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CompRes Master Class. Jan Gyzen in his Ferrari 275GTB/4 was victorious at Spa -Francorchamps.
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pastries, a substantial lunch with an excellent choice of dishes, and afternoon tea. Once again we are heavily subsidising the cost of hospitality by maintaining the ticket price at just £20.00. Booking details for this hospitality have already been sent out to competitors and some Area groups. If, for some reason, you have missed the paperwork then simply send an email to Anne (see contact details on page 1 of this issue) and she will send you the necessary application form. It should be noted that for logistical reasons, Club hospitality is only available on a pre-booked, pre-paid basis. In addition to the hospitality, the circuit is offering a handsome discount to Club spectators who arrive in a Ferrari. The offer is ‘Buy 1 ticket, Get 2nd Free’. Any Club member buying a ticket in advance will pay just £15. However, by purchasing one ticket, the circuit will provide two,
so the on-the-day cost of £35 is reduced to a bargain price of just £15. Tickets can be booked online and when prompted add the code PHR13. Alternatively tickets may be booked by telephone (01249-782929) quoting the same reference. Bookings must be made no later than Monday 19th August. This is to allow postage arrival times. You may park your Ferrari (but only a Ferrari – members arriving in other tipos will have to use the normal spectator car parks) in a dedicated parking area adjacent to Westway. Guests should enter via Camp Corner car park.
One of the nicest race meetings on our Ferrari calendar is Castle Combe. It is also often the best attended, not only by our drivers but also by spectators. We should be flattered that many of the spectators at ’Combe tell us that they come to the August Bank Holiday Monday meeting mainly to see our Ferraris! For me, Castle Combe is probably my favourite track. I have been driving at the circuit, in its various layouts, for more years than I can shake a stick at and the exact locations of its famous bumps (not really too pronounced these days) are indelibly impressed on my subconscious. PRESCOTT The Club have been regular The last hillclimb event in guests at Castle Combe for as long as I can remember. The the busy month of August is the owners of the circuit, the late 1-Day meeting at Prescott, on Howard Strawford and his wife 31st August. Shortly after this, Pat, have always had a soft spot on 8th September, the Club will for us and this close back again at this beautiful relationship continues with hill for the annual Prescott WHAT’S ON the present management. Picnic. We are given prime race Those who haven’t times and always have first AUGUST attended one of these 17/18 Thruxton: Pirelli Ferrari refusal of the Strawford occasions should seriously formula classic [double Centre, the hospitality header] consider going along. It’s building overlooking the an opportunity to drive your 18 Curborough Sprint (2-laps) start line which, from its Ferrari up the hill at speed upper floor, affords a and sample all the well26 Castle Combe: Pirelli Ferrari tremendous viewing known corners at this formula classic; Pirelli position of almost the historic speed hillclimb Ferrari Open entire circuit. course. This year we are back The day is completely 31 Prescott Hillclimb again, on Monday, 26 laid back and, given a bit of August. We have hired the SEPTEMBER good luck with the weather, 3 Brands Hatch: FOC Track Day Strawford Centre to enable is a great time to enjoy a competitors and Club picnic in the leafy paddock 8 FOC Prescott Picnic members to enjoy full with your friends. hospitality and access to You will find all the 21 Oulton Park: Pirelli Ferrari the aforementioned top details and a booking form formula classic floor viewing spot. The in your Ferrari News but if catering will include you have mislaid it the Club 22 Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb morning coffee and Danish office will be able to assist.
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RACERS END-OF-SEASON DINNER Although there is some time to go before we meet to celebrate the 2013 racing season, you should make sure that you have the date of this unmissable event firmly in your diary. The date is Saturday, 30th November and the venue is the Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel. We have already blockbooked bedrooms and negotiated the usual demon room rate. The facilities at the Cotswold Water Park are extensive and include indoor swimming pool/ hydro pool, herbal sauna, crystal steam room, 9 treatment rooms, rasul therapy, dry flotation and a multi gym. You can even try your hand at water sports on the surrounding lakes. If you use all this lot you should be as fit as Sebastian
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The Cotswold Water Park Hotel.
Vettel by the end of the weekend! We shall be sending out full details a little nearer the time
including booking forms for the Dinner.
RA’s HILLCOMMENT Absenteeism is not something I normally do, but so far in 2013 only the Harewood and Shelsley PFHC rounds have featured in my packed diary. It has been a difficult year for date clashes, with the Club’s annual Concours taking me out of Loton Park and, just this last weekend, another Club function meant I was unable to enter either MIRA or Hethel. Inevitably this means I am losing touch and as such must apologise for this column being not up to speed with newsy stuff from the hills. Our Favourite Hills are probably many even though most of us can probably name one particular one. When giving this some thought I realised there is some good copy to be had with regular experienced PFHC competitors naming their favourite and the reasons why. For some time many of us have said Loton Park must be in the running for the drivers’ favourite and it certainly is a contender, with its generous length and
great selection of tricky turns. But then every hill is quite different and offers so much. Bouley Bay, on a closed public road with spectacular and unyielding scenery, makes for a really exciting ride as does that other formidable hill, Doune. Then there are the Geronimo runs at Shelsley and Gurston: fast and furious but simple – even I can remember which way to go! Apart from pure driving considerations, there are of course other ingredients. For me the National meeting at Shelsley Walsh in June has to be my favourite event, with ambience unsurpassed and recently much improved facilities. For the spectator Shelsley is really great and furthermore they have huge numbers of real spectators, which adds further to the gloss of this hill. Prescott probably comes second when you consider these parameters. Now it is up to you send me a short piece (no more than around 150 words please) on your favourite hill for next month’s RA column. Favourite Hill Number 1: from Richard Prior
“While you’re about it, ask him if he knows a good place for lunch.”
