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ISSUE 087 AUGUST 2013
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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS In the next few weeks the appropriate technical committees will be meeting to thrash out the 2014 rules and regulations for the Club’s three competition Series: the Pirelli Ferrari formula classic, the Pirelli Ferrari Open, and the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship. Suggestions from competitors, and others involved with our Ferrari competitions, are invited. I promise that all ideas will be carefully considered by the relevant committee. If you wish to put something forward please submit it to me in writing by email at cs.man@btinternet.com as soon as you can but in any event no later than mid-October. As always, your suggestions can cover any aspect you wish.
Challenge. He was a hugely keen Ferrari enthusiast and transported his race car in a converted single-decker bus finished in his own special livery. Always accompanied by his equally enthusiastic wife, Liz, he derived enormous pleasure from being part of the racing scene. Alan was a kind and generous man. One of his best friends was Barry ‘Whizzo’ Williams, who drove the Ferrari from time to time as a guest in the Championship. As a baker, Alan perhaps predated the now popular Great British Bake Off. At every track he invariably gave Anne and me a bag of delicious freshly baked buns for our tea. He cared for everyone who contributed to his own pleasure. As a frequent track day driver at Oulton Park, at the start of the year he would hand a brown envelope to the chief marshal. Inside was a cheque to make sure the marshalling team had funds for tea and coffee throughout the season. We send our condolences to Liz and their daughter, Grace.
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2014
Following his success in the Wimbleball 70.3 Ironman last June, and the overwhelming generosity of fund raising, Ben Cartwright has decided to take on his biggest challenge yet. On 8th September (that’s today as I write this piece!) he will be ALAN NEWTON testing himself in Ironman Wales. Renowned as one of the It is with great sadness that toughest Ironman courses in the we record the death of Alan world, this gruelling triathlon Newton, at the untimely age of consists of a 2.4 mile coastal 61. Alan was taken ill at a track swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a day at Oulton Park on 20th full marathon. To make things August, testing one of his beloved even more tricky there is a Ferraris. He came in to WHAT’S ON 1km run, which includes a the pitlane after 5 laps and precipitous incline up the complained of feeling sea wall to the bike unwell. Shortly afterwards transition tent after 8 FOC Prescott Picnic he suffered a heart attack SEPTEMBER completing the swim, as and, despite the best well as a steep hill out of efforts of the medical team 21 Oulton Park: Pirelli Ferrari Tenby to commence the formula classic at the circuit, died on his hilly 2000m cycle climb. way to the local hospital. Ben reports that 22 Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb Alan, a retired master training is going very well baker, raced with us although it has demanded a regularly for a number of OCTOBER 13 Curborough 1-lap Sprint huge commitment and years in the Pirelli complete lifestyle change. Maranello Ferrari Challenge A massive amount of self19/20 Snetterton: Pirelli Ferrari Championship from 2002, Open Double Header discipline and motivation initially driving a F355 has proved essential. Challenge car, later to be 26 Hillclimbers End of Season Alongside Ben’s training Dinner: Moore Place, Aspley superseded by a 360 regime he has been Guise
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competing in fell races, road races and triathlons, as well as last year’s main event, the Wimbleball 70.3 in June. It makes me quite faint just thinking about it! This time, in addition to raising money for his local Matlock Mencap Society where he has been a volunteer for over 10 years, Ben is hoping to swell the funds of a charity called PACT. PACT (Parents’ Association of children with tumours and leukaemia) is a charity offering help and support to children throughout their treatment. Any funds will go towards the provision of equipment, new ideas, and facilities for the children’s families. These are two eminently Superfit John Shirley (he’s the one on worthy causes which deserve our support, and CompRes will be JOHN SHIRLEY: BICYCLISTE making a contribution. Ben A note from Glencroft hopes that all competitors will Rabble, the Shirley family’s also want to put their hands in racing equipé, tells me that they their pockets to help. are missing competing in our Ben is making a huge Ferrari motor racing this season personal sacrifice and if you wish but their time has been well to play your part please make spent pedalling on two wheels. your donation to Matlock Striking a blow for the over Mencap at: 20-somethings, John Shirley http://www.justgiving.com/Ben(who has now retired as a GP) Cartwright4 won the British XC or to PACT at: Championships in July (for 60 http://www.justgiving.com/Benyears+). Gavin Shirley, John’s Cartwright 3 elder son, writes that he is currently in South Africa with his RICHARD STAFFORD father where John rode to 3rd Many of our Ferrari place in the Masters World XC competitors in the Classic series Championships (60-65 years). will know Richard, who has These are tremendous shown himself to be an results from someone we know is outstanding young driver at the fanatically keen on fitness, and wheel of his family’s 308GT4. with this level of cycling prowess Sadly he is having to stop we can’t help wondering if his racing – for the time being at thighs must now be the size of least – because of his father’s ill Glasgow. health, which means he is unable John says that regardless of to continue running Rosneath the size of his thighs, he is keen Engineering. They have to jump into the hot seat of his regrettably come to the decision Ferrari for next year and wishes to sell their nicely prepared us all the best for the rest of the Ferrari. An advertisement for the season. 308GT4 will be found in the back pages of this issue. GRAND-PAPA We send our best wishes to Flying in from Dubai last Richard’s father for a rapid return week was Didier Benaroya, who to health, and hope that Richard proudly announced that he had will stay in touch with us and all become grandfather to a little his other Ferrari racing friends.
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the right) on the podium in S Africa.
boy. Congratulations to all concerned and good fortune to the new born infant. Let’s hope he takes an immediate interest in Ferraris . . .
HILLCLIMB TIMING SYSTEMS This season we have seen a big advance in the timing systems used at some of the hillclimb meetings at which we compete. This was particularly evident at the recent Prescott meeting reported on in this issue. Up to quite recently, in order to obtain one’s time and all the other relevant splits and speeds, one had to huddle in a dark shed and try to scribble down the data from the computer monitors. Now, all we have to do is press a button and all the info, not just for you but the rest of your class as well, comes sailing out of a machine as a printout. It’s just like shopping at Tesco. This innovative system is called Janus Timing and all the previous results and detailed data can be retrieved retrospectively by logging-on to: http://www.resultsman.co.uk The website is the home of Malvern Motorsports Timing Service (MMTS) who provide a timing service for hillclimbs and sprints mainly in the Midlands:
Prescott, Shelsley Walsh, Loton Park but also including Jersey. It is far and away the best system I have come across and if you haven’t yet tried it, you should!
CROSSING THE LINE I am sure that most Ferrari circuit drivers will be aware of the new rule, imposed from next year by our much loved MSA, regarding track limits. Just to refresh memories, in 2010 the FIA changed their regulations to state that providing one wheel is inside the white line that demarcates the track boundary, the rest of the car may cross that line without penalty. This rule applied to F1 and was sensibly adopted by the MSA for racing in the UK. Next season all this changes. From January 2014 it is not permissible for any of the vehicle’s wheels to go over the demarcation line. Although there may be an element of sense in the new ruling, if it prevents the sort of silly situation that regularly happens, for instance, at the exit, to Copse Corner at Silverstone. If you were watching the racing at the Silverstone Classic weekend in July you would see that many of the cars were not only crossing the white line at Copse but carving a completely new route through the runoff area, which makes a nonsense of the corner’s intended shape. The fact that drivers taking this course were not penalised was probably due to the fact that by doing so they rarely appeared to gain an advantage. However, the universal application of the new rule creates a number of clear problems which, I believe, those regulatory people at the MSA have failed to understand. Firstly, there are certain corners at some UK tracks where, if you are racing as opposed to touring round enjoying the scenery, it is almost impossible to avoid crossing the white line. Springing to mind are Bobbies at Castle Combe, the exit to Old Hairpin at Donington Park,
Out of bounds.
