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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS THRUXTON Following our overseas sojourn to Spa-Francorchamps, the next race meeting for Classic series competitors is the doubleheader at Thruxton, a 2-Day event on Saturday/Sunday 17/18 August. It is a few years since we took the Ferraris to this very fast Hampshire circuit and it will be the first ever time that the Classic series has visited. Lap length is 2.35 miles (3.79 km). A number of our drivers, particularly local man Ray Ferguson, have requested that we arrange a fixture here (not easy since our owners BARC only rarely offer to host races other than their own championships) and so we hope that it will prove to be popular. Entry forms and other details have already been sent out to registered JULY competitors and the closing date for entries is 7 August. Please note that for this meeting entries should be sent direct to the organisers and not to Anne.
COLIN CAMPBELL
We are very sad to record that, after a short spell out of hospital, Colin Campbell passed away on 3rd July. We shall remember Colin with great affection as a staunch supporter of the Club’s hillclimb Championship. He was, at 83 servicemen in the form of years of age, our oldest technical support at a track-day competitor and events will never organised by Gary Eastwood and be quite the same without seeing friends. The now annual event him in the paddock along with his takes place at Brands Hatch on beloved Dino. July 31st, 2013 Born in India, the son of an For FF Corse members who Army officer, he was educated at wish to take part in the event and Cheltenham College and went up provide track rides for the to Cambridge to read Agriculture. servicemen on the day, FF Corse Having graduated at the top of is offering free support and his year he then went to America transport logistics. to do a further degree at the WHAT’S ON University of Minnesota, gaining his MSc. He was appointed a Director of the US Feed Grains Council 13/14 Loton Park Hillclimb [double header] responsible for European and North Africa sheep 14 FOC: Concours Walton Hall programmes. His work allowed him to travel all over 16 FOC: Donington Park Track Day the US, Middle East, Europe and North Africa running major farm projects for the 19-21 Spa-Francorchamps: Pirelli SHELSLEY WALSH governments involved. Ferrari formula classic; nd Pirelli Ferrari Open [double Colin took partial early At the meeting on 2 headers] retirement in 1988 – he June, reported in this issue, a continued as a consultant film crew from Mobil 1 spent 26-28 Silverstone Classic Festival and took over the family the day filming the goings farm in Gloucestershire, the on. If you want to see the AUGUST 3 MIRA Sprint welfare of his sheep being a coverage you can log on to regular topic of conversation the Mobil 1 the Grid website 4 Hethel Sprint at events along with motor and click on Motorsports > sport affairs. Although in his Grassroots > Shelsley Walsh. 17/18 Thruxton: Pirelli Ferrari later years he confined A link, kindly provided formula classic [double himself to hillclimbing, at one by Mark Buckland, is: header] time he drove regularly in http://www.grid1.tv/ circuit races in the Dino, 18 Curborough Sprint (2-laps) which was prepared for him INJURED SOLDIERS by well known Club member 26 Castle Combe: Pirelli Ferrari CHARITY EVENT and hillclimb specialist Brian formula classic; Pirelli Windle. He also raced an Ferrari Open FF Corse will again be Aston Martin DB2 team car supporting an away day for 31 Prescott Hillclimb (MKC 306) for many years injured soldiers and
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Thanks to Tim Mogridge, our team captain, for keeping us up to speed.
MALLORY PARK CELEBRATION
which he eventually handed on to his son, Mark. Colin was a great character. He was highly critical of people in motor sport who he thought were not doing a satisfactory job for competitors. He was well known for not spending more time or money than he felt was strictly necessary on his cars. I remember that at Shelsley Walsh last year, the very last hillclimb event he did, I commented on the amazing number of cobwebs festooned around the cockpit of his Dino. “Removing them doesn’t make the old car go any faster,” was his reply. He was also both unfailingly courteous and a real gentleman. Again at Shelsley, some years ago he arrived with his Dino’s rear end badly damaged. He explained that a woman driver travelling behind him had run into the back of the car when she carelessly failed to stop at a roundabout. Although it was clearly the other driver’s fault, Colin said “I didn’t bother to take her name. She was such a nice lady and she obviously didn’t mean to do it. I didn’t want to spoil her day.” We send our condolences to his wife Cecilia and his two sons, James and Mark. A Memorial service has been arranged in
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Gloucestershire on 19th July at St Mary’s Fretherne GL2 7JF at 3.00pm.
INTERMARQUE The latest information we have on the Aston Martin Intermarque Championship is that after 3 rounds the Ferrari team is in third position, with 204 points. Leading at this early stage, with 256 points, is the Porsche team with Aston Martin, on 234, in second. Better news is that in the individual competition, Wayne Marrs, last year’s champion, is currently in the lead with his Ferrari F355 Challenge.
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Taken at the La Vie en Bleu meeting at Prescott in May, 2008, Colin was ‘arrested’ by two spoof gendarmes. Behind is his beloved Dino.
On the day after the British Grand Prix we attended a very special celebration at Mallory Park. The owner of the circuit, Chris Meek, had arranged the unveiling of a bronze statue of Adrian Newey, the F1 designer. Currently the chief technical officer with Red Bull, Adrian has won more (nine) Constructors’ Championships than any other designer. With Red Bull he designed the winning cars in 2010 (RB6), 2011 (RB7) and last year’s RB8. Previously he was responsible for championshipwinning Formula One cars for Williams F1 and McLaren. Additionally he is no mean driver himself as anyone who has been to Goodwood and seen him at the wheel of his E-type will testify. The Champagne started to flow at 1.00pm when Adrian, accompanied by Christian Horner (now both awarded OBEs), arrived in their helicopter. Other notables at the party included Martin Brundle, Tony Jardine, Tim Parnell, Stuart Graham and BARC Chairman Simon Clark. It was all very jolly, the lunch was superb, and the weather was gloriously sunny. And Adrian even admitted that he recognised himself from his statue!
RA’s HILLCOMMENT Busy Times for those of us Club members who like to max out on events, whether it be hills or circuits, but now is the time the dates start to collide – not just the comp stuff but the other main Club activities. I have made a point in years gone by to turn out for the FOC stately home picnics. These are always good fun and immensely popular with our fellow members, but I have already missed the first two – Rockingham Castle was the same weekend as Harewood and Blenheim Palace clashed with the Silverstone Pirelli Ferrari Open and Classic rounds. In just two week’s time, as I write these notes, is the Loton Park doubleheader weekend and hillclimb events don’t come much better. Sadly I will not be present as I am doing my duty and will be at Walton Hall for our National Meet and Concours the same weekend. My apologies, then, for not showing. Unfortunately I have a similar difficulty over the MIRA and Hethel weekend, with another clashing FOC engagement. Talking of Picnics, the one not too miss is, of course, the hillclimbers’ favourite: Prescott. This annual event is booked for Sunday 8th September and will be run to the established format. It’s an ideal opportunity to get in loads of runs up this short but complex and exciting hill. Unlike a competitive event, it is a very relaxed day and probably even greater fun, plus you get to meet your chums and an assortment of like minded Club members. More Date Clashes or rather near misses in September where the Formula Classic series is at Oulton Park on Saturday 21st and the PFHC are at Shelsley Walsh on the 22nd. Rumour has it that Pauline
Goodwin plans to do both these meetings, and of course the Goodwin home is quite handy geographically for such ambitions. I have similar aspirations, but as it can take up to five hours home from Oulton I am going to request permission to go to Shelsley on the way home and run the 328 there. I will arrange to dump my truck and trailer at least thirty miles away so as to enter in to the spirit of the ‘no trailer’ rule. Front Runners in the PFHC so far this season are Nick Taylor who looks like a man on a mission with his F430, and Richard Prior (F355), presently tied on points for the overall win, and Doyle with his 308GT4. Sean, having abandoned his less than successful 348 experience, and back in his well sorted 308GT4, looks well set for the Classic section. It is, though, still early days, especially when only the best eight scores count. Very often it builds up to an exciting finish over the last couple of rounds.
front bumper is certainly not carbon fibre! Beyond 0-64ft an intriguing subject opened in last month’s RA Column has brought out some fascinating input, particularly from John Marshall, who has an analytical mind fortunately. He has done some homework on this start time aspect with the best figures recorded in our series to date. These are 2.19 for a 328, 2.20 for 308 and 2.24 for the 355. Taking the figure of 2.20 shows an average speed of 19.835 mph for the 64 feet. If the same rate of acceleration is maintained then 60 mph would be reached in just 3.327 seconds. As a 308 takes around six seconds, a 328 around five, and a 355 four, then this is patently not the case. One of these 2.20 sec starts is very creditable for an underpowered very heavy road car. The top single-seaters at Shelsley Walshwere around the two second mark, though it must be said that the Ferraris are considerably slower at Shelsley than the best start times quoted, due to the steep slope off the line.
