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THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THEIR FAVOURITE CAR. TOMORROW’S DRIVERS AT CASTLE COMBE.
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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS My apologies for the very late delivery of this issue. As some of you know, I sustained a multiple fracture of my right thumb in a collision at Snetterton earlier this month. This needed some tricky surgical work with pins and a plaster cast on my arm. If any of you are right handed and involved in magazine production, you will appreciate that it is painfully slow to manage a computer with only one working (left) arm The surgeon tells me that with a bit of luck the thumb should be functioning almost normally in a few weeks time and I shall be able to drive once more. In the meantime I rely very heavily on my lady chauffeur in her speedy Alfa. I would like to thank everybody for all the kind messages and cards. They are all much appreciated.
END OF SEASON DINNER A reminder that the ‘Racers’ Presentation Dinner will be held on Saturday, 19th November at the Ardencote Manor Hotel at Claverdon, Warwickshire. The two race Series trophies will be presented during the evening and, if previous year’s Dinners are anything to go by, it will be another tremendous party for everyone connected in some way or other with the Club’s racing activities. We have already arranged for some mementos to be flown in specially from Italy for the occasion. Included with this issue are full details including a ticket application form. Registered competitors in the two race Series should have already
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received their info pack. We have block-booked a substantial number of rooms at Ardencote Manor but to avoid disappointment you are strongly advised to make your individual reservation AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! We look forward to welcoming not only the drivers and their wives and girlfriends, but also the preparers, sponsors, helpers and Club members generally.
CONGRATULATIONS! We send our congratulations and very best wishes to BEN CARTWRIGHT and TORI, who tied the knot in Italy on 21st September. Photo: Jonathan Tremlett
SHORT BREAK IN NORFOLK
2012 SPONSORSHIP We are delighted to announce that two of our existing sponsors have already signed up to support us next season. FF Corse have been a tower of strength this year in sponsorship of our Open series. With an impressive number of drivers on their books they have brought several drivers, who have previously confined their energies to track days, to the circuits to enjoy racing for the first time. I believe I am right in saying that every one of these drivers has had terrific fun and their weekends will never be the same again. With a strong ‘customer base’ we look to 2012 for an increase in participation in our racing programme. In the Classic series, no family has shown such commitment as Nick Cartwright and his two sons, Ben and Jim. All have shown exceptional driving talent and since their business centres around Ferrari it was natural that they would wish to be very much involved with the support of the racing. The Nick Cartwright Specialist Cars logo will be proudly displayed on all the PFfc cars’ sunstrip position again in 2012.
Ben in reflective mood at Oulton Park in August.
It must have been a very romantic wedding ceremony and it wouldn’t surprise us if there was at least one Ferrari ticking over outside the church.
KARTING 2012 Pirelli have confirmed that date of the annual Pre-Season Team Karting Enduro is Saturday, 31st March 2012. The track will, as usual, be the challenging outdoor circuit at Thruxton where last time we had a record number of teams taking part. More details and entry forms nearer the time.
SUGGESTIONS FOR 2012 It is the time of year when we ask competitors in our two race series for comments, ideas and suggestions for the following season. We have already conducted a survey on the venues that you prefer and, more importantly, the ones that you are likely to compete at next year. The results are almost complete and will provide a very useful guide to where we race in 2012. We now need your thoughts on all the other important aspects of racing next season. If you have any suggestions I would be pleased if you could jot them down on an email to me. It is important that they are written down to avoid any misunderstandings. Your suggestions can be about any feature of the racing that you think could be improved. Although I can’t promise that every submitted idea will be adopted by the appropriate race committee, I can assure you that all ideas will be considered carefully. In order to meet the deadlines for the committee meetings, please submit your emails by 22nd October at the latest.
THE SOLDIERS’ CHARITY Lt-Col Peter Fisk – or Pete Fisk, racing driver, as we more usually know him – has written to say thank you to all those at Castle Combe who gave generously to the charity he is very much involved with. The charity is the ABF, the Soldiers’ Charity which supports a wide variety of soldiers, former soldiers and their families with a diverse range of needs. The provision of medical, technical and financial support gives the best possible outlook for the men and women who sacrifice so much for us. Peter’s regiment, the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, has taken its first combat casualties since the Second World War, and the subject of support to our
Suggestion for 2012: “All pit signals to be ‘in clear’ rather than secret code, so that spectators will be in the picture at all times.” (With acknowledgements to Brockbank)
disabled servicemen is very close to his heart. Between the Ferrari Owners’ Club members and the guests of A Plant LUX, the race day sponsors, the collection at Castle Combe raised over £204 for the charity.
BIRTHDAYS IN OCTOBER Congratulations to all those who celebrate their birthday in October.
DARREN WANTS A CAR Darren Laverty has been a regular competitor in our Pirelli Ferrari Open series for the past few seasons, sharing the F355 Challenge car of Vance Kearney. He tells me that he enjoys it so much he wants to do more, and is therefore looking for a car of his own. Anyone who has a nice F355 Challenge car for sale should contact Darren as soon as possible. His email address is daz@lavertys.co.uk
2
David Hathaway Steve Routledge
3
Jacques Duyver Yvonne Preston
4
Luca Matteo Cappuccini
7
Alan Newton
16
Jan Gijzen
18
Jim Cartwright
19
Phil Nuttall
26
Richard Squire
27
Winifred Bott
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RA’s HILLCOMMENT airfield, but better than North Weald. Curborough has stood the test of time and has been extraordinarily popular in recent seasons. Maybe some competitors think that sprints are safer, but there have still been damage incidents – often in places you would least expect it. My own view is that nothing beats a big hillclimb meeting for atmosphere and excitement, and the June Shelsley Walsh epitomised this.
detail on Odiham will be in the next issue of CompRes).
Chris Butler whilst over in East Anglia between MIRA and Hethel took time out for a fitting in the Holman Deux Chevaux. As you can see this machine is still somewhat deshabille as the French would say and they will need to get cracking to be on the grid for the 2CV 24 Hour Race at Snetterton next year. Drivers signed up so far are proprietor RAF Odiham is a brand new Holman, Richard Prior and sprint course that may make it in Bendezille Butler – no relation to to the PFHC 2012 calendar. This Chris, but an ace young go kart airfield houses the RAF Chinook racer from Jersey. He has been headquarters and operations, and the lynch pin in the very successful is located near Hook in Hampshire. Anglia Area Group karting team On September 3rd Sutton & Cheam who always win the annual AG MC ran a sprint meeting at event except when cobbled by Odiham, and Richard Prior and handicap. Andrew Holman went along to try Philip Whitehead went on it out with their F355s - they were his annual vacation immediately in a mixed class of eight including after his big off at MIRA. Nice to a 7 litre Mustang. I do not know report that he has suffered no how they did classwise, but physical ill effects and having got Richard managed to get the better over the wallet shock is making of Andrew on this occasion. (More plans for the future. He had
Hillclimbs & Sprints are what the PFHC is all about even though we call it a Hillclimb Championship. Primarily I guess that is because traditionally the greater part of the calendar and indeed the most important meetings are hillclimbs. From the very early days there were always a few sprints thrown in for good measure. North Weald, despite being uninspiring, has been there from the very beginning – most probably because the series germinated in Essex. Other venues have come and gone, some very good and others not so. Millbrook was probably the best and at least as good as anything we have nowadays. Then there was South Cerney - another You’ve got to be slightly mad to race a 2CV. Chris Butler prepares himself.