Butchers at Knockhill, the Lake Esses at Mallory Park, Club chicane at Thruxton, and Foulstons at Oulton Park. I am sure competitors can name many more corners where it is virtually impossible to avoid putting at least once wheel over that demarcation line. So if a driver does transgress, how is this picked up by the Clerk of the Course and his (small) army of marshals? Some bigger tracks have a battery of monitors in race control but many do not (and can’t afford them). And what is the penalty if the track limit is deemed to have been crossed? At the moment this is vaguely covered in Q.14.5 of the 2013 MSA Blue Book but it is unclear what breeches of the track boundaries may result in. It seems to be essentially down to the whim of the Clerk of the Course. A further problem arises when one competitor sticks rigidly to the defined track limits but another doesn’t and, in consequence, gains an advantage.
Think of this situation. Harry approaches a corner and is driving strictly as per the 2014 rules. His rival, Fred, passes him but by so doing has to cross the white line at the exit. The occurrence is not picked up by race control and Harry is understandably miffed. Does Harry put in a protest (because it is patently unfair)? And what about Fred? If his misdemeanour is, in fact, witnessed and reported, is that the end of his race? I hope that if you aren’t already, you will, like me, be very concerned about the practicalities of the application of this rule change from next season. Are we going to see wholesale drivethrough and time penalties combined with disqualifications? If not, and the policing of the rule is unevenly handled, shall we have completely unfair racing with competitors having less than an enjoyable experience? I would be interested to have other drivers’ views on this prickly topic.
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RA’s HILLCOMMENT Season Concludes Soon with just two rounds to go now: Shelsley Walsh on September 22nd and the usual final shootout at MAC Curborough on October 13th. Last weekend Richard Prior took another maximum score at Prescott, and he and Nick Taylor are now neck and neck for the lead. Sounds exciting and looks like we are going to have another down-to-the-wire contest. I cannot remember who devised the scoring system but it does work well! Curborough two-lapper reported in this issue was as popular as ever, and notably the Fastest Lady award went to none other than Pauline Goodwin and her equally fast Ferrari Califonia. You can see that the award (see pic) was really impressive and more especially thoroughly deserved after the problems she suffered with a flat tyre.
Peter Hayman some of you will remember competed on the hills some years back with a 512TR which soon became know as a weapon of mass destruction, maybe on account of Tony Blair and Iraq, but also because of Peter’s propensity for giving the scenery a hiding with this big unwieldy weapon. He had the TR well sorted in the handling department, was a very determined competitor, and very
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fast too when he kept out of trouble. I mention all this because Peter tipped up at Curborough to see how we were getting on. The last time we met him he was considering making a comeback with a 599GTB – a worrying prospect indeed! Now, apparently, he is thinking of a 458 Italia so keep your heads down.
Andrew Holman’s 2CV team for the Snetterton 24-Hour race included Ferrari hillclimbers Nick Taylor and Richard Prior.
Event Awards vary from club to club, and some are much better than others. Most are awarded half an hour or so after the final runs are over, except for MAC who usually mail out their mostly pewter tankards about Christmas time. If you are fortunate to have finished sufficiently high up for a scratch award – usually the first three, but sometimes down to fifth at a big Harewood entry then you should stay for the prizegiving to collect.
My Trip to Curborough was not without drama and nice to say not down to my F355, which is now behaving impeccably. On the A14, a lorry running in front in the outside lane suffered one of those disintegrating tyres that you often see littering the roads. I managed to dodge the large chunks of tyre ok, but what really fazed me at the time was the dust storm this created as the shredded tyre flailed around, beating out the accumulation of crap from the rear mudguards – this seriously impaired visibility. Although the F355 recovered its brains recently following the fitting of a new control box for the engine sensors, mine must be still missing. When I arrived at
the A14 junction with the M1 and M6, I mistakenly took the M1 and it was only when near Leicester that I realised the error having been happily tanking along at 90 mph. I turned around and went back south to the M69 and then across to the A5, arriving at Curborough half an hour late. PFHC Tipo Selection is always remarkable both from a size and age perspective. It has always been like this, but as the entry sizes have grown over the years the variety has become more noticeable. Although the typical tipos in those early days were 308 variants, there were other more remarkable Ferraris to be seen in action, with examples of 275GTB, Daytona and, surprisingly, Testarossas. I guess the rarest machine that appeared was Martin McGlone’s 212 Barchetta. What does seem strange looking back is that there were no 328s entered – we even had one appearance of the new 348tb before a 328 showed up. Subsequently, of course, the 328 became, like the 308 before and the 355 afterwards, the popular choice for our hillclimbers. What has changed is that nowadays the
A proper Ford: Martin McGlone’s 1200 horse power Mustang taking part in the Bonneville Speed Week.
series features many examples of modern Ferraris. Holman’s Deux Chevaux was out again at the recent Citroen 2CV 24-hour race at Snetterton, and piloted by not only Andrew, but Richard Prior, Nick Taylor and another FOC member (see pic). Despite the usual set backs the car ran like clockwork this time and they finished 17th overall, enjoying themselves enormously in the process while surviving a few spins and minor mechanical quirks. Amazingly, Richard Prior did the PFHC Prescott meeting the same weekend, and that was without a helicopter. McGlone’s Pony as you can see from the pic of the Mustang at Bonneville Speed Week had rather more than 2CV. This 1965 350 cubic inch supercharged Ford Mustang has 1200bhp! Martin was sharing the car with some other drivers and they were trying to better the class record of 237 mph. Various fuelling and clutch problems (sounds like Holman’s 2CV) meant they only managed 202 mph. Interesting aspects about the Bonneville Speed Week is that there are around 500 competitors and the paddock is four miles long. On a car like the Mustang, brakes are minimal as excessive braking plays havoc with the salt, so parachutes are de rigueur.