Prior’s New Wheels you would have thought would have been at least a 430 derivative but no, it seems he is another person who suffers from an attraction to what in the old days we used to call chiffon scarf and Afghan dog cars (see pic). Looks like some sort of British Leyland car to me – an MG Midget? Richard Prior is (allegedly) the proud owner of this Anyway that MG Midget from yesteryear. With a formidable front large black bumper like this he can have a few off-course excursions without anyone ever knowing.
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Roger Moran whom I spoke to recently reckons Gurston is the quickest start line and he has done his best ever 0-64 of around 1.7 seconds there. Roger and son Scott do not use launch or traction control off the line though some of the top ten guys do. Apparently they do use traction control further down the road though. He reckons, as I speculated last month, that the car covering the 0-64 fastest will gain more time as a result before the first corner, and he said that a couple of tenths off the line at Shelsley would gain another tenth at least before Kennel. Sywell Classic you will already have seen is an event to be held at Sywell Airfield in Northamptonshire on September 28/29. This show is to feature both cars and planes and will include a sprint track and some competitive running. Andrew Holman, along with Richard Prior and Club Sec Gary Dearn, are looking at FOC involvement. The idea is to feature a number of our PFHC cars in action there over the two days, taking in the hospitality and entertainment being laid on. More information will be forthcoming and if you have not already done so contact Andrew or Richard if you wish to join in. Petrol Prices are worth watching with the huge variations around, and being a bit of a tightwad I carefully plan my fuel stops and would not dream of stopping on the motorway. What is difficult is determining the price of the super fuels, as these are never shown on the road side signs. The headline 95 RON price is not much of a guide as Shell stations in particular often have a huge price gap to their V-Power, sometimes as much as eight pence. Must be since it is now
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RA keeping the lawns trimmed at Rotherfield Park, June 1991, in his pristine 308GT4 (in silver of course).
called V-Power Nitro and probably the best of the super fuels. It’s now far too powerful to accelerate your barbecue safely! Another Blast from the Past and another one of those stately home drive hillclimbs. This time we will recall Rotherfield Park, a venue used by our Club series in the early nineties. Located near to Alton in Hampshire and, like many of these grand places, situated in a really beautiful location. A generous paddock in a field near the start provided great picnic potential, and the hill, whilst short, was both fast and exciting. Off the line there was a flat out stretch up through open fields, going through an easy sweeping left hander. Then right, through a cluster of trees, up at the top in third gear before frantically losing speed and dropping in to second for a tight left over a bridge (see pic). Then going right, immediately before quickly grabbing third at the finish. Simple, but real road stuff and scenic too!
The Prizegiving Dinner date needs putting in your diary and it is around the same time we have run it for very many years and that’s Saturday 26 October. We are going back to Moore Place Hotel again as there are many aspects there that as you know are ideal for a function and party of our size. Early August I am off to Aspley Guise to meet Sally Maynard-Smith and Richard Prior to plan what we hope will be another memorable PFHC social event.
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PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 4 SHELSLEY WALSH HILLCLIMB 1st/2nd JUNE 2013
OUR CORRESPONDENT was sitting this round out, having been buffeted, frozen and rained on at the previous three rounds at North Weald and Harewood reports MARK WIBBERLEY. So to be greeted by a sunny car park of hundreds of spectators’ cars, an entry of around 80, and some pretty awesome specialist machinery at that, was quite impressive. This cracking event was held over two days, with two practice runs on Saturday followed by a convivial dinner and two competitive runs on Sunday, so a relaxed paddock highlighted the very social and friendly nature of our Championship. Practice on the Saturday was held without star entry Nick Taylor (430) who was away at Prescott taking part in the Vie en Bleu event. The best practice time was down to Richard Prior
(F355) in a fabulous 34.93 secs, commentators called our ahead of John Marshall in the esteemed Competition Director) 360SC and Richard Preece on 36.95. (F355). In very different machines, On Sunday, Nick Taylor was Shaun Doyle (308GT4) and allowed to take a sighting run at Pauline Goodwin were only sixa maximum speed of 20mph but hundredths apart, with Pauline on his first timed run put the (37.51) still getting to grips with hammer down to put in one of the three sub-35 second runs, at 34.35. This was only 9 hundredths faster than John Marshall (360CS) and, third quickest after a demonstration of smooth driving, was Richard Prior (355) at 34.61. So, only a quarter of a second between the first three. Our Club chairman, Richard Allen, wasn’t looking too dusty either on 35.51, almost half a second faster than the next F355 of Richard Preece; then came Philip Whitehead (36.63) and Catching up! Iwan Attwood is getting Swifty (as the closer to his dad’s times in the family Dino.
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John Marshall She did a tremendous 39.93 failed to improve, which not only won the well though was only deserved PFHC handicap award of 0.08 down, but the day but also wiped an Nick Taylor took incredible 2 seconds from her 0.71 off his time personal best time for this hill. to record the Peter Rogerson improved, though second fastest a disappointing 41.29 was ever Ferrari time sanguinely accepted as ‘one of on the hill. This those days’. saw Prior pushed The position on scratch was: into second place Taylor, Prior, Marshall, RA, with a 34.24. Whitehead, Preece and Swift Richard Preece the latter four in their recent was going like the weapons of choice, the F355. Nick Taylor (430) takes a generous amount of clappers, hitting Next came a mixture of the kerb on his way to yet another scratch win. 86mph at the smaller engine cars plus the big the big but powerful California. lower Esse speed trap. This was California, with Doyle, Goodwin, Sean Smith was in one of only patently too fast as an alarming Smith, Marshall (W-A), Attwood two 328s, at 37.45, with Wendyloss of the back end under Senior, Rogerson and Attwood Ann Marshall, in the other, braking led to a diagonal plunge Junior (now only 1.22 slower disappointed by 40.42 but for the safety barrier below us; than his father) completing the desperate to get into the 39s on happily masterful control of the field. her second run. Peter Rogerson car restored progress in the All of our drivers made it counted himself lucky to remain correct direction and a time of back to the paddock safely to on track in the only 360 Modena 36.05 - only eight hundreds watch Pauline present the day’s running (myself and Jeff Cooper down, but unfortunately a prizes to the British Hillclimb being absent), with possibly a podium spot probably blown. Championship winners, though lack of traction due to mud on his Nevertheless, this suggested an sadly no prizes were presented to tyres causing a major wobble alternative fast route to the top our gallant Ferrari drivers on the approaching bottom Esse. Iwan that others may (or may not) day. Attwood, at only his second wish to explore in the future. We’re back at Shelsley again hillclimb, was 2.7 seconds down Philip Whitehead took in September when, having seen on his father in the shared 246 virtually a second off his time, all the excitement, I promise Dino, enjoying it immensely. and joined the beaming Wendythere will be a blue 360 Modena convertible joining the field. This makes it seem more Ann in being probably the ordered than it was but I couldn’t happiest after the second run. work out the logic behind the strange running order of the Ferrari competitors: with the dual -driven 246 of the Attwoods you never knew who was coming next, except the Stradale which could be heard well down the track. Incidentally, almost all the Ferraris made full use of the kerb entering bottom Esse, avoided by virtually the rest of the field. After a leisurely lunch it was another hack up the hill to return to our Esses vantage point, which offers a magnificent view down the track and the tricky bits, which became increasingly littered with crashed singleseaters hoisted off for repair. First up on the second runs was young Attwood, 2.09 seconds faster, and one of nine of our runners who bettered their Hot stuff! Pauline Goodwin draped most of her first run times. Of the front personal underwear over her California’s tyres in a futile effort runners, on scratch at least, only to keep them cool at a very sunny and warm Shelsley Walsh.
