. It was a reasonable start although someone mid-field seemed a bit reluctant to keep station behind the car in front of him. Marrs managed to hold off

Scotsman Mario Ferrari was unlucky when, having flown in from Brazil, the engine of his immaculate 308GTB gave trouble in Race 1.

immediately behind him and led for the first couple of laps. Just behind was a trio of menacing 430s: Eastwood, Johnston and Tomlin. On lap 3 Marrs was relegated to third spot, the driver having occasional trouble selecting gears on the push-pull 360GTC mechanism, with Johnston now taking control at the front and Mick Dwane pushing his 458 ahead of the Tomlin 430. Behind the leading five cars, Craig Milner was relishing the dry conditions and had his 458 in 6th, just ahead of Arwyn Williams and Paul Bailey. Leading the strong Class C1 brigade was Paul Brooks in the Fosker 456GT, with team mate Nick Kaye and the fastest of the

F355s, Tim Mogridge, tied to his boot lid. From this point on, Johnston was never headed despite sustained pressure from Eastwood. Third placed Dwane was doing a fine job in his first

James Shirley. Tomlin’s progress was delayed when he spun on lap 19. Mario Ferrari’s 308 was clearly suffering engine problems after its argument with the gravel in qualifying, and he retired on lap 22. Also retiring, following a spin, was Marrs in the 360. Towards the end Johnston managed to pull out a useful cushion to Eastwood, the interval at the flag being around 11 seconds. Some 20 seconds adrift in third place came Dwane in the first of the 458s. Class 1 winner Nick Kaye crossed the line just ahead of his team mate with Jenkins a further 5 seconds adrift albeit capturing the F355 honours. The fastest lap of the day

To his obvious delight, Wayne Marrs put his rapid 360GTC on pole for the first race.

Derek Johnston had to switch to his 430 Challenge when his 458 developed a problem. However, he won Race 1 in fine style.

drive in the new 458, lapping a second or so behind the two leaders. Tomlin and Milner were having a great dice for 4th place, the pair of them having squeezed past Marrs. On lap 13 Williams re-passed Bailey, the two cars being well matched on speed. Nick Knight was also in a close battle with Richard Bramham, again trading fastest laps with each other. In C1, Kaye had moved ahead of Brooks, the two 456s clocking almost identical lap times. Just behind these two white behemoths Nigel Jenkins was having a superb race, making up for his lowly grid position by taking the baton from his 355 rivals, his nearest rival being

was credited to Gary Eastwood, his 430 Challenge clocking 1:12.054. Nigel Jenkins was the quickest C1 driver, his F355 achieving 1:17.621 which compares with the faster of the two 456GTs, that of Nick Kaye, which managed 1:18.370. David Hathaway had a lonely race as the only class C2 entry, his best lap being 1:18.465.

The field for Sunday’s early morning PFO qualifying was slightly different to the previous day’s. Nick Knight had to return home for unspecified reasons but Saturday’s numbers were made up by the inclusion of Jack Dwane

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just edged ahead of Mick Dwane’s 458 to snatch third quickest. We noted that the front splitter on Mick’s car was hitting the tarmac through the corners indicating the ride height of his car might be a twitch too low. Shortly after 2 o’clock the 18 car field lined up at Melbourne loop for the second race. Young James Shirley made an outstanding Immediately there debut, setting the fastest lap in class in R2. was problem when JMH’s Jason Hughes was assisting who, following his contretemps in his driver, Arwyn Williams, with Saturday’s Classic qualifying in his harness. Inadvertently the his Mondial. The car couldn’t be fire extinguisher button was repaired so Jack and his father tripped and masses of foam filled dashed off home to collect the the cockpit of the 430. In the 360 Challenge car that was short time available prior to the sitting in the garage. Jack hadn’t start there was nothing that driven the car in anger before, so it was to be a Sunday baptism of fire. The weather conditions were reasonably good: cloudy and dull, but dry. This time it was Vance Kearney’s turn to drive the black F355 and with Mario Ferrari’s absence we were down to 18 cars. There were no real surprises in the 30 minute session. Marrs was still unhappy with his 360GTC’s gear change but there was nothing much that could be done to improve things. It was interesting that virtually all the cars in C1 produced lap times in a second or so of each other, the fastest being Paul Brooks (1:17.146) in the 456GT. Jack Dwane drove sensibly to get the hang of his new mount and James Shirley, after breakfasting on platefuls of Scottish gruel, posted the best F355 time. Perhaps we should change our diet if this unappetising looking cereal puts the lead in the pencil. Gary Eastwood put his 430 Challenge convincingly on pole with 1:10.877, while Derek Johnston booked the other front row place with 1:11.389. David Tomlin, after his off-course escapade of the previous day,