My Favourite Hill - No 2: from Jon Goodwin Loton Hill contains all the ingredients a good hill should. It is long, fast (for single seaters
90° left hander and tricky to perfect. This is followed by the exciting, long sweeping left hander of Loggerheads which is crucial towards a good time. Fletcher’s Dell comes next, another tricky left hander, where it is easy to lose control. Then it’s downhill to Triangle, an enjoyable right hander where its downhill approach can lead you into braking too late! Next, at Keepers, it is essential to attain a good exit speed as it leads onto the long Cedar Straight. Cedar is anything but straight and requires serious concentration; the track is very narrow with a tricky kink in the middle. At the end of the high speed straight
130mph) and has seven major bends, all technical. On top of that, the site is in an area of natural beauty. Loton is situated in Shropshire in the village of Alberbury with its 12th Century Church. The hill, owned by the eccentric Sir Michael Leighton, who is directly related to the famous Ferrari driver of the 1950s, Alfonso de Portago Leighton. Sadly, de Portago was killed when a tyre burst on his Ferrari in the 1957 Mille Miglia, along with his co-driver Ed Nelson and a number of spectators. For this reason the race was never run again. Sir Michael at one time owned five farms as part of his estate but Jon Goodwin’s first acquaintance with Loton loses a farm each time he changes his wife. He Park was in 1964 driving this Austin Nippy. He was giving the tyres death even then! is now on his fourth wife, so is down to two farms. you crest a brow to be confronted Sir Michael abides in the splendid by Fallow, a 90° open left Loton Hall that has forty-six hander. Here, fellow competitors bedrooms and can be clearly enjoy watching the late runners seen from the hill. In a TV head towards the last bend, documentary about him, he Museum. confessed to an ambition that Museum is an uphill, heavily was to sleep with a different cambered right hander which, in woman in each room! my opinion, is the best bend on Anyway, on to the hill! This any hillclimb course. Loton is was created from access roads truly a superb hill! leading to Nissen huts where After all that excitement it’s thousands of army personnel back down to the paddock for a were billeted during the war. The bacon sandwich - which has no hill was first used for competition equal - or, in RA’s case, an ice in 1960 when it was 900 yards cream! long and began at what is now the Triangle. In the 1970s the hill was extended to 1,475 yards. Off the start line is Hall, a
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MIRA SPRINT 3rd AUGUST 2013 Round 9 Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship Driver
Tipo
P1
P2
P3
Run 1
Run 2
064ft
Spd
430 Coupe
58.57
55.65
54.85
53.82
53.63
2.48
116
2.0 54.70
20
Richard Prior
F355
58.88
56.79
55.37
56.11
55.27
2.38
106
0.0 54.82
17
John Marshall
360 Strad
62.06
55.84
56.53
55.77
55.14
2.69
111
4.0 57.35
10
F355
71.95
59.31
56.51
58.05
56.18
2.74
109
0.0 56.18
12
Jon Goodwin
550 Maran
59.01
58.35
57.68
56.65
56.37
2.90
108
-1.0 55.81
15
Pauline Goodwin
California
57.56
56.68
56.60
57.33
56.61
2.37
107
0.0 56.61
11
Brian Jackson
308GTB
60.96
63.46
59.21
58.66
58.83
2.53
100
-4.5 56.02
13
Richard Preece
348GTC
63.15
60.32
59.78
59.00
58.93
2.59
105
0.0 58.93
8
Shaun Smith
328GTB
63.21
69.38
62.10
59.99
60.10
2.79
94
-3.0 58.19
9
Tony Attwood
246GT
66.26
DNF
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67.49
65.44
2.41
93
-6.5 61.19
7
Iwan Attwood
246GT
75.36
68.20
DNF
73.74
68.10
2.43
77
-6.5 63.67
6
Nick Taylor
Andrew Holman
Class Awards:
1st Nick Taylor
Run 3
54.82
56.58
2nd Richard Priot
PEP %
PEP time
Points
3rd John Marshall
HETHEL SPRINT 4th August 2013 Round 10 Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
430 Coupe
91.44
89.33
87.95
87.57
87.57
2.0
89.32
20
California
93.95
92.21
93.54
92.15
92.07
0.0
92.07
17
360 Stradale
96.03
94.90
94.75
92.21
95.21
+4.0
95.90
13
F355
94.78
93.62
93.22
92.58
92.84
0.0
92.58
15
Jeff Cooper
360 Modena
101.34
100.55
96.03
96.80
96.84
1.0
96.99
12
Shaun Smith
328GTB
103.21
101.56
101.72
102.37
101.60
-3.0
98.55
11
Tony Attwood
248GT
114.13
106.74
107.03
107.26
106.57
-6.5
99.64
10
Iwan Attwood
246GT
119.91
112.12
107.93
109.47
108.23
-6.5
100.91
9
Nick Taylor Pauline Goodwin John Marshall Andrew Holman
Class Awards:
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1st Nick Taylor
2nd Pauline Goodwin
3rd John Marshall
THRUXTON 17th/18th August 2013
“THE UK’s FASTEST CIRCUIT” is how Thruxton labels itself and, with average lap speeds of over 90mph even for our Classic Ferraris, the claim seems to be justified writes JOHN SWIFT. It is some ten years since we had taken our cars to this Hampshire track, in the days of the Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge, so for most competitors it was the first time they had seen the fast sweeping curves that allow their right foot to be firmly planted on the loud pedal for a large part of the time. This sort of circuit does, of course, suit our Classic Ferraris very well: the cars are relatively heavy and don’t generally have an overabundance of power, so not having to negotiate lots of low speed corners and grind out of them through the gears makes life much more pleasant and exciting. The event was a 2-day meeting on Saturday/Sunday 17th/18th August. It attracted a field of some 17 drivers in 16 cars (Nick Whittaker and his son Ethan were down to do one race each in their 308GT4). There was a good spread of cars in the
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classes: 3 in Gp1, 5 in Gp2, 3 in open to accommodate the car. Gp3 and a splendid 7 in Gp4. The up-and-over doors are more The weather was predicted to be up than over and there are none mostly fine but with the risk of of the usual services – power, showers – or, as nearly all the BBC weather girls maddeningly now say, “bwight and bweezy”. I had managed to persuade BARC to let the Ferraris have the pit boxes, which they generously agreed to do. However I had forgotten how antiquated these Thruxton garages really are – they even have a Preservation Order on them! The problem is that they seemed to have been designed for cars of an era even older than our Classic Ferraris. A 328GTB is too long Top: Nigel Jenkins (Gp4 328GTB) hounded by to fit in one – one of Nick Taylor (Gp4 Mondial t) Bottom: Local man the doors (front or Richard Atkinson-Willes ahead of Nick Whittaker back) must be left in the battle of the Gp2 308GT4s.
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Saturday’s race, from top to bottom: William Moorwood (Gp1 308GT4) chased by Carl Burgar (Gp1 Mondial QV) and Richard Fenny (Gp2 308GT4); Tim Walker, the Gp3 winner, in front of Wayne Marrs; Ray Ferguson in his immaculate Mondial t; David Tomlin entertained the big crowd in his Gp2 308GTB.
