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Ward – Lancia LC2 Grp C, Robin Ward – Jaguar D Type, “Miss Tonks! Order some Steve Tandy – Nissan Grp C more red ink straightway – and Lola T70, Crispian Fernando’s done it again!” Besley – Cooper T56 FJ and Alonso’s and Ferrari’s win Surtees TS15 F5000, Chris in the German GP at the end Rea – Lotus 6, Richard of July allows us to redecorate Smeeton – Wainer FJ, David our front cover in scarlet. Wild – Lotus 22 FJ, Nick Congrats to everyone Chester – Spice SE88 Grp C, involved. It seems that Graham Bryant/Oliver Bryant Ferrari have perhaps not only – BMW 1800, Lotus 15 and A force to be reckoned with. Swift was made caught up with the previous AC Cobra, Martin McGlone/ very welcome by the Force India ladies. F1 elite but, dare we say it, Richard Allen – MGB, Martin surpassed them. We look McGlone – Sebring Sprite, and reports that there were an forward to the rest of the Grand Andrew Lawley – MGB. astonishing number of Ferrari Prix season with extra interest As Nicky says, it’s quite a list Owners’ Club members and enthusiasm. and it is nice to think that in competing at Silverstone who many cases these drivers served have raced Ferraris with us in the STRETCHING LOYALTY their apprenticeship in the Club’s past. various race championships and Talking about the F1 scene, Amongst the names that he series. there are lots of reasons why one noted were Gary Culver – Tyrell might be tempted to switch F1, Chris Drake – Penske F1, COTTINGHAM’S 70th allegiance in one’s support of a Corvette C1 and Elva 300 FJ, particular team. David Edge/Barry Carpenter – E At the end of July we Although I am ridiculously Type, Duncan Mackay/Robin attended a splendid bash, passionate about Ferrari, celebrating the twin both the race machines and WHAT’S ON landmarks of David the road cars, there are Cottingham’s 70th birthday times when one might be and the 35th Anniversary of teased into looking 27 Castle Combe: Pirelli Ferrari DK Engineering. favourably at one of their formula classic; Pirelli David and Kate (the competitors. At the British Ferrari Open DK in DK Engineering) have Grand Prix at the beginning built a hugely impressive SEPTEMBER 1/2 Prescott Hillclimb of the month I was made reputation in the world of very welcome by the girls 14/16 Silverstone GP: Ferrari Racing Ferrari and DK are now well from Force India. regarded throughout the Days: Pirelli Ferrari Open If you look at the [double header] world. Whether owners photo you will see what I wish to have their cars 23 Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb mean! prepared to the very highest concours standard OCTOBER 1 FOC Brands Hatch GP Track FERRARI OLD BOYS or want to successfully race Day their Ferrari, many beat a I missed the big path to DK Engineering. 5-7 Nürburgring: Pirelli Ferrari Silverstone Classic meeting The hard won formula classic; Pirelli due to our own Classic and Ferrari Open [double headers] knowledge and experience Open races at Spa clashing is now in the hands of unfortunately on dates. 14 Curborough Sprint David and Kate’s sons, However, Nicky PaulJeremy, Justin and James, Barron elected not to come 27 Hillclimbers End of Season all of whom work in the to Belgium but spectate on Dinner. Moore Place, Aspley business. home territory instead. He Guise

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We wish them all continuing great success. We are reproducing the super invitation card which was produced for them by our mutual friend and brilliant artist, Dexter Brown.

LOUIS LORENZINI We are sad to record the death of the well-known Ferrari specialist Louis Lorenzini, proprietor of Lorenzini Autosports, who operated from premises in Sedgley Park, Manchester for many years. One of his great friends was Malcolm Little, whose fibreglass 308GTB was prepared for racing by Louis in the 1980s. Malcolm has kindly sent me his short obituary which I am pleased to include.

worked very quickly and could cobble together any problem with the car, be it mechanical or body damage which, as you will remember, was frequent. Being very close friends, I am sure that the time we spent racing in the Club’s series was the best time of my life. Being pals, he never once charged me for his time at races home or abroad, which I think was typical of the man. His life revolved around cars, engine rebuilding and racing. Lou was approaching 40 when I first met him so I know little of his previous years except that he was a very competent racing driver himself and won many single-seater races. He also raced several Ferraris for Mike Vernon, and was well known by Ferrari enthusiasts such as Richard Bond, Frank Sytner and Brian Classic.

Classic and Open series should have received their entry packs for the last race meeting of the season, at Nürburgring GP on 5th -7th October. The provisional timetable, which has already been circulated, is: Friday

12.50 13.15

Training (25 mins)

Saturday

08.00 – 08.25

Qualifying (25 mins)

11.45 – 12.15

Race 1 (30 mins)

11.30 – 12.00

Race 2 (30 mins)

Sunday

For competitors who wish to take additional track time, there is a free testing period on Friday morning, between 09.00 and 12.00. This will be divided into sessions of about 30 minutes and is bookable at the time at the circuit office, payment being made in euros. It should be noted that there is no testing possible on the Thursday. We have blockbooked a number of rooms Lou was born 6th at the 4-star Dorint Hotel February 1945 and had which is situated virtually lived in Lisbon for several on the circuit adjacent to years at Lorenzini the start/finish area. The Autosports, a company he ‘Comfort’ rooms feature formed with a Portuguese balconies overlooking the client. I spoke to him track. The cut-off date for frequently on the phone reserving rooms from our and I gather that his health block-booking is Thursday, had been suffering 30th August after which any recently. He died following untaken rooms will be a heart attack. released. I first met Lou in 1981 On the Friday when he serviced my first evening we have arranged Ferrari and we quickly a special Nürburgring became firm friends. When Ferrari Dinner in a private I bought the 308GTB in room at the Dorint. Ticket 1984, with the intention of application forms for this racing it with the Ferrari will be included in the entry Louis Lorenzini, (centre) seen here at Brands Owners’ Club, Lou was Hatch in May 1987 with Sally and Dudley pack. characteristically Mason-Styrron and their Ferrari Tasman. This is the first time enthusiastic about we have raced in Germany preparing it and acting as for some time, so the weekend my mechanic at the circuits. NÜRBURGRING will be very special! As you will know, he By the time you read this, accompanied me to virtually registered competitors in our every race. He was unflappable,

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RA’s HILLCOMMENT

Loton Park reported in this issue, was really a great weekend for the PFHC crowd, not just because of loads of runs up most people’s favourite hill but other things besides. On both days there was a paddock BBQ for the Ferrari drivers and on Saturday evening a splendid dinner at the Albright Hussey Hotel owned by the Subbiani family who, nice to relate, are FOC members. Jon Goodwin very kindly made all these arrangements and also organised Tony Attwood as afterdinner speaker to tell us about his experiences as a motor racing doctor. These are extensive and very interesting, indeed fascinating, and we all learned much about what goes on behind

the scenes at Silverstone for the British GP.

case, the ‘Rat Car’ will have to work overtime!