My Favourite could be so many of them, but enjoyable to arrive at and drive I would choose the Bugatti Owners Club hill at Prescott. You're aware of the crowd close to the side, watching you sit on the startline. A flat out sprint aiming for the Bridge starts the run, spectators overlook the first lefthander which if brave can be taken at full throttle in a smaller car and even in a 355 (exciting with the back trying to slide out!) The hairpin corners at Ettores and Pardon need patience and time to get right, but in between a fast spurt to get your heart rate rising again. Cutting the curbs at the 'Esses' is the most fun part; after
that Semi-circle always scares me as there's no run off... only sky! If you make that then you're safe over the finish and return down to one of the best looking paddocks on the hillclimb calendar. I'm so glad we have the picnic there for even more chances to drive it. Holman’s Deux Chevaux is out again in late August in the Snetterton 24-hr race - the same weekend as the PFHC Prescott date - and crewed by Andrew, Nick Taylor, Richard Prior and another driver to be nominated. Nick reckons he can do Prescott as well but may need a helicopter! Marshall’s Big Noise emitted by his 360 Challenge Scuderia you may have aurally noticed this season. Standing by the finish line at Shelsley in June you could not fail to be impressed by the thunderous approach of John’s CS as he gave it full beans on the run up to the finish line. At the recent Blyton sprint John’s car attracted extra attention from the noise testing chap, and he realised something was needed if the car was not to fail a noise test at some time in the future. John reckons that when the exhaust valve is open on his 360CS the silencer is almost completely bypassed. Something needed to be done, and John, a man not lacking in ingenuity, came up with the solution at next -to-no-cost. The exhaust bypass valve is controlled by the ECU and worked by vacuum through tubing similar to that used on old fashioned windscreen wiper systems. John bought a couple of VW windscreen washer non return valves for £3 each and inserted these in the appropriate pipes for each bank. Now, when the ECU releases the vacuum, the exhaust bypass valve remains
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closed. Sounds good, or rather a lot quieter, and maybe he should patent this mod and market it for say £895 plus VAT including fitting! Nick Taylor’s other wheels are many, but after we spotted Prior’s MG Midget this became another area of interest to investigate. It turns out that Nick keeps this immaculate Triumph TR4A (see pic) in Monaco for when he is in residence there. You can imagine him promenading with Fiona around the Casino Square in this machine, complete with obligatory chiffon scarves! Apparently the TR4A was much Ooh la la! Nick Taylor keeps his sexy French blue Triumph TR4A in Monaco. admired recently by a French gentleman who turned out to be that covers the first ten years of Peter English (Daytona and none other than the President of the Ferrari Owners’ Club Hillclimb Testarossa), Richard Baker the AC de Monaco. Championship. Compiled and (308GT4), Christopher England produced by Sally Maynard(308GTS), Terry Esom (328GTB) That F355 engined Smith, at that time Championship et al were prolific hillclimbers. 308GTB mentioned in the May Co-ordinator, this magnificent Richard Baker was also a notable issue of CompRes and belonging book was presented to me at gastronome, and we had several to Club member Harry Johnson Hintlesham Hall in Suffolk at the truly memorable experiences was out at our Club’s Donington time of my 60th birthday. Only hiring our own dining facilities in Track day last month under the one other copy exists and mine private country houses. I will supervision of Robin Ward – the has been invaluable for looking endeavour to find out more on owner seemed pleased with the back – not only at the 25th these chaps for a future issue of chassis improvements Robin had Anniversary recently celebrated, CompRes. carried out. Subsequently Harry but lately when producing copy ran the car at the Shelsley Classic PFHC Dinner & Moore for my RA column. meeting. I suggested the car Place (Saturday 26th October) is should be good for a 33-second Names from the Past coming around again just as I run time, and it actually returned sprung to life as I perused Sally’s thought we had dealt with the a best of 34.09. For a first visit book. We have mentioned Tim last one. A few days ago I met this is impressive. Bottom trap Blackburn and Alan Tucknott in up with young Richard and Sally speed was 89mph with 94mph at this column recently, and some at Moore Place Hotel to agree the the top. It’s just as well this time back 1990 Championship various arrangements. As thing is ineligible for PFHC! winner Keith Maddox (246GT) inevitably this function is a “ditto who now lives in France. People repeato” we plan one or two Pace of Development like Sheridan Williams (308GTB), surprises, with something really amongst car manufacturers is special if things go prodigious and none more so according to plan. As than at Ferrari. Early September we like to satisfy the Ferrari are launching the 458 aspirations of our Italia Track Day version - will competitors I have they call it a Scuderia or ordered Mercier Challenge Corse or what? champagne and some Bearing in mind the amazing superior wines too; capabilities of a normal 458, this none of that “house” new derivative should be really stuff for the PFHC! very special. Coming on top of Make sure you have this the recently launched F12 and La important date in your Ferrari, there is much to tempt diary. the cognoscenti with heavy wallets. Hillclimb History Book (see pic) is a rare and valuable tome
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The Hillclimb History Book.