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quickly forged ahead. Further back it was Bramham, Bailey and Marrs although on lap 4 Bailey took over 6th position. Jack Dwane was driving the 360 Challenge smoothly and gaining confidence, just behind the leading C1 car, Paul Brooks’s 456GT. Nick Kaye, in the second 456, was being hounded by Kearney in the leading 355. On lap 3 Hathaway had a most unfortunate accident, hitting the wall severely at the entry to the pits straight. His 360 Challenge car was quite badly mangled and was unable to continue. Happily, David was unharmed but bitterly disappointed with his rotten luck. Milner made a brief stop at the pits on lap 6 and again two laps later but continued. There was drama on lap 8 when Shirley spun as he braked for Old Hairpin. Apparently the

The two Fosker Engineering 456GTs of Kaye and Brooks were very evenly matched for pace.

could be done to properly clean up the car or the driver and sadly Williams became a non-starter. The rest of the grid, led by pole sitter Gary Eastwood, completed the installation lap in good order and when the pace car pulled in, and the lights were extinguished, it was Eastwood who reached Redgate first with Johnston and Tomlin tight behind him. Milner and Dwane took up 4th and 5th positions in their 458s but after two laps the latter found a way past the former and

F355’s throttle stuck open (some debris was later found under the throttle pedal) and the car landed up facing backwards and in a dangerous position. After a couple of laps the safety car was brought out to enable a recovery tractor to tow James’s car to safety on the infield. For three laps the rest of the field formed a crocodile file, waggling to and fro to keep some heat in the tyres. It offered a welcome opportunity for drivers to close up to the one in front,

There was a battle royal all weekend between the 430 Challenge cars of Derek Johnston, seen here leading, and Gary Eastwood. Honours were even at the end.

ready to re-engage the instant About this time Tim impressive debut drive in the 360 the all clear was given. Mogridge spun when he mistook Challenge car. When the safety car came in his 355’s throttle for the brake In C1, Nick Kaye took class on lap 13, and the green flags pedal, retiring the car without honours despite being made to signalled racing could resume, damage to the pit lane. Some 4 work hard by a fired-up Vance Marrs seemed to be caught seconds behind 4th man Mick Kearney in the 355. napping allowing a more alert Dwane, Bailey and Marrs were Lap times were generally a Bailey to gain a position. locked in a very close battle for bit quicker than the day before. Eastwood and Johnston continued their hand-to-hand wrestling match at the front but now Tomlin was making it a threesome. Nick Kaye was going great guns in the class leading 456GT although Kearney was right on his tail. Brooks in the second 456 was now struggling with badly worn tyres and he was Terrific stuff in Class C1, here with James Shirley leading Nigel Jenkins unable to keep up and Darren Laverty, all in F355 Challenge. his earlier pace. The situation at the front 5th place, with the former This time it was Derek Johnston was now really hotting up. stoically refusing to wilt under who posted the fastest Ferrari Johnston made his bid as the two the pressure. time, taking his 430 round in leaders braked for Redgate and Then the chequered flag 1:11.687 – just a tad under snatched the lead. But on the came out to greet an ecstatic winner Eastwood’s best. James very next lap, under extreme Gary Eastwood (“the best race Shirley recorded the fastest C1 pressure from Eastwood, he spun I’ve had for a very long time”) time in 1:18.087, which was at the same corner and suddenly with David Tomlin picking up a some compensation for being a he was in third spot, behind well deserved runner-up position. spectator for much of the race. Tomlin. The opportunity was not A rueful Derek Johnston was a lost on a grateful David and, with couple of seconds further back to four laps remaining, he speeded take third overall. Jack Dwane up to make sure he kept ahead of finished in eighth spot to take the rapidly recovering Johnston. victory in class C2 after an