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Photo: Andrew Holman
Tight at the Top and as predicted this 25th Anniversary Championship season is heading inexorably to a last round shoot out at Curborough early October. The best of eight rounds scoring system works very well in this regard and often ensures the excitement is maintained right to the last run at the last event. At the time of writing there are just two rounds left with Shelsley Walsh in September before Curborough. Nick Taylor has got back in to the series lead by just one point from Richard Prior, with Chris Butler now in third ahead of Andrew Holman. The odds are the first two positions will be fought out between Nick and Richard, with Chris needing to resist the attentions of Sprintmeister Andrew Holman for third overall – not a problem at Shelsley, but certainly at Curborough. Mike Spicer meanwhile seems to be lined up for the Classic Cup, but his man Sean Doyle, never fazed by insubordination, will be chasing hard!
carried out much of the maintenance on his F355 personally and after a long period of ownership would understandably like to hang on to the car. At the moment it is in the balance whether it is economical to repair, and this is often the case as a damaged Ferrari is worth a lot of money as a parts bin. Fortunately he has now got over the winter to get sorted out, and promises he will be out with us next year
tounding, and then there are those multi speed auto boxes and the latest superlative DSG transmissions for performance cars. Regrettably all this brilliance is being compromised by excessive use of new computer technology that leads to all sorts of potential aggravation in the long term. You will recall I mentioned electronic handbrakes last month and this is an example. I guess you are all Andrew Holman has similar encountering more and more of problems – he had his car in to a these frustrating things with each local workshop run by Club memnew car you buy. Some of this ber Ian Button for camber setting and one or two adjustments. Sub- stuff is trivial too – I particularly hate those bleepers that go on at sequently he was aware of a clunking noise from the front when you if, like me, you delay putting he hurled the car round one or two the seat belt on until you move off down the road. turns. Not noticed before, this must be Button’s fault - so of Blast from the Past as this course Andrew went back to com- time around I thought I would look plain! After 20 minutes inspection up some results in September fifit turned out to be a fuel can flying teen, twenty and twenty four around in the front! years ago. In 1996 at Cornbury Park it was Richard Allen (F355) Richard’s Rant coming next taking the class win and maximum as I am a bit short of the usual points from Richard Barnett sort of content material. I have huge admiration for the car manu- (308GTB) – sounds like a wallet job to me! In 1991 at Prescott facturers who nearly all turn out excellent value and extremely reli- Geoff Dark (308GT4) won the class, and the points too, and in able cars, many of which drive 1987, at Goodwood, Sheridan Wilextraordinarily well too. The progress made in recent years on en- liams (308GTB) was a convincing winner on scratch with his modigines, particularly diesels, is asfied 308GTB.
Photo: Richard Allen Collection
Cack Handed Spannering is something I am becoming guilty of of late and maybe this is because I work on cars so little nowadays. Before the Donington Classic race meeting in May I fitted a new set of Pagid Blues to the rear of my 328. There were two qualifying sessions and two races and I did not notice anything amiss. Subsequently I drove several hundred miles in Scotland at the time of taking part in the Doune hillclimb. On the way back I was aware of a strange noise coming from the offside rear wheel and resolved to have a look at it later. The car was not used again until the recent Castle Combe meeting, and when checking it over a couple of days beforehand it turned out one rear pad was in the wrong way around
– in other words metal to metal! The pad was welded in to the caliper and the friction material had become detached from the backing plate. I found an old nearly worn out pad to get out of trouble for the weekend. I feel a bit of an idiot, but was reassured by one of our respected Ferrari garagistes telling me he had once done exactly the same thing!
PFHC Prizegiving Dinner at Moore Place on Saturday, 29th October is coming up fast now, and in August I was with Sally Maynard -Smith and Richard Prior on site for a meeting with the General Manager Giles Shaw. We have chosen what we think will be an appropriate menu and also gone for a Champagne Drinks Reception rather than Prosecco, this being our 25th Anniversary Year. The prices are all the same as last year which were the same as the year before, so good value is assured!
Another Blast from the Past. RA at full tilt in his 308GTB round Millbrook in the naughty nineties. Spot the sheaf of scrut tickets dangling from his rear view mirror. That’s lots of experience for you!
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PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 11 MIRA SPRINT 6th AUGUST 2011
PEP time
Points
1.0
54.50
20
112
-0.5
54.65
17
2.30
---
0.0
55.07
15
55.26
2.47
112
0.0
55.26
13
57.31
55.53
2.69
114
0.0
55.53
12
59.03
57.60
56.54
2.81
111
+1.0
57.11
8
78.44
58.74
58.17
57.60
57.93
2.48
103
-3.0
55.87
11
59.83
57.30
57.59
---
58.43
---
2.53
---
-0.5
58.14
5
308GTB
63.99
59.80
58.43
---
58.64
58.56
2.56
103
-4.5
56.00
10
308GT4
63.43
60.38
60.93
60.00
59.12
58.71
2.53
105
-4.5
56.46
9
F355GTS
61.55
60.06
59.55
---
59.62
2.58
101
0.0
59.62
1
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
63.00
61.45
59.74
62.81
59.80
58.79
--
88
-4.5
57.11
7
Barrie Wood
308GTS
63.03
60.37
59.17
---
59.81
59.10
2.54
97
-4.5
57.12
6
Peter Rogerson
360 Modena
64.68
64.89
64.33
63.85
61.19
60.80
2.57
98
+1.0
61.80
1
Tracey Haynes
328GTB
63.54
63.10
62.47
---
61.28
62.03
2.48
95
-3.0
59.44
2
Sergio Ransford
308GTB
61.94
62.25
60.15
61.33
61.38
59.10
2.85
93
-4.5
58.61
4
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
64.45
64.36
65.00
62.73
61.44
2.51
93
-4.5
58.68
3
Tony Attwood
246GT
68.47
67.32
65.06
64.63
64.81
64.20
2.54
95
-6.5
60.60
1
Peter Wilson
348tb
69.30
68.01
65.62
64.64
64.83
63.40
2.74
85
-2.0
63.53
1
550
77.81
69.99
67.02
---
65.82
2.92
83
-1.0
65.16
1
0-64ft
S p e e d
2..42
115
2.51
55.07
54.84
87.58
Driver
Tipo
P1
P2
P3
P4
Run 1
Chris Butler
F355
54.81
54.80
54.75
54.38
53.96
Nick Taylor
348GTC
58.33
55.99
55.10
55.04
54.92
Andrew Holman
F355
55.90
55.73
54.30
55.62
Richard Prior
F355
58.06
55.51
54.52
Philip Whitehead
F355
58.77
56.28
Jeff Cooper
360 Modena
64.03
Mike Spicer
328GTB
59.26
Richard Preece
348GTC
Brian Jackson John Marshall Chris Hitchman
Peter Hitchman
Run 2
54.53
PEP %
Maranello
Charles Haynes
328GTB
83.20
75.63
71.19
72.88
69.44
67.56
2.63
73
-3.0
67.36
1
Sean Doyle
308GT4
61.24
61.80
60.01
60.69
72.93
60.34
2.68
97
-4.5
69.65
1
Colin Campbell
246GT
78.63
78.68
81.96
---
80.44
83.29
2.99
---
-6.5
75.21
1
Class Awards:
1st Chris Butler
2nd Nick Taylor
3rd Andrew Holman
Editor’s Notes:
The meeting was suspended and the Ferrari Run 1 times declared as the final result.
No photography is permitted at this venue.
No report on the event was made available for this issue.
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OULTON PARK INTERNATIONAL 6th AUGUST 2011
NCE MORE ON HOME ground after two exciting overseas excursions, the Classic series drivers converged on Oulton Park for a one-day race meeting on Saturday, 6th August writes JOHN SWIFT. The course in use was the full International layout and our hosts the Aston Martin Owners Club. Seventeen Ferraris were listed in the programme of which three were in the hands of competitors making their first appearance in PFfc. Burgo Wharton, who had just successfully completed his ARDS test, was at the wheel of a very smart 328GTB recently acquired from the busy Nick Cartwright emporium. Nineteen year old Richard Stafford was also having his very first race, in his case driving a Gp1 308GT4. The third driver making his debut was
Tim Walker, in a Gp3 328GTB, although Tim has raced other cars in the past. It is refreshing to welcome new drivers to the series
19-year old Richard Stafford was making his racing debut.
and we hoped they would enjoy their first outing with us. The weather prophets were none too encouraging about the prospects for the day’s racing and we were warned there may be some rain on the agenda for the afternoon. There was pre-event testing on the Friday and those who turned up early were able to have their cars scrutineered in advance. Those taking advantage of some early lappery included Jim Cartwright who also tried out a Chevron B16 ‘continuation’ car, brought to Oulton by the factory truck from their works at Antrobus, just up the road from the circuit. Jim was reported as being “very competitive” in the B16. Qualifying began just after 10 o’clock under grumpy looking grey skies. The track was in good order and as we went off on the first exploratory lap it brought home to
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The field streams into Old Hall at the start, with pole man Danny Winstanley seizing the initiative from Jim Cartwright.
