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CHRIS BUTLER: 2010 PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPION

ISSUE 059 OCTOBER 2010

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS A BAD DAY FOR MISS TONKS

present time I hope to finalise things very soon.

It isn’t as though our Miss Tonks is exactly short of dresses.

She has, I understand, racks of frocks in all colours bulging out of her wardrobe. However, she had earmarked a new scarlet number specially to celebrate Fernando Alonso’s coronation as the 2010 World Champion. And it didn’t happen!

So she had to traipse down to the dress shop and, with a tear in her eye, cancel her order. Like the whole of Italy, she was pretty upset. And not only that, she also had to call at the printers to let them know this issue of CompRes would be in the everyday yellow livery rather than the rosso corsa reserved for special Ferrari occasions.

I won’t dwell any further on this sad affair but only hope that Fernando can bring home the jamón serrano next year.

As you will read in the reports on the Donington Park races that concluded our successful season, we finished on a very high note indeed. Both PFfc and PFO competitors fielded excellent grids of Ferraris and the racing was exciting and close.

Similarly, the last event on the PFHC hillclimb championship calendar – again reported here – saw record numbers of cars taking part.

All this augers well for next season. Richard Prior has finalised his programme for 2011 and is published in this edition. I would have liked to have done the same with the racing calendar for PFfc and PFO but, due to changes caused by last minute alterations to some circuit’s arrangements, this hasn’t been possible. However, although it is slightly work-in-progress at the

MISS BUTLER ARRIVES! Many congratulations to CHRIS and ALI BUTLER on the arrival (slightly later than predicted), at 12.15 hrs on 7th November, of a lively baby girl.

Her weight was 7lb 15oz which I think translates as a useful 3.6kg. She is to be christened Isabella Scarlett and we wish her every possible success and happiness in the future.

We love the choice of names. Miss Tonks, now she is speaking again, wishes she were called Isabella and as for Scarlett, she says there could be no other appellation for the daughter of a dad with the moniker ‘Red Five’.

Just so you can recognise her when you see her, Chris sent me this photo. Gorgeous!

LATE DELIVERY If Miss Butler was a little tardy to make her debut I am afraid this issue of CompRes is similarly a bit late. Computer snags, a pulled muscle, a multitude of conflicting tasks, not to mention Mrs Swift’s inconvenient developing of a bout of shingles, have all contributed to the delay.

So apologies – we’ll try to do better next time. The next edition will be the Christmas issue (November/December)

when we will bring you all the news from the End of Season Dinner, some ‘Champions Tales’, the full story of the Scuderia Rosso Corsa karting team’s expedition to Monaco, and other bits and pieces – not to mention, of course, the usual Christmas Swifty prize crossword.

With a bit of luck, we shall also be able to let you have the full 2011 calendar of events!

2011 REGULATIONS The respective Race Committees for both the Classic (PFfc) and Open (PFO) race series have met and deliberated on the rules that will apply next season.

The members of the committees wish to thank those who submitted their comments and suggestions regarding any changes. There were a number of very useful and constructive ideas put forward and these were given careful consideration.

The current situation is that the 2011 Regulations are now in draft form and will soon be finalised and published.

There aren’t too many changes envisaged. I can tell you that in PFO a rolling start procedure will be adopted, and there will be some changes to the class structure to better suit the machinery we envisage taking part. The highly successful Classic series will see few amendments to the current rules – just a little tidying up here and there.

HAREWOOD ON TV PETER ROGERSON has emailed us to let hillclimbers know that Harewood hillclimb is being included in the programme Country Tracks, televised by BBC1 on Sunday morning, 5th December. 

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RA’s HILLCOMMENT The Final PFHC Round for 2010 was held at Moore Place Hotel on October 23rd. There was drama beforehand, with our 2010 Championship winner Chris Butler very concerned about his ability to attend. Wife Ali was expecting and the forecast birth date was within a few days of our Prizegiving Dinner. It all turned out well though: Ali was fine – still pregnant, and Chris ecstatic as he collected the magnificent trophy from Pirelli’s Wayne Nickless recognising his winning ways that culminated in his great success in 2010. The usual sixty plus turn out included most of the season’s competitors with their partners, and of course Richard Prior and Nick Taylor second and third overall this year. Ian Chadwick took the Newcomer of the Year trophy and John Marshall both The Paddock Cup and the Alan Peer Cup for his spirited performances during the season with the 430 Scuderia.

The Classic Cup now has place winners, with Sean Doyle and last year’s winner Pauline Goodwin together with your reporter collecting these. Sean Doyle also took no less than six Club handicap wins, with Peter Rogerson taking a further four.

There were many of the famed PFHC Special Awards too, with Andrew Holman taking “The Most Unforced Errors” for the second year in succession. There was much frivolity with many of these and it was way past midnight before we exited the dining room.

Our thanks then to Sally Maynard -Smith and Richard Prior for ensuring we all had a wonderful night amongst the Ferrari hillclimb fraternity. You can see all the action in the Galleria elsewhere in this issue.

Adventurous Jon Goodwin was not at Moore Place. He was (and still is as I write these

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Not for the faint hearted. Some of the terrain on the Carrera Copacabana rally was mind blowing. On the stage above, Jon Goodwin was the quickest of all, driving this specially prepared MGB.

notes) zooming around South America in his MGB V8 roadster on the Carrera Copacabana that goes the long way round from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro. A six-week event covering some thirteen thousand kilometres, it

goes through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil over some of the toughest roads imaginable. His car has been especially built for this and he has high hopes of a good result.

There are no speed cameras and

much of the running is across lawless terrain so Jon will be in his element and giving the car no mercy.

Tomlin out of Africa? well maybe not, but there are problems with his forthcoming London to Cape Town Rally in January, which you will recall he is doing in his extra special Land Rover built for this sort of extra arduous event. Apparently the Foreign Office have strongly advised that the rally be cancelled because of a serious terrorist threat in Algeria and northern Niger. Not enough, I would have thought, to deter our Tommo!