More on Loton which was to be Sergio Ransford’s last event with his 308GTB - he has decided to take more care of himself for the future and spend more time with his family. Thanks to Tracey Haynes and Pauline Goodwin we were able to mark this occasion at Saturday’s Loton barbecue when Sergio was presented with a magnificent iced cake celebrating this significant time – the cake remarkably had survived transportation in Jon Goodwin’s 458, so it must have been of robust construction! We all wished Sergio well for the future and shall of course miss his company.

It’s all in the Name, Challenge or Championship, and of course our present title includes the word Championship. Despite it being this way, for a decade or more some event organisers regularly persist in calling us the “Ferrari Hillclimb Challenge” or similar. Back in the nineties the series was called the Castrol Ferrari Challenge. Subsequently sponsorship was taken up by Ferrari UK, the new name for Maranello Concessionaires at that time. As Ferrari SpA use the word Challenge for their race series it was therefore required we should drop this. When casting around for a new name, Tim Watson, the Ferrari UK man responsible, suggested with a smirk on his face “how about Ferrari UK Cup”!

Classic – PFHC Biathlon for some of us brought about by the date clash over Donington and Curborough. Beforehand we had assumed that the Donington double header would be the usual format with races Saturday and Sunday. It now transpires that both races are on the Sunday – the same day as Curborough with qualifying on Saturday. In consequence we have developed a cunning plan, ‘we’ being Chris Butler, Nick Taylor and your columnist. We do the first Donington race at 10am, then drive 30 miles or so to the sprint venue, making do with just the second practice. Then, after taking two of the three officials, we zoom back to Donington for race 2 at 5pm. Should work okay and Nick and Chris will use different cars for the two disciplines. In my

Non Prancing Horse (see pic) is called Red Leprechaun and owned by Caroline Cooper, our new formidable female 360 Modena pilot. Caroline entered Red Leprechaun into ‘Search for a Star’, a competition held in Photo: Jeff Cooper

Speculation on who will eventually claim the 2012 PFHC overall win is getting ever more fascinating as we head off for the last four rounds. What looks like a pivotal point occurred at the second Loton Park round when Andrew Holman took the maximum points, normally the divine right of Chris Butler according to previous form at this hill. Today, I was at Hethel and watched Andrew take another twenty, and he had to fight for it too against Nick Taylor armed with his F430 – this long, fast course favouring the more powerful tipos. With two Curboroughs to come and a couple of hills it looks to me as if the two other aspirants, Richard Prior and Chris Butler, have got a problem containing Holman. Mike Spicer has been running near the front too, scoring consistently well with his distinctive yellow 328GTB, his grip on the Classic Cup looking unassailable.

Caroline Cooper and her award winning steed, Red Leprechaun.

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Melton Mowbray for well disciplined nags, and walked away with top honours, though no mention was made of how many pies were involved A Tyre Advantage is something enjoyed by the faster, more competitive drivers in the PFHC. Here’s the explanation: the best tyre for the fastest time is a newish one with say 4mm or less tread. By the time the midfield runners wear their tyres down half way, they are already past their best, age wise. The really quick guys get through tyres quickly and as such are more often on the sweet spot for the tyres’ best performance. So if you want an excuse this is a good one – I know in my own case it takes many years to wear a set out, particularly the fronts.

Photo: Angela Preece

Preece the Shootist has form with firearms of all sorts and especially the clay pigeon discipline, where he is qualified to provide instruction to high standards. Naturally he headed for the recent Olympic Clay Shooting, but somehow checked in for the ladies event – but not as much fun as the beach volleyball it seems. Anyway, it was very wet and in anticipation Richard took along a prototype

PFHC lightweight waterproof jacket left over from the time when he was running the haberdashery dept. He got to wear it (see pic) and even blagged his way in to get the medallists to sign his programme!

Tony Brooks is a name to conjure with from the fifties and sixties, with many successes in, first, sports cars and then the Grand Prix Vanwalls and Ferraris. Sean Doyle - who else managed to get to call on Tony Brooks at his home in order to get a signature on Despite denying that the RA in RAC has his new book Poetry anything to do with him, your columnist gratefully availed himself of their services in Motion for Mike to get him home from Loton Park. Spicer. Being a fellow garagiste, their meetings! Mike is a great fan of Tony Brooks whom he met many years RAC Recovery for me ago albeit briefly, and of course following my F355s Tony, besides being famous as a inconsideration in throwing off its dentist, was also a Ford dealer in fan belts as I hit the rev limiter the good old days, so I like him going in to Triangle at Loton on too! P1 on the Sunday meeting. Apparently RAC now have the Tim Blackburn a name from Ferrari contract and no longer the past only recognised by those waste time sending their man around long enough, will be with with the van who cannot fix your us at the Prescott Picnic. Back in car. In my case they transported the mid-eighties Tim was me and the 355 back to Suffolk in competing on the hills and also an efficient and friendly manner. the circuits in his blue 308GT4. The driver told me that most He was good too, but sadly he Ferrari call outs, particularly on emigrated to south west France the newer cars, are down to flat where the food and wine was batteries. Owners do not seem cheap at that time. Just down to appreciate that with modern the road from Tim’s idyllically cars full of electronics draining situated manoir typique is the battery when parked, you do another erstwhile FOC need to use the provided trickle competitor, Keith Maddox, who is charger if the car is not in regular famed for his success with his use. 246GT, winning our Hillclimb Championhip back in 1990. Like Tim, he thought living in France was the answer for retired gentlemen!

Full Metal Jacket. Richard Preece well prepared for the Olympics.

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fixture of great significance for both clubs. I can only hope that BOC do not expect similar generosity from the FOC for allowing us to run Ferraris at

VSCC and Prescott made the news recently when VSCC donated £50,000 to the Bugatti Owners Club. I guess VSCC are anxious for BOC to continue running the dedicated VSCC meeting at Prescott, which has been an annual and long running

PFHC Prizegiving Dinner should be in your diary by now – the date is Saturday the 27th of October. On August 15th Sally Maynard-Smith, Richard Prior and RA will be at Moore Place Hotel agreeing the arrangements for what we plan to be another memorable occasion for the Ferrari Owners’ Club hillclimbers.