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water, etc – that we find in most garages today. Still, I suppose it’s the thought that counts and, if it had been really wet we would have thanked our luck that we had a roof over our heads. The conditions late morning for the 20 -minute qualifying session were good and it was clear that some drivers were sensibly getting accustomed to the circuit layout before giving it their best shot. One who didn’t (he had recently raced here in one of his other cars) was David Tomlin. He had his Gulf Oilliveried 308GTB on fast freeze and seemed to be giving it death as the car squirmed in a full blooded drift out of the complex at Club. “Just a display for the crowd in the grandstand”, he modestly explained. Jim Cartwright was also in entertaining mode, taking a large bite at the kerbs at Club which pitched his 328GTB a foot or so into the air on every lap. After three laps the unfortunate Ted Pearson who, it will be remembered, had that major oil problem with his QV London-
prepared 328 spider at its last outing, at Donington Park in May, suddenly stopped on the pits straight with his car billowing out smoke. Again, it looked like a lubricant problem although his mechanics were certain that it must be different to the previous malady. Red flags came out, the other cars were parked up in the pit lane, and the oil slick was mopped up. After 10 minutes the session was resumed and fortunately the organisers allowed drivers their full 20 minutes of qualifying time. There were a couple of other mechanical difficulties which curtailed things: Peter Everingham’s 328GTB developed a leaky coolant hose which led to overheating, and Tim Walker’s similar Gp3 car suffered a broken distributor rotor arm after just two laps. We also noted Nick Taylor spinning immediately after overtaking Pete Fisk into the chicane at Campbell. Both drivers thought for a moment that it might be an encore of their coming together at Spa the month before but happily there was no contact this time. The timesheets showed that Tomlin had secured pole (1:32.689) with Jim Cartwright sharing the front row about a second and a half in arrears. Taylor was third quickest ahead of the luckless Pearson. Walker, despite his brief appearance, was the fastest of the Gp3 cars (1:37.336) while Carl Burgar, in his Mondial QV now nicely repaired after its Silverstone accident, was the quickest of the Gp1 cars. Andy Bush, our tireless Eligibility Scrut, was hard at work in the scrutineering bay checking weights – not an easy job in the cramped building with the cars having to be taken up rather dodgy wooden ramps. Some drivers, whose Ferraris were found not to be in strict compliance with the 2013 rules, were given the hard word and told they had better be AOK the next time he examines them. The QV mechanics made a
quick diagnosis of the Pearson 328 and found that the crankshaft pulley had come adrift. This caused mayhem at that end of the engine, with an oil pipe severed and numerous other bits fractured. Clearly the car was unable to be fixed to allow Ted to race, which was bitterly disappointing for him. Ted is a past double champion of the Alfa Romeo series and an expert at Thruxton, so his withdrawal was doubly painful for him. The RnR team organised an excellent BBQ lunch to which they generously invited the other Ferraristi. Their expertise at
track quite effectively. In view of the change, the field was given an extra green flag lap. From the front row, Jim Cartwright made a demon start with pole man Tomlin left trailing. Taylor (Mondial t - which the commentator thought meant ‘turbocharged’!) slotted into third pursued by Nigel Jenkins’s bright yellow Gp4. Then it was the other Gp4 cars of Wayne Marrs and Nick Cartwright (who the commentator thought was Jim’s younger brother!) followed by a Gp3 gang bang featuring Walker, Fisk and Everingham. Not far behind this lot was Richard Atkinson-Willes in his pale blue
Jim Cartwright brings his Gp4 328GTB home to victory in Saturday’s race. He repeated his win as an encore the following day.
cooking (and in particular the skilful Mrs Fenny) didn’t go unnoticed and it seemed an easy step for them to add on-site catering as another string to their bow. Just after 4 o’clock the Ferraris were called up for their 20-minute race. Evers and Walker had fixed their problems and 15 cars were assembled, the only absentee being Ted Pearson. The weather had changed from the qualifying. A heavy shower early in the afternoon had dampened things down but now a strong cool breeze was drying the
GT4, who as always looked like he was trying his utmost. Nick Whittaker had Ray Ferguson (Mondial t) making a careful examination of his hindquarters while towards the back of the field William Moorwood (308GT4) was gamely keeping in front of the more powerful cars of Burgar and Fenny. By the end of lap 2, Jim Carty had already forged a huge lead on Tomlin – the latter having perhaps misread the improving track conditions. Jenkins had moved ahead of Taylor to take third while a real battle was
Saturday’s Prizegiving: Top: Carl Burgar collects his Gp1 trophy from Karen Edney Middle: Tim Walker was the Gp3 victor Bottom: Fiona Taylor presents David Tomlin with his victory Mumm Champagne.
developing between Marrs, Nick Carty, and the three well matched Gp3 cars. As the race progressed so the leader imperiously got ever further away from the competition. Jenkins, with more
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confidence, was gaining slightly on the 308GTB ahead and in 4th Nick Taylor was having a slightly lonely time ahead of Nick C’s 328. The most excitement for the large crowd was seeing the mid-field conflict develop. Walker had disposed of Marrs but was now under threat from a hard trying Fisk, with Evers only a couple of cars’ lengths behind ready to swoop if given the chance. Behind, Burgar used the better straight line speed of his Mondial to get ahead of the Fenny and Moorwood GT4s. At the flag Jim Cartwright took an undisputed victory with Tomlin (Gp2 class winner) and Jenkins finishing half a minute behind, in 2nd and 3rd overall respectively. Tim Walker held on to Gp3 honours by the skin of his teeth, just the thickness of a cigarette packet ahead of Pete Fisk. Whittaker managed to keep Ferguson at bay while Carl Burgar made up for all his early season disappointments by taking the victory in Gp1. Karen Edney presented the glass trophies to the winners and we all looked forward to another exciting day on the morrow. Sunday dawned dry but with a steely grey cloud base. The promised sun was shy to appear and we grumbled that maybe the weather prophets had got it wrong again. William Moorwood, with whom we had enjoyed an excellent dinner the previous From Top: Jenkins and Tomlin examine each other’s paintwork in Race 2; Oops! Evers rotates but Marrs manages to avoid him; Richard Atkinson-Willes Richard Atkinson-Willes has armfuls of opposite lock as he enters Club chicane ahead of newcomer Ethan Whittaker in his father’s Gp2 308GT4; Nigel Jenkins takes lots of kerb as he races to the line to take 3rd overall in Sunday’s race.
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evening, reported feeling ill. “I must have eaten a funny mussel”, he explained. However, William is made of stern stuff and said perhaps some high speed track work would get him back to health again. The 20 minute qualifying session started promptly at 10.45, with the same line-up as the previous day although the Whittaker blue and silver 308GT4 was now driven by Nick’s son, Ethan, who was having his first ever race in the car. This time it was Jim Cartwright, with more experience of the track, who captured pole, just a second quicker than a hard trying Tomlin. Jenkins was going ever quicker in his Gp4 328GTB, in 3rd fastest, a decent bit ahead of 4th placed Taylor in the matt black-wrapped Mondial t. Fisk and J Cartwright spun (just to show they were trying hard) while Evers reported some overheating towards the end. The time sheets showed that Everingham was the fastest Gp3 driver, just ahead of Fisk, while Atkinson-Willes (the ‘best of the rest’ in Gp2) had a problem with his GT4’s exhaust which was easily rectified. By mid-afternoon the sun had emerged and our earlier gloom about the weather evaporated. The cars lined up on the dummy grid, the only absentee being the luckless Ted Pearson. From the lights it was again
Needle match. Sunday’s race saw a brilliant duel between Tim Walker and Peter Everingham for Gp3 honours. Evers finally came out on top.
Jim Carty who made the best start although Tomlin’s launch
William Moorwood suffered an overnight mussel problem.
was much better than in R1. At the complex Tomlin briefly took the lead but by the end of the first lap it was Jenkins and not
Wayne Marrs leads Everingham and Nick Cartwright past the stands.