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Winstanley’s brother Brett sampled the former’s 328GTB, the heavens opened and the heavy rain made certain that the Classic Ferraris would have a wet race. Your scribe reminded the Clerk of the Course that we needed a second installation lap on account of the changed weather conditions from qualy, and we were released from the collection area a little later than programmed, at 16.32. The start was clean although
once again your reporter made a disastrous hash of things. Trying to limit wheelspin on the slippery track, the 308’s fire went out and ‘OBT’ spluttered off dead last. Most of the others made a far better fist of matters and at the end of the first lap Winstanley held a tenuous lead from Jim Cartwright, with brother Ben already some six seconds behind, in third, well ahead of 4th place Nicky P-B who in turn had the third member of the Cartwright family, Nick, in his Photo: Jonathan Tremlett
us what a superb circuit this is. Jonathan Palmer’s team at Oulton continue to care for it so well: the grass is immaculately cut, the buildings are clean and tidy, and the whole place is an example to others of how to manage a race track in a professional way. John Day reported brake problems - diagnosed as a master cylinder that needed new seals – but otherwise everyone seemed to have a trouble free session. The timesheets showed that new man Danny Winstanley (Gp3 328GTB) had captured pole, just ahead of arch rival Jim Cartwright in his Gp4 machine. Not far behind, in third spot, was Nicky PaulBarron who outpaced Ben Cartwright’s Gp3 car by about a second. Of the others, John Swift was the quicker of the Gp2 Ferraris whilst Tris Simpson led the Gp1 division by a second or so from William Moorwood’s similar GT4. There was a long wait before the Classic race was due. An interminably long Aston Martin GT4 Challenge race occupied an hour and a half after the lunch period and even dyed-in-the wool Aston enthusiasts admitted that watching seven cars droning round for this length of time brought to mind the pleasures of paint drying. During the following AMOC Intermarque race, when Danny
“One sensed that he was sitting in his wheel tracks waiting for the slightest error to enable him to pounce.” Jim Cartwright following Danny Winstanley during the early stages of the race.
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behind the leading pair but still comfortably ahead of N P-B. Jenkins had now disposed of Hart but Nick C was being cheekily challenged by giant killer Simpson. It was on lap 7 that disaster overtook Jim Cartwright. As the leaders braked for the hairpin at Shell, Jim’s 328 locked up and he headed straight across the gravel to hit the barriers head-on. The front of the car was quite badly crumpled but Jim was happily unharmed. The damaged Ferrari was not in a dangerous position so the race continued without any delay. All this excitement meant that, short of some mechanical misfortune, Winstanley was home and (almost) dry. Indeed, the sun had made an appearance and the track was drying all the time. The new drivers all acquitted themselves well, with Tim Walker finishing between the Gp1 cars of Simpson and Moorwood. Burgo Wharton and Ray Ferguson had a really close battle with Ray finishing just a length ahead at the flag. Richard Stafford was about seven seconds in arrears behind the experienced Day. On the last lap your reporter thought he had a slim chance of catching Richard Fenny’s and Nick Whittaker’s 308GT4s for a class victory. The bid failed by a second or so, despite setting the 5th fastest lap of the race. The first three past the post were applauded on the podium and the winner of the Hackwood Group Classic Driver of the Day award was Richard Fenny, following his Gp2 success. Newcomers all. Top: Burgo Wharton (328GTB) exits Lodge ahead of your reporter. Centre: Richard Stafford in his well presented 308GT4. Bottom: Tim Walker had a good maiden outing in his 328GTB>
in his mirrors. Then it was Nigel Jenkins and Martin Hart in close order followed by a fired-up Tris Simpson leading the Gp1 brigade. The battle at the front continued relentlessly with Jim C never
more than half a second behind Danny. One sensed that he was sitting in his wheel tracks waiting for the slightest error to enable him to pounce. Third placed Ben C was now a massive 45 seconds
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PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic – Round 8 OULTON PARK 6th August 2011 Pos
No
1
78
2
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Danny Winstanley
328GTB
3
9
19:53.770
2:08.378
1:58.144
1
72
Ben Cartwright
328GTB
3
9
20:44.709
2:13.052
2:00.744
4
3
17
Nicky Paul-Barron
328GTB
4
9
20:50.944
2:12.214
1:59.804
3
4
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
9
21:15.882
2:16.275
2:04.111
5
5
31
Martin Hart
Mondial t
3
9
21:20.848
2:16.185
2:07.257
7
6
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
9
21:26.787
2:17.927
2:05.709
6
7
22
Tris Simpson
308GT4
1
9
21:27.525
2:18.074
2:08.343
8
8
71
Tim Walker
328GTB
3
9
21:52.445
2:20.604
2:10.509
12
9
29
William Moorwood
308GT4
1
9
22:03.785
2:20.045
2:09.522
11
10
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
9
22.05.506
2:20.255
2:09.360
10
11
48
Nick Whittaker
308GT4
1
9
22:06.149
2:20.593
2:10.592
13
12
11
John Swift
308GTB
2
9
22:06.643
2:16.151
2:08.456
9
13
7
Ray Ferguson
Mondial t
3
8
20:06.643
2:23.994
2:11.759
15
14
27
Burgo Wharton
328GTB
3
8
20:06.789
2:23.568
2:11.101
14
15
24
John Day
308GT4
1
8
20:07.993
2:23.408
2:14.412
17
16
42
Richard Stafford
308GT4
1
8
20:12.055
2:25.119
2:12.519
16
DNF
69
Jim Cartwright
328GTB
4
6
13:16.117
2:08.615
1:58.916
2
Fastest Laps:
Class Winners
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Danny Winstanley
Gp 3
2:08.378 (75.49 mph)
Jim Cartwright
Gp 4
2:08.615 (75.35 mph)
John Swift
Gp 2
2:16.151 (71.18 mph)
Tris Simpson
Gp 1
2:18.074 (70.18 mph)
1st
2nd
3rd
Gp1
Tris Simpson
William Moorwood
Nick Whittaker
Gp2
Richard Fenny
John Swift
Gp3
Danny Winstanley
Ben Cartwright
Martin Hart
Gp4
Nicky Paul-Barron
Nigel Jenkins
Nick Cartwright
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OULTON PARK INTERNATIONAL 6th AUGUST 2011
A Walk in the Park ever experienced in twenty-five years of Ferrari Owners’ Club circuit racing. Although as a financial proposition this level of entry is nothing short of disastrous, on a brighter note, the drivers who did make the journey were the pick of Photo: Jonathan Tremlett
ULTON PARK International was the venue for the 8th race in the season’s programme of the Pirelli Ferrari Open series reports JOHN SWIFT. Of all the UK circuits, there are few to better this Cheshire gem. Many great tracks have been emasculated by Formula One, which demands acres of run-off areas and massive infrastructure to house the hugely expensive cabaret. Not so Oulton. It continues to provide challenging but safe racing. Although it isn’t a place to take liberties – indiscretion will usually be punished by contact with some unyielding street furniture – it rewards skilful driving and provides a real test for competitors. So given the quality of circuit one wouldn’t imagine there would be any difficulty in attracting a representative field of PFO Ferraris to do battle in this one-day event. After all, we had enjoyed good
grids so far this season and, judging from the ticked boxes on competitors’ registration forms, the number of drivers would be at least 17 for this meeting. Sadly, it was not so. A pathetic number of just six Ferraris turned out, the lowest we have
Wayne Marrs’s 360GTC behaved faultlessly to capture second place.