SHELSLEY WALSH Hillclimb 1/2 June 2013 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 4
Driver Nick Taylor
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
Pract 3
430 Coupe 34.93
H/C
Run 1
Run 2 0-64ft
split
speed traps
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
34.00
34.35
33.64
2.57
21.74
93 95
+2.00
34.31
17
34.39
34.61
34.24
2.53
21.97
88 90
0.00
34.24
20
Richard Prior
F355
35.79
35.25
John Marshall
360/Ch Str
36.37
35.39
34.50
34.44
34.52
2.58
21.83
92 -
+4.00
35.82
11
Richard Allen
F355
36.03
35.77
34.85
35.51
35.77
2.68
23.16
83 90
0.00
35.51
15
Philip Whitehead
F355
36.74
36.25
34.98
36.63
35.64
2.61
22.91
83 91
0.00
35.64
13
Richard Preece
F355
36.10
35.43
35.00
35.97
36.05
2.51
23.26
82 -
0.00
35.97
10
John Swift
F355
38.20
37.67
36.14
36.95
36.75
2.86
24.05
79 89
0.00
36.75
9
Sean Doyle
308GT4
38.53
38.16
37.67
37.25
37.45
37.96
2.58
24.06
77 -
-4.50
35.76
12
Pauline Goodwin California
37.60
38.81
37.74
37.00
37.51
37.75
2.73
24.59
73 -
0.00
37.51
7
Shaun Smith
328GTB
39.61
38.85
37.75
38.74
38.22
2.79
25.47
77 79
-3.00
37.07
8
Wendy Marshall
328GTB
42.29
42.16
42.00
40.42
39.93
2.95
26.00
72 83
-3.00
38.73
5
Tony Attwood
246GT
43.72
41.28
40.56
41.14
40.61
2.76
26.36
72 77
-6.50
37.97
6
Peter Rogerson
360 Modena
42.98
43.82
39.32
42.65
41.29
2.64
27.73
67 91
+1.00
41.70
3
Iwan Attwood
245GT
47.37
43.91
42.50
43.92
41.83
2.64
27.48
66 77
-6.50
39.11
4
MAC Class Awards:
1st Nick Taylor
2nd Richard Prior
FOC Handicap:
1st Wendy Ann Marshall
3rd John Marshall
2nd Iwan Attwood
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SILVERSTONE 15/16 JUNE 2013
O RACE OUR FERRARIS on the full circuit at Silverstone is a rare opportunity writes JOHN SWIFT. So when the possibility came up, at the beginning of the year, we grabbed it with both hands. The long (5.89 km) track and wide open spaces of the Historic Grand Prix circuit make it possible to combine, just as we do at Spa and other European tracks, both our Classic and Open series safely and therefore make it financially viable (Silverstone GP is hideously expensive). Our hosts for this 2-day meeting were the MG Car Club, the event, titled ‘MG Live’, being their biggest of the year. Not only is there racing, with near to 500 competitors, but also wall to
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wall displays, celebrations and checked at this time. marketing of everything to do The Ferrari entry list was a with MGs. very satisfactory total of 35 cars On the Friday, Silverstone (the mix was 18 Classic; 15 Circuits held a test day for cars Open) for the two 25-minute taking part in the event and races, one on each day. Because many of the Ferrari drivers took of time constraints set by the advantage of the opportunity to try out their cars on the GP circuit. It was also a chance to sign-on, attend one of the compulsory briefings and have their car scrutineered and we were surprised that more of our Jim Cartwright was on fire all weekend. Here he drivers didn’t get leads Wayne Marrs in his similar 328GTB. their Ferrari
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welcome addition to Class 2 with a 360 Challenge car looked after by Stuart Bitmead’s organisation. We were only allocated two garages for this busy meeting so sadly many Ferrari drivers lost out on the first come first served distribution. Fortunately the weather during the weekend was mostly dry so those out in the paddock weren’t too badly off. Pirelli were out in force with two of their large pantechnicons to service not only us but also the Porsches that were racing just on the Saturday. They also provided a hospitality unit complete with Sam, one of their attractive ‘Pirelli Girls’.
Qualifying
Top: Lee Moulden (F355 Challenge) took Class 1 honours in Race 1, coming home an incredible 8th overall. Centre: Pole man Toby TarrantWillis holds off Paul Bailey, both in 458 Challenge cars. Bottom: And then it all goes wrong when Toby spins and hands victory to Paul.
organisers we were limited to just one 20-minute qualifier on Saturday morning, the grid for Sunday’s race being determined by the second fastest qualifying times. All the PFfc drivers had been racing already this season apart from Nigel Jenkins who had just flown in from Hong Kong (where he greeted his first grandchild) to be reunited with his bright yellow Gp4 328GTB. In PFO there were several
drivers having their first drive of the season with us. These included FF Corse clients Toby and Robin Tarrant-Willis (458 and 430 respectively), and newly registered David Mason with his 458 Challenge. Preparers JMH were looking after Arwyn Williams’s 458GT3 while Tris Simpson was having his first drive in an F355 Challenge, after acquiring Mark I’Anson’s black machine the previous week. Newcomer Paul Ugo was a
Saturday morning’s Ferrari qualifying was in dry conditions. Two cars – the Balfe Motorsport 458s of Sam Smeeth and Mick Dwane – were not permitted to take part having failed the static noise test earlier in the day. This failure remains a bit of a mystery since all the other 458s passed without apparent difficulty. Later, the Clerk of the Course reviewed the situation, decided the cars were now compliant with the noise limit, and allowed them to take part albeit starting at the back of the grid. It was Toby Tarrant-Willis who headed the timesheets (at 2:08.783) to claim pole position for Race 1, having outpaced Paul Bailey by nearly two seconds, with the GT3 version of Williams a further couple of seconds behind. Toby’s brother, Robin, was the leading 430 Challenge driver while newcomer Ugo marginally shaded regular Class 2 man, Nick Kaye, for grid position. Easily the quickest Class 1 driver was Lee Moulden in his F355 Challenge. In the Classic section, unsurprisingly Jim Cartwright (328GTB) was the fastest (2:32.581) although Wayne Marrs, in his similar Gp4 car, was only a second or so behind. Peter Everingham was the quickest of the Gp3 drivers and Richard Atkinson-Willes, in his
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familiar pale blue GT4, was the fastest Gp2 pilot. In Gp1, young Richard Stafford got the better of William Moorwood (just back from Italy having shared an Elva at Monza with Chris Rea).
Race 1
Battling 308s. Swift’s Old Blue Thing leads William Moorwood, Paul Griffin and Richard Stafford.
Peter Everingham (Gp3 328GTB) heads Tim Walker and Nick Cartwright.
was prevented from leaving the collection area for alleged infringement of the noise regulations despite having qualified without any complaint. Pole man Toby T-W surged into the lead when the lights went out, with Bailey and Williams in close attendance. Jenkins was leading the Classics by a few cars’ lengths from Jim Cartwright. By the end of lap 2, Smeeth had already moved up from the very back of the field to 7th overall while Dwane, in a similar starting position, was up to 10th. Jim Carty was now in control of the Classic brigade with the closely matched Jenkins and Marrs just behind.