Tomlin who was sitting in Jim’s wheel tracks, the smoothly driven yellow 328 virtually on the pace of the leader. In 5th overall, and just behind Taylor, was Evers, tanking along at the head of his Gp3 pursuers. However, a spot of over-exuberance at the chicane ended in a spin and he was overtaken by the threesome of Marrs, Nick Carty and Walker. At the back there was a good scrap developing between a now recovered Moorwood, Burgar and Fenny. New man Ethan Whittaker was going well, sandwiched between Fisk and Ray Ferguson. On lap 7, Tomlin dived into the pits but then immediately came out again, an apparent electrical problem having cured itself. At about the same time young Ethan spun the family GT4, and was unable to restart the engine. As is the way with 308 engines, they need churning for what seems like an age before they will fire up again after a spin. It was a great race to watch (for an enforced spectator like your scribe) and there was intense action right down the order. Perhaps the closest struggle was in mid-field, where a resolute Evers, cursing himself for his earlier pirouette, managed to recover to take the lead in Gp3 by re-passing Tim Walker’s welldriven similar car. Also notable was Atkinson-Willes, who
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Photo: SwiftyPix Photo: SwiftyPix Photo: SwiftyPix
Clockwise from top left: “Jim Cartwright and his young brother Nick” as the commentator referred to them; On top of the world—David Tomlin, Jim Carty and Nigel Jenkins; Peter is presented with the RnR Driver of the Meeting award by Suzanne Everingham; Unusually, the Swiftys were enforced spectators; Ethan and Nick Whittaker; More happy families– Pete Fisk with his Ferrari mad young son. We need new drivers like him!
emerged triumphant after a close battle with Fisk’s Gp3 Ferrari. It was Jim Cartwright who finally took the chequered flag after an impressive display of driving (sometimes with more than one wheel in the air!). Nigel Jenkins was only 4 seconds or so behind with David Tomlin finishing a rapid third to take the Gp2 victory. A delighted Carl Burgar took his second Gp1 win of the meeting. Jim Cartwright recorded the fastest lap – and now a Series record for Thruxton – in 1:32.097, with Tomlin the quickest Gp2 driver in 1:32.614. Evers recorded the fastest Gp3 time (1:36.727) and Moorwood
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edged out Burgar for the best Gp1 lap in 1:44.183. Suzanne Everingham presented the trophies and Viton Orings.co.uk Champagne to the winners, as well as the RnR Classic Driver of the Meeting award, which was deservedly won by her hubbie! The collective view of the drivers was that Thruxton needs to be repeated, so we shall do our best to make sure it is on the PFfc 2014 calendar.
THRUXTON ROUNDS 9 & 10 17th/18th AUGUST 2013 RACE 1: ROUND 9 Pos
No
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
1
69
Jim Cartwright
Driver
328GTB
4
13
21:03.470
1:35.674
1:34.044
2
2
6
David Tomlin
308GTB
2
13
21:34.139
1:37.652
1:32.689
1
3
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
13
21:38.684
1:37.178
1:36.967
6
4
57
Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
13
22:07.912
1:39.819
1:35.917
3
5
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
13
22:15.350
1:40.687
1:38.056
8
6
71
Tim Walker
328GTB
3
13
22:27.707
1:40.212
1:37.336
7
7
30
Peter Fisk
328GTB
3
13
22:27.889
1:40.190
1:38.248
9
8
60
Wayne Marrs
328GTB
4
13
22:28.165
1:39.754
1:36.779
5
9
12
Peter Everingham
328GTB
3
13
22:29.259
1:40.879
1:38.814
10
10
8
Richard Atkinson-Willes
308GT4
2
13
22:29.745
1:40.496
1:39.185
11
11
48
Nick Whittaker
308GT4
2
12
21:48.536
1:43.472
1:39.978
12
12
7
Ray Ferguson
Mondial t
4
12
21:51.371
1:45.038
1:41.417
13
13
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
12
22:15.179
1:46.432
1:46.279
14
14
56
Carl Burgar
Mondial QV
1
12
22:18.687
1:47.478
1:46.929
15
15
29
Willliam Moorwood
308GT4
1
12
22:53.000
1:51.334
1:48.574
16
NS
77
Ted Pearson
328GTS
4
1:36.645
4
Group Winners
Fastest Laps
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
1:35.674 (88.65 mph)
Gp3
Tim Walker
Gp2
David Tomlin
1:37.652 (86.85 mph)
Gp2
David Tomlin
Gp3
Peter Fisk
1:40.190 (84.65 mph)
Gp1
Carl Burgar
Gp1
Carl Burgar
1:47.478 (78.91 mph)
RACE 2: ROUND 10 Pos
No
1
69
2 3
Driver
Tipo
Group
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Jim Cartwright
328GTB
4
13
20:21.248
1:32.097
1:30.753
1
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
13
20:25.727
1:32.113
1:33.228
3
6
David Tomlin
308GTB
2
13
20:50.673
1:32.614
1:31.830
2
4
57
Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
13
20:53.077
1:34.517
1:34.547
4
5
60
Wayne Marrs
328GTB
4
13
21:15.635
1:36.321
1:35.461
5
6
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
13
21:15.770
1:36.331
1:36.811
8
7
12
Peter Everingham
328GTB
3
13
21:16.272
1:36.727
1:35.570
6
8
71
Tim Walker
328GTB
3
13
21:18.117
1:36.994
1:37.363
9
9
8
Richard Atkinson-Willes
308GT4
2
13
21:30.857
1:37.470
1:38.656
10
10
30
Peter Fisk
328GTB
3
13
21:31.303
1:37.675
1:35.959
7
11
7
Ray Ferguson
Mondial t
4
12
20:22.180
1:40.155
1:40.264
12
12
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
12
20:54.964
1:43.075
1:44.443
13
13
56
Carl Burgar
Mondial QV
1
12
21:30.546
1:44.260
1:45.290
15
14
29
Willliam Moorwood
308GT4
1
12
21:35.656
1:44.183
1:45.024
14
DNF
48
Ethan Whittaker
308GT4
2
6
10:02.943
1:38.174
1:38.709
11
Fastest Laps
Group Winners Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Jim Cartwright
1:32.097 (92.09 mph)
Gp3
Peter Everingham
Gp2
David Tomlin
1:32.614 (91.58 mph)
Gp2
David Tomlin
Gp3
Peter Everingham
1:36.727 (87.68 mph)
Gp1
Carl Burgar
Gp1
William Moorwood
1:44.183 (81.41 mph)
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PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 11 CURBOROUGH SPRINT 18thAUGUST 2013