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 9 LOTON PARK 1 14th July 2012

HE DAY HAD STARTED dry but rain had always been forecast at some point, and many had their drive over interrupted with some very heavy showers reports RICHARD PRIOR. As ever, our lads and lassies in the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship were optimistic and turned out to make an all time record entry of 28 drivers in 26 cars. Shared entries included Mr and Mrs Cooper in the 360 and Hargreaves, father and son, in their 308. We had one new driver amongst us: Jim Campbell in a 355 Spider. Tony Attwood was making a welcome return in his Dino 246GT. First practice was dry yet slippery. There was a degree of tentativeness amongst the field, doing what some say you’re meant to do in practice, with Nick Taylor quickest in the 430. Then the rains came, throughput suffered as cars went off into the undergrowth and everyone tried to keep as dry and as jolly as possible under the well known, much loved, but slightly leaky hillclimb gazebo. So, P2 was clearly going to be a challenge and we reckoned the damp would put at least 8 seconds onto the times. Yet it took Mark Hargreaves, Jim Campbell and Sean Doyle only 3 seconds longer whilst Shaun Smith was just a second longer, at 75, but perhaps that also included learning this track. However it was the double runners who provided the excitement. Jack Hargreaves was actually a smidge quicker, but Caroline Cooper stormed up the hill, knocking four seconds off her dry time and finished on 76.36, a time that placed her 11th fastest! Lunch was a BBQ provided again by our friends from the local hostelry. It was a trifle damp; our usual ground had turned into a bit of a quagmire and trying to eat a plateful at the

Photo: Richard Prior

Jim Campbell came down from his eyrie in Scotland to make his PFHC debut. His immaculate open F355 looked terrific in the fitful sunshine but a spin into the undergrowth spoilt his chances of success.

same time as hold an umbrella and keep feet dry, whilst sitting on a damp wall, brought out people’s ingenuity. But none the less it was enjoyed by all and, as the sun came out, we were able to cut a cake, kindly provided by Pauline Goodwin, to commemorate Sergio Ransford’s retirement from motor sport. Sergio, the only Italian amongst us, always brought fun and friendliness to the paddock and entertained many a marshal with classical music emanating from his car up to the start line. He will be sadly missed and his beloved 308 now goes off to auction. The sun was now doing its job. To its credit, Loton always

The Championship Co-ordinator busies herself with the paperwork.

does dry out quickly but we were also rather aware, with dark skies over Wales, that this was likely to be our only chance at a dry time. And it was, as it turned out. The majority were quicker than they had been in P1 but Tracey Haynes (328GTB), John Marshall (308GT4) and Pauline Goodwin (328GTB) were unhappy not to see an improvement. Having said that, this was Tracey’s first outing for a while so her runs that nearly cracked the 70-second barrier were impressive. Lorraine Hitchman (328GTB) got under 80 seconds, Mark Hargreaves managed a 73second run as did Tony Attwood, who squeaked ahead in his Dino, whilst Wendy Ann Marshall (328GTB) got it together a tenth of a second quicker on 73.26. Shaun Smith had a pep talk from his wife and managed a 70.89, with Jack Hargreaves a smidge ahead, but who was going to get down under 70? The first to do so was our Italian Sergio Ransford with a retirement run of 69.03. Brian Jackson could always be a threat on PEP and we would need to get the calculators out for his 66.65 run, proving in the end to be good for 6th place on points. Following him up the hill shortly afterwards was Mike Spicer (328GTB) who was

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Photo: SwiftyPix

leave him disappointed on 62.52, leaving the field wide open for the following three to gnaw away into the 61’s. Prior (F355) got 61.78, knowing his 1% champ’s penalty could damage his placing. Butler (F355) was faster on 61.51 and comfortably ahead so far, but Taylor (430) had his eye on the points until he saw the clock stop at 61.40, which would It’s amazing what mobile phones can do these not be far enough days. Here, Chris Butler shows Mike Spicer, ahead to get them. Graham Easter and Barrie Wood what time Then the rain he’ll do on his next run. started and thus our currently second in the gallant top three overall would Championship table and had been remain as Taylor, Butler and quietly racking up some points. Prior. Butler was once again His time of 64.68 would require dominant in the points stakes the front runners to knock off at with four appearances and four least a second from their 20 points. Prior was second and previous runs to better that. Holman third. Richard Allen (F355) Despite the result being followed but, despite a fast start settled, ours is a competitive of 2.33, was still on 64, Phil bunch and talk turned to how Whitehead (F355) also improved close you could get to the to a 65. Andrew Holman morning’s wet run. One of those combined a cracking start of 2.26 trying too hard was Jim seconds with a scrappy run to Campbell, whom we haven’t

followed so far. Jim had been getting used to the car and remembering the hill from days gone by, but forgot about putting the power down too early out of the top corner, leaving him with the slowest time of the day with 104 seconds - one that included a spin and 5-point turn. Lorraine’s wet time was significantly improved, as was that of Richard Preece (F355) who is clearly getting to grips with the new car. Swifty (F355) was just ahead of him however. Butler also improved to a 72.90, but Holman pipped him with a 71.57 and thought he was going to walk away with the wet prize. That was until Regenmeister Prior finished nearly a second quicker, on 69.73, an incredible time in the conditions. Shortly afterwards most competitors repaired gratefully to nearby hostelries and later enjoyed an excellent meal together. They all prayed for better weather the next day when they were going to do it all again.

HE SECOND of the Loton Park events took place on a sunny Sunday writes RICHARD PRIOR. In contrast to the showery weather of the previous day we would be in for steady time improvements all through the day. Barrie Wood was an extra runner today and James Spicer was a straight swap for Brian Jackson, breaking yesterday’s record entry with an incredible field of 29 Ferrari drivers. Nick Taylor in his black 430 was again on the ball and quickest with 61.16, followed by Chris Butler (F355) on 61.75 and Richard Prior (also F355) just a

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Photo: Richard Prior

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 10 LOTON PARK 2 15th July 2012

Sunday’s sunshine suited Nick Taylor’s full-throated 430 perfectly. Nick was the winner overall with a devastating time of 60.26 secs.

whisper behind on 61.98. Unfortunately we lost Jim Campbell and Richard Allen due to overheating car problems Jim's was due to a coolant leak from the radiator after suffering damage when he went off track the previous day. In Richard's case his incontinence was down to the water pump belt snapping at high revs on the approach to Triangle. Only stopping for the local Church service to take place, we continued into second practice, which saw better times from the trio of Hitchmans, Peter, Lorraine and Chris. The first pair took two seconds off their P1 times while Chris improved by one second. Richard Preece (F355) and James Spicer (348 ts) reduced their times by over a second while Barrie Wood and Phil Whitehead (both in F355s) were both better off by over 2.5 seconds. Another fine alfresco BBQ lunch from the Old Hand and Diamond pub had us fed and watered ready for the afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official runs. Jeff Cooper's best run of the weekend in the 360 Modena saw 66.43 seconds and a mid table placing in 15th position; Colin Campbell and Peter Hitchman also peaked in R1 on 99.50 and 74.27 seconds respectively, while Lorraine Hitchman had blitzed her previous best by 2 seconds to clock 70.78. Also improving was Wendy Ann Marshall, who knocked 0.40 seconds off her PB to record 70.60 and step ahead