LOTON PARK Hillclimb 13 July 2013
Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 7
Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
H/C
Run 1
Run 2
H/C 0-64ft Posn
split
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Nick Taylor
430 Coupe
62.07
59.33
58.83
59.21
67.68
8
2.45
23.01
2.0
60.39
17
Richard Prior
F355
62.34
61.24
60.79
60.35
70.11
3
2.36
23.20
0.0
60.35
20
Jon Goodwin
550 Maranello
64.32
62.86
62.14
62.47
72.78
7
2.64
24.51
-1.0
61.85
15
Philip Whitehead
F355
65.53
64.36
63.80
63.92
75.20
5
2.62
24.64
0.0
63.92
11
Pauline Goodwin
California
66.17
64.40
63.80
64.40
79.90
10
2.58
25.30
-3.0
64.40
10
Richard Preece
F355
66.41
64.70
63.80
64.43
73.86
11
2.58
25.36
0.0
64.43
9
Sean Doyle
308GT4
fail
78.21
66.83
65.91
71.84
1
2.47
26.03
-4.5
62.94
13
John Swift
F355
67.23
67.79
64.25
66.19
77.77
16
2.57
26.08
0.0
66.19
5
Brian Jackson
308GTB
67.07
66.27
64.40
66.32
76.35
15
2.46
25.86
-4.5
63.34
12
Shaun Smith
328GTB
70.37
67.52
67.00
67.29
78.90
6
2.51
26.20
-3.0
65.27
7
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
69.74
68.43
68.00
67.53
80.84
2
2.44
26.60
-3.0
64.49
8
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
72.30
68.41
67.93
68.46
77.79
9
2.58
26.87
-4.5
65.46
6
Peter Rogerson
360 Mod
69.07
70.79
68.41
69.96
84.62
14
2.49
28.22
1.0
70.66
2
Tony Attwood
246GT
71.38
73.17
71.00
70.81
84.60
4
2.41
28.34
-6.5
66.21
4
Julian Playford
F355
72.91
71.44
70.08
71.33
78.95
13
2.57
28.07
0.0
71.33
1
Iwan Attwood
246GT
84.16
77.07
73.00
73.67
89.71
12
2.63
29.42
-6.5
68.88
3
H&DLCC Class Awards:
1st Nick Taylor
2nd Richard Prior
FOC Handicap:
1st Sean Doyle
2nd Mark Hargreaves
3rd Jon Goodwin
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LOTON PARK Hillclimb 14 July 2013
Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 8
Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
H/C
Run 1
Run 2
H/C Posn
0-64ft
split
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Nick Taylor
430 Coupe
61.21
60.32
58.83
59.52
fail
9
2.38
24.84
2.0
60.71
17
Richard Prior
F355
60.67
61.47
60.00
60.26
83.28
8
2.32
23.08
0.0
60.26
20
Jon Goodwin
550 Maranello
63.08
62.37
62.14
62.27
63.16
6
2.41
24.13
-1.0
61.64
15
Philip Whitehead
F355
63.84
63.34
63.00
62.79
63.29
4
2.47
24.54
0.0
62.79
12
Pauline Goodwin
328GTB
67.87
64.24
63.80
63.54
63.87
2
2.54
25.16
-3.0
63.54
11
Richard Preece
F355
64.76
64.68
63.80
87.17
64.58
10
2.67
25.58
0.0
64.58
10
Brian Jackson
308GTB
65.76
66.21
64.40
65.22
64.59
7
2.48
25.16
-4.5
61.68
13
John Swift
F355
65.44
65.49
64.25
67.20
65.61
13
2.53
25.45
0.0
65.61
7
Shaun Smith
328GTB
68.56
67.90
67.00
67.29
66.65
1
2.52
26.46
-3.0
64.65
9
Peter Rogerson
360 Mod
70.94
71.28
68.41
69.98
69.23
11
1.0
69.92
5
Tony Attwood
246GT
73.75
70.05
69.75
73.00
69.62
5
2.46
27.32
-6.5
65.09
8
Julian Playford
F355
72.71
70.86
70.08
70.96
71.03
12
2.49
27.76
0.0
70.96
4
Iwan Attwood
243GT
74.11
75.84
73.00
73.60
72.77
3
2.53
28.84
-6.5
68.04
6
Sean Doyle
308GT4
68.99
67.54
65.91
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-4.5
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
69.52
fail
68.00
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-3.0
Jack Hargreaves
308GTB
69.20
---
67.93
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-4.5
no time no time
H&DLCC Class Awards:
1st Nick Taylor
2nd Richard Prior
FOC Handicap:
1st Shaun Smith
2nd Pauline Goodwin
3rd Jon Goodwin
Richard Prior
114
Tony Attwood
34
Nick Taylor
108
John Swift
33
Sean Doyle
83
Barrie Wood
24
(PROVISIONAL)
Pauline Goodwin
79
Jack Hargreaves
23
‘Classic’ car competitors shown in blue.
Brian Jackson
75
Jeff Cooper
23
Jon Goodwin
75
Peter Rogerson
18
Shaun Smith
74
Mike Spicer
17
Philip Whitehead
66
Mark Wibberley
16
Richard Preece
57
Julian Playford
16
John Marshall
37
Iwan Attwood
15
Richard Allen
35
Wendy Ann Marshall
13
Mark Hargreaves
34
Sally Maynard-Smith
2
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND 8
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 19-21 JULY 2013
UR ANNUAL pilgrimage to Spa-Francorchamps this year was most unusual. Normally we can expect some turbulent weather in this part of the Ardennes. It is rare indeed to have three days entirely without rain. This time it was different. Sizzling heat at home was even more sizzling in Belgium for the race weekend. Daytime temperatures were consistently around the 32° mark and the skies were generally cloudless. In fact, after over 30 visits to this Mecca of motor racing, I cannot recall such beautiful conditions.
The original Ferrari entry of meeting but, as we have found around 30 cars was whittled out this season, these down to 26 after some last competitors seem to be unusually minute withdrawals. As usual, unpredictable. the Open and Classic series were Many drivers got to the combined for this event in order to make the costs viable – easy and safe to do on this long circuit. The mix of cars was 15 Classic and 11 Open. One might have expected a bigger PFO entry for this Richard Fenny in his Gp2 308GT4 prestigious
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This authentic looking Michelotto 308GTB, well driven by guests Jean Clèment and Peter Praller, proved a bit too quick for the PFfc Ferraris.
circuit during the course of Thursday, with late arrivals experiencing long delays at the check-in at the paddock entrance. Most of us were located in the Ferrari-designated paddock area although some had opted to book garages in the F1 complex. Our Eligibility Scrutineer, Andy Bush, was already in the paddock to carry out scrutineering. We had made a block booking for Ferrari competitors at the excellent Hotel de la Source, the recently built state-of-the-art hotel which is located adjacent to the circuit. The efficient air conditioning and faultless plumbing were a godsend in the blisteringly hot weather. A word about the entries. Virtually all the Ferrari drivers have been seen previously this season in the Club’s races. The exceptions were Robert Macfarlane in his bright yellow FF Corse-run 360 Challenge, Richard Fenny (Gp2 308GT4) and Jan Gyzen, the owner of a lovely 275GTB4. For this event we had
invited two German drivers to join us: Jean Clément and Peter Praller, who were to share (one race each) a 308GTB Michelotto
David Tomlin (Gp2 308GTB) leads Nigel Jenkins and Nick Cartwright into Les Combes on the opening lap of Race 1.