VEN BEFORE THE CLUB’S hillclimb Championship was inaugurated in 1987, we had been entering sprints at this purpose-made course near Lichfield, and it has remained popular with our competitors ever since writes RICHARD ALLEN. This time around the Ferrari lineup of eighteen cars, whilst down on last year, was still impressive. No less than six of the popular F355, four 308/328 variants, three 360’s, a Dino 246 plus the front-engined 550 Maranello and California made for an eclectic mix. The scene was set fair on Sunday 18th August:warm, sunny and, unusually for Curborough, no threat of rain. The usual two practices were soon taken and Richard Prior, with no threat from an absent Nick Taylor, was comfortably ahead in his F355 with 63.64 seconds. Jon Goodwin was next with the 550 at 65.33 and then Allen’s F355 at 65.46. A whole bunch of 355s followed, with Barry Wood heading Richard Preece and Philip Whitehead. Meanwhile Brian Jackson led the smaller Ferraris with his familiar 308GTB. Also significant was the pace of Mark Wibberley with his 360 Modena rag top. On his first visit to Curborough he managed an excellent 69.06 and was to prove remarkably fast and consistent for the rest of the day. To the surprise of our drivers the organising club announced there were to be four official runs – to my recollection there have never been more than three before at any of our events. It seemed that because the overall entry was low they wanted to spin out the time for the benefit of those attending. The document handed to competitors at sign-on said two officials and the e-mailed regulations stated a minimum of two official runs. Richard Prior and I discussed this
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as we were concerned that this could be irregular in regard to our MSA championship and their regulations. In the circumstances we thought it best to go for the first three runs to count, and Richard went on to get the unanimous approval of our competitors, and the event organisers. The first of the official runs was comfortably before lunch and predictably Richard Prior scampered off in to an unassailable lead. With eighteen of our Ferrari drivers in action over the three runs it seems best to look at the overall picture by the completion of this frenzied activity. We will run through our boys and girls to see who did what, starting with Iwan Attwood in the family 246GT. New boy Iwan was, of course, on his first Curborough and showed good progress, going faster every run to top out at 77.15. Next up the chart was Peter Hitchman, abandoning his usual 550 Maranello for a 360 Modena he must have had handy; he progressed steadily to a best on his third of 72.59. Not enough to catch Attwood Snr who managed his best with the 246GT on the first official with a splendid 71.04, not too far from Peter Rogerson, his 360 Modena at 70.57, with local girl Lorraine Hitchman taking her 328GTS around on the second with 70.47. Mark Hargreaves just inched ahead of Lorraine’s time with his 308GTB on the first run at 70.38, whilst Julian Playford took his F355 around the two laps in 69.33 on the second practice. This would have done very nicely as sadly his fastest official run was a rather slower 69.75! Shaun Smith made sure the third was his best with his 328GTB - he was comfortably under seventy seconds with 69.38. Mark Wibberley maintained his practice form and improved steadily for 68.52 on the third with the 360 Spider, a
great result for a Curborough new boy. Easily best of the small Ferraris was the vastly experienced Brian Jackson. He was smooth and very consistent with his long serving yellow 308GTB on the way to 68.00 on the third official, a result that netted Brian the third place on PEP factored time. Philip Whitehead, often so fast, slipped down the order with his F355 at 66.91, and was just shaded by the similar car of Chris Hitchman with 66.86. Also very close was Barrie Wood, his F355 at 66.72 ahead of Chris and Philip meant just two tenths of a second covered these three F355 drivers. Richard Preece looked to have most of the F355s comfortably behind him, and on his second run put in an impressive 65.61, easily his best and no doubt assisted by a re-run on warmish tyres. Some careless Ferrari driver ahead of him had knocked down a cone beyond the finish (me actually). Pauline Goodwin has been impressive in the recent sprints with her California, and after an unexciting practice she popped in a very fast first run of 65.21 and then limped back to the paddock with a flat front tyre – this must have helped as thereafter she was a second or so slower. It turned out there was a screw in the tread and her determined driving had wrenched the head off allowing the air out. Jon emptied one of those sealant gas cans in to the tyre but it still leaked. Then Tony Attwood had this bright and daring idea to put another screw in, and would you believe it worked a treat! Pauline very nearly took third overall but your reporter managed to squeeze the F355 around in 65.03 – not as fast as I had hoped but not for the want of trying! Jon Goodwin was as usual really on it with the 550 Maranello, well ahead with a best of 64.28 for second overall and on the points too.
Up at the top of the chart was, of course, Richard Prior. He didn’t put a foot wrong all day and was easily fastest on every run to take the Ferrari class win and the maximum points score home. It is interesting to reflect that with eighteen cars and six runs there were no less than 108 two lap runs completed with no damage and no spins, though Jon Goodwin’s 550 did fall off briefly
on his third official. This must be some kind of a record. Other interesting things to be noted from our scoreboard are the finish line speeds. Pauline Goodwin hit the highest number with her California at 96 mph, ahead of husband Jon’s 550 Maranello and Richard Prior’s F355 both on 94 mph. Fastest of the 360 Modenas was Peter Rogerson at 95 – must be all those Track Days! And both 328s
were on 86 mph. The 308s were around 82/83 mph and amazingly the 246, with Tony Attwood at the helm, was at 81 mph. Finally, easily the fastest car off the line was Richard Preece’s F355: all his starts were very good and the best was 2.35.
Curborough Sprint (2 laps) 18th August 2013 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Round 11 Driver
Tipo
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
64 ft
Split/ speed
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Richard Prior
F355
64.85
63.64
63.66
63.42
64.19
2.48
36.02/94
0.0
63.42
20
Jon Goodwin
550 Mar
67.10
65.33
64.28
64.48
Fail
2.77
36.50/94
-1.0
63.64
17
Richard Allen
F355
66.00
65.46
65.78
65.90
65.03
2.41
37.14/95
0.0
65.03
13
California
68.98
67.22
65.21
66.07
66.72
2.59
34.82/94
0.0
65.21
12
Richard Preece
F355
67.55
66.70
66.23
65.61
66.07
2.39
37.14/92
0.0
65.61
11
Barrie Wood
F355
68.27
66.15
67.18
66.75
66.72
2.42
38.06/94
0.0
66.72
9
F355GTS
70.86
67.88
68.22
67.08
66.86
---
38.36/92
0.0
66.86
8
F355
67.62
67.04
67.10
68.90
66.91
2.67
38.35/93
0.0
66.91
7
308GTB
69.53
69.15
68.47
68.51
68.00
2.54
38.82/82
-4.5
64.94
15
360 Spider
69.79
69.06
68.58
68.94
68.52
2.61
41.03/90
1.0
69.21
3
328GTB
71.43
77.73
70.14
69.46
69.36
2.56
39.46/83
-3.0
67.28
5
F355
70.15
69.33
69.75
70.27
70.25
2.73
----
0.0
69.75
2
Mark Hargreaves
308GTB
73.94
72.67
70.36
71.01
71.20
2.58
42.47/83
-4.5
67.19
6
Lorraine Hitchman
328GTS
74.41
71.98
71.31
70.47
72.17
2.52
39.89/85
-3.0
68.36
4
Peter Rogerson