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this season, who headed the times. His pole grabbing lap was 1:42.876, around 2.4 seconds quicker than Wayne Marrs in the 360 GTC. It was also some three seconds faster than Ian Hartley’s pole time of last year set in a 430 Challenge (the race in 2010 was run in the wet so a fair comparison isn’t possible). The next three cars in the pecking order were all very similar so the race later in the day promised to be a close run thing. The PFO race was the last on the card and scheduled for 6.00pm. However, the organisers had some time in reserve so the cars were assembled just after 5.30. It was fortunate that the race was quite late because the rain that had badly affected the mid-afternoon events had blown away and the track was quite dry when the Ferraris – all of them fitted with slicks - followed the pace car for the rolling start. The get-away was a good one He’s behind you! Craig Milner has his 458’s mirrors full and Johnston blasted off into the of David Tomlin’s 430. lead chased by the equally the 2011 crop. If we comfort our- were called up there was a bit of a matched quartet of Marrs, Tomlin, selves with the adage ‘small is panic in the Graypaul garage with Milner and Bailey, with the F355 of beautiful’ then perhaps it wasn’t Milner’s 458 still on axle stands Ingram-Hill bringing up the rear. too bad. awaiting its wheels. Pirelli’s Shaun On lap 3, with the leader alMost of the Ferrari drivers had Marriott was working furiously to ready 12 seconds ahead, Tomlin tested their cars the previous day. fit new rubber all round and man- slipped past Marrs to take 2nd Noise – too much of it – was an aged to deliver the wheels back in place although behind Wayne the issue for some and Mick Dwane, time for Craig to take his place in next three cars were bunched up who had brought along his 360 the collection area before the cars together. Challenge car, found his car exwere released onto the track. Johnston was turning out laps ceeded the limit by just one deciIn light of the miniscule entry, of almost metronomic consistency bel. Surprisingly perhaps, he deAMOC reduced the qualifying pein the 1:45 bracket. It was as if cided to return home rather than riod from 30 to take the reasonable chance that a more sensihis car would be accepted the fol- ble 20 minlowing day, when circumstances utes. Even (and the noise judge) would not be that seemed the same. too lengthy, The line-up for Saturday’s some drivers race looked interesting. Three of spending much the latest 458 Challenge cars from of the time in the Graypaul Racing stable (Derek the pitlane Johnston, Paul Bailey and Craig after posting Milner) would take on the 430 of what they felt David Tomlin and the potentially was an acceptvery competitive 360 GTC of able qualifying Wayne Marrs. And just to add va- lap. riety, Tim Ingram-Hill was there It was with the yellow Reeder Bros F355 Derek JohnsChallenge in Class 1. ton, who has Wayne Marrs overtakes the lone Class C1 car of The weather for practice was been the one Tim Ingram-Hill (F355 Challenge). overcast but dry. When the cars to beat so far
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“Johnston was turning out laps of almost metronomic consistency in the 1:45 bracket. It was as if his car was linked to the Rugby radio transmitter.” Derek Johnston was supreme in his Graypaul Racing Italia.
Marrs looking handily placed to PFO lap record was set by Johnssnatch second spot away from ton in 1:44.215, while Marrs esTomlin. And this he duly did on tablished a new target for C3 in lap 11, taking Milner along with 1:45.316. him. Firmly at the front it was Despite the low numbers, it Johnston, with a cushion of around had been an interesting and, at 30 seconds, from Marrs, Milner, times, closely fought race. The Tomlin and Bailey. drivers taking part enjoyed themTomlin recovered and on selves; it was just a great pity lap15 retrieved 3rd place from there weren’t more of them! Milner but could make no impression on Marrs, who was driving his socks off and now lapping in the low 1:46s – almost as fast as Johnston. The chequered flag signalled the end of the 30 minutes race duration and Derek Johnston swept past to another decisive victory. Second placed Marrs finished some 12 secs in front of Tomlin, in third. Ingram -Hill did what was necessary and took the Suits you sir! Wayne Marrs adjusts Class 1 award. Wayne Marrs and David Tomlin flank the overall winner, his kit before the start. Derek Johnston, on the podium. A new Class 4
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his car was linked to the Rugby radio transmitter. His followers were all on the 1:49 mark but then, from about lap 6, they seemed to get a new sense of urgency and lap times suddenly improved by two or three seconds. By mid-race (lap 8) one second covered 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, with
PIRELLI FERRARI OPEN Round 8 OULTON PARK 6th August 2011
Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
13
Derek Johnston
F458/Ch
C4
17
29:56.541
1:44.215
1:42.876
1
2
60
Wayne Marrs
F360GTC
C3
17
30:32.049
1:45.316
1:45.317
2
3
6
David Tomlin
F430/Ch
C3
17
30:44.035
1:46.307
1:45.340
3
4
65
Craig Milner
F4585/Ch
C4
17
30:50.051
1:47.022
1:46.947
4
5
28
Paul Bailey
F458/Ch
C4
17
31:07.380
1:47.672
1:48.380
5
6
12
Tim Ingram-Hill
F355/Ch
C1a
13
32:31.850
2:21.486
2:11.160
6
Fastest Laps:
Derek Johnston
C4
1:44.215 (92.99 mph)
Establishes lap record
Wayne Marrs
C3
1:45.316 (92.02 mph)
Establishes lap record
Tim Ingram-Hill
C1a
2:21.486 (68.49 mph)
Establishes lap record
Class Winners
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1st
2nd
Class C1a
Tim Ingram-Hill
Class C3
Wayne Marrs
David Tomlin
Class C4
Derek Johnston
Craig Milner
3rd
Paul Bailey
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 12 HETHEL SPRINT 7th AUGUST 2011
DAY AFTER THE MIRA meeting, on Sunday, 7th August, quite a few of the PFHC drivers turned out for another sprint – this one adjacent to the Lotus factory at Hethel in Norfolk reports RICHARD ALLEN. It was surprising that the entry was down to just ten as the Lotus test track, now of course under Proton ownership, has seen serious investment and is now one of the best facilities for sprints in the UK - much better than MIRA or Curborough. Like Snetterton it also now has good road access and is easily reached from most places. The Hethel track has recently had all-new surfacing with clear perimeter marking and race circuit safety standards. It is around 3.1k long, with a good mix of corners and even with artificial chicanes to slow things down, allowed the F355s to get into fifth gear, reaching 125mph. Away from the start there are a series of right-left-right sweeps that look flat out when walking the course, but in reality need a lift. These lead in to a slow right that opens on to a fast section that also contains sweeping bends, but these can be taken flat. A chicane then looms into view, tight right and even tighter left and right, before exiting onto the long straight where speeds are higher than any other course used for our series. This despite the insertion of one more chicane before the end of the straight, shortly followed by a horseshoe hairpin with a short drag after to the finish line. This all adds up to really good value as sprints go. The Ferrari entry may have been modest but the quality was there, with the present chart toppers and contenders for this year’s overall series victory out and all determined to win – Prior, Taylor, Holman and Butler all hell bent on the chance of big helpings
of points too. The Classic front runners were there with Doyle and Spicer likely to be closely matched and a good contest was inevitable. I had entered the 458 Italia, but a totally dead battery meant a last minute switch to my F355. The weather looked reasonably good and despite the ridiculously early 7.30 am start the Ferrari drivers all looked happy. Two practices were taken, with Chris Butler (F355) heading the first from Richard Prior (F355) and Nick Taylor (348GTC), whilst Andrew Holman took his F355 off piste just a hundred metres from the startline. Meanwhile Sean Doyle’s 308GT4 had the edge on Mike Spicer’s 328GTB. By the time the second practice was completed Nick Taylor had dialled up an impressive 91.36 with his 348GTC, to comfortably head Chris Butler – his F355 at 92.79. Richard Prior, the next of the F355 runners, was at 92.81, with a circumspect Holman on 94.08. Sean Doyle was showing he meant business with an excellent 99.25 to head off all the smaller Ferraris, with Mike Spicer, Jack Hargreaves (308GTB), John Marshall (308GT4) and Hargreaves Snr (308GTB) chasing him. Your reporter sadly had emulated Holman not far from the start, going over the mud and gravel to incur the ‘four wheels off’ penalty of no time. With the early start there were to be three official runs, with one taken before the lunch break. Rather than cover all three runs I will summarise the significant aspects in this report. On the first things were livened up by Mark Hargreaves beaching his 308GTB off the bend near the start that had caught out Holman and Allen in practice. It was notable, too, for Nick Taylor putting in a very fast run with the 348GTC to record 89.23, a time that neither he nor anyone else would subsequently topple. On the second, Richard Prior, in his desperation to catch up, left his braking far too late and
overshot the first chicane with his F355 for a ‘four wheels off’ penalty. Amongst the lower powered fraternity contesting the Classic Cup, Doyle appeared to have the edge with his 308GT4, but on the final run his excellent time of 97.91 was just pipped by rival Spicer, with his 328GTB on 97.63 – not quite fast enough to beat Doyle on points though! John Marshall had his 308GT4 down to 100.07 to head off young Jack Hargreaves at 101.03, with Hargeaves Snr still suffering from gravel rash at 107.07. My own efforts with the F355 were disappointing at 94.59 on the first, and then a bunch of missed gears put paid to any improvement. The four fast chaps at the front were really flying in their bids to knock up the max points. As the final run got under way, Taylor led from Butler with Prior and Holman tied for third on identical times. Both Taylor and Butler had failed runs with spins and overshoots taking their toll. Richard Prior went faster with 90.92, but an inspired Andrew Holman took the third overall spot with 90 06. This place is a mostly fast course and looked like F355 territory, but handling and gearing played a part too. With some inspired chauffeuring, Nick Taylor took his 348GTC to the Ferrari class win and the 20 points, with Chris Butler second overall, but Holman taking the 17 points. As you can see from the cumulative scores, we are on course for a very close finale this season! Editor’s Note: No photographs as cameras are not allowed at this venue.