entered by Formula GT of Munich. Some other drivers with more than one race car had to choose which to take to Belgium. Tris Simpson picked his newly acquired exI’Anson F355 Challenge while Wayne Marrs opted for his Gp4 328GTB (although as a back-up preparers RnR took along his 458 too). Friday, qualification day, started off with a Robert Macfarlane (360/Ch) enjoyed his weekend. briefing for the
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Ferrari drivers. We had the usual long discussion about what constituted unpermitted ‘short cuts’: two wheels over the white lines, four wheels over the white lines, crossing kerbs, etc. As always with this Clerk of the Course, the precise definition remained unclear but we all seemed to know roughly what we could do without incurring a penalty. The first qualifying session got underway promptly just after 10 o’clock with all 26 Ferraris out on track. There were some timing issues for some drivers. Paul Bailey’s transponder number was incorrect (with two race Ferraris it’s an easy mistake to
make) and only after some negotiation with the timekeepers was he given a time to allow him onto the front row of the grid. Richard Atkinson-Willes defied the timing system by “driving too close to the pit wall” – a strange problem indeed. The hugely strident 275GT4 was deemed to be too noisy (it was bliss to my ears!) at 110 dBA. A change to the exhaust system reduced this to 107.5 which, although above the 107 limit, was allowed through. David Tomlin’s 308GTB’s oil pressure gauge displayed a low reading but investigation discovered a faulty sender unit. The only mechanical failure
to occur was to your scribe’s Gp2 308GTB. On the final lap of qualifying, on changing up from 3rd to 4th at the exit of Stavelot corner, there was a loud bang and a loss of drive. The left-hand rear stub axle had sheared leaving the wheel keeled over at a drunken angle. A tow vehicle promptly appeared which hauled the stricken car back to the pits with indecent haste and in so doing managed to destroy the rear upright. With no replacement parts available Swift was resigned to a spectator’s role for the rest of the weekend. The Q1 timesheet showed that Sam Smeeth, on 2:31.130, had captured pole by some 5½ seconds from Paul Bailey’s similar 458, with the GT3 version of Arwyn Williams (first time here) 4½ seconds back, in third. Graham Reeder led the C2 runners, in 4th overall, some 4 seconds quicker than first timer
“Paul Brooks, like the old trouper he is, managed to get his 456GT ahead of Lee Moulden’s 355 to take class C1.”
experience of Spa, was the slowest PFO driver but we knew his lap times would come tumbling down once he had become attuned to the track. In Classic, the Alitalialiveried 308GTB Michelotto of guest Jean Clément proved to be the quickest, on 2:58.586 beating Jim Cartwright’s Gp4 328GTB time by some 5 seconds. Nicky Paul-Barron was on great
Jim Cartwright has his mirrors full of Nicky Paul-Barron’s similar Gp4 328GTB in Race 1
Paul Ugo. Sandwiched between these two was the only C3 entry, the 430 of Tim Ingram Hill. There promised to be a real battle all weekend in Class C1, with Lee Moulden (F355/Ch) just shading Paul Brooks in his very fast 456GT by a fraction of a second. Robert Macfarlane, who was having his first ever
form, only a couple of seconds shy of Jim and just ahead of 4th man Marrs. Tomlin, hampered by that low oil pressure reading, proved to be 5th fastest marginally ahead of Nick Cartwright’s racy sounding Gp4 328GTB. In Gp3, Peter Everingham just out-qualified rival Pete Fisk. Gyzen’s 275
showed that its excitingly raucous exhaust was accompanied by prodigious speed; it was understandably well ahead of the only other Gp1 car, William Moorwood’s doughty GT4. The prelude to Q2, timed for 13.05, was slightly chaotic. With some ten minutes to go only a handful of Ferraris were in the collection area. These were released onto the circuit, the gates were closed, and the rest of the field was obliged to thread their way through the busy F1 paddock lane and on to the circuit through one of the empty pitboxes. The result was that some drivers missed a significant period of the session. There was an unfortunate collision between two of the Classic cars. Richard Fenny (Gp2 308GT4) and Everingham came into contact with each other as they entered Les Combes, Evers’s 328 coming off worst with a nasty looking scar on its offside door and adjacent body panels – all fixable but not what you want. There was some oil on the track at Pouhon and one or two other curves which may have affected times (Fisk had at least one spin) but in general the result was similar to Q1. Smeeth again took overall pole albeit 3 seconds slower. The other front row man, Bailey, was also slightly behind his Q1 pace
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Photos: SwiftyPix
Ferrari Party Night at the Hotel de la Source Illustrating the special bond between preparer and driver, Kevin White puts a protective arm around young Jim Cartwright; Dad Carty, Nick, with youngest son Billy; William Moorwood demonstrates that he is not just a pretty face - he shows us his sartorial elegance extends beyond the cloth of his ultra smart suit; David Tomlin and Suzanne Everingham hit the Spa water; Jan Gyzen, on the left, explains why his 275GTB/4 makes such a wonderful sound. Clockwise from top left:
although still ahead of the speeding-up Williams. In C2, Ugo improved by 2 seconds but then so did class leader Reeder. They were now ahead of Ingram Hill’s C3 time. In C1, Brooks had the 456GT on fast freeze, knocking a full 4 seconds off his Q1 time to easily see off the best of the rest: Moulden, Kearney and Simpson in their handier but less powerful F355s. Friday night was party night at the Hotel de la Source.