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battle with the Irishman just keeping his nose in front. Lap 9 saw giant killer Cartwright sandwiched between the Open cars of Mason and Robin T-W. Nicky Paul-Barron was now in the groove and firmly in third place in Classic behind the similar paced Jenkins. Gp3 was led by Evers who was proving to be a bit quicker than his pursuers Tim Walker and Richard Allen. There was a needle match going on for supremacy in Gp2, Paul Griffin and your writer in their 308GTBs swapping places on almost every lap. Moorwood and Stafford were also locked in combat in their Gp1 308GT4s. At the flag, Paul Bailey was the overall winner from Toby Tarrant-Willis although the latter had lapped marginally faster to average over the magic 100mph. Lee Moulden achieved an incredible 8th overall to take Class 1 honours, ahead of Tim Ingram Hill who was the Class 3 victor. Nick Kaye was just behind these two to claim the C2 win.
the GT4, also bodily damaged, continued. By lap 6, Smeeth – now the fastest man on the track – was already up to third spot although still 15 seconds behind the leader, TarrantWillis. A lap later Bailey snatched the lead while Smeeth spun his 458 and lost 10 seconds but not his position. Behind these three Jennings and Andersson Didier Benaroya and Richard Atkinson-Willes (seen were having an here ahead of Ray Ferguson’s Mondial t) entertaining tripped over each other in R1.
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On lap 5, Atkinson-Willes lost control of his GT4 at Aintree corner, his spin putting him into the path of Didier Benaroya’s Mondial t coupé. The Mondial suffered damage to its right-hand rear quarters, and retired, while
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The rolling start (in deference to the Open runners) took place mid-afternoon on a drying track. We were given two installation laps in view of the change in track conditions although a number of drivers at the tail of the grid (including your scribe) thought the race had begun at the end of the first green lap in view of the high speed of the pace car. An understandably furious Paul Ugo
Steve Routledge had only planned on doing the Saturday race so was an absentee. All the other runners from the previous day were present and correct; even the damaged cars of Benaroya and Atkinson-Willes had been bandaged up and were ready for renewed action. For those who had an option on tyre choice i.e. the PFO competitors, it was a difficult call. Although the rain had more or less ceased by the time the cars were called up to the collecting Photo: www.simonpics.co.uk
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qualifying session. One can use the finishing order in the first race, the same grid as for R1, or, as we opted for, the Tim Ingram-Hill in Parrot Racing’s 430 Challenge. second fastest In Classic, Jim Cartwright times from qualifying. Each has was the undisputed winner its own drawbacks and for those overall and Gp4 from Jenkins and who were prevented from Nicky P-B, while Evers qualifying, Dwane and Smeeth, it maintained his advantage in Gp3. was particularly galling to be at With a photo finish on the line, Swift brought OBT (‘Old Blue Thing’) to victory in Gp2 after a race of real excitement with Griffin. At the end the gap between the two 308GTBs was just 0.27 seconds. And to his immense satisfaction, Gp1 laurels went to Moorwood who finished 7 seconds ahead of rival Stafford. Prize giving took place in the Pirelli hospitality unit, with the Viton-O-Ring ladies handing out the Mumm champagne and Sam, the Pirelli Girl, presenting the trophies.
Race 2
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Sunday was another busy day of racing although the 25minute Ferrari event was scheduled as the last-but-one race of the afternoon. The weather wasn’t predicted to be great and from 1.30 pm a fine drizzle dampened the track and all those who didn’t have the advantage of garage accommodation. There are three methods of determining the grid for a second race when there is only one
Mixing Classic with Open Ferraris worked well on the Silverstone GP wide circuit. Here Wayne Marrs and Nicky Paul-Barron are hounded by the 458s of Shamus Jennings, Christian Andersson and Mick Dwane.
the back once again as Mick very volubly made clear. However, for Paul Ugo it was good news since he was able to line up on row 3, his alleged transgression of the previous day having been rescinded by the Clerk of the Course. For this second race, Vance Kearney had taken over the F355 Challenge of Lee Moulden, although not having qualified in session meant starting from the Sam Smeeth (458 Challenge) overcame a back of the grid. disastrous grid position to take 2nd overall in R2.
area, the track was still wet. The safe option, wets, wasn’t necessarily the correct one as events proved. Rain tyres might be effective for the first few laps but then, with a dry line developing, they might well go off. Marginally risky, but subsequently proving to be the best choice, was the slick route, but this was adopted by only a few: Ingram-Hill, Kaye, Simpson and, significantly, Williams were noted to be among those going for this option. Just before 4.30 the field commenced the green flag lap (only one compared with the previous day’s two) with Toby Tarrant-Willis proudly leading the 33 car field. The rolling start was
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Some of the prize winners. Clockwise from top left: Arwyn Williams, overall winner of Race 2. Peter Everingham was a multiple award winner. Tim Ingram Hill is presented with his Class 3 trophy by Selina Bailey. Toby Tarrant-Willis had an outstanding weekend. Jim Cartwright collects his winner’s garland and trophy from Selina. Sam and Sam: Pirelli Girl Sam hands over the Race 2 runner-up trophy to Sam Smeeth. Photos by Dean Spencer and www.simonpics.co.uk
a good one and for the first three laps the pole man retained his position, with Bailey snapping at his heels. However, by lap 4 Williams’s tyres had come up to temperature and he was flying. He took the lead and proceeded to outpace his nearest challengers by at least 5 seconds a lap. Meanwhile Kaye had abandoned his 360 Challenge on the grass halfway down Hangar straight with electrical malfunction affecting gear selection. In the Classic section, Jim Cartwright had again taken the baton from Marrs. Yesterday’s rival for outright honours,
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Jenkins, was in trouble from the first lap, visiting the pits to find out why his 8-cylinder Ferrari was only working on 4. He continued with the exhaust belching out thick black smoke until all the excess fuel was burnt. But it was Nick Taylor who was the man to watch this time. Although unable to match Jim’s lap times, his Mondial was the next fastest car out there. By lap 5 he was right up with Marrs and vying for 2nd spot. It was on lap 9 that a most unfortunate Carl Burgar came to grief at Maggotts. His Mondial QV spun backwards into the barriers, causing serious damage
Photo: www.simonpics.co.uk
Arwyn Williams realised an ambition by winning the second race in his 458 GT3.
to its hind quarters. Happily Carl was unharmed. Two laps earlier Atkinson-Willes had given an encore to his previous day’s pirouette and dropped down the order. Ugo called at the pits to explain his 360 Challenge wasn’t running properly but was sent out again. Ten minutes into the race and the sun perversely started to shine; those PFO drivers on wets must have been cursing their wrong choice of tyres. Not so Arwyn Williams, who was now enjoying a 20 second lead over his nearest rivals, Toby T-W and Bailey. But in 4th place and driving with consummate skill was Sam Smeeth who, we remind you, had not only started from the very back of the grid but was on the unsuitable wets! So the race ran its course. Williams, with a lead now of almost half a minute, was uncatchable but taking a noteworthy second place was Smeeth, having displaced Toby
T-W and Bailey. The slick-shod Ingram Hill 430 came home the winner in Class 3 while Paul Ugo, the only finisher, took the C2 prize. Tim Mogridge ended a
very satisfactory weekend by claiming victory in C1. In Classics, Jim Carty completed a resounding double from fellow Gp4 competitors Nick Taylor and Wayne Marrs. Tim Walker edged out Evers for the Gp3 win, by a mere second after a thrilling race-long dice. In Gp2 Paul Griffin was justly the victor while William Moorwood made it two in a row in Gp1. We again congregated in the Pirelli hospitality unit where the Viton girls again did their stuff with the champagne and Paul Bailey’s wife, Selina, slipped on her loftiest heels to dish out the Club glassware. The winner of the RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting was announced as Nick Taylor, a popular choice judging from the whoops of delight from his supporters.
Nick Taylor was adjudged to be the RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting, and his trophy was presented to him by Selina Bailey.