360 Mod
71.48
70.43
71.49
70.57
71.05
2.47
40.77/95
1.0
71.28
1
246GT
74.80
73.62
71.04
71.26
71.98
2.82
40.09/79
-6.5
66.42
10
360 Mod
77.98
74.84
74.01
73.08
72.59
2.75
42.61/86
1.0
73.31
1
246GT
84.00
82.84
82.15
79.20
77.15
---
45.48/78
-6.5
72.14
1
Pauline Goodwin
Chris Hitchman Philip Whitehead Brian Jackson Mark Wibberley Shaun Smith Julian Playford
Tony Attwood Peter Hitchman Iwan Attwood
Pract 1 Pract 2
64ft and stats for fastest run
RS&SCC Class Awards:
1st Richard Prior
2nd Jon Goodwin
3rd Richard Allen
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CASTLE COMBE 26th August 2013
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Close Encounters at the Castle UR TRADITIONAL August Bank Holiday Monday appearance at Castle Combe was blessed with dry and sunny weather as opposed to the horribly wet conditions that prevailed last year reports JOHN SWIFT. There were 16 Ferrari entries – slightly down on the 2012 numbers – with, unusually, no representatives from Gp1. The mix this time was Gp2: 3; Gp3: 4; Gp4: 9. Gary Culver was making a welcome comeback after his Historic F1 outing at Silverstone Classic and Ted Pearson was hoping that the gremlins which have afflicted his 328GTS all season would be finally despatched whence they came. The 20-minute qualifying session saw Jim Cartwright – the double winner at Thruxton the previous weekend – vying with Culver for pole position. Jim,
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with a 1:19.543 fastest lap, just popular with the local Area annexed Gary by 0.4 of a second Groups as well as competitors, with a strong performance from and around 80 members enjoyed Nigel Jenkins (1:20.746) securing the facility. 3rd Gp4 spot. Pete Fisk was on Just after 3 o’clock the cars form with his now fully repaired were assembled for their 20328GTB and was the fastest of minute race. It was a lovely the Gp3 drivers (1:22.415) while afternoon and the sun was Nick Whittaker, a couple of beating down on the large seconds slower, was the best of Gp2 in his stripy blue GT4. As usual, we had taken over the circuit’s Strawford Centre for the Ferrari hospitality. For a trifling 20 quid, guests were served morning coffee and Danish pastries, a substantial cold buffet lunch, and afternoon tea. “Meantime Swift managed to slip in front of This excellent Ray Ferguson at Quarry corner.” deal was clearly
solution to the Allen/Whittaker/Swift battle Allen/Whittaker continued with the leader using blockade all his guile to dictate the pace. ahead. On lap 11 Jim made a Nick successful bid for the lead and Cartwright, scrambled ahead; for the next who had been three laps it was just as hectic going strongly except it was the blue Ferrari in in 6th position, front instead of the red one. But spun on lap 11 then, with one lap to go, as they at the exit to exited Bobbies, the pair collided, the Esses but with Culver collecting a puncture was unable to and a slightly stove-in door panel restart the and Cartwright a damaged wheel. Tim Walker stays ahead of Pete Fisk to win Gp3. engine. Jim made it slowly over the number of spectators. It never All the while the Culver/J line to take the chequered flag ceases to surprise just how many Cartwright duel at the front was while the gallant Culver parked people attend this popular in full force, with leader Gary up on the grass to keep Jenkins Wiltshire circuit, dwarfing the turning in laps with Rolex-style company. Paul-Barron came in a numbers we see at much bigger tracks like Silverstone for a club meeting. The way the cars are gridded up here is always a slight concern, with the rows tightly bunched making it difficult to get past a car immediately ahead if it makes a hesitant start. However, on this occasion there didn’t seem to be any recalcitrants and the field headed for Quarry corner in good order, with Culver at the head. Jim Carty attached himself to Culver’s rear bumper where he was to remain for the next 10 laps. In third, and almost on the leaders’ pace, was Jenkins with Pearson, Marrs, Paul-Barron and “Richard Allen (Gp3 328GTB) had asserted his Chairman’s authority Nick Carty in close order behind. on his pursuers, Nick Whittaker and your reporter.” Further back, Richard Allen (Gp3 328GTB) had asserted his regularity. Around half a minute few lengths ahead of Pearson to Chairman’s authority on his behind, squabbling over 3rd and claim second and Tim Walker pursuers: Nick Whittaker, Ray 4th, came Pearson and N P-B with concluded a competent drive by Ferguson (Gp4 Mondial t) and Nicky looking increasingly taking Gp3 honours. In Gp2, your reporter’s Gp2 308GTB. menacing. On lap 14 Nicky Nick Whittaker finished a second Then it was Richard Fenny (Gp2 closed the deal GT4) with a determined Pauline and snatched the Goodwin (Gp3 328GTB) anxious place but it was to keep up. nip and tuck to On lap 4 Jenkins found his the line. Marrs, foot went straight to the floor as in 5th, was he braked for Bobbies chicane – always a few a calliper problem that forced him seconds ahead of to park up on the grass verge. Taylor in the Pearson took up his 3rd position, matt black about 10 seconds behind the Mondial t while in leaders, with N P-B a further 5 7th Tim Walker seconds adrift. Meantime Swift (Gp3 328GTB) managed to slip in front of seemed to have Ferguson at the approach to the measure of “The duel at the front was in full force with leader Quarry to see if he could find a Fisk’s 328. The Gary turning in laps with Rolex-style regularity.”
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“Squabbling over 3rd and 4th came Ted Pearson and Nicky Paul-Barron but then Nicky closed the deal and snatched the place away.�
in front of Swift to win Gp2. The unlucky Nigel Jenkins found some compensation by setting the fastest Gp4 lap time (1:19.946) while the other fastest laps were credited to Pete Fisk (Gp3: 1:24.066) and Nick Whittaker (Gp2: 1:25.285). When the times are compared with the existing Classic Ferrari lap records,
Pos
No
1
69
2
Driver
set in similar favourable conditions, it suggests that the current PZero Rosso control tyre is around two seconds a lap slower than the PZero C used up to the end of last season. We all congregated in the Strawford Centre for the prizegiving. Mrs Pat Strawford had kindly agreed to carry on the tradition established by her late husband, Howard, and presented the Castle Combe trophies. Alongside her, the VitonOrings.co.uk girls, Beccy and Charlotte, handed out the Mumm champagne to the thirsty class winners. Finally, the coveted RnR Classic Driver of the Day was presented to Nicky Paul-Barron in recognition of his outstanding drive to 2nd overall.