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HETHEL SPRINT 7th AUGUST 2011 Round 12 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Nick Taylor
348GTC
97.38
91.36
89.23
89.57
999.00*
-0.5
88.78
20
Chris Butler
F355
94.62
92.79
91.08
89.53
999.00*
1.0
90.43
15
Andrew Holman
F355
135.02
94.08
92.08
91.00
90.06
0.0
90.06
17
Richard Prior
F355
95.59
92.81
92.08
999.00
90.92
0.0
90.92
13
Richard Allen
355GTB
100.68
98.71
94.59
96.55
95.68
0.0
94.59
11
Mike Spicer
328GTB
104.09
101.79
100.43
97.97
97.63
-3.0
94.70
10
Sean Doyle
308GT4
101.02
99.25
99.62
99.17
97.91
-4.5
93.50
12
John Marshall
308GT4
106.32
105.41
103.00
100.66
100.07
-4.5
95.67
9
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
106.06
102.98
104.40
102.72
101.03
-4.5
96.48
8
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
111.41
109.14
999.00
108.82
107.12
-4.5
102.30
7
* 999.00 = no time or wrong route
Class Awards: 1st Nick Taylor
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2nd Chris Butler
3rd Andrew Holman
Photo: Andrew Holman
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 12 CURBOROUGH SPRINT 21st AUGUST 2011
Jon Goodwin broke the class record to win overall and collect maximum Championship points with his 458 Italia.
The weather was dry and warm and there was the definite prospect of some fast Ferrari times. Practice began with Wendy Ann Marshall, who was one of several Ferrari drivers who were faster in practice than in the official runs, a most frustrating experience. The others in this group were messrs Smith, Rogerson, Chadwick, Wood, Marshall, Preece and Holman. Our reigning champ, Chris Butler, was evenly matched throughout practice by Nick Taylor,
with Butler getting the upper hand on 64.03. Prior and Holman were already in the 63-second bracket, this being a pretty quick time for Ferraris at Curborough; there are not many in the 63 second club and even fewer in the hallowed 62 -second bracket, which was what Holman managed in his second practice run. Our chairman, Richard Allen, was F355 mounted and was in the 65s all on his own. Pauline Goodwin and Mike Spicer (in 328GTBs) and Brian Jackson, in ‘Bob’. were having a battle which continued throughout the day. Photo: Andrew Holman
For the 21st August round of PFHC the Ferraris were back at Curborough – popularly dubbed the Curburgring reports BARRIE WOOD. Curborough is a small technical track near Lichfield; small it may be but you have to be inch perfect and dead smooth here to do a fast time. Any under- or oversteer means time lost. A large entry of 24 Ferraris, with tipos ranging from the new 458 of Jon Goodwin to the little Dino 246GT of Tony Attwood, took part. Also in the mix was our new driver, Shaun Smith, in his 328. Missing from the line-up was the other Sean - Mr Doyle - who was reputedly on holiday in the States. The scrutineers were particularly strict with us, some would say ridiculously so. Jon Goodwin was picked on for arriving without being armed with an MOT certificate - his 458 Italia is just two months' old . Ian Chadwick was lacking some yellow tape on his battery’s negative terminal (naughty, naughty) and your scribe had neglected to appropriately mark his ignition switch’s ‘Off’ position (guilty as charged m'lud). As the meeting was not fully subscribed – this may be a sign of the times - we were informed that two practice and (unusually) three timed runs would be recorded.
An on-form Andrew Holman beat all his F355-mounted rivals to snatch second place and a bagful of points
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to get into the 68's and Jeff Cooper posted 67.69 on his last run, not far off his best here. At the sharp end of the running order Taylor improved to 63.71 to take 5th place on scratch. Prior collected 4th with his 2nd run time and Butler pressed on to record a 63.23 which was good enough for third spot. Strangely he was 1/2 second slower at the split on his third run than on his 2nd run so the 2nd lap of his third run must have been a scorcher. Holman held on to second place by the skin of his teeth from Butler. Jon Goodwin got the 458 down to a 60.50 dead in the last run to take the scratch win and a Silver service. Pauline Goodwin is new Ferrari record for Curborough. presented with her trophy. As a bonus he also took home the valuable 20 Championship points, start line - and amazed us again a magnificent achievement. with a 60.69. But more was to After the PEP adjustments had come. been applied Taylor took 3rd, Prior In the third runs Shaun Smith 4th, and Butler dropped to 5th. improved to 72.37 to get ahead of For the record, the quickest Ian Chadwick. Mark Hargreaves starter of the day was Pauline pipped Wood by a couple of Goodwin, who managed 2.25 sec100ths, but was in turn beaten by onds more than once, although Tracey. Jack Hargreaves did well John Marshall wasn’t far behind to return a 69.92, spectacularly with a time of 2.27 secs in the GT4. controlling a slide into the corner at the start of the second lap. Chris H hustled the big 550 around Photo: Andrew Holman
Jeff Cooper, in his light blue 360, was in the low 70s along with Tracey Haynes and Peter Rogerson. Peter Hitchman was on a shared drive with his son, Chris, in his 550 Maranello. Also sharing were Mark and Jack Hargreaves in their 308 GTB, de-modified this season to pick up -4.5% PEP. Jon Goodwin was fastest in practice with a blistering 60.56 which would be a new Ferrari record if he could replicate it in the officials. Jon had a job on his hands to slow the car down after the finish line and went wide to the left in a cloud of tyre smoke. We don't know what the speed was as the speed trap wasn’t in working order at all day throughout the day (a shame!). After lunch, the first official runs saw Wendy Ann and Tony Attwood separated by 100th of a second and the pair of them only 500ths off Ian Chadwick. Shaun Smith spun so had yet to make a meaningful time. Closely together in the 70-second bracket were the 308s of the Hargreaves family, your reporter, and Tracey Haynes in her 328. Lorraine Hitchman, also 328 mounted, was ahead of this group with a good 69.52 second run, just behind husband Chris in the much more powerful 550. Further up the road were Marshall, Preece, Jackson and Cooper, all on 68 seconds plus. Mike Spicer couldn't quite catch the flying lady, Pauline, who broke her personal best with 66.85, a time which not only delighted her but also gave her the Fastest Lady Cup. Up at the front was Jon Goodwin on 61.65. This time was already a new record - although slower than in practice – but could he keep the maximum points ahead of the chasing 355s of Holman, Butler and Prior? In the second official runs most drivers were unable to improve their times. Of those who did, Prior and Holman got into the low/mid 63s while Brian Jackson knocked nearly 3/4 second off ‘Bob’s time, and Richard Preece got down to 68.15. Jon Goodwin managed an excellent 0 to 64ft time of 2.38 - the bigger cars are more difficult to launch off the
Lorraine Hitchman assists Jon Goodwin to dispense the celebratory fizz.