Holman’s F355 engine has unsurprisingly succumbed to his gentle driving techniques. Now stripped to the bone in Club member and fellow F355 owner Ian Button’s workshops, it seems there is some excessive wear in places. As you know, normally Andrew mostly only has wear evident on the bodywork, but this time it is valve guides and one or two other things that need attention too. Apparently all this meant he was down on power – but that’s what they all say!

Home Mechanics is something I really should not be doing anymore, although years ago I was quite competent, fitting a new clutch to my 308GTB and thinking nothing of changing cam belts. Just before the last Classic race at Donington, I decided to treat my 328 to some new spark plugs as they had not been replaced for five years. I must have been distracted because when I got to the last plug - the

Two into one won’t go!

nearside one at the back of the engine - I couldn’t get the new plug to pick up the thread whatever I did - and that included a lot. I was convinced some foreign body had dropped down the hole. Due to leave for Donington, I decided to call in on the way to the aforementioned Ian Button’s workshop. He promised me that whatever was down there he would get out, no trouble. Whilst the car was still on the trailer he looked down the hole with his torch and mirror and in no time at all advised me that it is impossible to get two spark plugs into one hole . . .!

Philip Whitehead you will recall is, unlike me, great at DIY, doing most of the jobs on his F355 because he says he is a tight northerner! Over the winter, Philip is fitting a new clutch plate and also having those side radiators out for re-coring. Anxious to save money he has found a cheap source for clutch discs on eBay – apparently through a site marketing recycled Holman parts!

Doubtless they have loads of stuff for 348s!

Winter Tyres came in for some attention last winter with all that cold weather and snow we had like in the good old days.

You may recall Ferrari NE were promoting the use of these and the Autocar 430 long-term loaner was fitted with a set during the winter months, receiving glowing comments on the tyres besides the car. I have just had a leaflet through from Volvo recommending these tyres and it says they are special soft compound – makes you think: all you need is to see whether there is a PZero winter tyre and buff them down!

Family Matters as is very evident in the Ferrari Owners’ Club competition scene. In the PFHC there have long been husbands and wives competing, with four pairs right now and the trend for fathers and sons is growing too as you may have noticed.

There are a lot of these father and son outfits in Formula Classic, and the bad news for us more

senior drivers is that the sons invariably go faster!

Ferrari disposal need not be a problem if you read the latest Ferrari vehicle handbooks.

Under some daft EU directive, car manufacturers are obliged to take the cars they have built back at end of life cycle. Ferrari SpA advise to just take your Ferrari along to your authorised dealer who will, at their expense, transfer your vehicle to the authorised collection and demolition centre.

It is apparently essential that the vehicle does not contain any additional refuse. Unlike the volume manufacturers it seems that Ferrari will not have their work cut out in this regard.

Going for Growth seems to be de rigeur for each new model nowadays. You only have to see an old classic out on the road to realise how obese the new cars have become. That slinky new 458 Italia is so pretty it looks diminutive, but in reality it is, surprisingly, just as long and wide as a 575M – though much lower.

PFHC 25th Anniversary Year is 2011 and we are already thinking of ways to mark this notable anniversary. Not only will the Prizegiving Dinner be extra special but plans are under way for something special during the season too. Your thoughts on ways to mark the occasion will be welcome at this early stage. Any bright ideas to Richard Prior please.

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PRIORITIES

Photo: Andrew Holman

Many thanks to Chris Butler and all the hillclimbers for the wonderful surprise at the End of Season Dinner. My gift was Membership of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and the invitation to our first event in London exactly seven days later.

rprior348@yahoo.co.uk

2011 PFHC CALENDAR (Provisional) MARCH

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North Weald Rd 1

Borough 19

APRIL

25

Bouley Bay Rd 2

JMC & LCC

MAY

14

Harewood Rd 3

BARC Yorkshire

15

Harewood Rd 4

BARC Yorkshire

28

Prescott Rd 5 (La vie en Blue)

BOC

29/30

Crystal Palace

4/5

Shelsley Walsh Rd 6

MAC

18/19

Doune Rd 7

Lothian Car Club

9

Loton Park Rd 8 (Albright Hussey)

HDLCC

10

Loton Park Rd 9

HDLCC

17

Gurston Down Rd 10

BARC SW

6

MIRA Rd 11

MAC

7

Hethel Rd 12

Borough 19

21

Curborough Rd 13

RSSOC

SEPTEMBER

18

Shelsley Walsh Rd 14

MAC

OCTOBER

2

Curborough Rd 15

MAC

JUNE

JULY After parking right outside the Society’s London headquarters we made our way inside and found the well-stocked members bar on the first floor.

We became slightly nervous as we walked into the private function room where the evening tasting was taking place. We anticipated a gathering of whisky snobs who knew everything, but they were all a very friendly and helpful (if slightly eccentric) bunch - very similar to the PFHC! We joined the tasting and examination of four different cask strength single malts (two from

AUGUST

Speyside, another was a Glemorangie, and the last one from Islay) and at the conclusion everyone was relaxed and chatted like old acquaintances.

Apart from the members from the UK, four guests were visitors from Denmark (who had also spent the past two days drinking at a whisky trade fair in London). A couple were from Luxembourg and another couple originally from Italy, who were very interested when we told of how we came to At the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. be there.

The curries were

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beautifully prepared and spicy with the Red Thai Fish curry the hottest. Without a cold lager in sight we made use of the water which I think was provided to go with the whisky!

Our young female Society guide (and very knowledgeable instructor) invited us to refill our tasting glasses with our favourite dram and retire to the bar until closing time. My choice of tipple was the relatively young 9-year old Bowmore from Islay, and, as Ann was driving, I had to drink her’s too . . . Slainte Mhath! 

Photo: Richard Prior

he last round of the 2010 PFHC Championship was held at the popular (and mostly harmless) Curborough sprint track near Litchfield on the 3rd of October reports RICHARD PRIOR. The absent Chris Butler had already been confirmed as the worthy 2010 Champion but there were still battles further down the Championship to be concluded.