of Lorraine (albeit temporarily). Sergio Ransford had his best run of his retirement weekend on the first official with 68.15. Jack Hargreaves, in a similar tipo, sneaked ahead with 67.93 - a time which would give him 18th place on scratch on both days with his first visit here. Caroline Cooper was getting much encouragement from the other drivers and continued her fine form She improved her pace to 69.71 in husband Jeff's 360 Modena. At the pointy end of the field Andrew Holman took provisional lead with a 60.85, no mean feat in a Andrew Holman (F355) misses the apex but F355 as this was still takes home the 20 points! now the fastest time so far over the weekend and slightly quicker though not ahead of his personal best by 1.1 enough to trouble the top three seconds. Prior couldn't match on scratch this time. The final him and only managed 61.16 result therefore was Taylor first, while Chris Butler was also Holman a remarkable 2nd place lagging behind on 61.64. for this flatlander and a However Nick Taylor and his 430 rewarding 20 points on PEP were in their element in the dry breaking Chris Butler's run of conditions and pushed the bar to maximums this season. Prior got 60.26 seconds. the 3rd place trophy but only 12 Into the last and most Championship points, Butler took important run of the day, Tony the 17 and Taylor 15 points. Attwood improved to 73.78, Tracey Haynes was on 67.64, Sean Doyle on 66.01, but Chris Hitchman got close to his PB

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Photo: Richard Prior

Swift launches Mr Toad off the line and past the ominous warning sign.

(from 7 years before!) and pipped Sean with 65.94 to take 13th place on scratch. Mark Hargreaves clocked 69.73, but Caroline Cooper had him beat with an excellent 68.45. Pauline Goodwin performed well and beat her PB, 65.12 was a cracking time to give her 11th place on scratch. John Swift knocked another 0.25 off for a 65 seconds dead time and 10th place, Richard Preece was in 9th position with 64.49 and James Spicer was happy with 64.36 on his first ever visit here and 8th place. Barrie Wood had drawn level with Phil Whitehead's first run of 63.83; they were only separated in the official results by reference to their second fastest run time, on which basis the honours went to Phil due to having a back-up score of 64.15 to Barrie's 64.90. Andrew Holman was slower this time, as were Prior and Taylor, but Chris Butler went

LOTON PARK 1 HILLCLIMB 14th July 2012 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Round 9 Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

H/cap Run 1

Run 2

H/c pos

64ft

split

PEP %

PEP time

Pts

Nick Taylor

430 Coupe

63.25

72.57

60.00

61.40

73.06

2.75

24.70

2.00

62.63

Chris Butler

F355

63.37

74.59

59.98

61.51

72.90

2.39

24.06

0.00

61.51

Richard Prior

F355

63.60

70.92

60.79

61.78

69.73

2.54

24.29

1.00

62.40

Andrew Holman

F355

63.54

71.12

61.95

62.52

71.57

2.26

24.46

0.00

62.52

Richard Allen

F355

65.03

71.45

62.39

64.66

73.40

2.33

25.15

0.00

64.66

328GTB

67.04

80.98

63.72

64.68

82.22

2.37

25.56

-3.00

62.74

Philip Whitehead

F355

68.53

81.23

62.42

65.30

76.54

2.51

25.81

0.00

65.30

Richard Preece

F355

69.09

76.74

65.00

66.37

76.06

2.35

25.41

0.00

66.37

Sean Doyle

348tb

68.12

71.35

65.50

66.58

78.09

2.58

25.91

-2.00

65.25

Brian Jackson

308GTB

67.55

74.15

64.44

66.65

76.26

2.47

26.33

-4.50

63.65

Jim Campbell

F355

68.05

77.07

65.25

66.85

104.72

2.92

26.70

0.00

66.85

John Swift

F355

69.29

81.66

65.25

67.24

75.55

2.64

26.76

0.00

67.24

Pauline Goodwin

328GTB

67.33

74.57

65.38

67.68

76.22

2.51

26.31

-3.00

65.65

John Marshall

308GT4

67.85

77.83

66.81

68.23

79.31

2.48

26.77

-4.50

65.16

Jeff Cooper

360 Mod

69.36

77.70

68.00

68.38

82.84

2.47

27.37

1.00

69.06

Sergio Ransford

308GTB

71.02

79.10

66.83

69.03

76.92

2.51

27.52

-4.50

65.92

Chris Hitchman

F355

73.20

78.45

65.68

69.66

82.44

2.71

28.00

0.00

69.66

Jack Hargreaves

308GTB

73.58

73.60

69.00

70.48

79.93

2.56

27.64

-4.50

67.31

Shaun Smith

328GTB

74.11

75.52

69.00

70.89

78.06

2.59

28.40

-3.00

68.76

Tracey Haynes

328GTB

70.79

80.16

66.73

72.52

81.43

2.64

28.42

-3.00

70.34

Wendy A Marshall

328GTB

75.66

88.85

72.34

73.26

97.64

2.64

29.65

-3.00

71.06

246GT

78.79

81.59

72.22

73.39

92.93

2.51

28.71

-6.50

68.62

Mark Hargreaves

308GTB

74.64

77.95

69.50

73.48

84.00

2.53

29.40

-4.50

70.17

Caroline Cooper

360 Mod

80.48

76.36

70.00

73.87

94.27

3.01

29.62

1.00

74.61

Peter Rogerson

360 Mod

71.16

80.91

68.41

74.10

2.56

29.26

1.00

74.84

Peter Hitchman

550

80.66

71.35

69.00

76.83

89.58

2.97

30.49

-1.00

76.06

328GTS

80.55

93.10

73.74

78.22

89.62

2.60

31.42

-3.00

75.87

97.13 100.16

83.31

95.90

105.86

2.82

37.91

-6.50

89.67

Mike Spicer

Tony Attwood

Lorraine Hitchman Colin Campbell

246GT

H&DLCC Class Awards:

1st Nick Taylor

FOC Handicap:

1st Jeff Cooper 2nd Andrew Holman

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2nd Chris Butler

3rd Richard Prior

LOTON PARK 2 HILLCLIMB 15th July 2012

Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Round 10 Driver

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

H/cap Run 1

Run 2

H/c pos

64ft

split

PEP %

PEP time

Pts

430 Coupe

61.16

61.43

60.00

60.26

60.76

2.61

24.04

2.00

61.47

Andrew Holman

F355

62.56

63.26

61.95

60.85

62.30

2.35

23.89

0.00

60.85

Richard Prior

F355

61.98

61.38

60.79

61.16

61.45

2.57

24.10

1.00

61.77

Chris Butler

F355

61.75

63.06

59.98

61.64

61.35

2.45

23.92

0.00

61.35

Mike Spicer

328GTB

63.78

63.26

62.90

64.04

63.42

2.32

25.00

-3.00

61.52

Philip Whitehead

F355

66.40

63.74

62.42

63.83

64.15

2.53

25.15

0.00

63.83

Barrie Wood

F355

67.80

64.97

64.29

64.90

63.83

2.71

25.10

0.00

63.83

James Spicer

348ts

67.30

65.90

65.00

65.05

64.36

2.39

24.96

-2.00

63.07

Richard Preece

F355

66.12

64.76

64.00

65.10

64.49

2.40

25.35

0.00

64.49

John Swift

F355

67.04

64.94

64.25

65.25

65.00

2.56

25.78

0.00

65.00

Pauline Goodwin

328GTB

67.26

66.47

65.38

66.67

65.12

2.53

25.64

-3.00

63.17

John Marshall

308GT4

66.33

65.86

66.81

72.87

65.62

2.49

25.68

-4.50

62.67

Chris Hitchman

F355

68.78

67.58

65.68

66.47

65.94

2.88

26.32

0.00

65.94

Sean Doyle

348tb

66.08

73.13

65.50

66.67

66.01

2.63

25.96

-2.00

64.69

Jeff Cooper

360 Mod

68.77

66.28

65.50

66.43

66.94

2.47

26.86

1.00

67.09

Tracey Haynes

328GTB

67.46

68.00

66.73

68.70

67.64

2.53

26.40

-3.00

65.61

Shaun Smith

328GTB

71.48

70.16

69.00

68.04

67.92

2.66

27.34

-3.00

65.88

Jack Hargreaves

308GTB

71.65

70.56

69.00

67.93

68.10

2.63

26.71

-4.50

64.87

Sergio Ransford

308GTB

69.17

69.04

66.83

68.15

69.58

2.76

28.51

-4.50

65.08

Caroline Cooper

360 Mod

71.92

70.53

70.00

69.71

68.45

2.79

27.79

1.00

69.13

Mark Hargreaves

308GTB

69.71

69.54

69.50

70.10

69.73

2.55

27.71

-3.00

66.59

Lorraine Hitchman

328GTS

75.50

73.34

72.75

70.78

70.04

2.56

27.81

-3.00

67.94

Peter Rogerson

360 Mod

71.07

70.74

68.41

70.27

70.65

2.71

28.25

1.00

70.97

Wendy A Marshall

328GTB

71.20

72.76

71.00

70.60

73.06

2.74

29.64

-3.00

68.48

246GT

74.30

75.48

72.22

74.07

73.78

2.48

29.29

-6.50

68.98

Peter Hitchman

550

78.40

76.39

69.00

74.27

75.92

3.14

29.83

-1.00

73.53

Colin Campbell

246GT

97.00 102.05

90.00

99.50

99.75

3.65

40.11

-6.50

93.03

Nick Taylor

Tony Attwood

Jim Campbell

F355

fail

---

66.85

---

0.00

Richard Allen

F355

fail

---

62.39

---

0.00

H&DLCC Class Awards:

1st Nick Taylor

2nd Andrew Holman

FOC Handicap:

1st Lorraine Hitchman

3rd Richard Prior

2nd Caroline Cooper

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Pfhc CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND 10 Richard Prior

135

Mark Hargreaves

Andrew Holman

129

Wendy Ann Marshall

Mike Spicer

111

Chris Hitchman

Chris Butler

Richard Preece

John Marshall

Lorraine Hitchman

Pauline Goodwin

Jeff Cooper

Nick Taylor

Julian Playford

Phil Whitehead

Colin Campbell

Richard Allen

Sergio Ransford

James Spicer

Andrew Duncan

Sean Doyle

Peter Rogerson

Brian Jackson

Peter Hitchman

Barrie Wood

Caroline Cooper

Shaun Smith

Jim Campbell

Keith Anderson

Tony Attwood

Jack Hargreaves

Tracey Haynes

John Swift

David Hathaway

Classic Scores: Mike Spicer 111, John Marshall 91, Pauline Goodwin 77, Brian Jackson 42, Shaun Smith 34, Jack Hargreaves 31, Barrie Wood 30, Mark Hargreaves 25, Wendy Ann Marshall 23, Richard Allen 15, Lorraine Hitchman 14, Colin Campbell and Sergio Ransford 9, Tracey Haynes and Tony Attwood 2.

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Photo: Stefan Eckhardt

The start of Race 1 with pole man Eastwood reaching La Source first, ahead of Balfe, Bailey, Smeeth and Dwane.

taking the Wednesday evening P&O ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge. There is always a bit of a drivers’ party including a rather liquid dinner in the ship’s Langan’s brasserie, and it nicely

Photo: Trevor Noble

he Ferrari Challenge at Spa-Francorchamps has become one of the jewels in the crown of our two race series. It combines the sheer thrill and pleasure of racing on the finest circuit in Europe with an enjoyable weekend’s mini holiday. To make the event viable from a cost point of view, the Ferrari Challenge brings both our Classic and Open series together in two 25-minute races, each of which has a separate 20-minute qualifying session. In a concession to the PFO drivers, these days we adopt a rolling start procedure and the grid is determined by qualifying time alone without separation of cars from the two series. For northerners, it is always a treat to start the weekend by

Simpson leads Winstanley, Summers and Fisk into the Bus Stop.

sets the scene for the fun to follow. This time our compatriots included the Shirleys, the Winstanleys, the Butlers and the Cartwrights, although Ben C was back at home anxiously awaiting news of his impending fatherhood. Across the water, despite arriving late at Zeebrugge due, we were told, to “adverse tides”, the journey to Spa was straightforward. Some of the hills on the route are quite severe and in previous years brought our long-suffering tow vehicles, a succession of Toyota Previas, down to an embarrassing crawl. This year the Previa has been replaced by a 3-litre turbo diesel Renault Grand Espace which fairly charges up the slopes with its Ferrari cargo, passing heavy trucks with typical French disdain.

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Photos: Trevor Noble

from the Classic series. Of the drivers, most were old hands at the circuit although we were pleased to welcome five new recruits: the very experienced Shaun Balfe in a new Graypaulprepared 458 Challenge, Sam Smeeth, another Graypaul Racing driver in his ex-Derek Johnston 430, Gavin Shirley, now in the Scottish family 360 Challenge, Tim Summers (ex-Boman 365GTB/4), and Burgo Wharton (328GTB), who had bravely driven to Spa on the road. Friday was a busy day with sign-on, scrutineering, the usual slightly comic briefing (with tortured explanations of the circumstances that might lead to penalties for wheels crossing white lines in corners) and two qualifying sessions. Neil Procter, our eligibility scrut, was unable to make the trip having unfortunately dropped a weigh cell on his hand while loading up for the journey. We therefore had to engage the group of German scrutineers to check our cars.

From top: Lee Moulden squeezes his F355 Challenge past team mate Nick Kaye’s 360 Challenge; David Hathaway and John Shirley slug it out in their 360 Challenge cars; The two Gp4 328GTBs of Nigel Jenkins and Nick Cartwright.