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Around 45 of us assembled in the spacious foyer to enjoy canapés and Prosecco (brought over from England in the groaning Swift family Renault Grand Espace). Afterwards it was into the dining room for the special Spa Ferrari Dinner which has been a feature of our visits to Belgium for many years. It was all good fun with excellent food washed down with lots of liquid – Kimi Raikkonen would certainly have approved! Saturday was a leisurely
start for the Ferrari set. The first race of the weekend was scheduled for 10.55 and a rolling start procedure was chosen in deference to the PFO contingent. Unusually these days, the start of the race at Spa is signalled by the gantry lights changing from red to green rather than the almost universal system of simply extinguishing the reds. There was confusion just before the cars were gathered in the assembly area. Anne noticed
Graham Reeder (360 Challenge) put all his vast knowledge of the Spa circuit to good purpose.
that the pole man, Smeeth, had been wrongly placed on the left of the grid. The organisers agreed and hastily corrected the grid pattern but many drivers as well as the marshals were totally confused. It was just one of many errors made throughout the day. The conditions for the race were sunny and exceedingly hot. All 25 cars (your unemployed reporter was gnashing his teeth as he viewed the start!) got away cleanly in the rolling start although those at the back of the grid hadn’t even come round Bus Stop when the lights switched to green. Smeeth took the lead into La Source hairpin followed by Bailey and Reeder. In 11th place and leading the Classics was guest Clément in the Michelotto with Nicky P-B in second, just ahead of Jim Cartwright. Right at the back was Ingram Hill who
grim death, with the 456GT always large in his mirrors and knowing that he needed to use all his skill in the twisty bits to counter the superior straight-line speed of the more powerful Ferrari. On lap 3, Marrs, who had been in strong contention, spun away his chances and ended up behind Fisk. N P-B was now coming under attack from Gyzen’s bellowing 275. The V12 had more horsepower and was probably lighter than the 328, and Gyzen was driving as if his life depended on it, but it was handicapped by its relatively skinny Dunlops. It was a great battle to watch, the two drivers passing and repassing each other
had spun his 430 at Les Combes on the opening lap and experienced difficulty in restarting the engine. Another lap and it was clear that, barring something unforseen, Smeeth was unlikely to be challenged as he relentlessly increased the gap to Bailey’s similar 458. In 4th, Williams sat on Reeder’s tail, no doubt using the learning experience to fine Oops! Evers spins at Bus Stop in Race 2. tune his knowledge of the track. Perhaps the most all around the circuit; Nicky drove interesting duel in PFO was that with great skill to fend off the between Lee Moulden and Dutchman at the end. Brooks. Lee was hanging on like Behind the Moulden/Brooks scrap, Robert Macfarlane, in 8th, was enjoying himself in his 360. As predicted, growing familiarity with the circuit had produced an improvement in lap times by a walloping 15 seconds from his qualifying pace. In contrast, Ingram Hill seemed to have decided that since he had lost so much time with his first lap spin he would simply circulate at touring speed, which proved awkward for those trying to lap him. The last lap provided even more excitement. Brooks, like the old trouper he is, managed to get his 456 ahead of Moulden’s Arwyn Williams’s 458 GT3 tracks Paul Bailey’s 458 Challenge 355 to take class C1. We in the early stages of Sunday’s race. watched for Smeeth’s yellow car
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to cross the line but the organisers mistook Macfarlane’s yellow 360 for the winner and gave him the chequered flag instead! This would lead to yet another post race debate. Clément was first past the post in Classic but as he is not registered for the series the acknowledged winner was Jim Cartwright, who finished some 7 seconds ahead of Paul-Barron, with Gyzen in 3rd and the winner of Gp1. Fisk finally had the legs of Evers to take Gp3 honours. But things weren’t over yet. The apparent undisputed PFO winner, Sam Smeeth, was summoned to the Stewards office. He was told that because of an alleged breach of instructions given at the drivers’ briefing regarding conduct on the green flag lap (“no sudden acceleration and violent braking”) he had been shown a board requiring him to take a drivethrough penalty. The stewards explained that as he ignored the board, not once but twice, he was given the black flag. Again, Sam disregarded the signal and
“Pete Fisk, with no glass remaining in his side window and a seriously stove-in door, carried on with grim determination.”
Bailey was declared the overall victor with the remainder of the field moving up one place. And the business with Macfarlane being shown the chequered flag in error? The organisers told Robert that because of their mistake he could rightfully claim to be the overall winner! Naturally Robert didn’t wish to proceed with a claim of this sort but to add insult to injury he was told that, because he slowed down after the chequered flag (naturally!) he was not credited with completing the race. We then lurched into yet another dispute which was finally resolved amicably and correctly, with Robert being listed in his rightful 7th place. What a day! After Nick Cartwright drove exceptionally all weekend. some of us had therefore the penalty, after a some headache pills and, maybe, good half hour’s deliberation, was tranquillisers, we adjourned to disqualification and a fine of the Balfe Motorsport pitbox for €300. the presentation of the day’s Although the stewards’ prizes. But the pantomime didn’t verdict was vigorously disputed, stop there. The organisers’ the penalty was duly imposed. If bungling was not yet over. The there was a bright side to the boxes marked ‘Ferrari Rennen 1’ affair, it was that Sam was contained the WRONG TROPHIES! allowed to take part in the The presentation went ahead following day’s race. The delayed although some drivers received results were then issued and Paul an incorrect award or, in some
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cases, no award at all! But it was all charmingly handled by Viv Paul-Barron who presented the cups to most of the successful competitors as well as the bottles of Mumm champagne from sponsors Vitron O-rings. To complete a catalogue of errors on the part of the organisers, a sad feature of the day was the accident that befell Wayne Marrs. As we said earlier, his 458 had been brought to Belgium as ‘Plan B’ in case his preferred 328 gave trouble. Wayne found that there were a couple of events – the Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy races – that he could enter. In Saturday’s race his 458 came to a halt with gear selection problems and the car, complete with Wayne in the driver’s seat, was loaded on to a recovery truck. On the way back to the pits a tethering strap broke and the 458 dropped off the back of the lorry. Damage to the rear end of the car looked quite serious but thankfully Wayne was unharmed although understandably furious, especially as no one involved accepted blame. Sunday morning had a déjà vu feel about it. The weather was just the same as the previous day – sunny and very hot – and the timing of the Ferrari race was identical too. However, the grid pattern was slightly different, mostly due to the lash-up in getting the cars out in Q2 that we have already explained. This time the pole position
There was a humdinger of a battle for 5th place in Race 2 between Wayne Marrs (60) and Nigel Jenkins in their Gp4 328s.