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PIRELLI FERRARI OPEN Round 2 DONINGTON PARK 28th MAY 2011 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Derek Johnston

F430/Ch

30:31.947

1:12.079

1:22.286

Gary Eastwood

F430/Ch

30:42.901

1:12.054

1:22.256

Mick Dwane

F458/Ch

31:14.003

1:13.461

1:23.986

Craig Milner

F458/Ch

31:20.288

1:13.319

1:26.251

David Tomlin

F430/Ch

31:22.216

1:13.432

1:23.321

Arwyn Williams

F430Ch

31:22.236

1:12.968

1:23.376

Paul Bailey

F458/Ch

31:31.919

1:13.683

1:24.318

Nick Knight

F430/Ch

30:51.258

1:16.044

1:24.769

Richard Bramham

F430/Ch

31:10.459

1:16.064

1:25.767

Nick Kaye

456GT

C1b

30:42.282

1:18.370

1:31.600

Paul Brooks

456GT

C1b

30:43.931

1:18.464

1:31.348

Nigel Jenkins

F355/Ch

C1a

30:48.456

1:17.621

1:36.329

Darren Laverty

F355/Ch

C1a

30:49.700

1:18.978

1:32.369

David Hathaway

360/Ch

31:07.749

1:18.465

1:25.676

James Shirley

F355/Ch

C1a

31:11.677

1:18.459

1:27.248

Tim Mogridge

F355/Ch

C1a

31:20.486

1:18.991

1:29.873

Paul Unsworth

550 Maranello

C1b

31:11.137

1:21.813

1:35.661

DNF

Wayne Marrs

360 GTC

27:27.388

1:12.471

1:21.623

DNF

Mario Ferrari

308GTB

C1b

5:12.986

1:37.443

1:32.261

Class Winners

1st

2nd

3rd

Class C1a

Nigel Jenkins

Darren Laverty

James Shirley

Class C1b

Nick Kaye

Paul Brooks

Paul Unsworth

Class C2

David Hathaway

Class C3

Gary Eastwood

David Tomlin

Arwyn Williams

Class C4

Derek Johnston

Mick Dwane

Craig Milner

Fastest Laps:

Gary Eastwood

Class C3

1:12.054 (98.87 mph)

Derek Johnstone

Class C4

1:12.079 (98.84 mph)

Nigel Jenkins

Class C1a

1:17.621 (91.78 mph)

Niick Kaye

Class C1b

1:18.370 (90.91 mph)

David Hathaway

Class C2

1:18.465 (90.80 mph)

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PIRELLI FERRARI OPEN Round 3 DONINGTON PARK 29th MAY 2011 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Gary Eastwood

F430/Ch

30:36.152

1:11.852

1:10.877

David Tomlin

F430/Ch

30:39.453

1:12.512

1:12.615

Derek Johnston

F430/Ch

30:41.643

1:11.687

1:11.389

Mick Dwane

F458/Ch

30:54.998

1:13.325

1:12.624

Paul Bailey

F458/Ch

30:58.582

1:13.564

1:13.985

Wayne Marrs

360 GTC

30:58.906

1:13.530

1:12.906

Richard Bramham

F430/Ch

31:11.171

1:14.423

1:14.277

Jack Dwane

360/Ch

31:29.273

1:15.596

1:17.458

Nick Kaye

456GT

C1b

31:50.208

1:18.287

1:17.647

Vance Kearney

F355/Ch

C1a

31:54.843

1:18.868

1:17.600

Paul Brooks

456GT

C1b

31:12.794

1:19.007

1:17.146

Craig Milner

F458/Ch

31:24.292

1:14.887

1:13.685

Nigel Jenkins

F55/Ch

C1a

31:53.079

1:18.795

1:19.888

Paul Unsworth

550 Maranello

C1b

31:17.331

1:21.410

1:22.430

DNF

Tim Mogridge

F355/Ch

C1a

26:31.319

1:18.339

1:18.745

DNF

James Shirley

F355/Ch

C1a

9:30.223

1:18.087

1:17.524

DNF

David Hathaway

360/Ch

4:44.537

1:19.592

1:18.549

Arwyn Williams

F430Ch

1:14.920

Mario Ferrari

308GTB

C1b

Nick Knight

F430/Ch

Class Winners

1st

2nd

3rd

Class C4

Derek Johnston

Mick Dwane

Paul Bailey

Class C3

Gary Eastwood

David Tomlin

Class C2

Jack Dwane

Class C1a

Vance Kearney

Nigel Jenkins

Class C1b

Nick Kaye

Paul Brooks

Fastest Laps:

Paul Unsworth

Derek Johnston

Class C4

1:11.687 (99.38 mph)

Gary Eastwood

Class C3

1:11.852 (99.15 mph)

Jack Dwane

Class C2

1:15.596 (94.24 mph)

James Shirley

Class C1a

1:18.087 (91.23 mph)

Nick Kaye

Class C1b

1:18.287 (91.00 mph)

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Photo: Richard Prior

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 6 SHELSLEY WALSH 4th/5th June 2011

BUTLER IN CHARGE AT SHELSLEY PRACTICE SHELSLEY has been the biggest and most notable event in our calendar for more years than I can remember writes RICHARD ALLEN. Sure, it is not the very best hill to drive, but for atmosphere and spectacle it is second to none. The entry always includes all the top cars and drivers and inevitably some fascinating machinery. This year was no exception as the 50th Anniversary of the E Type Jaguar was an excuse to turn out some very historic and famous cars – not just E types but many of the most notable racing Jaguars. They also had some historic drivers to go with them, from Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams to Norman Dewis, the original factory test driver. Journos Simon Taylor and Steve Cropley too, plus notable historic Ferrari racer David Franklin were also amongst the historic competition Jaguar drivers.

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Then of course there were the Ferraris, all seventeen of

RA and Nick Taylor discuss form against the picturesque backdrop of the Malvern Hills.

them including a line up of three 360 Modenas in three different colours, one in the hands of newcomer Steven Routledge. The F355 was the most popular tipo, with six examples on hand and the class win looked inevitably to fall to one of these, with Richard Prior and Chris Butler the likely suspects. It was great to see Tracey Haynes back in action with her 328GTB after recovery from her recent injury. Sean Doyle was listed in the programme but withdrew his entry. The weather for the weekend looked questionable, with some rain around. On Saturday the ‘turn up when you like and book a practice run when you like’ meant there were some varying track conditions impacting on some of the times. It got better later in the day and some very fast times were coming up on the clocks. To put some perspective into our practice runs it is worth remembering that for some time

Photo: SwiftyPix

There was a big Jaguar presence at Shelsley, including the inimitable Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams.

the Ferrari class record hovered around 35 seconds. Recently it fell into the 34 second bracket, and then John Marshall in 2010 knocked it down to a very low 33 second time with the 430 Scuderia – seemingly out of reach for some time to come. Amazingly both Chris Butler (F355), still fairly new to this venue, and Richard Prior, still fairly new to his F355, dipped into the 34 second band on their first run. Chris improved some more on his second to an impressive 34.20, but then Richard took our breath away with a quite amazingly fast run to stop the clocks on 33.50, not far short of Marshall’s 430 Scud time! Others going well were Nick Taylor (348GTC) on 35.01 and Andrew Holman (F355) at 35.07 - easily his best Shelsley run to date. Mike Spicer headed up the smaller cars, his 328GTB, on 36.15, well clear of Pauline Goodwin’s similar car on 38.13, and Sergio Ransford’s 308GTB at 38.91. There were some close times amongst the 360 Modena brigade, with Peter Rogerson just having the edge over Jeff Cooper and Steve Routledge. Notably Tracey Haynes was just ahead of

these chaps with her 328GTB. It all looked good for some exciting competition for the official runs on Sunday except, that is, for the weather forecast!