The day was wet from start to finish for this season’s record entry of 24 Ferraris, which included Mike Spicer and Christian Mineeff - both out in 360 Modenas for their first event of the year - and there was optimism amongst the Classic tipo drivers that they could close the performance gap with the more powerful cars.

During morning practice several cars had pushed beyond the grip available on the track, including Anthony Chadwick in the 348 ts, Chris Hitchman (F355), Charles Haynes (sharing wife Tracey's 328GTB), Lorraine Hitchman in her 328 and Club Chairman Richard Allen, who lost the back end coming into the Molehill but finished the run after eventually pointing the 328 in the right direction, some 20 seconds down on his usual time.

Fastest of the morning was Andrew Holman in the F355, smoothly driving his way to 40.77 seconds, just ahead of Nick

Photo: Pauline Goodwin

PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 15 CURBOROUGH SPRINT 3rd October 2010

Well insulated from the rain were Nick and Fiona Taylor.

Taylor on 40.96, his 348GTC with the List 1B tyres. Richard Prior (F355) was in third place on 43.05 but a carefully controlled lap by Sean Doyle put the 308 GT4 up into 4th place with 43.52.

During the lunchbreak the hillclimbers huddled together for warmth under the shelter of the Pirelli gazebo, until the paddock marshall called us up to the start line to start the official runs. Ed Briscoe (308) fishtailed away from the startline which resulted in a spin about 50 yards down the straight.

Mark and Jack Hargreaves, in their shared 308 GTB, put in their best times of the day with 46.44 and 47.35 respectively, as did Peter Hitchman in the 550 (47.88) and Charles Haynes on 47.83.

Sean Doyle seemed to be enjoying the The season’s highest entry of 24 Ferraris were conditions, his on parade at Curborough.

car control having improved throughout the season, and he was working hard to keep ahead of his main rivals in the Classic Cup. Sean crossed the line in 43.76 and was topping the time sheet, but it only lasted three minutes when Richard Allen drove smoothly and steadily around, without any Molehill drama this time, and stopped the clock on 41.72.

Phil Whitehead, who sometimes pulls a surprise result out of the bag in his F355, peaked on his first official run with 45.65 seconds, as did Jeff Cooper in the 360 Modena with 46.90. Andrew Holman, now brimming with confidence after leading the earlier practice rounds, carried too much speed and enthusiasm into the first corner and put his F355 into a graceful spin and an aborted lap.

A neatly executed donut had him facing in the correct direction for a return to the paddock. Richard Prior followed next and found oversteer on every corner, which looks fun to drive but is, of course, the slowest way round on 43.32 seconds.

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Photo: Liz Mineeff

Andrew Holman finished the season in tremendous form, posting the only sub-40 second time to take not only the scratch win but also 20 Championship points.

The two extremes of technology were up next: Jon Goodwin in the 250GT Lusso and John Marshall in the 430 Scuderia. In the dry, at Loton Park for example, there can be as much as 7 seconds difference between these two cars, but here at Curborough, in the wet, things were much closer. The Lusso took a smooth and almost regal lap of the track in 44.20, but the Scuderia was struggling to get the power down, even on the straight, and finished in 43.97 - less than a quarter of a second behind Gooders!

At this point in time, Richard Allen was leading the Ferrari class, Prior in second, Sean Doyle had third place and John Marshall was in 4th. But this was to all to change. Nick Taylor was the final runner of the batch and the 1B tyres on the 348 GTC were coping well with the extreme wetness. His was also a smooth and controlled run but visibly faster on every corner resulting in a speed of 99 mph over the finish line with a time of 40.27 to snatch the lead.

Although the rain eased during the second run, many drivers reported that it seemed greasier than earlier. The shared drive cars of Tracey Haynes and Anthony Chadwick were happy in the early part of the batch and both took a considerable chunk from their times, Tracey by 1.44

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secs and Anthony by over two.

Mark and Jack Hargreaves in their shared 308 were both slower this time but Christian Mineeff found an improvement of 0.17 secs. Ed Briscoe stayed on the tarmac this time and almost matched his best practice time with 49.36, Wendy Ann Marshall lopped 2 seconds from her earlier time and jumped ahead of Peter Hitchman, and Charles Haynes recorded 47.39.

Peter Wilson made a second and a half leap forward to 46.77 and, with the Chadwick family 348 nicely warmed up by son Anthony, father Ian also made improvements on his second run and finished the day on 46.63.

The next three runners, all eligible for the Classic Cup were going quicker. Lorraine Hitchman improved by 1.33 to 47.07 secs, Sean Doyle had an excellent run on 43.01 which would give him 5th place on scratch and a brilliant 3rd place on points (just behind Classic Cup arch rival Richard Allen) after the PEP factors had been applied. Pauline Goodwin followed him, almost a second faster than her previous effort, on 47.22. Richard Allen had obviously brought the correct car along for this event and reduced his time to 41.43 to give him 3rd place on scratch. Chris Hitchman was hanging the back end of the F355 out on the tight corners but all the while getting quicker for a

44.13 finish.

Mike Spicer followed with the 360 and despite this being the competition debut of the car, Mike drove it with much bravery to knock exactly 3 seconds from his first run time and was just a gnat’s whisker away from catching Richard Allen and the last remaining podium spot. Phil Whitehead had a big moment on the tree-lined side of the track, his 355 sliding onto the grass at one of the fastest points but coming to no harm apart from recording a failed run. Jeff Cooper followed in the third 360 here, but was unexpectedly slower this time.

After the first failed run, you would be wondering if Andrew Holman would take the safe option and get a banker run in, or to go for broke and get as many points as possible. Anyone who knows Andrew from previous seasons would be sure the safe option isn’t in his nature. His superb driving ignored the conditions and he found grip where others had failed, taking the class win with a carefully controlled lap of the track in his F355GTB and was the only driver to break the 40-second barrier, on 39.64.