The Ferraris were allocated a generous amount of space in the paddock, not all of it being taken up as quite a few Ferrari competitors had invested in F1 pitboxes. With the inevitable possibility of rain at some time in the weekend, most of us busied

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ourselves in the afternoon with the erection of tents and awnings. The Ferrari entry consisted of 27 cars – bigger than an F1 grid but slightly down on previous years – and split almost equally between 13 PFO cars and 14

The weather was fine and track conditions good for Q1, timed for midday. Nigel Jenkins (Gp4 328GTB) came straight in with mechanical problems without recording a time while Danny Winstanley, in his Gp3 version, experienced a persistent misfire. Pete Fisk was in trouble with the Clerk of the Course over the white line crossing business which clearly, along with most of us, he had failed to understand at the briefing. His initial disqualification was changed to a penalty of the loss of 5 places on the grid. The timesheets showed that Gary Eastwood had claimed pole in 2:33.066, just 0.4 seconds ahead of Balfe. Paul Bailey and Sam Smeeth vied for third place with Paul marginally quicker. John Shirley led the C2 360 Challenge brigade while Vance Kearney was the pick of the 355s in C1. In the PFfc group, Jim

Photo: Stefan Eckhardt

Cartwright Gp4 328GTB) was not surprisingly the fastest although David Tomlin again demonstrated just how rapid his ex-William Jenkins 308GTB is by getting to within a second of Jim’s time. Chris Butler was the quickest of the Gp3 328 drivers while Tris Simpson, with the only Gp1 car, was also very agile in his 308GT4.

Photo: Trevor Noble

Around two hours after the first qualy had ended the Ferraris were called up for Q2. Poor organisation resulted in mild chaos in the assembly area. Due to cars being released from the garages in advance of those from the paddock, the exit gates were closed before all the assembled cars were released. Those that were stranded had to access the track from a pitbox causing delays and up to 5 minutes loss of qualifying time. Eventually all the Ferraris were circulating but it was an unholy cock-up by the usually efficient ADAC paddock staff. A splash of rain, confined to the immediate area around La Source, resulted in a number of PFO drivers fitting wet weather tyres. Since the track was bone dry everywhere else there was hectic activity in the pit lane to change back to slicks. Winstanley’s 328 was frustratingly running on fewer than eight of its cylinders but Jenkins’s car was now functioning properly. Wharton changed from PZero Rossos to PZero Cs and managed to reduce his lap time by 3 seconds. Despite the slight slipperiness at La Source, this time it was Balfe who was in top spot with a blistering 2:30.568, now some 3 seconds better that Eastwood in his similar 458 Italia. Sam Smeeth relished the challenge of Spa’s high-speed circuit and posted the third fastest time, significantly ahead of Bailey’s 430GT2, Marrs’s 360GTC, and Dwane’s 458 Challenge. Astonishingly it was Jim Cartwright who was next up

Photo: Stefan Eckhardt

Giving it plenty. All from Race 1, top to bottom: ‘The Legend’, Jim Cartwright, wringing the neck of his 328GTB; Shaun Balfe on his way to victory in the Greypaul 458 Challenge; Tim Summers finds the majestic Spa circuit suits his Daytona Competizione perfectly.

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Photos: Trevor Noble

Of the others, David Hathaway had taken over the C2 360 Challenge baton with a useful 2:57.360 while Lee Moulden went great guns, and slightly faster, to record 2:56.548 in his F355. In Classic, Fisk’s was the best of the Gp3 328s (3:04.816) although Tris Simpson wasn’t far behind in his GT4, with 3:06.061. As in the previous qualifying session, Didier Benaroya (Mondial t cabriolet) and Swift in the 308GTB were much of a muchness, your scribe continuing his engine’s running-in process begun at the FOC track day at Donington Park earlier in the week.

Le Diner Friday night was party night. The Hotel de la Source is a superb modern hotel bristling with high-tech features and, at the rates we managed to negotiate for the Ferrari competitors, very affordable. They really pulled out all the stops for the Ferrari Dinner when some fifty of us enjoyed an excellent meal prefaced by delicious canapés washed down with cases of Prosecco we had brought over from the UK.

Race 1

Race 1, top to bottom: Wayne Marrs (360GTC) takes Bus Stop ahead of a snarling bunch of Class C1 and C2 cars led by John Shirley; Swift (308GTB) doing his bit for Anglo French relations ahead of Didier Benaroya in his Mondial t and Richard Fenny (308GT4); Paul Brooks had mixed fortunes in the 456GT.

in 7th quickest overall and leading all the C1 and C2 PFO cars. Tomlin was a bit slower than in Q1 and reported an ominous rattle in the engine. With his oil

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gauge barely registering any pressure, he wisely decided to return to England and hand his 308 over to his engine builders for diagnosis.

The first Ferrari Challenge race was scheduled for 12.05 on Saturday afternoon. The weather was fine and warm, and the track looked ideal for a great race. However, the start was disappointing and not really the fault of the drivers. When pole man Eastwood came round Bus Stop after the pace car had pulled in, there were no lights displayed on the start-line gantry (they should have been showing red). Gary assumed the race was ‘on’ and accelerated only for the reds to suddenly come on. He braked and then the lights switched to green (at Spa they use red followed by green rather than the almost universal dousing of the lights procedure we are used to). The result was messy and, as a

Photo: Trevor Noble

Oops! Sam Smeeth executed a neat spin at the exit to Bus Stop in R1.

Although Jim C was easily in control of the Classics, going well were Jenkins (lapping well under the 3-minute mark) and Jim’s father, Nick. J Shirley had a spin at Pouhon, taking to the grass when he forgot he was in a LHD car, but recovered without much delay. There was further drama in C2 when Hathaway was assaulted by Tim Ingram-Hill as they braked for Les Combes.

Photo: Stefan Eckhardt

result, nearly half the field had still to reach Bus Stop when the race had already started. Somehow we all got into our stride although Wharton, his ancillary belt having detached itself from his 328’s engine, pulled in at the end of lap 1 with a suspected head gasket failure. At the end of the first lap, Eastwood was leading the race but with Balfe right on his tail, the pair already opening a little gap to the following trio: Bailey, Smeeth and Dwane. Then, after a pause, it was Marrs’s 360GTC which had a cushion to the gaggle of PFO drivers: Moulden, Brooks (456GT), Kaye (360/Ch), Ingram-Hill (360/Ch) and Kearney. In the Classic group, Jim Cartwright was being pursued by the 328s of Butler, Nick Cartwright and Jenkins (from the back of the grid). On their tails was Tris Simpson, wringing the neck of his GT4, just in front of the sonorous Comp Daytona of Summers, Fisk and the still misfiring 328 of Winstanley. Michael Squire and Benaroya were fighting it out, shadowed by Swift’s 308 (now using a few more revs). On lap 2 Balfe took over the lead when Eastwood pulled into the pit lane with a suspected puncture. The problem proved not to be a puncture but a tyre picking up some of the fluids from Wharton’s incontinent 328. Now it was Bailey in 2nd spot followed by Dwane and Smeeth, engaged in an exciting wrestling match and well clear of Marrs. Kaye had now pushed his 360 ahead of Moulden and Shirley to lead C2.