OFFICIAL RUNS AS THE HILLCLIMBERS stirred from their B&Bs, hotels and campsites in the morning they were greeted with drizzle which started around 5am and completely soaked the track reports RICHARD PRIOR. Sunday’s official run times would now be very different from those of the previous day. The first official was taken while still very damp, but conditions should be the most predictable on the track; no chance of a dry line emerging yet. Tracey Haynes set off from the line in 3.41 seconds, which shows how slippery the tarmac was. The following cars had chance to see the scoreboard and assess the grip, and a few sneaky ones moved over to the left side of the track, away from the rubbery stripes left by years of wheel-spinning single-seaters. Tracey finished in 47.62, but was beaten by the next two cars of

Jeff Cooper and Steve Routledge (both 360 Modena) - separated by just a tenth of a second and newcomer Steve taking the advantage after a better pull away from the line. Chris Butler (F355) carefully climbed up in 41.11 seconds but the next runners of Richard Prior and Phil Whitehead also in F355GTBs were ahead of him, Prior’s first speed trap of 70 was 1 mph up on Butler, but Whitehead (355) was bravest, with 74 mph. John Swift was on 43.63 keeping just ahead of Andrew Duncan in the second of the 348GTCs with 45.81. Richard Allen knows this course like the back of his hand, braking in plenty of time and skilfully using the momentum of the 355 between the Esses to record 40.89 and slot into 2nd position, but Nick Taylor followed and had beaten him by over half a second but his 40.30 was just 4/100ths behind Prior. Pauline Goodwin and Mike Spicer were very evenly matched on speed figures in their 328s but Mike pulled out a one second lead over PG by the finish line; both would go quicker later on. Sergio Ransford had his only official run of the day with 44.05, slotting in between the more powerful cars of Jeff Cooper and Andrew Duncan, and finally the cat and mouse game between Colin Campbell in the Dino 246GT and Andrew Holman (355) but the organisers waited patiently until Colin reached the Esses before they set off Andrew on his trail. Colin found 61.11 with his only run of the day and Holman’s 40.58 put him ahead of Club Chairman Richard Allen. During the lunch break there was much to look at, from the car displays in the general car park to the restored buildings and watermill behind the paddock. There was a great Jaguar presence for their Anniversary celebrations at this meeting, including historic Le Mans cars, Ecurie Ecosse transporters, and the local Jaguar dealers, Stratstone, who were feeding and entertaining priviledged customers and celebrity drivers

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Photo: Richard Prior

Mike Spicer launches his 328GTB onto a damp track.

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fear he made excellent time with 37.96 - the quickest of the day so far. Prior could only see Chris’s start and didn’t know the time he had recorded. Driving more carefully through the greasy Esses he crossed the line in 2nd place and 38.40. Phil Whitehead was on a very similar time to his first run, John Swift was over 3 seconds quicker in the drying conditions and Andrew Duncan better by 2.82 seconds.

Photo: Richard Prior

such as Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams and motoring journalist Simon Taylor in their grand marquee. This was handy during the rain showers (Richard Allen, Richard Prior, Andrew Holman and Chris Butler were seen blagging a table in the dry at one point, pretending to be Jaguar buyers) We also managed to squeeze in some overdue presentations from last year’s End of Season Dinner for Jeff Cooper, Sergio Ransford and Phil Whitehead (who were AWOL in October for various reasons). After lunch and more occasional showers the second runs began. I took the long trek up to watch at the Esses and there were no end of competitors misjudging the grip and hitting the banking on the exit. This caused even more delays, so that when the Ferrari class made it to the line it was now partially dry (but, as everyone knows, it always stays wet and slippery under the trees at the Esses) Tracey Haynes and Jeff Cooper improved by over a second, Steve Routledge by 0.95 to give 45.62 which, on a first visit here in a Ferrari, is quite respectable. Peter Rogerson was now into the 47-second bracket. Chris Butler exploited the grip available and, since he hadn’t witnessed the carnage as in the Esses as I had, without

The 328 grudge match continued and Pauline put in a quick time of 41.16 to get ahead of Mike Spicer, but he was next to run on the hill and retook the lead with 41 seconds dead and 8th place on scratch. The last three could all have an effect on the top places, Richard Allen’s 39.81 was to put him temporarily into 3rd place, until Nick Taylor next up with 39.04 moved him down another spot to 4th. More bad news for RA as Andrew Holman took over that place with 39.19. These top four were also in the same order for points. Congratulations to Chris Butler, who had the privilege of opening the Prosecco for doing the ‘double’ and getting into joint 6th place in the Championship after only completing three rounds. He will surely enter more 2011 events after this significant success.

The full Butler service. Chris pours out the celebratory Prosecco.