CURBOROUGH SPRINT 21 AUGUST 2011 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 13 Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
458 Italia
61.31
60.56
61.65
60.69
60.50
+4.0
62.92
20
Andrew Holman
F355
64.57
62.98
64.49
63.21
63.66
0.0
63.21
17
Chris Butler
F355
64.03
64.35
63.78
63.70
63.23
1.0
63.86
12
Richard Prior
F355
64.94
63.71
64.30
63.58
63.93
0.0
63.58
13
348GTC
64.57
64.25
63.92
64.47
63.71
-0.5
63.39
15
F355
66.87
65.78
65.13
65.55
65.71
0.0
65.13
8
Pauline Goodwin
328GTB
69.95
67.75
66.85
67.70
67.55
-3.0
64.84
11
Mike Spicer
328GTB
68.66
67.64
67.06
67.14
67.18
-3.0
65.05
9
Jeff Cooper
360 Mod
71.88
70.09
68.82
68.04
67.69
+1.0
68.37
1
Brian Jackson
308GTB
69.20
68.67
68.81
68.09
68.21
-4.5
65.03
10
Richard Preece
348GTC
70.39
67.80
68.54
68.15
69.38
-0.5
67.81
2
John Marshall
308GT4
68.73
68.45
68.72
69.77
69.50
-4.5
65.63
7
Chris Hitchman
550 Mar
74.43
70.20
69.30
69.03
68.81
-1.0
68.12
1
Lorraine Hitchman
328GTS
74.19
70.92
69.52
70.19
70.25
-3.0
67.43
3
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
76.22
71.45
70.69
71.07
69.92
-4.5
66.77
6
Tracey Haynes
328GTB
71.03
71.00
70.40
70.71
70.27
-3.0
68.16
1
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
73.02
71.99
70.83
72.40
70.48
-4.5
67.31
5
Barrie Wood
308GTS
69.85
70.95
70.52
72.06
71.55
-4.5
67.35
4
Peter Rogerson
360 Mod
70.84
71.16
71.30
72.16
71.17
+1.0
71.88
1
Shaun Smith
328GTB
73.78
71.88
---
73.50
72.37
-3.0
70.20
1
Ian Chadwick
348ts
72.36
72.63
73.52
73.47
74.99
-2.0
72.00
1
328GTB
73.80
73.15
73.57
74.22
74.20
-3.0
71.36
1
246GT
77.63
74.24
73.58
73.75
85.48
-6.5
68.80
1
550 Mar
---
83.42
80.91
77.88
76.98
-1.0
76.21
1
Jon Goodwin
Nick Taylor Richard Allen
Wendy Ann Marshall Tony Attwood Peter Hitchman
RS&SCC Class Awards:
1st: Jon Goodwin
2nd: Andrew Holman
3rd: Chris Butler
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS after Round 13 Nick Taylor
144
Jack Hargreaves
38
Wendy Ann Marshall
15
Richard Prior
143
Barrie Wood
37
Peter Wilson
13
Chris Butler
134
Sergio Ransford
36
Peter Rogerson
13
Andrew Holman
125
John Swift
35
Peter Hitchman
12
*Mike Spicer
100
Mark Hargreaves
32
Richard Preece
7
Sean Doyle
95
Tracey Haynes
25
Steve Routledge
6
*Jon Goodwin
85
Chris Hitchman
23
Andrew Duncan
6
Brian Jackson
83
Tony Attwood
21
Colin Campbell
5
Pauline Goodwin
77
Ian Chadwick
21
Shaun Smith
5
*Richard Allen
74
Jeffrey Cooper
20
Charles Haynes
1
John Marshall
68
Lorraine Hitchman
19
Philip Whitehead
57
Julian Playford
16
* These competitors have also used non Classic cars CompRes 18
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HE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY weekend saw most of the Classic Ferraris heading for Wiltshire and Castle Combe circuit reports JOHN SWIFT. This Bank Holiday Monday race meeting has been a traditional fixture for Ferrari for a great many years and is always a favourite. The title this time was ‘Top Marks Sportscar Raceday’, the meeting being sponsored by APlant Lux Traffic Control and Management who provided hospitality on a grand scale for over 500 of their customers. Our Ferrari hospitality arrangements catered for far fewer souls but nevertheless were to the usual high standard. Once again we had exclusively hired the Strawford Centre, which affords an unrivalled view of the racing, and we welcomed a large number of
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Club members who had come Sunday saw a torrential downpour along to enjoy the day’s racing. at the circuit and we feared that They were well looked after, with race day might follow suit. coffee and croissants in the Happily it didn’t and Monday morning, an excellent lunch (with morning dawned clear and bright, wine available for those not and the paddock was bathed in driving) and tea with cakes in the warm sunshine. The track had afternoon. We are indebted to all dried out by the time qualifying those who helped with the Ferrari hospitality: Francis Newman, Sally MaynardSmith, Simon Cooke and Derek Seymour. The weekend’s weather started off It was Wayne Marrs (Gp4 328GTB) who out-dragged everyone into Quarry on the opening lap. badly.
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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett
CASTLE COMBE 29th AUGUST 2011
Dwane, was on parade although his car is the older Mondial QV with the 3-litre engine and therefore Gp1. It was also nice to see the Moseley family – father Peter and son Richard – back in harness this season with their 328GTB and 308GTB respectively. Another family gathering were the Goodwins. Pauline (Gp3 328GTB) was there with son David, who had been generously handed the keys of Jon’s Mondial t for the day. Qualifying got underway just after 11 o’clock. An early casualty was new man Routledge’s GT4’s clutch, which disintegrated halfway
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began and, although dirty with tyre debris, was in pretty good nick if you didn’t go seriously off line. The Pirelli Ferrari formula classic event attracted a brilliant entry of 27 cars, the mix being Gp1: 5, Gp2: 4, Gp3: 12, and Gp4: 6. Most of the drivers we had seen out previously this season although Steve Routledge was having his first race at the wheel of his nicely presented 308GT4. Readers of CompRes will know that William Jenkins’s famous Gulf Oil Gp2 308GTB has been acquired by David Tomlin and it was good to see this old friend of a car entered for the race. Making a rare appearance in Classic was Nick Taylor (Mondial t) while another Mondial owner, Jack
Mugged. The Moseleys, son (16) and father (15) seem to have Jim Cartwright temporarily stitched up.
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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett
Nick Whittaker was positively flying in his 308GT4.
through the session. David Hathaway’s GT4 similarly disappointed and one would have to say this car doesn’t seem to work too well at the moment. Unsurprisingly, in view of his stunning success rate this season, it was Jim Cartwright who claimed pole with a time of 1:18.321, his Gp4 328GTB looking a bit different to normal (its nose in white primer) with the repairs to its accident damage – sustained at the previous round at Oulton Park – not fully completed. Jim’s time bettered the existing Gp4 lap record, held by Gary Culver, of 1:18 953. Almost a second and a half behind Jim came Wayne Marrs in his similar Gp4 car, with Nicky Paul -Barron (who claims not to overly care for ’Combe) just a fraction
Peter Everingham had his Gp3 328GTB fully loaded.
behind with his beautifully presented ‘Bealey blue’ 328GTB to head the Gp3 times. Martin Hart was almost as quick as N P-B in his Mondial t while Nick Taylor’s similar car developed a misfire later in the session. David Tomlin wanged his new steed round the circuit in 1:20.264. Richard Moseley is the Gp2 record holder here with 1:22.075 so it’s clear that Mr Tomlin has already raised the bar somewhat. In Gp1, a startlingly rapid time of 1:22.804 posted by Nick Whittaker in his 308GT4 was almost a full three seconds faster than his record lap of the circuit set last year, although John Day was also under this Gp1 target with his GT4.
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Ben Cartwright was in big smooth. Your scribe thought imsite outfitters, Merlin, could fit him trouble. Despite recording a demediately of Jim Cartwright’s foot- up with a new pair with soles that cent time in his 328, he only man- wear, since his race boots’ soles were grippy. My intervention may aged a couple of laps before the are not only smooth but have big have lightened the wallet of his engine shut down on one bank of holes in them as well. father, Nick, but it was all in a cylinders and he pulled off into the I was worried that Kaye’s ac- good cause. pit lane. cident could easily be replicated by Promptly at 3 o’clock the FerThere was a 3½-hour gap be- Jim, and I managed to persuade raris were assembled for their 20 tween the end of qualifying and him that it was foolhardy to conminute race. The only absentee the start of the Classic race, time tinue to race in them when the on- was Ben Cartwright, whose electrito enjoy a leisurely lunch in the Strawford Centre and check the cars prior to action. There was a nasty accident during the morning when Nick Kaye hit the barriers at Tower with his 456GT during PFO qualifying. He explained that his foot had slipped off the brake pedal, adding it was his own fault as his boots were way past their sell-by – the soles John Day (308GT4) is harried by Richard Allen (328GTB) and a gaggle of others. were completely
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Capturing the essence of Formula Classic, this shot of David Tomlin (ex-William Jenkins 308GTB) and Nicky Paul-Barron, his Gp4 328GTB’s lights ablaze, shows just how hard the drivers were trying. David went on to score his first Gp2 class victory with his new mount.
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-cal gremlins were unable to be sorted out. As we have said many times in the past, the gridding up at ’Combe always leaves something to be desired. The cars are too close to each other, both front to back and also side to side. If a car makes a stuttery start it compro-
mises those behind, and this time was no exception, although Nick Taylor, who hadn’t been able to cure the misfire on
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Peter Fisk (328GTB) chased by your scribe’s 308.
the 308 effectively! At the end of lap 1, Marrs was hanging on for dear life with Jim almost climbing into his engine deck. Nicky, in third, had a useful cushion to Hart and Evers, with Butler and Tomlin scrapping for 6th place. David Goodwin also got a flying start in the second Mondial, pulling ahead of Peter Moseley and a flying Whittaker in his Gp1 308GT4. On lap 3, Jim squeezed his
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his Mondial, elected to start from the back rather than cause problems for those around him – a considerate decision. When the red lights went out, it was Wayne Marrs who outdragged everyone, leading Jim Cartwright and Nicky P-B into Quarry. Nick Cart-
Chris Butler scored a notable Gp3 win.