This also bagged him the 20 Championship points. Richard Prior was on the start line, saw Holman’s time, and was encouraged that the track was drying out. However, after trying to correct the oversteer on the first left -hand corner, found the car snapping back in the opposite direction and ended up in the righthand grassy embankment.

Jon Goodwin and John Marshall were both slower, possibly due to the delays and watching the recovery team at work on the 355, but more likely because the rain had made another appearance. Nick Taylor tried hard with his 348 GT but couldn’t beat his earlier run time, and nor Holman.

The final result, then, saw the first scratch win for Andrew Holman in the 355 (20 points), Nick Taylor 2nd (13 points) and Richard Allen 3rd on 17 points.

The two cars with the most bhp,

some of the older tipos to finish higher up the order than usual. An eclectic mix of cars showing some great skill from their talented drivers. and a fitting (if soggy) end to the 2010 season.

Photo: Pauline Goodwin

Christian Mineeff on 43.88 in the 360 Modena and John Marshall's 430 Scuderia less than one tenth of a second behind. Chris Hitchman (355 GTS) and Jon Goodwin (250 GT Lusso) were only split by 7 hundredths of a second, while the next three cars of Tracey Haynes (328), Phil Whitehead (355) and Anthony Chadwick (348) were covered by less than half a second.

It had been a very closely fought battle, with the weather playing its part and enabling

Footnote: Enjoying the best grip at a slippery Curborough was this snail which hitched a lift on Pauline Goodwin’s 328GTB.

CURBOROUGH SPRINT 3 OCTOBER 2010 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 15 Driver Andrew Holman *Nick Taylor Richard Allen Mike Spicer Sean Doyle Richard Prior Christian Mineeff *John Marshall Chris Hitchman Jon Goodwin Gp2 Tracey Haynes Philip Whitehead Anthony Chadwick Jack Hargreaves Gp2 Ian Chadwick Peter Wilson Jeff Cooper Lorraine Hitchman Pauline Goodwin Mark Hargreaves Gp2 *Wendy Ann Marshall Charles Haynes Peter Hitchman Edward Briscoe Key: * 1B tyres

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

Run 1

Run 2

64ft

PEP %

PEP time

F355 348GTC 328GTB 360 Mod 308GT4 F355 360 Mod F430 F1 F355GTS 250 Lusso 328GTB F355 348ts 308GTB 348ts 348tb 360 Mod 328GTS 328GTB 308GTB 328GTB 328GTB 550 Mar 308GTS

43.04 42.16 42.74 44.13 44.43 42.75 46.91 44.31 fail 44.72 45.70 43.91 --49.88 47.81 49.17 48.94 49.82 47.58 49.70 49.52 49.57 50.58 50.69

40.77 40.96 68.73 46.34 43.52 43.05 44.54 44.24 45.38 44.59 45.59 47.62 49.16 49.51 47.93 48.41 47.61 fail 46.72 48.65 51.13 --49.55 49.00

fail 40.27 41.72 44.86 43.76 43.32 44.05 43.97 45.02 44.20 46.78 45.65 48.03 46.44 47.94 48.28 46.90 48.40 48.17 47.35 49.47 47.83 47.88 fail

39.64 40.88 41.43 41.86 43.01 fail 43.88 44.02 44.13 46.27 45.34 fail 45.82 49.16 46.63 46.77 47.22 47.07 47.22 49.59 47.39 49.84 48.86 49.36

2.92 2.86 2.59 2.96 2.91 2.98 3.64 3.11 3.15 3.05 3.00 3.13 3.15 --2.85 3.07 3.52 3.23 3.28 3.24 3.29

0.0 +2.5 -3.0 +1.0 -4.5 0.0 +1.0 +5.0 0.0 -4.5 -3.0 0.0 -2.0 -3.0 -2.0 -2.0 +1.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -1.0 -3.0 -1.0 -4.5

39.64 41.28 40.19 42.28 41.07 43.32 44.32 46.17 44.13 42.21 43.98 45.65 44.90 45.05 45.70 45.83 47.37 45.66 45.80 45.93 46.92 46.40 47.40 47.14

3.53 3.72

Pts 20 13 17 11 15 10 7 1 8 12 9 4 6 5 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 - 64ft time for fastest run

RS&SCC CLASS AWARDS: 1st Andrew Holman 2nd Nick Taylor 3rd Richard Allen

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Chris Butler Richard Prior Nick Taylor Andrew Holman *Richard Allen John Marshall Sean Doyle *Jon Goodwin *Pauline Goodwin Philip Whitehead David Tomlin Jack Hargreaves Chris Hitchman Mark Hargreaves Tracey Haynes Barrie Wood Sergio Ransford Wendy Ann Marshall

157 135 126 122 116 110 101 90 77 74 65 51 49 48 47 37 37 33

John Swift Jeffrey Cooper Peter Rogerson Ian Chadwick Lorraine Hitchman Peter Wilson Charles Haynes Peter Hitchman Edward Briscoe Mike Spicer Andrew Duncan Julian Playford Colin Campbell Adrian Wilson Anthony Chadwick Douglas Campbell Christian Mineeff

29 28 25 22 19 15 15 15 14 11 10 10 10 9 9 8 7

*These competitors have also used non Classic cars

Classic competitors final points after Round 15

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Richard Allen 116, Sean Doyle101, Pauline Goodwin 75, Jack Hargreaves 51, Mark Hargreaves 48, Tracey Haynes 47, Sergio Ransford 37, Jon Goodwin 35, Wendy Ann Marshall 33, Lorraine Hitchman 19, Charles Haynes 15, Edward Briscoe 14, Colin Campbell 10.

Photos: Pauline Goodwin and Andrew Holman

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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

DONINGTON PARK 9th October 2010

Return to Donington Park! earthmoving and demolition, with trenches cut across the swathes of familiar tarmac, it was a relief to find that the circuit was in pretty good order. The only change of any note was the repositioning of the chicane at Goddards, taking it 100 metres or so closer to Coppice. And when we had sampled it, most of us Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

HE RACE MEETING at Donington Park on Saturday, 9th October, was special for several reasons writes JOHN SWIFT. It was, of course, the last round of a busy racing season for our two Ferrari series. But apart from this it was one of the first meetings at this newly re-opened and much loved circuit following its mugging by various vandals who managed to almost persuade us that it was to be the new home of the British Grand Prix.