Simpson, who was experiencing intermittent electrical bothers (“it occasionally cuts out on left-hand corners”). Smeeth got the power down a thought too early out of Bus Stop and executed a full-blooded 360° spin but continued without losing too much time. Brooks had the misfortune to hole his radiator and retired, his car spinning two or three times on the leaking coolant. He was followed, a couple of laps later, by Winstanley, who gave up the unequal struggle with his sick 328. And to complete the day’s excitement, Richard Fenny spun his 308GT4 at La Source on the last lap. However, the show isn’t over until the fat lady sings or, in this case, the marshals file their reports with the Clerk of the Course. And, when the results

Chris Butler had a blindingly successful Spa weekend, winning Gp2 on both days. Here he hangs on to the coat tails of Nick Cartwright and Tim Summers.

Both 360s suffered damage but not sufficiently severe to prevent them pressing on, with Hathaway continuing to keep ahead. Benaroya had a spin at Rivage 2 allowing Swift to get past although from then on previous rivalry was recommenced, both the Mondial and the 308 lapping some 7 seconds quicker than in qualifying. Both had now passed

were issued, we found that messrs Smeeth, Marrs and Dwane had all been penalised 30 seconds for “not respecting track limits” or, as we said earlier, putting all four wheels over the white demarcation lines. When the rehashed results were examined we saw that in Open, the overall victor and class C4 winner was Shaun Balfe, in C3 Sam Smeeth, C2 Nick Kaye and

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Race 2

For Race 2 it was Balfe’s turn to claim pole position. However, Eastwood got the drop at the start only to lose his advantage by lap 2.

holed radiator was patched up and Hathaway’s 360’s damaged nose was bandaged with grey tank tape in an attempt to hide the disfigurement. “I don’t know why I don’t paint the whole car to match the tank tape colour – it would save a lot of work!” he observed. The assembly of the cars and the eventual start was a distinct improvement over the previous day’s shambles and when the lights flashed to green it was Eastwood who got the drop on Balfe as they funnelled into La Source at the start. When the field blasted through the start/finish area for the first time Eastwood still had a marginal advantage, the leading pair creating a buffer to the

Photo: Trevor Noble

Race 2, on Sunday morning, was timed for the early hour of 11 o’clock to allow the Ferrari drivers to reach their evening ferries in good time. The original field of 27 Ferraris had now shrunk to 25 with the absence of Tomlin and Winstanley. A few cars needed attention after the rigours of Saturday’s race. Butler’s 328 required some work to its plumbing to stem a water leak, a task to which John Shirley put his energetic shoulders. Brooks’s

Photo: Stefan Eckhardt

C1 Lee Moulden. All the winners set fastest laps in their respective classes. In Classic, Jim Cartwright was the overall man of the match and winner of Gp4. Chris Butler took Gp3, Tim Summers took the Daytona to victory in Gp2 while Tris Simpson, despite his electrical gremlins, finished the race to win Gp1. Again the class winners set the fastest laps in their Groups apart from in Gp3, where Butler was narrowly beaten by Danny Winstanley prior to his retirement. The first three overall in each series were rewarded by a visit to the podium and an embrace from one of the ADAC ladies. A little later, in FF Corse’s working area, the others were presented with their trophies by the indefatigable Anne Swift.

Paul Bailey (430 GT2) goes off track in Race 2 and is passed by Sam Smeeth in his 430 Challenge.

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chasing Dwane, Bailey and Smeeth. Then, after another gap, came Marrs and Moulden, absolutely flying in the first of the F355s. Jim Carty was leading the Classic field although this time, with a decent grid position, Jenkins wasn’t too far behind in the giallo fly Gp4 328. Kearney had started from the back of the grid but was already rapidly moving through the field and just ahead of the battling Gp3 328s of Fisk and Butler. Further back, Benaroya was being chased by your reporter and, perhaps seeing the blue car annoyingly in his mirrors, was a trifle too ambitious through Eau Rouge. The Mondial lost adhesion and spun impressively although Didier finally gathered it all together, gritted his teeth, and continued at the back of the pack. One lap later Balfe moved into the lead and, despite Eastwood’s best efforts, wasn’t seriously challenged for the rest of the race. Now the excitement was in the battle for third. Dwane’s 458 was usurped by Bailey’s 430GT2 although the pair of them were under constant close examination by Smeeth in his mafia black class C3 430. Brooks brought the 456GT into the pits with overheating and Hathaway was dropping back through the field. Fisk, who had been going like a train, spun on lap 3 and lost his position to

Photo: SwiftyPix

Butler and Nick Cartwright. Another casualty was Tris Simpson, who parked up his 308GT4 at Bus Stop when its clutch disintegrated. On lap 4, Gavin Shirley, who was having an epic struggle with Kaye for C2 honours, lost control on the way downhill from Rivage. The ‘Glencroft Rabble (Motorsports Division)’ team’s 360 Challenge car bounced off the unyielding Armco and, with one rear corner comprehensively sub-standard, was unable to continue although happily a somewhat depressed Gavin was perfectly okay. Meanwhile, after a short yellow flag period while the

Scottish 360 was recovered, Bailey had a spin which cost him his place and allowed Smeeth and Dwane to slot into 3rd and 4th respectively. Just behind Marrs (still in 6th overall) Kaye was engaged in a tussle with Moulden’s well driven F355. The 360’s power advantage told in the end but there were less than three seconds separating them at the flag. Classic Gp4 hero Jim C had a fright when, on the last lap, his trusty 328 went off song at the top of the circuit. Jim cruised downhill to the finish but second place Jenkins wasn’t too far behind. In third in Gp4, after a good drive, came Nick Cartwright. A little further back, Tim Summers was Smooth Operators. Some of the fast men having a tremendous in PFO - L to R: Mick Dwane, Shaun Balfe race in his magnificent and Gary Eastwood. Gp2 Daytona. He had been going ever quicker had been motor racing at its very throughout the weekend and, best and, having looked at the with a lap time improvement happy smiling faces of our Ferrari of some 9 seconds, was ahead drivers, something that even of Butler’s Gp3 328 at the flag Formula One can’t match for – a truly impressive driver enjoyment. performance. Richard Fenny brought his GT4 home just Greypaul’s supremo Sean Bates ahead of Richard Squire’s rally discusses lap times with Nick Kaye. -tyre shod 328 to take 3rd

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Photo: SwiftyPix

Photo: Trevor Noble

Gavin Shirley (9) had a monumental dice with Nick Kaye in Sunday’s race both driving 360 Challenge. Sadly, the Scottish car made contact with the Armco which brought its race to an untimely end.