Top: Man of the Match. Martin Hart was adjudged to be Driver of the Day, winning the Hackwood Group award. Bottom: Peter Everingham collects his 3rd place Class award from the hard working Karen Edney. Unlike most stories with a happy ending, Evers didn’t get the girl.
wright made a hesitant start on the righthand side of the grid while up ahead Nigel Jenkins caused a log jam when his 328 suffered total power failure (he later discovered he had inadvertently knocked the electrical kill switch). After making a dog’s breakfast of my starts recently, it was just my luck to be held up on one of the rare occasions that I have managed to launch
white snouted 328 past Marrs’s similar car while Tomlin and Butler demoted Evers to 7th spot. A lap later young Goodwin took to the grass and executed a harmless spin, losing several places in the process. Your scribe was trying desperately to keep up with the 328s of Nick C and Fisk but was making no headway at all with the other Nick – Whittaker – in the GT4. At the tail of the field, the third Nick – Taylor – was circulating with his misfiring Mondial (suspected rainwater in the works) and Jenkins had already been lapped by the leaders after his unplanned stop to switch his electrics
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‘The Legend’. Jim Cartwright waves on his victory lap.
back on. Gp2 victory. Also celebrating a his 308GT4 on fast freeze all day. Lap 6 saw the demise of significant class win was Chris But- Most of the time he was just ahead David Hathaway’s off-colour ler in his Gp3 328GTB who had of your reporter but a spin on lap 308GT4. The misfiring car was been doggedly tracking Martin 12 allowed ‘OBT’ to move up the brought into the paddock, with Hart’s well driven Mondial for most order. David shaking his head in despair of the race. Martin was rewarded Looking at lap times, Jim at its poor reliability. with the Hackwood Group Classic Cartwright lowered the existing By lap 10 Jim C had increased Driver of the Day for his outGp4 lap record, previously held by his lead over Marrs to over 12 Gary Culver at 1:18.953, to a seconds and was looking imnew target of 1:17.732. In pregnable. Similarly there Gp2, Richard Moseley’s previwas no opposition to Tomlin, ous record of 1:22.075 was now running in 4th overall and decimated by David Tomlin in reeling off sub-1:19 second 1:19.108. And a similar laps as he closed in on N P-B. massive improvement ocThe final laps of the race curred in Gp1, where Nick saw Jim Cartwright remorseWhittaker lowered his own lessly drive home his considtime of 1:25.041 to an astonerable advantage, and by the ishing 1:22.054. One never end he was more than the ceases to be amazed by how length of the straight ahead more and more performance of Marrs – or some 21 secis squeezed out of these yesonds in terms of time. Nevteryear classic Ferraris! ertheless, on the last lap he The prize-giving took had a slight wobble (or place in the Strawford Cenmaybe an expression of jubitre, when Karen Edney lation) when he got all out of handed out the Castle Combe shape exiting the chicane at Racing Club’s trophies to the Bobbies. He was only desuccessful drivers. layed a couple of seconds before taking the chequered Jim Cartwright, David Tomlin and Wayne flag. Marrs take a tour on the victory chariot. Taking third overall – hugely impressive on his first out- standing performance. ing with the car – was David Group 1 honours deservedly Tomlin, who also claimed his first went to Nick Whittaker who had
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PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic – Round 9 CASTLE COMBE 29th August 2011 Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
69
Jim Cartwright
328GTB
4
16
21:11.982
1:17.732
1:18:321
1
2
60
Wayne Marrs
328GTB
4
16
21:31.270
1:19.289
1:19.678
2
3
6
David Tomlin
308GTB
2
16
21:38.905
1:19.108
1:20.264
5
4
17
Nicky Paul-Barron
328GTB
4
16
21:41.342
1:19.871
1:19.942
3
5
5
Chris Butler
328GTB
3
16
21:48.604
1:19.758
1:20.697
7
6
31
Martin Hart
Mondial t
3
16
21:49.487
1:20.080
1:20.090
4
7
12
Peter Everingham
328GTB
3
16
22:11.650
1:21.525
1:21.586
10
8
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
16
22:13.808
1:20.614
1:23.052
13
9
18
David Goodwin
Mondial t
3
16
22:20.736
1:21.559
1:21.838
11
10
30
Pete Fisk
328GTB
3
16
22:21.776
1:20.834
1:21.121
9
11
16
Richard Moseley
308GTB
2
16
22:32.189
1:21.434
1:23.544
17
12
15
Peter Moseley
328GTB
3
16
22:35.546
1:22.517
1:23.273
16
13
11
John Swift
308GTB
2
15
21:15.020
1:22.453
1:23.193
15
14
48
Nick Whittaker
308GT4
1
15
21:16.581
1:22.054
1:22.804
12
15
71
Tim Walker
328GTB
3
15
21:22.226
1:22.454
1:24.901
21
16
45
Richard Allen
328GTB
3
15
21:37.340
1:24.383
1:24.529
19
17
7
Ray Ferguson
Mondial t
3
15
21:38.370
1:24.220
1:24.820
20
18
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
15
21:40.057
1:20.634
1:20.659
6
19
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
15
21:45.635
1:24.726
1:25.911
22
20
27
Burgo Wharton
328GTB
3
15
21:46.139
1:24.195
1:26.730
25
21
66
Jack Dwane
Mondial QV
1
15
21:49.225
1:24.603
1:26.143
23
22
24
John Day
308GT4
1
15
22:03.281
1:24.893
1:24.427
18
23
57
Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
15
22:03.646
1:23.656
1:23.067
14
24
33
Pauline Goodwin
328GTB
3
15
22:17.031
1:26.903
1:26.470
24
25
37
Steve Routledge
308GT4
1
14
22:20.595
1:31.437
1:38.150
27
DNF
19
David Hathaway
308GT4
1
5
7:43.650
1:28.194
1:27.568
26
NS
72
Ben Cartwright
328GTB
3
1:21.113
8
Fastest Laps:
Jim Cartwright
Gp 4
1:17.732 (85.67 mph)
Lap record
David Tomlin
Gp 2
1:19.108 (84.18 mph)
Lap record
Chris Butler
Gp 3
1:19.758 (83.50 mph)
Nick Whittaker
Gp 1
1:22.054 (81.16 mph)
Class Winners
1st
Lap record
2nd
3rd
Gp1
Nick Whittaker
Jack Dwane
John Day
Gp2
David Tomlin
Richard Moseley
John Swift
Gp3
Chris Butler
Martin Hart
Peter Everingham
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Wayne Marrs
Nicky Paul-Barron
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HIGH QUALITY FIELD of 14 cars presented themselves at Castle Combe for Round 9 of the 2011 Pirelli Ferrari Open series reports JOHN SWIFT. The circuit at ’Combe has a number of unique features which make it one of the most interesting on the calendar. It is still a very high speed track despite the introduction, some years ago, of a couple of chicanes, at The Esses and Bobbies, in an effort to slow things down a bit. Resurfacing has failed to eliminate the notorious bumps that wellseasoned drivers try to take account of, particularly as they brake for the infamous Quarry Corner at the end of the main straight.
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It is a circuit that happily of the noise judge was David hasn’t been ruined by the Tomlin, his 430 Challenge being demands of the Formula One measured at 116 dB(A). The circus and although quite safe, is method of testing looked to be not over-endowed with massive completely incorrect, since it is run-off areas. carried out with other cars in close Noise is an issue here, some proximity and therefore lots of folk who have recently moved into reflected sound waves. However, the pretty village apparently being surprised that motor racing takes place. One wonders if they ever read their solicitor’s search documents before taking David Hathaway’s recent spell of ill luck changed up residence. with a switch to his faithful F355 Challenge car. A victim
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CASTLE COMBE 29th AUGUST 2011
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There was a great dice between Mark McAllister (430/Ch) and Mick Dwane in his 360/Ch. Mark was the runner-up in C3 while Mick won class C2.
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day), David Hathaway (his 360/Ch in the bodyshop after its Spa contretemps), Wayne Marrs
Paul Bailey (458/Ch) and David Tomlin (430/Ch) dispute the tarmac.