SHELSLEY WALSH Hillclimb 4/5 June 2011 Round 6 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

H/C

Run 1

Run 2

0-64ft

split

speed traps

H/C pos

PEP %

PEP time

Pts

Chris Butler

F355

34.91

34.20

34.04

41.11

37.96

3.31

24.77

78/92

1.00

38.34

Richard Prior

F355

34.73

33.50

40.26

38.40

3.22

25.79

78/91

0.00

38.40

348GTC

36.01

35.45

34.58

40.30

39.04

3.49

25.70

77/85

-0.50

38.84

Andrew Holman

F355

38.20

35.07

34.85

40.58

39.19

3.01

25.88

66/89

0.00

39.19

Richard Allen

F355

37.55

36.69

34.85

40.89

39.81

3.38

26.49

77/88

0.00

39.81

John Swift

F355

40.00

37.43

36.14

43.63

40.17

3.37

26.21

n/a

0.00

40.17

Philip Whitehead

F355

35.87

39.41

34.98

40.94

40.96

3.21

26.93

77/88

0.00

40.94

Mike Spicer

328GTB

42.77

36.15

36.00

41.61

41.00

3.34

27.05

72/83

-3.00

39.77

Pauline Goodwin

328GTB

39.68

38.13

37.26

42.63

41.16

2.71

27.08

65/84

-3.00

39.93

Andrew Duncan

348GTC

40.32

39.47

37.30

45.81

42.99

3.27

28.38

64/80

-0.50

42.78

Sergio Ransford

308GTB

39.46

38.91

37.72

44.05

---

2.99

28.88

63/--

-4.50

42.06

Jeff Cooper

360 Mod

40.96

45.00

37.44

46.67

45.34

3.57

30.75

63/88

1.00

45.79

Steve Routledge

360 Mod

41.39

43.39

39.50

46.57

45.62

3.77

30.40

60/88

1.00

46.08

Tracey Haynes

328GTB

42.17

40.77

40.09

47.62

45.92

3.05

30.46

58/80

-3.00

44.54

Peter Rogerson

360 Mod

42.49

40.89

38.71

48.24

47.84

3.38

32.56

57/86

1.00

48.32

Colin Campbell

246GT

55.40

53.91

49.97

61.11

---

3.88

41.03

43/53

-6.50

57.14

Nick Taylor

MAC Class Awards:

1st Chris Butler

2nd Richard Prior

FOC Handicap Awards:

1st Pauline Goodwin

2nd John Swift

3rd Nick Taylor

Classic Scores: Sean Doyle 65, Mike Spicer 51, Pauline Goodwin 44, Brian Jackson 41, Barrie Wood 17, Lorraine Hitchman 16, John Marshall and Sergio Ransford 15, Mark Hargreaves 11, Jack Hargreaves 10, Tracey Haynes and Wendy Ann Marshall 7, Tony Attwood and Colin Campbell 2

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AST YEAR’S hillclimb at Doune had been bathed in warm sunshine and it bought the spectators out in their droves writes RICHARD PRIOR. This season, so far, has seen more wet rounds than dry ones, so it was no surprise that more rain was forecast for this event. But Doune is no ordinary hill, and there are very few places to slip off the track safely. For some lucky drivers who were passing the hill on a very wet Friday, they managed to walk the track and see the conditions at close range. The friendly organisers from the Lothian Car Club even let us sign on to save queuing early on Saturday morning. In the paddock eleven Ferrari drivers reunited under the gazebos yet again. Even the drivers’ briefing (usually held outdoors near the start line) was given in the nearest barn. With so many drivers to squeeze into a

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small space even top singleChris Butler and his 355 know seater driver Scott Moran had to this climb well and turned in the stand in the doorway and peer fastest time of 58.70 seconds; over the crowd to hear the usual quite a way behind were Richard warnings about new tarmac Prior (355) on 60.67 and, almost patches and likely spots for a second behind him, was the running streams across the track. ever present Nick Taylor (348 There were three practice GTC) on 61.55. Richard Allen’s runs scheduled for Saturday and 328GTB was 4th in the order. the first cars started rolling out The rain showers seemed to around 9.15am. The Ferrari class come and go throughout the was in batch 4 but the ex-Spicer morning and the tarmac never 308GTB, driven by John Albiston (in a class for historic racing cars) and the shared F355 of John Shirley were in batch 3, so it gave the rest of the field an indication of the track conditions. First practice runs were a lottery and taken The wooden pavilion at the top paddock provided a carefully to welcome shelter from the rain. assess the grip.