weekend to get to within a second or so of Graham’s best lap time – a really good effort. Tim Ingram Hill, winner of C3, captured 6th place by a car’s length from a delighted Robert Macfarlane in his well driven 360. In C1 it was again Paul Brooks who took victory from a hard charging Lee Moulden while Tris Simpson had the satisfaction of beating Kearney for a class third after Vance had spun as he emerged from Bus Stop on lap 4. Although the Michelotto – even faster in Praller’s hands than it had been in R1 when driven by Clément – took the Classic chequered flag, there was a nail biting finish between Gyzen and Cartwright for 2nd, the popular Dutchman clinching it by a slender 0.4 sec. Pete Fisk, perhaps even enjoying the absence of a side window in the morning’s searing heat, beat Evers for victory in Gp3. Again we congregated in the Balfe Motorsport pitbox where Hilary Tomlin was inveigled into presenting all the Mumm Champagne and trophies, which this time were the right ones! The RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting was awarded to Jan Gyzen in recognition of his superb drive in the 275 in Race 2.
man, Smeeth, was correctly Kearney’s F355, while behind, allocated the spot on the right Gyzen and Jim Cartwright were side of the grid and, after a having a spell binding battle for night’s sleep, was philosophical 2nd spot. In a secure 4th was about his difficulties with the Tomlin but just behind there was stewards the day before. an exciting feud for 5th featuring The 25-car grid got off to a Jenkins, Marrs, N P-B and Nick clean start although again some Carty. of the classic Ferraris were still in All this time Smeeth went on the Bus Stop when the leaders his inexorable way, by half were released. Smeeth distance opening a gap to Bailey screamed into La Source to take that was almost the length of the a lead that he was never to lose, pits straight. It was an pursued by Bailey, Williams, impressive demonstration of Reeder and Ugo. Further down controlled exorcism of Race 1’s the order, PFfc was led by Peter demons. Praller, who had taken over the Finally came the chequered Michelotto, followed by Gyzen’s flag, the officials managing to ear-splitting 275GTB/4 and Jim pick up the correct winner this Cartwright’s 328. time. On that last lap Arwyn Nick Taylor, his Mondial on, Williams had managed to catch we noted, very low tyre pressure Reeder to take third position settings, passed both Nicky P-B overall. Graham Reeder came and Marrs on the approach to Bus home 4th to take Class C2 from Stop, and then smashed into the Paul Ugo, the latter improving all side of Pete Fisk’s 328GTB in the middle of the corner. Nick proceeded down the pit lane to retirement while Pete, with no glass remaining in his side window and a seriously stove-in door, carried on with grim determination. On lap 5, Williams had a spin at Rivage relegating his 458 GT3 to 5th place. He repassed Ugo on the next lap and then set about trying to catch Reeder’s 360 Challenge. Praller continued to hold the Jan Gyzen drove his awesome 275GTB/4 superbly well in the second race, upper hand in Classic, earning him the title Classic Driver of the Meeting. even mixing it with
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS ROUNDS 7 & 8 19th-21st JULY 2013 RACE 1: ROUND 7 Pos No
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
99
*Jean Clèment
308 Michelotto
2
7
21:00.201
2:56.634
2:58.586
1
2
69
Jim Cartwright
328GTB
4
7
21:32.704
3:00.901
3:03.557
2
3
17
Nicky Paul- Barron
328GTB
4
7
21:40.348
3:04.105
3:05.058
3
4
41
Jan Guyzen
275GTB4
1
7
21:41.215
3:01.760
3:08.718
7
5
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
7
21:44.623
3:03.300
3:08.783
8
6
6
David Tomlin
308GTB
2
7
21:46.670
3:03.269
3:07.305
5
7
60
Wayne Marrs
328GTB
4
7
22:05.872
3:04.643
3:05.894
4
8
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
7
22:10.998
3:06.689
3:08.292
6
9
57
Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
7
22:11.501
3:07.787
3:11.639
9
10
30
Pete Fisk
328GTB
3
7
22:22.658
3:07.387
3:14.131
11
11
2
Peter Everingham
328GTB
3
7
22:30.750
3:09.980
3:13.298
10
12
8
Richard Atkinson-Willes
308GTB
2
7
23:06.444
3:14.170
3:17.601
12
13
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
6
21:16.499
3:27.752
3:22.707
14
14
29
William Moorwood
308GT4
1
6
21:25.645
3:28.708.