Much has been said and written about the goings-on at Donington Park since the sad passing of its owner and champion, Tom Wheatcroft (who surely deserves a posthumous knighthood for his energetic rebuilding, over very many years, of this famous pre-war circuit).

It is said that you don’t really appreciate something until it’s taken away, and many of us, who had raced here regularly in the

past, felt a deep personal loss when it was rumoured that the track would never be opened again.

Happily it has reopened and, as if to register our delight, we Ferrari racers turned out in record numbers. And we were pleased with what greeted us.

After hearing stories of major

It was great to see Chris Wilson’s historic (ex-Robbie Stirling) 308GTB out again in the hands of Steve Hart. Sadly the car was involved in a nasty accident shortly after the start of the race.

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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

thought the new location actually improved the track over the old layout.

Twenty-seven Ferraris were entered for this event – a record in recent times. The mix of classes was rather better spread than usual: 5 in Gp4, 13 in Gp3, 6 in Gp2 and 3 in Gp1. Unsurprisingly, since it was the end of the season, there were no new recruits although Steve Hart was down to drive Chris Wilson’s his-

Having a laugh! Ray Ferguson relaxes in the pits while above him, attached to the wall, is a photograph of himself taken with William Moorwood’s effigy at a Bristol shopping centre.

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toric ex-Robbie Stirling 308GTB, defend their position.” I am reits owner having suffered an inliably informed by Aston Martin jury when competing in an overOwners Club that they won’t be seas hillclimb in his McLaren. using this Clerk of the Course in Graham Reeder was making his the future . . . first appearance this year in ClasThe paddock was unusually sic, driving his well-known Gp4 uncrowded for this Aston Martin 328GTB. Owners’ Club meeting. Paddock Some of the cars wore scars 2 was almost entirely populated incurred at recent races. Nick

by Ferraris which, with close to Taylor’s Mondial was well ban50 entries, formed a significant daged after its Castle Combe proportion of the cars racing at contretemps and Michael Squire’s this event. Some of our cars ex-Tomlin 328GTB looked slightly ‘Sheffield’ as we say in the north. Some of the drivers were also a bit below par: Wayne Marrs still suffered a stiff neck after the whiplash injury he suffered in the start line pile-up at Oulton Park the Gp2 winner William Jenkins just ahead of previous month.

Nick Cartwright’s Gp4 328GTB. Because of the change to the circuit layout, all were allocated pit garages at a drivers were required to attend a small extra charge which probabriefing. Since ours was exclubly made sense for an October sively for Ferrari competitors we meeting where the weather could requested the Clerk of the Course be inhospitable. However, those to emphasise a number of points who feared the worst were pleasfrom our Code of Conduct. To antly surprised that, following the make it easy, we highlighted previous day’s rain, race day conthese in the Clerk’s copy. ditions were dry and settled.

We might as well not have The Ferraris were called up bothered. At the end of the early for their 15 minute qualifybriefing he asked if there was ing session although they were anything else he should add. kept waiting at the Melbourne When we reminded him of the Loop collecting area for a long need to avoid weaving down the time while repairs were made to straights he replied “Well I don’t the track’s barriers following a subscribe to that view – I think serious looking crash to an N24 all drivers should be allowed to Aston in a previous session.

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Rear guard action at Redgate. It’s the first lap and on the left Richard Fenny (GT40 chases Steve Hart (308GTB) and Ray Ferguson (Mondial t). Further back, on the right, John Watts (308GT4) is almost attached to the tail of Nick Whittaker’s similar car while Geoff Neal (grey 328GTB) is right in the thick of it.

With a large field it wasn’t easy to get a clear lap but the two Cartwright lads, Ben and Jim, clearly found a way and posted easily the quickest times to capture the front row of the grid.

Ben’s Gp3 328 was just a whisker ahead of Jim’s Gp4 machine, at 1:22.791. Third quickest, Graham Reeder was a full two seconds in arrears.

Once again the times demonstrated that there isn’t much difference in performance between Gp3 and Gp4: the top six cars consisted of three Gp3s and three Gp4s, with Chris Butler (Gp3), Nick Taylor (Gp4) and Peter Everingham (Gp3) joining this elite band of pace setters.

The fastest Gp2 car was the Gulf Oil liveried 308GTB of Swiss based William Jenkins while Gp1 was led by the inimitable William Moorwood, who was a second or so ahead of John Watts, having his first outing of the season in his racy looking Gp2 GT4.

Just for the record (and not forgetting the slight adjustment to the track layout) the quickest PFfc lap record at Donington was Gary Culver’s 1: 23.824 driving his current 328GTB but in its earlier Gp3 form. Which makes Ben’s pole-setting time look pretty impressive.

The 20-minute race got underway promptly at 3.00pm in near perfect conditions. The start was somewhat chaotic for two reasons. First, on the prerace dummy grid at Melbourne,

the cars were formed up in two long lines without any attempt to introduce a stagger between rows. And then, when the cars returned to the start area after their green flag lap, there were no marshals to get the cars into their correct positions.

With all this poor admin, most of the drivers seemed to line up dead behind the car in front, which is not what you want if that car makes a laggardly start.

Your reporter thought parking his old 308 at an angle and pointing at the gap in the row ahead might produce a result and, as the lights were doused, so it Board meeting. Club Chairman Richard Allen (45) proved. uses his Gp3 328GTB to good purpose to put your Up at the front, scribe and his Gp2 308GTB in their place. It was Ben C made a brila ding-dong struggle for lap after lap. liant start to lead the field into Redgate with Butler The mid-field situation saw (using his hillclimbing launch Richard Squire, Peter Fisk, Nick technique to the full) slipping into Cartwright and Peter Moseley in second, ahead of Jim C. close company with, just behind Reeder, from row 2, was them, the Club chairman and determined to be up with them Comp director having an interestbut spun through 180º on the ing battle, their 328 and 308 exit to that first corner. It is a passing and repassing all around tribute to the skills of those bethe circuit. hind that no one hit the stationBringing up the rear but still ary 328 – its driver blinking dishaving a ding-dong time of it, believingly at the wave of traffic were Pauline Goodwin (328GTB) hurtling towards him. and the GT4s of Tris Simpson and

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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Brothers in War. Ben Cartwright (72) leads Jim in the opening laps of the race, but Jim turned the tables later on to take overall victory.