place in Gp2, behind Swift’s wellbehaved 308GTB. Looking at fastest laps, Shaun Balfe (2:30.568) and Lee Moulden (2:46.541) set new class record times for Spa. In PFfc, class lap records were broken in Gp4 and Gp2 by Jim Cartwright (2:52.267) and Tim Summers (3:00.985). As on the previous day, ADAC’s well-rehearsed lady did the honours on the podium for the first three drivers over the line in each series while FF Corse played host when Team Wharton’s Nicola presented the other class winners with their trophies. When we journeyed back to England and reflected on the weekend’s adventures, we couldn’t help thinking that this

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 20th/22nd JULY 2012 ROUND 7 Pos No

Tipo

Group

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Jim Cartwright

Driver

328GTB

20:43.084

2:53.734

2:55.024

Nigel Jenkins

328GTB

21:32.960

2:57.764

Nick Cartwright

328GTB

21:40.039

3:01.088

3:06.029

Chris Butler

328GTB

21:48.086

3:02.614

3:02.114

Pete Fisk

328GTB

21:51.211

3:02.922

3:04.516

Tim Summers

365GTB/4

21:54.418

3:02.812

3:09.303

Michael Squire

328GTB

22:13.096

3:06.013

3:10.553

Didier Benaroya

Mondial Cab

22:58.627

3:09.898

3:13.361

John Swift

308GTB

23:01.932

3:09.173

3:14.495

Tris Simpson

308GT4

23:12.353

3:07.129

3:07.896

Richard Fenny

308GT4

20:46.680

3:15.683

3:17.864

Danny Winstanley

328GTB

15:46.087

3:02.528

DNF

Burgo Wharton

328GTB

8:11.849

3:19.941

3:21.745

David Tomlin

308GTB

2:56.050

Class Winners

Fastest Laps: Jim Cartwright

Gp 4

2:53.734

Gp1

Tris Simpson

Danny Winstanley

Gp 3

3:02.528

Gp2

Tim Summers

Gp 2

3:02.812

Gp3

Chris Butler

Tris Simpson

Gp 1

3:07.129

Gp4

Jim Cartwright

Lap record

ROUND 8 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Group

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Jim Cartwright

328GTB

23:46.807

2:52.267

2:56.247

Nigel Jenkins

328GTB

20:57.559

2:56.554

3:00.414

Nick Cartwright

328GTB

21:25.746

3:00.258

3:09.399

Tim Summers

365GTB/4

21:30.118

3:00.985

3:09.901

Chris Butler

328GTB

21:38.201

3:01.714

3:06.269

Pete Fisk

328GTB

21:48.786

3:00.929

3:04.816

John Swift

308GTB

22:44.893

3:12.238

3:15.116

Burgo Wharton

328GTB

22:51.884

3:12.780

3:18.396

Richard Fenny

308GT4

22:57.208

3:14.333

3:19.546

Richard Squire

328GTB

23:12.163

3:16.227

3:18.349

Didier Benaroya

Mondial Cab

23:18.566

3:11.434

3:14.298

DNF

Tris Simpson

308GT4

6:22.078

3:07.405

3:06.061

Danny Winstanley

328GTB

3:02.221

David Tomlin

308GTB

2:58.345

Class Winners

Fastest Laps: Jim Cartwright

Gp 4

2:52.267

Gp1

No finishers

Pete Fisk

Gp 3

3:00.929

Gp2

Tim Summers

Gp 2

3:00.985

Gp3

Chris Butler

Tris Simpson

Gp 1

3:07.405

Gp4

Jim Cartwright

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Lap record Lap record

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 20th/22nd JULY 2012 ROUND 6 Pos

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Shaun Balfe

Driver

458/Ch

20:41.308

2:31.407

2:33.471

Paul Bailey

430GT2

20:56.098

2:34.297

2:35.408

Mick Dwane

485/Ch

21:28.224

2:34.242

2:36.423

Sam Smeeth

430/Ch

21:38.496

2:33.505

2:35.616

Gary Eastwood

458/Ch

22:48.082

2:33.584

2:33.066

Nick Kaye

360/Ch

22:49.681

2:44.975

2:50.162

John Shirley

360/Ch

22:53.494

2:46.026

2:48.525

Lee Moulden

F355/Ch

22:59.963

2:48.320

2:49.565

David Hathaway

360/Ch

23:04.010

2:49.069

2:51.592

Vance Kearney

F355/Ch

23:12.711

2:49.104

2:51.569

Wayne Marrs

360GT2

23.14.410

2:43.865

2:38.401

Tim Ingram Hill

320/Ch

20.12. 871

2:49.198

2:50.512

DNF

Paul Brooks

456GT

9:30.994

2:54.857

2:49.671

Class Winners C1

Lee Moulden

Nick Kaye

Sam Smeeth

Shaun Balfe

Fastest Laps: Shaun Balfe

2:31.407

Lap record

Sam Smeeth

2:33.505

Lap record

Nick Kaye

2.44.975

Lee Moulden

2:48.320

ROUND 7 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Shaun Balfe

458/Ch

20:29.042

2:30.048

2:30.568

Gary Eastwood

458/Ch

20:37.862

2:33.312

2:33.846

Sam Smeeth

430/Ch

20:55.120

2:34.043

2:36.069

Mick Dwane

485/Ch

20:56.791

2:34.362

2:48.764

Paul Bailey

430GT2

21:12.223

2:34.728

2:39.008

Wayne Marrs

360GT2

21:32.556

2:38.602

2:40.349

Nick Kaye

360/Ch

22:29.020

2:45.731

3:04.759:

Lee Moulden

F355/Ch

22:31.322

2:46.541

2:56.548

Vance Kearney

F355/Ch

23:06.257

2:48.987

Tim Ingram Hill

320/Ch

23:13.138

2:50.746

3:03.084

David Hathaway

360/Ch

21:26.738

2:51.805

2:57.360

DNF

Paul Brooks

456GT

14:17.875

2:57.625

3:06.994

DNF

Gavin Shirley

360/Ch

11:21.653

2:47.573

2:58.454

Class Winners

Fastest Laps: Shaun Balfe

2:30.048

Lee Moulden

Sam Smeeth

2:34.043

Nick Kaye

2:45.731

Sam Smeeth

Lee Moulden

2:46.541

Shaun Balfe

Lap record

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JOHN DAY offers for sale his 308GT4 race car, built and maintained by QV London. Complete with spare set of wheels and tyres. Ready to race in Gp1 in the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic series. Full specification available on request. Priced to sell at £20,000 ono. The following items are also available:  2008 Brian James A Max trailer 4.8 x 1.6m with centre decking, jerry can box and triple security. £1,800 ono.  Roll cage by Protection & Performance. £300  Harness bar for 328 (may also fit other cars) provides rear harness fixings for cars without roll cage - ideal for hillclimbs and track days. £75  Set 328 race springs 700 front 450 rear. £75  Set 16” Compomotive wheels for ABS 328. £75  Set new Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres 225/50 ZR 16 and 205/55 ZR 16. £200  Set of original red leather seats (front and rear) for 308GT4. £500 ono Please contact JOHN DAY on 07736 445921 or jday@londonreality.co.uk

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