(substituted for his 360 GT2 after the latter was damaged at Brands Hatch on the previous Saturday), and Tim Ingram-Hill, in the yellow Graham Reeder car and is chasing signatures to upgrade his
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the judge usually wins any argument and David was not allowed to take part in qualifying. A trio of 458 Italias, led by the bewinged car of Geoffrey Finlay, were potentially the quickest in the field. Mick Dwane brought his faithful 360 Challenge out pending the completion of repairs to his 458 after its testing accident at Spa in July. He was joined in Class 2 by Robert Macfarlane in his similar car. A welcome returnee was Mark McAllister in the FF Corse team’s 430 Challenge. The strong contingent of five Class C1 cars included the two big 456GTs run by Fosker Engineering and enthusiastically driven by Nick Kaye and Paul Brooks. F355 Challenge cars were entered by local man, Mike Reeder, Vance Kearney (sharing with Darren Laverty who would drive the car in the Tri Marque race later in the
competition licence. Graypaul Racing had just fitted Derek Johnston’s 458 with a new gearbox, and as is the way with these things, the car needed four laps for the new ’box to get acquainted with the rest of the car. The 20-minute qualifying session was one of the first in the morning’s programme although due to problems with earlier sessions the start was delayed an hour, until 9.30 am. It was an eventful twenty minutes. McAllister, trying hard, made a minor misjudgement and was punished with cosmetic damage to his 430’s bodywork. Far more serious was Nick Kaye’s misfortune at Tower Corner, when his foot
Paul Brooks in his 456GT showing a clean pair of heels to his pursuers.
slipped off the brake and his 456GT went of backwards into the barriers. Damage to the car was extensive and there was no possibility of it taking part in the race later in the day. Messrs Bailey and McAllister were summoned to the clerk of the course’s eerie for allegedly exceeding the 15mph speed limit in the pit lane. The timesheets revealed that Finlay had captured pole with a rousing 1:10.074 although to put this in perspective, the PFO lap record, held by Gary Eastwood driving his 430 Challenge, is 1:08.885, set last year. A second or so in arrears was Derek Johnston while within half a second of Derek were Bailey and Dwane. The ill starred Nick Kaye posted the fastest C1 time before his accident, recording 1:14.165.
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This compares with the class record (Graham Reeder, F355/Ch in 2010) of 1:16.354. The quickest F355 was Mike Reeder in 1:16.544. Most of the PFO cars were engaged in the Tri-Marque Challenge billed as the last race of the day, an event which mostly featured Ferraris taking on a handful of Porsches and Morgans (the Ferraris won hands down). It was during the mid-morning qualifying session for this race that disaster struck Derek Johnston in his front row qualifying 458. At the start of this session, on cold tyres, he lost control at the kink at Robert Macfarlane lifts a wheel at Camp Corner in his 360. Folly and the car slewed across the track and into the barriers. By the end of lap 1, Tomlin Brooks to take over the C1 baton Derek was unharmed but the was already up to 8th place and while a couple of laps later Tomlin 458’s front end was in a sorry lapping within a second or so of had got his 430 up to 3rd overall. It was on lap 10 that Reeder, who had been going so well, elected to pull into the pit lane. He was concerned about a vibration but his crew could find nothing amiss. He went out again but was obviously unhappy and retired two laps later. This promoted Wayne Marrs (F355/Ch) to 5th overall and, having already displaced Brooks’s 456GT, gave him the lead in C1. Meanwhile, up at the front, Geoffrey Finlay was clearly enjoying himself, regularly lifting a Mike Reeder went well, breaking the class lap record, until a front wheel as he took the fast mysterious vibration brought matters to a halt. Camp Corner. Sadly it was here that a collision occurred between state. The radiator and some vital the race leader although second the 458 of Bailey and the charging sub-frame members were badly placed Bailey was almost on the 430/Ch of Tomlin. The 458’s door damaged and the car was same pace. On lap 4, a hard was badly stove in and there was withdrawn from further activity. charging Reeder slipped past some front end damage to the The 25-minute race started slightly ahead of programme, at 4 o’clock. In the absence of Johnston and Kaye, there were twelve cars, with David Tomlin joining the field, albeit at the back of the grid after being allowed to take part, subject to conditions, by the noise judge. It was, of course, a rolling start and this seemed to work well with pole man Finlay rocketing off in the lead. Chasing him were Bailey and, after a little gap, McAllister and Dwane. Brooks was leading the class C1 brigade from Mike Reeder, and then came the Vance Kearney hard at work in his F355 Challenge. 360 Challenge of Macfarlane.
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The best of pals on the podium. L to R: David Tomlin, Geoffrey Finlay, and Paul Bailey.
430. It appeared to be an acciPaul Bailey. Wayne Marrs brought his class C2 360/Ch, at 1:12.673, dent that should never have haphis F355 home in 5th place overall was half a second slower than his pened and is currently being into take class C1 honours, pursued 2010 class record. Mike Reeder vestigated, as are all instances of to the finish by Brooks and Kearwas the fastest C1 driver, smashcar-to-car contact in this race seney who crossed the line almost ing his brother Graham’s class reries. together. cord of 1:16.354 with a stirring lap Both drivers were able to conFinlay’s fastest lap of the in 1:15.611. And Mike is the elder tinue with their disfigured machin- race, in 1:09.970, was just shy of brother! ery, Tomlin now in second and the existing PFO record (1:08.885, Prize giving took place in the Bailey just behind. In 4th overall set last year by Gary Eastwood in Strawford Centre to the accompabut some distance back from the his 430/Ch) while Dwane’s best, in niment of tea and cakes, with leading three was Dwane’s Anne Swift handing over the class C2 360/Ch. largesse. Shortly afterwards On lap 12, Macfarlane, we noted a short ceremony who had been lapping conin the FF Corse camp, when sistently in the same sort of a delighted Robert times as his close companMacfarlane removed the yelions, Brooks, Marrs, Kearlow ‘novice’ cross from the ney and Hathaway, sudtail of his 360 Challenge car, denly suffered a loss of having collected the required power and pulled into the pit number of signatures on his lane to investigate. He pitrace licence. ted a second time but after losing several laps his 360 Challenge seemed to clear its throat and for the last few circuits was back to its earlier pace. Just short of 30 minutes, or 22 laps, Geoffrey Finlay took the chequered flag to notch up his first PFO win of the season. He was followed, some 36 seconds Happiness is winning your class. Wayne Marrs looks delighted. behind, by David Tomlin, the class C3 winner, and
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PIRELLI FERRARI OPEN Round 9 CASTLE COMBE 29th August 2011 Pos
No
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
2
Geoffrey Finlay
F458/Ch
C4
22
26:10.271
1:09.970
1:10.074
1
2
6
David Tomlin
F430/Ch
C3
22
26:46.530
1:10.880
n/a
NS
3
28
Paul Bailey
F458/Ch
C4
22
26:49.471
1:11.401
1:11.507
3
4
77
Mick Dwane
360 Ch
C2
21
26:14.402
1:12.673
1:11.770
4
5
60
Wayne Marrs
F355/Ch
C1a
21
27:15.712
1:16.161
1:16.800
11
6
22
Paul Brooks
456 GT
C1b
21
27:23.304
1:16.846
1:15.912
7
7
18
Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
C1a
21
27:23.534
1:16.141
1:16.554
10
8
19
David Hathaway
F355/Ch
C1a
20
26:40.727
1:18.336
1:19.365
12
9
12
Tim Ingram-Hill
F355/Ch
C1a
18
26:45.750
1:26.649
1:25.691
13
10
27
Robert Macfarlane
360/Ch
C2
17
27:25.293
1:16.453
1:16.071
8
11
5
Mike Reeder
F355/Ch
C1a
12
17:52.065
1:15.611
1:16.544
9
12
47
Mark McAllister
430/Ch
C3
5
6:11.905
1:13.192
1:14.291
6
NS
13
Derek Johnston
F458/Ch
C4
1:11.140
2
NS
40
Nick Kaye
456 GT
C1b
1:14.165
5
Fastest Laps:
Geoffrey Finlay
C4
1:09.970 (95.18 mph)
Establishes lap record
David Tomlin
C3
1:10.880 (93.96 mph)
Establishes lap record
Mike Reeder
C1
1:15.611 (88.08 mph)
Establishes lap record
Robert Macfaarlane
C2
1:16.453 (87.11 mph)
Establishes lap record
Class Winners
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1st
2nd
Class C1
Wayne Marrs
Paul Brooks
Class C2
Mick Dwane
Robert Macfarlane
Class C3
David Tomlin
Mark McAllister
Class C4
Geoffrey Finlay
Paul Bailey
3rd Vance Kearney
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