But there was more drama to come at Redgate on the very next lap. After the leaders had gone through, with Jim C displacing Butler in second, an overambitious Fenny lost control of his 308GT4 and hit the tail of the Steve Hart 308GTB. The cars collided, sending Hart into the barriers and causing the GT4 to be seriously deformed at the front end. Both cars, of course, were retired on the spot while Moorwood was forced to take to the grass to miss the accident.

By the start of lap 3 things had settled down. The Carties were slugging it out at the front and then, after a little gap, came a tight threesome of Butler, Everingham and Taylor. Then it was Martin Hart (driving the sort of impressive race we have come to expect of him) with Marrs, Richard Moseley (heading Gp2) and William Jenkins making a close examination of his boot lid.

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

It was the best race of the season for Tris Simpson, winning Gp1 with his 308GT4.

ing results table, Gp 1 was won and his dad, Nick Cartwright.

by Tris Simpson, from Nick Notwithstanding the unfortuWhittaker nate damage to two of the cars in and William that second lap fracas, it had Moorwood. been an exciting race to finish In Gp2 it the season. And mentioning that was Wilearly incident, it afterwards beliam Jencame clear that one of the circuit kins from ambulances had sprayed the Richard track with its fuel from an inseMoseley cure filler cap when it charged and John round the circuit immediately Swift. The before the start of the race.

Gp3 winner Could that have been the cause was Ben of Richard Fenny’s loss of conCartwright trol? Perhaps we shall never A hectic moment at Redgate when the stripey 328 of Ben from Chris know for sure.

Cartwright comes up to lap Tris Simpson, Pauline GoodButler and win (328GTB) and Nick Whittaker (308GT4).

Peter Eversix of the brave 27 who had ingham. And in Gp4 the overall started but there was no lessenrace winner, Jim Cartwright, also ing of pace. took the class from Nick Taylor With two laps to go, Jim Carty looked to be in a winning position, having passed his elder brother on lap 4. Similarly, Ben seemed to be in control of second spot, some distance ahead of third man Butler. Evers, in 4th, was seeing Taylor and Hart large in his mirrors while Jenkins had passed young Moseley to take the Gp2 baton.

With the exuberance of youth, Jim Cartwright waved cheekily to his fans packing the fence at Redgate as they cheered him on for his final lap. There were no more major upsets although Hart got the better of Taylor to take Mondial honours, and the Chairman, quite rightly, asserted his authority over his This is how it finished, with Jim Cartwright (69) leading Ben over the director. line - both brother being class winners.

As shown in the accompany-

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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Nick Whittaker. The unfortunate Moorwood was having to play catch-up after that lap 2 excursion, as was Reeder, the latter making determined progress through the traffic.

On lap 11, Michael Squire and Fisk made contact with each other at Goddards, resulting in both cars’ retirement, while Marr’s race came to an end when the needle on the water temperature dial went off the clock (subsequently diagnosed as a faulty gauge).

Also at about this time Squire senior pulled off just after McLeans when his 328’s clutch disintegrated. We had now lost

PIRELLI FERRARI formula classic – Round 11 DONINGTON PARK 9th October 2010 Pos No

Driver

Tipo

Group Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

1

69 Jim Cartwright

328GTB

4

15

20:55.249

1:22.526

1:22.813

2

2

72 Ben Cartwright

328GTB

3

15

21:05.151

1:22.908

1:22.791

1

3

5

328GTB

3

15

21:28.268

1:25.174

1:25.096

4

4

12 Peter Everingham

328GTB

3

15

21:31.921

1:25.311

1:25.576

6

5

31 Martin Hart

Mondial t

3

15

21:38.900

1:24.732

1:25.672

7

6

57 Nick Taylor

Mondial t

4

15

21:41.356

1:25.551

1:25.552

5

7

3

Nick Cartwright

328GTB

4

15

21:53.177

1:25.318

1:27.521

14

8

38 William Jenkins

308GTB

2

15

22: 03.827

1:24.784

1:26.603

9

9

23 Graham Reeder

328GTB

4

15

22:05.344

1:24.672

1:24.618

3

10

16 Richard Moseley

308GTB

2

15

22:10.300

1:25.974

1:27.385

12

11

15 Peter Moseley

328GTB

3

15

22:16.451

1:26.349

1:28.032

15

12

45 Richard Allen

328GTB

3

15

22:19.237

1:26.425

1:28.359

17

Chris Butler

13 11Laps: John Swift Fastest Jim Cartwright

308GTB Group2 4

151:22.526 22:57.951 1:28.497 (86.33 mph)1:26.442 establishes lap record 18

14

Mondial t Group3 3

17

18 Jon Goodwin Ben Cartwright 14 John Watts William Jenkins 47 Geoff Neal Nick Whittaker 7 Ray Ferguson

2 Group 2 328GTB 3 Group 1 Mondial t 3

141:22.908 21:21.127 1:29.966 (85.93 mph)1:29.385 establishes lap record 14 21:24.332 1:28.548 1:30.729 1:24.784 (84.03 mph) establishes lap record 14 21:27.807 1:29.177 1:31.235 1:28.982 (80.06 mph) establishes lap record 14 21:31.275 1:30.154 1:28.911