3:28.161
15
NS
11
John Swift
308GTB
2
3:18.998
13
* Guest driver Group Winners
Fastest Laps
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
3:00.901
139.38 kph
Gp3
Peter Fisk
Gp3
Peter Fisk
3:07.387
134.55 kph
Gp2
David Tomlin
Gp2
Jean Clèment
2:56.634
142.74 kph
Gp1
Jan Gyzen
Gp1
Jan Guzen
3:01.760
138.72 kph
RACE 2: ROUND 8 Pos No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NC
99 41 69 6 54 60 17 3 30 2 8 25 29 57
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
*Peter Praller Jan Guyzen Jim Cartwright David Tomlin Nigel Jenkins Wayne Marrs Nicky Paul- Barron Nick Cartwright Pete Fisk Peter Everingham Richard Atkinson-Willes Richard Fenny William Moorwood Nick Taylor
308 Michelotto 275GTB4 328GTB 308GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB 308GTB 308GT4 308GT4 Mondial t
2 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 4
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 1
21:06.915 21:31.683 21:32.069 21:44.319 22:04.832 22:07.887 22:10.031 22:11.088 22:31.633 22:48.204 22:53.765 21:09.195 21:27.980 3:40.407
2:56.566 3:01.806 3:01.440 3:03.730 3:03.909 3:06.793 3:08.146 3:07.447 3:08.903 3:10.300 3:13.765 3:28.880 3:30.999
3:02.266 3:09.600 3:07.033 3:05.627 no time 3:07.722 3:10.356 3:10.277 3:10.070 3:14.680 3:18.270 3:26.153 3:30.772 3:11.103
1 5 3 2 14 4 8 7 6 10 11 12 13 9
* Guest driver Group Winners
Fastest Laps
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
3:01.440
138.96 kph
Gp3
Peter Fisk
Gp3
Peter Fisk
3:08.903
133.48 kph
Gp2
David Tomlin
Gp2
Peter Praller
2:56.566
142.80 kph
Gp1
Jan Gyzen
Gp1
Jan Guzen
3:01.806
138.68 kph
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS ROUNDS 7 & 8 19th-21st JULY 2013 RACE 1: ROUND 7 Pos
No
1
28
2
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Paul Bailey
458/Ch
C4
8
20:58.724
2:36.148
2:36.651
2
64
Arwyn Williams
458GT3
C4
8
21:19.941
2:37.247
2:41.151
3
3
24
Graham Reeder
360/Ch
C2
8
21:44.674
2:41.083
2:46.780
4
4
59
Paul Ugo
360/Ch
C2
8
22:22.251
2:43.810
2:50.033
6
5
22
Paul Brooks
456GT
C1
8
22:55.407
2:49.078
2:53.961
8
6
8
Lee Moulden
F355/Ch
C1
8
22:57.205
2:49.756
2:53.729
7
7
27
Robert Macfarlane
360/Ch
C2
7
20:13.399
2:47.846
3:00.125
11
8
8
Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
C1
7
20:45.301
2:55.175
2:55.024
9
9
46
Tris Simpson
355/Ch
C1
7
20:48.898
2:55.848
2:57.461
10
10
12
Tim Ingram Hill
430/Ch
C3
6
22:15.873
2:56.634
2:48.170
5
EX
42
Sam Smeeth
458/Ch
C4
2:31.130
1
Class Winners
Fastest Laps
C4
Paul Bailey
C4
Paul Bailey
2:36.148
161.47 kph
C3
Tim Ingram Hill
C3
Tim Ingram-Hill
2:56.634
142.74 kph
C2
Graham Reeder
C2
Graham Reeder
2:41.083
156.53 kph
C1
Paul Brooks
C1
Paul Brooks
2:49.078
149.12 kph
RACE 2: ROUND 8 Pos
No
1
42
2
Driver
Tipo
Class
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Sam Smeeth
458/Ch
C4
8
20:48.303
2:33.355
2:33.897
1
28
Paul Bailey
458/Ch
C4
8
21:17.418
2:38.003
2:37.836
2
3
64
Arwyn Williams
458GT3
C4
8
21:53.486
2:37.232
2:38.679
3
4
24
Graham Reeder
360/Ch
C2
8
22:00.918
2:42.460
2:44.257
4
5
59
Paul Ugo
360/Ch
C2
8
22:14.030
2:43.729
2:48.888
5
6
12
Tim Ingram Hill
430/Ch
C3
6
22:53.427
2:47.058
2:49.670
7
7
27
Robert Macfarlane
360/Ch
C2
8
22:53.848
2:45.408
2:54.306
9
8
22
Paul Brooks
456GT
C1
8
23:04.722
2:51.119
2:49.265
6
9
8
Lee Moulden
F355/Ch
C1
8
23:16.511
2:51.339
2:53.989
8
10
46
Tris Simpson
355/Ch
C1
7
20:57.871
2:56.016
2:57.926
10
11
8
Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
C1
7
21:06.582
2:56.084
2:59.220
11
Fastest Laps
Class Winners C4
Sam Smeeth
C4
Sam Smeeth
2:33.355
164.41 kph
C3
Tim Ingram Hill
C3
Tim Ingram-Hill
2:47.058
150.93 kph
C2
Graham Reeder
C2
Graham Reeder
2:42.460
155.20 kph
C1
Paul Brooks
C1
Paul Brooks
2:51.119
147.35 kph
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Deciding to take on the most famous Grand Prix circuit on the planet can lead to a few anxious moments. For PAUL UGO it was his first time and here he shares his anxieties and, ultimately, his pleasure as he tackles SpaFrancorchamps.
Tales from a Spa Virgin Eau Rouge, Rivage, Pouhon, Blanchimont . . . Legendary, exciting, challenging, dangerous. These renowned corners consumed all my thoughts during the week prior to my very first race weekend at SpaFrancorchamps. How will I cope with this fabled circuit, realising I will have to qualify without even a second of testing? Am I mad? Surely it will be wet, it always is. I haven’t even driven my newly acquired 360 Challenge car in the wet – anywhere! A week before I am due to arrive in Belgium my only hope is to get on to PlayStation. The snag is, with both my teenage boys abroad, I fail miserably attempting to navigate my way around Gran Turismo 5, eventually realising that the Spa track is locked out! In desperation I try YouTube. I’m keen to show my wife where I am going, and keen for her to come along too. I click on Spa and the first words we hear are ‘Welcome to the most dangerous track in the world, that has claimed more lives than any other.’ Kate’s response is immediate. ‘Forget it. I’m not bloody coming.’ She follows this up with ‘Does your life insurance cover you for racing abroad?’