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SILVERSTONE HISTORIC GRAND PRIX ROUNDS 5 & 6 15th/16th June 2013 RACE 1: ROUND 5 Pos No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DNF
69 54 17 60 57 2 3 71 45 7 11 9 56 29 43 8 37 4
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Jim Cartwright Nigel Jenkins Nicky Paul-Barron Wayne Marrs Nick Taylor Peter Everingham Nick Cartwright Tim Walker Richard Allen Ray Ferguson John Swift Paul Griffin Carl Burgar William Moorwood Richard Stafford Richard Atkinson-Willes Steve Routledge Didier Benaroya
328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB Mondial t 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB Mondial t 308GTB 308GTB Mondial QV 308GT4 308GT4 308GT4 308GT4 Mondial Cab
4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3
11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 5
28:48.118 29:19.419 29:21.798 27:09.983 27:13.052 27:43.327 27:44.390 28:07.709 28:15.113 28:36.216 28:53.665 28:53.936 29:15.515 29:19.717 29:27.392 27:15.099 30:03.605 15:02.299
2:32.738 2:36.989 2:36.360 2:39.231 2:39.541 2:41.592 2:42.185 2:42.130 2:44.659 2:47.003 2:47.699 2:45.713 2:51.619 2:50.802 2:50.926 2:46.477 3:08.839 2:49.720
2:32.581 2:39.287 2:36.620 2:33.821 2:45.877 2:42.699 2:41.924 2:43.890 2:46.599 2:51.647 2:56.554 2:52.378 3:00.069 2:55.608 2:54.314 2:47.559 3:06.764 2:48.463
1 4 3 2 8 6 5 7 9 12 16 13 17 15 14 10 18 11
Group Winners
Fastest Laps
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
2:32.738
85.79 mph
Establishes lap record
Gp3
Peter Everingham
Gp3
Peter Everingham
2:41.592
81.09 mph
Establishes lap record
Gp2
John Swift
Gp2
Paul Griffin
2:45.713
79.07 mph
Establishes lap record
Gp1
Carl Burgar
Gp1
William Moorwood
2:50.802
76.71 mph
Establishes lap record
RACE 2: ROUND 6 Pos No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DNF
69 57 60 17 71 2 3 45 4 7 9 43 29 8 11 54 56
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Jim Cartwright Nick Taylor Wayne Marrs Nicky Paul-Barron Tim Walker Peter Everingham Nick Cartwright Richard Allen Didier Benaroya Ray Ferguson Paul Griffin Richard Stafford William Moorwood Richard Atkinson-Willes John Swift Nigel Jenkins Carl Burgar
328GTB Mondial t 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB Mondial Cab Mondial t 308GTB 308GT4 308GT4 308GT4 308GTB 328GTB Mondial QV
4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 1
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8
26:07.205 27:16.152 27:23.786 27:24.110 27:39.981 27:40.946 27:46.593 28:26.298 28:40.729 28:42.578 26:01.202 26:19.049 26:20.487 26:30.519 27:06.448 27:43.663 23:26.060
2:34.158 2:39.789 2:40.949 2:41.312 2:40.942 2:41.946 2:42.415 2:46.717 2:47.821 2:45.698 2:49.265 2:50.777 2:52.545 2:46.713 2:54.191 2:36.255 2:51.678
2:32.984 2:48.308 2:34.504 2:37.679 2:44.116 2:46.155 2:44.083 2:47.246 2:50.595 2:51.904 2:53.954 2:54.714 2:57.013 2:49.388 2:58.123 2:39.679 3:01.659
1 9 2 3 6 7 5 8 11 12 13 14 15 10 16 4 17
Group Winners
Fastest Laps
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
2:34.158
84.99 mph
Gp3
Tim Walker
Gp3
Tim Walker
2:40.942
81.41 mph New lap record
Gp2
Paul Griffin
Gp2
Richard Atkinson-Willes
2:46.713
78.60 mph
Gp1
Richard Stafford
Gp1
William Moorwood
2:50.777
76.73 mph New lap record
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SILVERSTONE HISTORIC GRAND PRIX ROUNDS 5 & 6 15th/16th June 2013 RACE 1: ROUND 5 Pos No
Driver
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
28 38 42 20 55 77 64 66 12 40 14 26 23 46
Paul Bailey Toby Tarrant-Willis Sam Smeeth Shamus Jennings Christian Andersson Mick Dwane Arwyn Williams Lee Moulden Tim Ingram Hill Nick Kaye Tim Mogridge David Mason Robin Tarrant-Willis Tris Simpson
NS
59
Paul Ugo
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458 GT3 F355/Ch 430/Ch 360/Ch F355/Ch 458/Ch 430/Ch F355/Ch
C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C1 C3 C2 C1 C4 C3 C1
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 9
26:55.819 27:03.664 27:38.802 27:45.846 27:47.435 28:15.258 28:30.844 29:18.364 27:15.137 27:55.464 28:34.443 28:44.905 28:48.187 27:47.159
2:11.180 2:10.789 2:10.393 2:13.604 2:12.906 2:13.570 2:18.864 2:22.564 2:25.441 2:28.748 2:30.600 2:31.076 2:26.882 2: 34.176
2:10.486 2:08.783 * 2:12.711 2:15.317 * 2:12.540 2:22.520 2:31.935 2:20.942 2:28.479 2:25.245 2:18.231 2:36.064
2 1
3 9 12 8 11 10 6 13
360/Ch
C2
2:20.146
7
4 5
Fastest Laps
Class Winners C4
Paul Bailey
C4
Sam Smeeth
2:10.393
100.49 mph
Establishes lap record
C3
Tim Ingram Hill
C3
Tim Ingram-Hill
2:25.441
90.09 mph
Establishes lap record
C2
Nick Kaye
C2
Nick Kaye
2:28.748
88.09 mph
Establishes lap record
C1
Lee Moulden
C1
Lee Moulden
2:22.564
91.91 mph
Establishes lap record
RACE 2: ROUND 6 Pos No
Driver
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
64 42 38 28 77 55 20 12 23 26 14 46 59 66
Arwyn Williams Sam Smeeth Toby Tarrant-Willis Paul Bailey Mick Dwane Christian Andersson Shamus Jennings Tim Ingram Hill Robin Tarrant-Willis David Mason Tim Mogridge Tris Simpson Paul Ugo Vance Kearney
DNF
40
Nick Kaye
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
458 GT3 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 458/Ch 430/Ch 430/Ch 458/Ch F355/Ch F355/Ch 360/Ch F355/Ch
C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C3 C3 C4 C1 C1 C2 C1
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
26:00.853 26:30.068 26:35.523 26:47.391 27:04.372 27:06.208: 27:08.524 27:40.296 28:04.532 28:31.292 26:04.147 26:05.856 26:39.539 27:07.125
2:16.517 2:21.052 2:20.320 2:21.077 2:21.974 2:23.941 2:24.230 2:25.444 2:28.014 2:30.829 2:29.202 2:32.982 2:25.602 2:36.561
2:14.112 * 2:09.474 2:11.348 * 2:20.129 2:14.322 2:32.981 2:21.066 2:27.601 2:31.220 2:36.976 2:20.238 *
3
360/Ch
C2
3
7:43.961
2:31.164
2:21.579
1 2 5 4 11 7 9 10 12 6
8
Fastest Laps
Class Winners C4
Arwyn Williams
C4
Arwyn Williams
2:16.517
95.98 mph
C3
Tim Ingram Hill
C3
Tim Ingram-Hill
2:25.444
90.09 mph
C2
Paul Ugo
C2
Paul Ugo
2:25.602
89.99 mph
C1
Tim Mogridge
C1
Tim Mogridge
2:29.202
87.82 mph
New lap record
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PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 5 BLYTON PARK SPRINT 16th JUNE 2013
Blyton Park: now for something completely different. he PFHC is always on the lookout for a new challenge, so when Roger Thomas at the Midland Automobile Club told me they were booking a new venue for a sprint event, I jumped at the chance to add it to our calendar writes RICHARD PRIOR. It’s a shame there aren't any new hillclimbs coming along, but with the number of old airfields around the countryside they seem to be easily converted into flat circuits where there's plenty of scope for car fun and frolics (and no immediate neighbours to complain about noise). Blyton Park sits in the north Lincolnshire countryside near Gainsborough and used to be home to Wellington and Lancaster squadrons during World War 2. Originally established with three concrete runways, it was resurfaced using tarmac when the USAF took over at the end of the war and used as a reserve field until closure in 1954. Its transformation from post -war dereliction into a friendly track facility has benefitted bike and car owners looking for a
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technically demanding and high speed circuit. At almost a mile and a half it's more than double the length of Prescott's hillclimb course and enables top speeds
accepted), two 328s from Shaun Smith and Wendy-Ann Marshall, and a lone F355 driven by Richard Prior. Pauline Goodwin is now a familiar sight in her pale
down the straights to rival that of MIRA. There was a good mix of tipo in the Ferrari class: three 308s (Brian Jackson, Sean Doyle and the Hargreaves family), three 360s (dropping to two when Jeff Cooper was unsure whether his last minute entry had been
blue California this season, and she was accompanied by husband Jon in the 550 Maranello. There was drama on the evening before the event when Jon picked up a puncture near the track when he and Pauline did a reccie; unable to find a replacement tyre locally they
Photo: Sue Skinner
elected to have the car taken home and share PG's California. At the briefing we were told there were three practice runs and two timed runs, but thanks to smooth running during the day this increased to three runs in the afternoon although the last one couldn't be counted as official. First practice started in cool cloudy conditions and the bravest Ferrari driver on an unknown track was John Marshall in the 360 CS, some three and a half seconds ahead of Jon Goodwin and Mark Wibberley. Sean Doyle (308 GT4) made a valiant attempt at every corner by cutting over the kerbs and taking the last corner with opposite lock to finish in 4th place behind these three bigger engine cars. Shaun