18

46 Tris Simpson

308GT4

1

14

21:33.085

1:29.265

1:31.625

27

19

48 Nick Whittaker

308GT4

1

14

21:34.555

1:28.982

1:31.291

26

20

33 Pauline Goodwin

328GTB

3

14

21:35.235

1:28.593

1:30.327

23

21

29 William Moorwood

308GT4

1

14

22:18.994

1:31.793

1:29.827

20

DNF

60 Wayne Marrs

328GTB

4

5

7:40.955

1:29.511

1:26.632

10

DNF

35 Richard Squire

328GTB

3

4

6:11.550

1:29.429

1:26.777

11

DNF

32 Michael Squire

328GTB

3

4

6:25.033

1:30.042

1:26.397

8

DNF

30 Pete Fisk

328GTB

3

3

4:36.524

1:29.399

1:27.513

13

DNF

55 Steve Hart

308GTB

2

1

1:43.037

1:28.190

16

DNF

25 Richard Fenny

308GT4

2

1

1:43.248

1:30.136

22

15 16

Fastest Laps:

Jim Cartwright Ben Cartwright William Jenkins Nick Whittaker

308GT4

Group 4 Group 3 Group 2 Group 1

1:22.526 (86.33 mph) 1:22.908 (85.93 mph) 1:24.784 (84.03 mph) 1:28.982 (80.06 mph)

21 24 25 19

establishes lap record establishes lap record establishes lap record establishes lap record

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T

HE RE-OPENED Donington Park saw a terrific entry of Ferraris for the Pirelli Ferrari Open race on 9th October reports JOHN SWIFT. Although it was the beginning of autumn, the weather gods were smiling and it was dry throughout the day.

The programme listed no fewer than 22 cars, which seemed to confirm that the Club’s overhaul of the classes in PFO at the beginning of the season was a sound move. There was always the danger that bringing in more modern machinery would result in drivers of the older F355 Challenge cars deciding not to compete when, realistically, they no longer could hope for overall victory. However, the new format appears to work well and the net gain in entries, of course, makes the series viable once

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again. start-line accident at Oulton Park The mix of cars was the previous month, when his reasonably balanced, with 8 regular 360 GTC was seriously F355/Ch in Class C1, 5 360/Ch in damaged. Tim Mogridge was to C2, a further 5 430/Ch in C3, and have made his first appearance 4 Ferraris in the ‘catch-all’ Class of the season in PFO but sadly S. the day before he had A word or two about the extensively damaged his car in drivers may be useful since, pre-event testing. Tim was unlike in the Classic series, some competitors have not made regular appearances this year. In C1, Mike Reeder and Robert Pulleyn were on parade, as was Mark I’Anson after his unfortunate experience at Knockhill early in the season.

Wayne Marrs was back with his F355 “David Hathaway’s 360 Challenge was looking following his nasty its usual handsome self again.”

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

ROUND 11: DONINGTON PARK 9th October 2010

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

therefore unable to take part.

Craig Milner and Vance Kearney were down to drive their regular very competitive mounts while a new name in PFO – Jim Cartwright - was at the wheel of the very smart looking F355 from the family emporium. This car had just emerged from the bodyshop following its altercation with Marr’s 360 at Oulton when brother Ben was in charge.

In C2, Robert Macfarlane was back in business again after his unfortunate experience at Oulton, when a wayward Aston Martin caused an accident to his 360 Challenge during pre-event testing. The remainder of the class was reasonably familiar, with David Hathaway’s silver Challenge car looking its usual handsome self again following its

argument with the barriers at Zolder. Sean Winder and Keith Godber were back for more after their previous successful outings although the pick of the crop looked to be Mick Dwane, who has enjoyed a hugely successful season with us.

Things were hotting up in Class C3 and it was difficult to pick a favourite from the seriously competitive Oops! Gary Eastwood (430 Challenge) spins at the first corner after the start. pilots like Gary Eastwood, Derek Johnston, Ian With the two non-starts, Hartley and Paul Bailey. Joining twenty cars emerged from the them was David paddock for the 15-minute qualiTomlin, and there fying session. The JMH-run is no-one in Fer430GT3 of Arwyn Williams – porari racing more tentially the quickest car in the competitive. field – was immediately in trouble David was having with transmission problems and his first essay in only managed to qualify with a his recently actime that put him at the back of quired 430, a car the field. imported from There was close competition overseas. between the Class C3 cars to Class S claim pole and it was the matt promised the black 430 Challenge (it is red unusual duel bederneath its plastic overcoat!) of tween the two Derek Johnston that got its nose Pauls: Brooks in in front, by just half-a-second the Fosker Engifrom Gary Eastwood. David neering 456GT Tomlin was very quickly in the Arwyn Williams’s rapid 430GT3 suffered tranand Unsworth in groove in his newly purchased smission problems in qualifying but JMH sorted the ex430, slotting into a second row them all out for the race to secure a class win.

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Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

The paintwork on Robert Macfarlane’s 360 Challenge was barely dry after emerging from the bodyshop earlier in the week. He impressed with an overall 4th place and a win in Class C2.

Hetherington 550 Maranello.

They were joined for this race by Arwyn Williams, his rapid 430GT3 being reclassified. The fourth Ferrari that should have been racing was the much modified 308GTB of Mario Ferrari. Unfortunately this car suffered problems in Friday’s testing and could not be readied in time.

The AMOC programme featured the Reeder Brothers. Graham Reeder explained the ethos behind his and brother Mike’s racing activities; for some years they have prepared more Ferraris for the Club’s race series than any other team. At Donington they had eight cars in the Classic race, two in Open and one in Intermarque – surely some sort of record.

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

An overjoyed Derek Johnston brought his 430 Challenge car home to victory.

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Cartwright collision in the previous race, the start procedure had been changed to a rolling start.

This is fine providing two very important things are observed by the organisers and competitors: 1 - the field is kept in tight formation immediately before the start lights go out, and 2 - the pace on the green flag lap is fast enough for everyone to get heat into their tyres.

Unfortunately, these provisos weren’t strictly adhered to.

As the cars approached the startline, with pole position man Johnston in control, a gap opened up between Tomlin and Hartley.