Photo: Richard Prior

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 7 DOUNE 18th/19th June 2011

Photo: SwiftyPix

If hillclimbing ever gets too boring you can always play at being circuit drivers.

had time to dry up. During second practice some drivers were starting to find the grip limits, occasionally a Westfield would return to the paddock on the recovery truck with the wheels pointing at odd angles, but the Ferraris kept their bodywork intact. Chris Butler was still in control at the top of the score sheet having gone 0.15 quicker, but Richard Prior had now closed to within half a second of him, with Nick Taylor just a further half a second behind. When the lunch break was called it was time to assemble the troops for the traditional convoy run up the track, this year led by the immaculate 458 and 599 brought along for display by Scottish Dealers, Graypaul. Passenger seats were filled by friends and spectators looking for somewhere dry and a different perspective of the hill. In the afternoon it was much drier for the final practice of the day and every driver had their best run of the day. John Shirley was now on 59.56, John Swift 65.15 in his black 355, and Pauline Goodwin in the first of the 328s had 62 seconds dead. Pauline is always lightning quick off the start line and her 2.36 seconds for the first 64 feet was the quickest of the weekend. A battle of the Classic class was

now emerging between Richard Allen, Sean Doyle and Mike Spicer. All were in the 58 bracket but Mike was at the high end with 58.93, RA in the middle on 58.52 and Sean ahead on 58.06. James Shirley, on his first visit to the hill, was trailing dad in the shared 355 on 60.94. Saturday evening meant BBQs at the track for marshals and competitors with motorhomes, but the Ferrari clan returned to the Dunblane Hilton for a special dinner for more than 30 including our enthusiastic friends from the Scottish area groups. As we stirred the next morning and sat down for breakfast there was drizzle outside again. The weather forecast showed patchy rain and sunshine towards the end of the day. We all hoped it would be in time for the last run. The early run on Sunday is defined by the organisers as another practice, in the hope of fewer incidents, and times were generally a few seconds slower than the day before, except for Jon Goodwin, who bravely threaded the 250 GT Lusso up the narrow track in 62.29 and his fastest of the weekend so far. Pauline Goodwin went from the previous day’s fastest Ferrari start to the slowest, a timing glitch showed she took an

impossibly long 10.40 seconds to cover the first 64 feet from the start. Again there were many stoppages, with cars flying off in all directions, and lunch was delayed until after our first official run around 1pm. The track was at its best and everyone took advantage to set some good times. John Shirley was first up in 58.37 seconds, John Swift in the F355 recorded 62.39 and Pauline Goodwin was a shade behind Shirley Snr with 58.74. Jon Goodwin had a smooth run of 60.60 while James Shirley now shaded his dad with a 57.59. Doyle, as ever, was still unconvinced whether he was enjoying himself or not until, of course, the first official run when he drove superbly and became the fastest ever 308 to climb Doune, in 56.66. Allen couldn’t manage to catch him but he jumped ahead of Pauline for 6th place on scratch. Nick Taylor had the lead provisionally with 55.22 but next man up, Prior, took over with 54.28. Butler had been consistently faster than everyone else throughout the weekend and deserved the 52.84 when he arrived at the top paddock. Mike Spicer was the last runner in the class and crossed the finish line in 56.47, moving ahead of Doyle for 4th place on scratch. We finally stopped for lunch and assembled the convoy run again; another brisk run with passengers got us back to the top of the hill where we could see the rain coming yet again and it was torrential this time. Back in the paddock, under the gazebos, we waited for the promised sunshine but it never came. Last run of the day and it hadn’t dried from the lunchtime downpour. There was little ground to gain, but much to lose for the Ferrari drivers, added to this some unsuccessful Caterhams had bounced along the wall lined ‘Tunnel’ and had thrown mud onto the track. There certainly wasn’t any hope of going quicker than the times already recorded.