Smith had a spin and Mark Hargreaves threw his 308 GTB sideways into the final corner, nicely catching the slide but wiping out a marker cone on the outside of the corner. P2 saw some improvements by most of the field, except three of the top four runners from P1: Doyle, J Marshall and Mark Wibberley all found it hard to match their earlier sterling efforts. Marshall's Ooh, missus! Mark Hargreaves on full Challenge Stradale opposite lock with the family 308GTB. seemed to be attracting the noise judge’s Wibberley were slightly slower on attention; the blood-curdling this occasion while Shaun Smith howl once he was on track got a clean run with 83.33. The fastest 0-64ft time came from Jack Hargreaves with consistent figures of 2.49, 2.51 and 2.49 on each of his runs. We took lunch in one of the new buildings on site called 'Churchill’s Clubhouse', a massive timber chalet housing the restaurant, kitchen and a cosy lounge with motor racing memorabilia on the walls, good enough to rival the facilities at Gurston Down. It would be a welcome place to be on a cold and windy day, but as summer had finally arrived we were soon back out in the bright sunshine. The serious stuff had started The noise judge took an unhealthy interest in John Marshall’s 360 now. The shared cars of Jack Challenge Stradale, but he finally approved it to everyone’s relief. Hargreaves (308) and Jon
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Photo: Richard Prior
Photo: Richard Prior
This sprint event was notable for the first Ferrari husband and wife 1-2. Here Pauline Goodwin lines up the shared California.
warranted a second static noise test when he next exited the paddock on a later run. There were a few furrowed brows but happily they decided to let him out to play for the rest of the day. Final practice before lunch showed Richard Prior had woken up at last, with some steady learning resulting in the fastest time so far at 76.79. Behind, there was a close tussle between Pauline and John Marshall on 77.31 and 77.41 respectively. The 308s of Jack Hargreaves, Doyle and Jackson were on their fastest runs, just half a second covering them on 80.84, 81.00 and 81.34 respectively. WendyAnn improved her P1 time by 4 seconds, finishing the morning on 90.13. Jon Goodwin and Mark
Photo: Richard Prior
Photo: Richard Prior
Goodwin (California) went first, Jack laying down a terrific target of 79.37 seconds (with 4.5% removed for his PEP this would give a scratch result of 75.79 for the others to aim for) but Jon wiped another 5 seconds off his practice times to beat him to the provisional 20 points with 75.41. John Marshall produced his best yet, on 76.62, followed by Mark Wibberley (79.98). Pauline was now back in her warmed-up California and put in a lap of 77.02 just ahead of struggling Prior on 77.40. Shaun Smith was still getting quicker on 83.06, while Brian and Sean Doyle were now lagging behind the 308 leader with 80.92 & 82.11. Mark Hargreaves was unable to improve on the 85's of his last two practice runs. The timekeepers produced a couple of split times for the event but sadly no speed trap figures. We all wanted to know how fast we were down the back straight
Brian Jackson had a good day out with his famous 308GTB ‘BOB’, collecting a useful 13 Championship points.
(punctuated by a tight chicane) but luckily Pauline has a trip computer on the high tech California which showed 114mph (and faster than experienced spouse Jon managed). It was all to play for on the final official run of the day. Jon was slower this time as were Jack Hargreaves, John Marshall and Mark Wibberley. Pauline got the big GT car away from the start in 2.48 seconds and used all of the 4300cc to speed down the straights in trying to match husband Jon's run, and she very nearly did it, stopping the clock on 75.54, just 0.13 behind him. Prior gave it his best and received 76.49, but not enough to catch either of the California drivers or Jack for the 20 points. Wendy-Ann pared another 2 seconds off to record 88.66 seconds, and Mark H had a better start (2.46 secs) and completed the course nearly 3.5 seconds quicker with 82.40. Part of the skill of this Ferrari competition Shaun Smith improved business is knowing how to celebrate by just under 2 seconds afterwards. Here sommelier Jon Goodwin (81.22) but Sean Doyle pours the fizz for the rest of the class.
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now moved ahead of him with a cracking 79.91, only to be pipped by Brian Jackson’s BOB with 79.77 seconds, good enough for 13 points on PEP and bumping Sean down to 12. The final (unofficial) run was taken by most of the drivers but only John and Wendy Marshall made any improvement. Sean Doyle had a big high-speed moment through the 'Port Froid' curves and spun in a cloud of tyre smoke; regaining his direction he then showboated his GT4 through the last corner with a nice tail out slide to entertain the spectators. So birthday boy Jon Goodwin took the scratch win and also the 20 points, Pauline got 2nd place and the 17 points, and Jack Hargreaves held on to 15 points after the PEP adjustments had been applied. It was a notable first visit here, perhaps primarily because it's surely the first ever husband and wife 1-2, and also the debut hillclimb win for the front engined California. Universal approval by the Ferrari competitors probably means we should come back here next season. Our hosts, the MAC, don't yet have an agreement for its use in 2015 so make the most of it next year!
BLYTON PARK SPRINT 16 June 2013 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 5
Driver
Tipo
Pract 1 Pract 2 Pract 3
Run 1
Run 2
Extra Run
64ft
split
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Jon Goodwin
California
80.35
80.20
80.99
75.41
76.97
---
2.45
42.73
0.0
75.41
20
Pauline Goodwin
California
83.32
79.74
77.31
77.02
75.54
77.76
2.48
42.92
0.0
75.54
17
Richard Prior
F355
85.20
79.42
76.79
77.40
76.49
77.27
2.54
43.31
0.0
76.49
11
John Marshall
360/Ch Strad
76.90
80.08
77.41
76.62
76.69
76.18
2.68
43.96
+4.0
79.68
8
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
84.22
81.20
80.84
79.37
79.63
---
2.47
45.81
-4.5
75.80
15
Brian Jackson
308GTB
87.10
81.47
81.34
80.92
79.77
81.07
2.54
45.53
-4.5
76.18
13
Sean Doyle
308GT4
81.26
81.65
81.00
82.11
79.91
87.10
2.56
45.86
-4.5
76.31
12
360 Spider
80.65
80.74
81.02
79.98
81.03
81.08
2.67
45.04
+1.0
80.78
7
Shaun Smith
328GTB
104.67
91.55
83.33
83.06
81.22
81.45
2.53
47.19
-3.0
78.78
9
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
89.54
85.63
85.52
85.87
82.40
---
2.46
47.12
-4.5
78.69
10
Wendy A Marshall
328GTB
94.09
92.08
90.13
90.35
88.66
87.25
2.61
50.38
-3.0
86.00
6
Mark Wibberley
MAC Class Awards
1st Jon Goodwin
2nd Pauline Goodwin
3rd Richard Prior
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Photo: Christine Thatcher
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 6 GURSTON DOWN HILLCLIMB 23rd JUNE 2013
URSTON DOWN saw a slightly depleted Ferrari entry, absentees including Championship leader Nick Taylor, together with Tony and Iwan Attwood who fell at the closing date hurdle reports RICHARD PRIOR. Our numbers were further reduced when Sean Doyle didn't turn up in the paddock on the Sunday morning. A notable returnee was Mike Spicer in the yellow 328GTB, a combination that always performs well on this Wiltshire hill. We parked in our allocated spaces and began to empty the cars, fitting timing struts and door numbers ready for scrutineering. Usually you don't get signed off until everything is on the car (there's nothing more embarrassing than getting to the start line with bits missing which should have been picked up by the Scrutineer) but as happens most of the time in hillclimbing, the officials check you have everything you need with you,
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glance at the car, give you the signed ticket and move on to the next competitor. I am easily distracted and more often than not the last to stick my numbers onto the car before changing into my race suit and casually making my way to the start for first practice. The reason I confess to this is that on this occasion my 355 was the least 'race ready' and the easiest to convert back to road spec to be sent to rescue Richard Preece, who had a problem on his way to the event. Just two miles away he had a puncture and, despite trying a can of repair foam, the tyre wouldn't stay inflated. Hillclimbers are a charitable bunch and luckily Barrie Wood carried a spare front wheel with him. I squeezed into my now empty luggage A welcome
compartment, and set off to find the stranded Ricardo. Meanwhile the Ferrari class took their first practice on the slightly damp track, Spicer was leading the scoreboard on 40.97, exactly half a second ahead of next man Phil Whitehead in the 355, Barrie Wood (355) had 42.11, Pauline Goodwin in the California 43.53 and Shaun Smith 44.90 in the only 328 at the meeting. Richards Prior and Preece had now returned and had to go through the same rigorous scrutineering procedure once again. The only problem for Photo: Richard Preece
G
GURSTON DOWN
returnee was Mike Spicer.