And then, as if to demonstrate that tyres weren’t up to working temperature, Eastwood spun at Redgate – happily with no contact with the rest of the bunched field. I’Anson’s F355 Challenge refused to fire up and had to be push-started; he was therefore left trailing at the back.

All these fun and games Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

purchased 430, slotting into a second row position alongside Ian Hartley’s similar car.

As predicted, Mick Dwane was the pick of the crop in C2, easing out a very competitive David Hathaway and Robert Macfarlane, the latter’s bright yellow paintwork barely dry after emerging from the bodyshop. In C1, it was Craig Milner who was right on the money, outpacing Wayne Marrs and Mike Reeder for best in class. However, Jim Cartwright was only a second in arrears which bodes well for him in the future. Vance Kearney’s F355 had suffered fuel blockage problems in testing the day before but the Migliore Motors team seemed to have fixed the trouble after changing fuel pumps.

Like the twin stars Castor and Pollux, the two V12 Ferraris of Paul Brooks and Paul Unsworth vied for grid position in class S. It was the 456GT of Brooks that proved to be the quicker machine, Unsworth complaining of lack of grip with his 550 Maranello.

At the earlier AMOC race meeting at Oulton Park, the PFO race suffered by being the last on the card. This time we made sure this didn’t happen and the cars were brought under starters orders at around 4.00pm.

Following the Marrs/

David Tomlin was having his maiden outing in his 430/Ch. It was an tremendous debut, finishing in a strong second place.

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

Vance Kearney’s F355/Ch suffered fuel blockage problems which blunted his attack on Class C1.

sion, and then dived into the pit lane to allow the race to continue.

On the resumption the order at the front was Johnston – Tomlin – Williams – Macfarlane – Milner – Bailey. However, all was not as it seemed because the Clerk of the Course had spotted that three drivers: Milner, Hartley and Eastwood, had all overtaken prior to the line at the restart, and were penalised 20 seconds for their misdemeanour.

At the end, it was an overjoyed Derek Johnston who took

Photo: Jonathan Tremlett

therefore left trailing at the back.

All these fun and games meant that Johnston quickly developed a useful lead on Tomlin, the latter no doubt unable to believe his good luck to be in second spot. Behind, Macfarlane was revelling in his solid third position ahead of a startlingly rapid Milner, leading C1 by a country mile, and a quickly advancing Williams from the back of the field.

However, there was more disruption to come. As the field came up to the chicane to start lap 2, Mike Reeder made a misconceived lunge under braking to take Jim Cartwright on the inside.

The manoeuvre didn’t come off and the two 355s made contact.

Cartwright, with extensive damage to his car, ricocheted off into the gravel although Reeder was able to continue. A side effect of all this was that Mick Dwane, who had been delayed by that Redgate incident on the opening lap, also had to take to the gravel to avoid Jim’s spinning 355 and beached his 360 immoveably in the gravel alongside Cartwright.

The net result was that we lost both Jim and Mick.

The race continued for a further couple of laps before the safety car emerged to allow the area around Goddards to be cleared safely. For two laps the safety car led the 18-car proces-

the chequered flag, with an equally delighted David Tomlin bringing his 430 home in second.

An impressive last lap push by Gary Eastwood, to claim third from Arwyn Williams, proved to be unsuccessful in view of that time penalty. Similarly, Craig Milner’s remarkable drive to win the C1 battle went unrewarded after his penalty had been applied, giving the class victory to Wayne Marrs, from Reeder and I’Anson.

In class S, Paul Brooks brought the 456GT home ahead of Unsworth to complete a notably successful season.

Looking at fastest laps, Gary Eastwood, on that last lap, recorded 1:12.033, which, like all the others, establishes a new record. In C2, the flash of yellow that is Robert Macfarlane achieved 1:17.343 (just a fraction quicker than 5th placed David Hathaway) while in C1 Wayne Marrs proved to be the quickest, his F355/Ch achieving 1:18.138.

It had been an eventful race but, looking at the many smiling drivers’ faces afterwards, very promising for the future.

Good while it lasted. Jim was making his debut in the Cartwright family F355 but his race came to an untimely end at Goddards when he involuntarily had to take to the gravel.

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PIRELLI FERRARI OPEN– Round 11 DONINGTON PARK 9th October 2010 Pos

No

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DNF DNF

13 6 12 27 19 28 21 1 60 17 5 30 55 8 22 65 7 26 72 77

Driver Derek Johnston David Tomlin Arwyn Williams Robert Macfarlane David Hathaway Paul Bailey Sean Winder Gary Eastwood Wayne Marrs Ian Hartley Mike Reeder Mark I’Anson Keith Godber Vance Kearney Paul Brooks Craig Milner Robert Pulleyn Paul Unsworth Jim Cartwright Mick Dwane

Fastest Laps: Gary Eastwood Arwyn Williams Robert Macfarlane Wane Marrs

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

F430/Ch F430/Ch F430GT3 360/Ch 360/Ch F430/Ch 360/Ch F430/Ch F355/Ch F430/Ch F355/Ch F355/Ch 360/Ch F355/Ch 456GT F355/Ch F355/Ch 550 Maranello F355/Ch F360/Ch

C3 C3 S C2 C1 C3 C2 C3 C1 C3 C1 C1 C2 C1 S C1 C1 S C1 C2

12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 1 1

17:44:647 17:53.659 18:10.808 18:23.278 18:24.520 18:25.558 18:26.968 18:30.944 18:31.432 18:33.075 18:40.726 18:40.986 18:43.475 18:44.223 18:46.087 18:49.928 18:57.492 17:52.215 1:32.673 1:34.812

C3 S C2 C1

1:12.033 (98.90mph) 1:15.051 (94.93mph) 1:17.343 (92.11mph) 1:18.138 (91.18mph)

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1:12.663 1:13.327 1:15.051 1:17.343 1:17.494 1:17.641 1:17.679 1:12.033 1:18.138 1:13.542 1:19.322 1:18.986 1:19.214 1:18.852 1:19.846 1:18.587 1:21.797 1:24.971

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