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The scores from the first run remained unbeaten so Chris Butler was again King of the Hill, and recipient once more of the customary bottle of the local Deanston 12-year old single malt. Prior and Taylor looked on enviously from 2nd and 3rd place. Chris also took the 20 points (his second max in a row after Shelsley Walsh) and Sean Doyle was on the 17 points after impressively beating his personal best by almost 2 seconds. He had also closed the Classic gap to Spicer to a mere 5 points. Finally, at the prize giving, the blue sky appeared and the warm

sunshine arrived at last, ready for a pleasant drive home. We can’t thank the Scottish area group members enough for turning out in great numbers to meet up, take photographs, enjoy the convoy runs up the hill, and still watch the racing between the showery downpours. We hope to do it all again in 2012. 

Top three, with Chris Butler winning the scotch.

DOUNE Hillclimb 18/19 June 2011 Round 7 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

Pract 3

Pract 4

H/ cap

Run 1

Run 2

64ft

split

PEP %

Chris Butler

F355

58.70

58.55

54.11

57.38

51.33

52.84

58.45

2.37

18.33

0.0

52.84

Richard Prior

F355

60.67

59.05

55.28

58.08

52.13

54.28

58.11

2.53

19.37

0.0

54.28

Nick Taylor

348GTC

61.55

59.52

56.58

59.10

51.34

55.22

59.82

2.49

19.90

-0.5

54.94

Mike Spicer

328GTB

69.85

65.46

58.93

64.60

61.78

56.47

69.52

2.48

20.06

-3.0

54.76

Sean Doyle

308GT4

71.22

63.00

58.06

61.61

58.45

56.66

63.01

2.44

20.48

-4.5

54.11

Richard Allen

328GTB

62.18

60.65

58.52

59.78

54.27

57.48

59.92

2.55

20.60

-3.0

55.76

James Shirley

F355

69.96

65.68

60.94

62.12

54.00

57.59

59.84

2.77

21.40

John Shirley

F355

67.01

65.72

59.56

61.71

53.65

58.37

63.80

2.51

21.17

328GTB

63.17

67.67

62.00

71.05

56.67

58.74

63.96

2.38

20.70

-3.0

56.98

250 Lusso

65.57

65.23

62.57

62.29

57.14

60.60

63.62

2.79

22.29

-5.0

57.57

F355

72.39

72.43

65.15

67.95

59.00

62.39

68.45

2.41

23.08

0.0

62.39

Pauline Goodwin Jon Goodwin John Swift

CLASS AWARDS: 1st Chris Butler 2nd Richard Prior 3rd Nick Taylor FOC HANDICAP AWARDS: 1st Sean Doyle

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND 7 30 CompRes

PEP Time

Nick Taylor

116

Sergio Ransford

Richard Prior

114

Peter Wilson

Sean Doyle

Ian Chadwick

Mike Spicer

Mark Hargreaves

Andrew Holman

Julian Playford

Chris Butler

Jeffrey Cooper

Richard Allen

Jack Hargreaves

Pauline Goodwin

Peter Hitchman

Brian Jackson

Wendy Ann Marshall

John Swift

Tracey Haynes

Philip Whitehead

Andrew Duncan

Jon Goodwin

Steve Routledge

Chris Hitchman

Peter Rogerson

Barrie Wood

Tony Attwood

Lorraine Hitchman

Colin Campbell

John Marshall

Pts

Lorraine Hitchman

Suzanne Everingham

Mike Edmonds

24 Anne Swift

Vince Woodman

25 Diana Sears

Andrew Holman

26 Anne Leighton

Sue Anderson Ian Tuite-Sterling

William Jenkins

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23 Anne Hughes Ian Hartley

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Maranello Ferrari Challenge Champions 1998 and 2000 Fixed Price Servicing - Race Preparation and Track Support - Tyres Supplied and Fitted Electronic Wheel Balancing - Personal Service Guaranteed

The Garage North Newnton Pewsey Wiltshire SN9 6JU Tel 01980 630327 Fax 01980 630015 E-mail enquiries: gcreeder@aol.com

Choose from a Turn Key Service to Technical Support On the day. Various Packages available

WREN CLASSICS

‘The South’s Premier Preparers’ Contact: Steve Farthing Tel: 01747 852899 Fax: 01747 854988 enquiries@wrenclassics.com

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