Photo: Richard Prior
Unexpected drama for Richard Preece. After a tyre blowout, Barrie Wood came to the rescue and shared rubberwear throughout the event. But that’s what mates do in our hillclimb series!
breeze, which helped to dry the track, turned into a gusty wind and brought the gazebo to its knees so we packed it away again and prayed for a dry day. P2 saw improvements by all of the Ferraris, Richard Preece
Photo: Richard Preece
Preece was that although Barrie's replacement front wheel had done the job to get to the track, it wouldn't be wise to take competitive runs on it (fitted to the rear of Richard's 355) so above and beyond the call of duty Barrie offered to swap a rear wheel to Richard every time they took a run up the hill. The Clerk of the Course agreed to this procedure and trolley jacks were borrowed for the remainder of the day. Preece sat first practice out while preparing the rest of the car (sans wheel) while Prior pleaded his case to take his initial practice run almost at the end of the programme with the big single seaters. The officials felt sorry for him and in exchange for his good deed for the day let him run very much out of sequence with the rest of the Ferrari class. 38.69 secs saw him fastest in P1. During the morning rain threatened but didn't amount to more than a short fine drizzle which hardly dampened the ground. Nevertheless we put the Pirelli gazebo up and tied it tightly to the nearest fence. The
running in an earlier batch so that Barrie's wheel could be returned in plenty of time. Gurston always had a decent restaurant but at this popular June meeting they had also set up a high quality coffee wagon on the patio area, which also served homemade fudge and freshly made donuts. The hillclimb handicap targets are always a topic for discussion, some drivers complaining they are too difficult to reach, but on this occasion every driver had competed here before so the targets were their personal best times. So, whoever beats themselves up (the hill) could win a trophy and a round of applause at the End of Year Dinner - incentive enough I think! First away in the official runs was Shaun Smith in the 328 a fairly good start of 2.52 seconds over the first 64ft led him downhill into the bottom of Hollow where the speed trap showed a good 77 mph before a fast left-hander approaching the
Pauline Goodwin, seen here on the launch pad, found the bulk of her California not ideally suited to Gurston’s twisting narrow course.
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Photo: Richard Prior
Karousel. A quick flick into the 90° right-hander, up the steep bit, then another 90° out of Karousel towards Deer's Leap and approach the final LH corner of Ashes followed by that long drag up to the finish line. Shaun clocked 42.32 and a speed over the line of 82 mph. Next up after a quick piece of wheel swapping was Richard Preece, this time ducking below the 40 second barrier with 39.85 and an impressive Hollow speed of 85 mph. Pauline Goodwin tried to hustle the California up the narrow track with its tight corners but didn't have as much success as she had enjoyed at Blyton Park the weekend before. Despite Barrie Wood generously sharing a quarter of his rubberwear with Richard Preece he was trying his hardest to beat him: slower through the first speed trap but quicker to the halfway split and 1 mph up at the end crossing the line in 39.62. Phil Whitehead was in good form matching Richard Preece in the Hollow speed trap, over 0.7 quicker at the split and blasting through the finish 4mph up on Barrie Wood, with 38.98. Mike Spicer wasn't too shabby either, a fantastic 0-64ft of 2.34 seconds propelled him down the hill from the start, both speeds recorded were up on his personal best figures and he crossed the finish just 0.13 behind Whitehead with 39.11 secs. Prior finished off the Ferrari class, not a bad start of 2.48 helped him on his way to a 36.95, only 0.11 off the fastest F355 time recorded at this hill. Conditions were no worse for the 2nd and final runs but only half of the class improved. Shaun took another 0.2 off and this time we had Karousel sector times from the timekeepers. 11.38 seconds from entering the tight steep complex to the exit before Deers Leap. Compare this to Richard Preece who took 11.09
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Top of the class. Richard Prior (centre) was the winner on scratch as well as the max points scorer. He is flanked by 2nd and 3rd points men Mike Spicer and Phil Whitehead.
at the same before also reducing his time, 0.3 quicker this time with 39.54 and finishing with 89 mph. A very credible time due to it beating his personal best by a tenth of a second and taking the Handicap Award. Whitehead threw his 355 through Karousel 0.04 quicker than Preece and finished almost 1 second ahead at the top of the hill, his 38.72 would give him 2nd place on scratch and 3rd place in the PEP table. Spicer couldn't match his earlier splendid effort which already had him 3rd on scratch and 2nd on points. Prior likewise had peaked in his first
run but a neat Karousel sector showed him at 10.57 seconds. So at the end Prior got the double: a scratch win and his first 20 pointer of the season. Spicer took home 17 points and Whitehead 15. Due to Taylor’s absence, Prior has now caught him up in the Championship, both of them on 74 points at the top of the table. The next hillclimb is the double header/social weekend at Loton Park.
GURSTON DOWN HILLCLIMB 23 JUNE 2013 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 6 Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
H/C
Run 1 Run 2 0/64
split
speed H/C traps pos
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Richard Prior
F355
38.69
38.69
36.84
36.95
37.09
2.48
19.90
89/93
2
0.0
36.95
20
Phil Whitehead
F355
41.47
41.47
37.53
38.98
38.72
2.51
20.63
87/89
7
0.0
38.72
15
328GTB
40.97
40.97
38.62
39.11
39.99
2.34
21.35
83/85
3
-3.0
37.94
17
Richard Preece
F355
---
41.02
39.63
39.85
39.54
2.82
---
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1
0.0
39.54
13
Barrie Wood
F355
42.11
40.60
38.59
39.62
39.65
2.46
21.39
82/87
6
0.0
39.62
12
California
43.53
42.60
40.00
41.05
41.20
2.95
22.31
80/77
5
0.0
41.05
10
328GTB
44.90
43.20
41.20
42.32
42.12
2.72
23.32
75/82
4
-3.0
40.86
11
Mike Spicer
Pauline Goodwin Shaun Smith
0/64, split and speeds all relate to fastest run
BARC Class Awards:
1st Richard Prior
FOC Handicap Award:
Richard Preece
2nd Philip Whitehead
3rd Mike Spicer
Nick Taylor
74
Barrie Wood
24
Richard Prior
74
Jeff Cooper
23
Sean Doyle
69
Tony Attwood
22
(PROVISIONAL)
Pauline Goodwin
58
John Swift
21
‘Classic’ car competitors shown in blue.