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With that I dumped everything digital and went analogue. I dusted off my 1999 Autosport Circuit Guide. I immersed myself in every detail of Spa. Its late apexes, early braking and the patient progression of power apparently required to master the circuit without incident. Roping in my oldest mate and racing buddy, Iain, for company we zoomed over to Spa in my Nissan GTR. The Nissan impresses Ferrari owners about as much as a Datsun Cherry
Turbo might do. To our relief the receptionist at the Hotel de la Source greeted me with a promise of a dry weekend. That’s one issue dealt with. Sipping my first Belgian bière pression I realise I haven’t even seen my car. Is it here yet? Has it arrived safely? I call my race engineer, Stuart Bitmead of SBR Racing. He assures me that he and his merry band of mechanics have everything sorted. But then they always have. At dinner that night, at the
Paul’s 360 Challenge looks resplendent in the morning sunshine.
“At Les Combes Tim overcooks it and I just manage to avoid him by giving it full left oversteer off the circuit.”
Pizzeria just up the road from the hotel (and full of half-cut Ferrari Owners’ Club drivers) my admission that I had never driven at Spa before was met with looks of amusement and worrying wry smiles. At midnight I hit the sack and spend a while tossing and turning in an attempt to devise a strategy for qualifying the following day. I arrive at the circuit the next morning, eventually finding the FOC contingent wedged neatly mid-tier below the F1 pitboxes. My car, along with Paul Bailey’s 458 Challenge, looks resplendent in the morning sunshine. Before I know it we are called to the Assembly Area; my ticker starts to beat faster and louder. I look down from La Source and see a cliff face in front of me. It’s Eau Rouge. We are released from assembly and I find myself behind Paul Brooks in his 456GT. I decide to tuck in behind him and follow him round. I had previously been told he drives Spa like he nicked it from a Drift club meet. This is my baptism of fire. I go blank. All the nights of research from the Circuit Guide disappear from my mind and the survival instinct takes control. Down the hill into Eau Rouge do I go flat out? No way. Brake? Certainly. Change down? Probably, I can’t remember. The next thing I know is that it feels like my first solo flight in an aeroplane. All I can see is blue sky and then the BARRIER. I twitch the wheel left
and I’m through. Now it’s hammering along the Kemmel Straight which seems endless. I hope the 456 will take longer to brake than my nimble 360. If it doesn’t I’m going to end up as his luggage. Thankfully I’m right and just as I approach the 100m board I see his brake lights flick on. I stamp on the pedal and knock it down to 3rd. Then I roll it round the right/left sequence at Les Combes – all okay – give it a little squeeze and feather it around the next right, then floor it towards Rivage. Brake, brake, brake – it’s a tight one. A little twitch from the rear end on the exit but it’s fine. Next a quick left and down the hill to Pouhon. Down from 5th to 4th, a little dab on the brakes but in quite quick - patience -
then full throttle using up all the space I can. Quite rapid into the next right/left (Fagnes) and ease up for the next right. Power on with a little lift before Stavelot. Here comes Blanchimont a little voice reminds me. I keep it flat but lose my nerve before the second left-hand kink. I dab the brake then on the brakes hard and down to 2nd for Bus Stop (although it isn’t at all like it said in the Circuit Guide – I think it’s time to update). I get a little oversteer out of the last left and make for La Source. Easy, I tell myself, you’ve almost done it! A flick right and I’M A SPA VIRGIN NO MORE! Qualifying went well. I get P6 and P5 although I soon came to realise that Graham Reeder in his 360 Challenge would be my Nemesis all weekend. His 2:44 qualifying time would be my target but so far I have only managed 2:48.
Race 1 Warm-up? It is already over 30°C and I’m simmering nicely in my Nomex. We drive around for what seems an age, wiggling our cars to get heat into the Pirellis. Eventually, at Blanchimont, the pace quickens, we bunch up, the lights change to green, and we’re off. I get round La Source and find myself on the bumper of Tim
“Paul and Lee are busy in a battle of their own, a safeish distance behind me.”
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Ingram Hill in his 430. I manage to stay on his bumper through Eau Rouge and get his tow all the way up the straight. We both brake hard and late as Les Combes rushes up. Tim overcooks it and spins right in front of me. I just manage to avoid him by giving it full left oversteer off the circuit, but it’s all tarmac so I floor it back to the track. Paul Brooks’s 456GT and Lee Moulden’s 355 go flying by and I join them on the run down to Rivage. I stay with them all the way to Blanchimont and then find enough power in my 360 to give me the edge to pass them. For the next few laps I am on my own; the leading four cars are out of sight. On the final two laps I come up on the 308GT4s. I’m impressed at how they can go round the corners so fast on those Pirelli road tyres. The chequered flag comes out and I’ve finished 5th overall, my best lap is 2:43.810. I’m hot but happy!
Race 2 Sunday is another scorching hot day. The race goes well but I can’t match the pace of Graham
Ahead of Arwyn Williams’s 458 GT3 briefly in Race 2.
Reeder. Suddenly, coming out of Rivage on a hot lap (well, hottish) I see Arwyn Williams in his 458 GT3 going backwards across the track in front of me! Thankfully I have braked a little late for the corner and end up on a late apex enabling me to keep right while he rolls left. A lap later he passes me with ease and is soon out of sight. Paul and Lee are busy in a battle of their own, a safeish distance behind me. I finish 5th (yesterday’s result was re-issued
Hot but happy. “I had a great weekend.”
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and I had actually come 4th!) marginally improving my best lap time by a tenth. I have to thank all the Ferrari Owners’ Club members for welcoming me into the fold. I had a great weekend and am now looking forward to Castle Combe. I last drove there in 1998 – I wonder if it has changed . . . ?
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BIRTHDAYS IN SEPTEMBER
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win-Hugh es 4 John Shirley 6 David Ashburn 9 Willia m Moorw ood 11 Chri s Catt 12 Jaco po Sebas tiani 14 Scott W innard 15 Tony W inship Charles H aynes
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Jack Harg
18
Jeff Coop
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Mick Dwa ne reaves
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