Shaun Smith
58
Mike Spicer
17
Brian Jackson
50
Jack Hargreaves
16
Jon Goodwin
45
Mark Wibberley
16
Philip Whitehead
43
Wendy Ann Marshall
13
Richard Preece
38
Peter Rogerson
11
John Marshall
37
Julian Playford
11
Richard Allen
35
Iwan Attwood
6
Mark Hargreaves
25
Sally Maynard-Smith
2
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND 6
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MONZA!
What would you do if you had a phone call, hearing a familiar voice that you hadn’t heard for some time, saying ‘I have an Elva Mk 7s entered in a three-hour race at Monza in two weeks’ time and would like you to share the drive with me? All you need to do is to get out here and the drive is on me. Have a think about it and call me back.’ It was WILLIAM MOORWOOD who took the call and here he tells what happened next.
went next door to where Catriona was sitting at the kitchen table and, quietly I thought, told her the news. Her response was first to ask me to stop shouting, and second “of course you should go!” By the time I called Chris Rea back I had logged on to Google Images and discovered that the car is a very pretty and very small sports prototype from 1964. The answer, of course, was “yes” but with a request that please could I sit in the car before we get to Italy. A week later it was up to Silverstone, starting with a quick visit to Grand Prix Racewear for some goggles to add to my open face helmet. Richard Hodson, who used to look after Chris’s 308GT4, was there with the Elva
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and indeed it is very tiny but also perfectly proportioned. Getting in and sitting comfortably was a bit of a challenge, and only by lifting the front bodywork was it possible to see the foot pedals. With the addition of some padding behind me I was able to sit securely in position. Then it was straight out onto the track with some basic instructions on the layout of the gearbox with its right-hand gear change. And my, does it go! A 2-litre BMW engine provides the power for the car, which weighs only 525kg, a big contrast to my heavy GT4. Richard had described how the car, running on treaded Dunlop tyres, understeers a little into corners and then, with the help of plenty of throttle, changes to oversteer. In Silverstone’s wide open spaces this was exactly right and with the diminutive steering wheel the car is very
responsive and a delight to drive. We had booked two test sessions but these were both punctuated by red flags, so by lunchtime the test was over with less than 10 laps completed. Richard made up a foam seat insert to use in the race and that was it: next stop Monza!
Monza On Thursday I arrived at the track in the afternoon to sign on and have a look around. The immediate impression is that this circuit is different to any other I have been to. Monza Park is very big and heavily wooded but sits in the middle of Monza town, just outside Milan. So the approach is through the hustle and bustle of a northern Italian town to find a motor racing circuit woven into a heavily wooded park. For sure there is a long pit straight, with a very big paddock and grandstand as you would expect for a Grand
The remains of the banking on the old Monza circuit. The only sound now is the ghostly swish of the tyres of a bicycle.
Prix venue, but from there the track seems to disappear into woods in both directions. The car was already in position in its
which I managed two laps before going out first in the 40-minute qualifying session. The circuit is very fast and not difficult to learn, but it does have three chicanes, introduced to slow speeds down, and an abundance of Armco and gravel traps located very close to the edge of the track. Much of the track is under trees, a little like the latter stages of Oulton Park. Chris has raced here before and thanks to him we qualified 12th on the grid which, given the potential speed of the other entrants, was a good performance. The race is described as a 1000 km Challenge and is one of a series of four 3-hour races for pre-1972 sports cars. The entry list of 21 was topped by five Lola T70s but also included a Porsche
917, an Alfa T driven by Arturo Merzario, and Tim Summers with his familiar Daytona competizione. Tim also had a very stylish AC Cobra running in a shorter GT race and appeared concerned that he was getting better times with the Cobra. His co-driver was not impressed when I asked him if he had any real concerns. Tim also warned me that I would need to be careful in the race as two of the T70s are particularly quick and would take no prisoners when it came to lapping slower cars. A check on lap times suggested that these cars would be getting up to 175mph on the straight which is a lot quicker than we could go. All these concerns were put to one side at the pre-race dinner, which provided plenty of prosecco, pasta and chat with a very entertaining team running a Fiat Abarth in one of the other races. I think that Chris covets one of these and has added one to his extensive list of small cars he would like to try.
Race Day Richard and I left the hotel before Chris appeared for the day – well, when he is not racing he is a musician so what else would you expect. There was a plan to put into action as Richard needed to spend some time with the car and I needed to see the old circuit. I was dropped off at the circuit entrance and walked into the park to find the old track at a point where it would have joined
The remnants of an old marshals’ post on the banking.
designated garage, complete with a sign above the door - a nice change to the normal scramble for space in a packed paddock.
Friday, Practice and Qualifying There was a free practice in
The grid is assembled.
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William at full chat in the little Elva.
around all of the remaining old circuit and it is remarkably complete, with two banked corners linked by the old back straight. It was all very quiet, with only the odd dog walker and cyclist around, so I had much of it to myself complete with the muffled soundtrack of qualifying sessions coming from the circuit. It was the perfect way to start the day and gave a whole new insight to the history of Monza. I left the old circuit close to the first chicane and found our pit garage, which was close to the front of the grid. The first double pit garage contained cars run by Simon Hadfield and a big retinue
of mechanics. We had a small garage next to it containing our little car and seemingly less equipment than most of our rivals. By then Chris had arisen and was at the circuit, and we agreed on our Race Plan. The requirement was for a minimum of three stops, which potentially we could do in equal 45-minute stints. Given that my longest race until then had been a 25minute sprint, our plan was to do 30-minute stints with a total of 5 stops, the middle one of which would be a fuel stop. Chris opted to take the start. I had thought that the race
would be long and hard but the reality was something different; I would have liked it to be twice as long. The car ran perfectly from beginning to end, and the weather was warm and dry. The nature of the old circuit is such that the marshals’ posts are near to the edge of the track and the super-efficient marshals were very good at waving blue flags which made the race less stressful than it might otherwise have been. In my first stint I improved significantly on my qualifying time and began to really enjoy the car. I took over for my second stint in a car well filled
“Our garage had a neat sign above the door—a nice touch!”
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with petrol and my only behind me was the winning alarm was to have a big car, the 917, which would of moment when I tried to course be the first to take the follow a T70 through the flag. second chicane. I decided to This allowed me the settle down and think about luxury of carrying on and making sure we finished. being the last car to leave the Our small but perfectly circuit, by which time the formed team didn’t have marshals were all leaving facilities for making pit their posts and standing at signals, and driver changes the trackside - seemingly were made from knowing giving me a personal the time left and a wave welcome home. Perhaps from Richard’ s lap chart they had seen the timing William’s bright red shoes, which served as from the pit wall. Chris was screens which indicated that the team’s pit signal. worried that he might miss in the last half hour I had, the final call to come in so we concentrated on driving smoothly due to retirements, moved the employed special measures. We and enjoying the experience car up from 12th to 8th place. So had two people, each of them which in particular included the we achieved a result beyond our waving one of my red shoes, at sound of the Porsche 917 going wildest dreams. the appropriate time and sure past me under the trees. After that it was more enough the changeover was When the clock wound down prosecco, pasta and talk of a made exactly on cue. to past zero I was surprised not truly memorable event. When I took over we were to see a chequered flag, and it running in 12th place, with the took me a moment or two to next placed car 3 laps in arrears. work out that I should continue With no pressure from behind I racing: the car some distance
Chris Rea takes his turn at the wheel in the 3-Hour race.
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BIRTHDAYS IN AUGUST
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Lorraine
16
Hitchman
22
Suzanne E
veringham
Mike Edm onds Vince Wo odman Andrew H olman 7 Sue Ande rson Ian Tuite -Sterling 8 John Pog son 9 William J enkins 12 Nico Koel Graham D ouble 14 Robert M acfarlane
23 24 25 26 27 28
Shaun Sm ith Gary East wood Anne Hug hes Ian Hartle y Anne Swif t Diana Sea rs Anne Leig hton Craig Miln er
Mike Furn
ess Richard P rior Brian Jack son Alan Cosb y
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