Tipo
Gp
Laps
Time
Best Lap
Qualify
Pos
Jim Cartwright
328GTB
4
15
20:40.974
1:20.339
1:19.543
1
17
Nicky Paul-Barron
328GTB
4
15
20:57.367
1:22.625
1:20.936
4
3
77
Ted Pearson
328GTS
4
15
20:58.831
1:22.331
1:21.940
5
4
60
Wayne Marrs
328GTB
4
15
205.1551:
1:22.530
1:21.945
6
5
57
Nick Taylor
Mondial t
4
15
21:08.376
1:23.225
1:22.662
8
6
71
Tim Walker
328GTB
3
15
21:32.393
1:24.283
1:23.091
9
7
30
Peter Fisk
328GTB
3
15
21:39.723
1:24.066
1:22.415
7
8
45
Richard Allen
328GTB
3
15
21:53.755
1:25.896
1:24.903
12
9
48
Nick Whittaker
308GT4
2
15
21:55.964
1:25.285
1:24.572
11
10
11
John Swift
308GTB
2
15
21:57.014
1:25.755
1:26.353
13
11
7
Ray Ferguson
Mondial t
4
15
22:08.481
1:26.550
1:26.872
14
12
25
Richard Fenny
308GT4
2
14
20:56.951
1:27.346
1:28.736
16
13
33
Pauline Goodwin
328GTB
3
14
21:06.181
1:28.324
1:27.982
15
DNF
34
Gary Culver
328GTB
4
13
17:38.359
1:20.510
1:19.967
2
DNF
3
Nick Cartwright
328GTB
4
10
14:05.086
1:22.798
1:23.825
10
DNF
54
Nigel Jenkins
328GTB
4
3
4:08.676
1:19.946
1:20.746
3
Fastest Laps
Group Winners
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Gp4
Jim Cartwright
Gp4
Nigel Jenkins
1:19.946 (83.30 mph)
Gp3
Tim Walker
Gp3
Peter Fisk
1:24.066 (79.22 mph)
Gp2
Nick Whittaker
Gp3
Nick Whittaker
1:25.285 (78.09 mph)
CASTLE COMBE 26th August 2013
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The Dice of the Season HE ENTRY for the Pirelli Ferrari Open race, at Castle Combe on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August, numbered just a dozen cars reports JOHN SWIFT. Although modest in size, one could say that what it lacked in quantity it more than made up for in quality, as events were to prove. In the potentially quickest group, Class C4, we had an interesting battle on hand between regular protagonists Sam Smeeth and Paul Bailey in their 458 Challenge cars together with Wayne Marrs in the exGeoffrey Finlay 458 with advanced aero appendages that holds the Ferrari Open lap record here (at 1:09.970). Joining this quick trio was local man Graham Reeder who has just acquired the ex-Allan Simonsen/Hector Lester 430 GT3. In respect for its previous owners, and in particular Simonsen, who tragically lost his life at Le Mans this year, Graham had kept their names on the car and simply added his own, a nice gesture. It was good to see Sam Smeeth’s father, Simon, back again at the wheel of his 430
Challenge. Alongside him was regular Class C3 driver Tim Ingram Hill, who it will be remembered produces that delicious sparkling rosé from his English vineyard. Paul Ugo, in his white 360 Challenge, was the only C2 representative and we expected to see a bevy of small boys seeking his autograph after his entertaining article in last month’s CompRes on driving at Spa for the first time. The best supported class was C1, with four F355 Challenge cars (Tim Mogridge, Nigel Jenkins, Vance Kearney and
Darren Laverty) pitted against the powerful 456GT of Paul Brooks. Although the start to the day was dull, the weather rapidly improved and by mid-morning it was bright and sunny. With excellent track conditions there was every prospect of some fast times and close racing. Earlier than billed, the 20 minute qualifying started at around 9.30. From the eagles’ eyrie of the top floor of the Strawford Centre, the struggle for pole position was fascinating to watch. With the TV monitors failing to function we relied on
Graham Reeder, in his first race in his newly acquired ex-Hector Lester/ Allan Simonsen 430 GT3 gave Sam Smeeth a shock on the opening lap.
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those with smart phones linked to TSL’s website for the blow-byblow detail. Marrs, Smeeth and Bailey were the main players with occasional appearances by Reeder. First one would go fastest, then come into the pitlane only to be told that his time had been beaten and he’d better go out again. It was just as gripping as Formula One final qualifying! With the front three all on the 1 minute 7 seconds mark (annihilating the existing lap record by over 2 seconds) it was Wayne Marrs who was finally found to have done the business on 1:07.771. Then it was Paul Bailey, a mere 0.087 secs behind with Sam Smeeth only a tenth or so farther back; just a fifth of a second separated all three which must be as close as it gets. In 4th, Graham Reeder, his 430 GT3 still very new to him, was also quicker than the existing Ferrari lap record.
He’s behind you! Darren Laverty (66) and Tim Mogridge had a glorious battle, with Tim finally getting the upper hand at the end.
After the cars had cleared parc fermé it was found that Bailey’s 458 had developed an oil leak after an external pipe had fractured. Preparers SBR were unable to remedy the problem and sadly the car was withdrawn from the afternoon’s race.
Victor Ugo. Despite a first lap spin Paul Ugo took the victory in Class C2 in his 360 Challenge.
Tim Ingram Hill was less than a second shy of Tomlin’s 430 record in C3 and Paul Ugo, who hadn’t competed here for many years, did a good job in his 360/Ch to record 1:13.148 – a useful 3 seconds better than the C2 record. In C1, Paul Brooks also beat the existing target by over 3 seconds with a time of 1:14.686.
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Following the conclusion of the excellent lunch in the Strawford Centre the Open cars assembled for their 25-minute race at 2 o’clock. From the rolling start it was Marrs who reached Quarry corner first with Reeder right on his tail, perhaps able to benefit from the slight advantage of using the gap in the grid where Bailey should have
been. Then it was Sam Smeeth followed by Ingram Hill, Ugo and the C1 leader, Brooks. A lap later Smeeth slipped past Reeder to take 2nd spot while Ugo spun at Tower to drop to the tail of the field. From then on it was a desperately close race at the front with Smeeth sometimes alongside but never ahead of the redoubtable Marrs. It was just like a very high-speed game of chess with Wayne having to use all his skill and guile to keep ahead of Sam, who we know to be a formidable opponent. The tactical moves obviously slowed the two leaders slightly – their lap times were almost 2 seconds slower than they had been in qualifying – but they were clearly trying extremely hard with Smeeth even taking to the grass on lap 11. His brakes were clearly being fully utilised, the discs glowing bright orange on the approach to every corner. While the battle at the front had the large crown on its tiptoes there were other skirmishes going on behind. Although in different classes, Brooks and Simon Smeeth were enjoying a real ding-dong with the former using his vast experience of the track to keep ahead of the faster 430 but eventually being passed on lap 5. Kearney was keeping his F355/Ch ahead of his fellows although Jenkins’s engine seemed to be firing on fewer than
Simon Smeeth in his 430 Challenge had an entertaining race-long struggle with Class C1 winner Paul Brooks and the 456GT.
all of its available cylinders. Reeder, in a solid third, gradually fell further behind the fight for the lead but was never challenged. Similarly, Ingram Hill was unopposed in a secure 4th overall. On lap 14 disaster
befell Kearney when a rear tyre destroyed itself as he exited Camp corner. Luckily he managed to bring the car to a halt without damage to himself or the Ferrari. The 355 baton was now briefly handed to Laverty
who promptly handed it to Tim Mogridge, who had been making great progress after an indifferent start. With the chequered flag in sight there was a desperate sprint to the line but it was Wayne Marrs who held on to win from Sam Smeeth by not much more than a car’s length or a fifth of a second. It was probably Wayne’s finest win of his career and spoke volumes of the sporting skills of both drivers. Tim Ingram Hill collected the C3 victory, Paul Ugo the unchallenged C2 win (after his first lap contretemps he had driven well for the rest of the race). In C1 it was Paul Brooks who had shown his mates the way round this fast circuit, demonstrating the 456GT is a seriously quick machine if it is able to be given its head. Sam Smeeth set the fastest C4 lap time in 1:09.143, a new
This is how they finished. Just 0.2 seconds separated Wayne Marrs from Sam Smeeth as they crossed the line. It was desperately exciting racing of the very highest order.
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It was arguably Wayne Marrs’s finest win of his career.
All the winners. The Ferrari drivers entertained the big crowd at Castle Combe to some great racing. They want us back next year!
lap record. The quickest lap times in the other classes were set by Tim Ingram Hill (C3), Paul Ugo (C2) and Paul Brooks (C1).
Pos
No
1
60
2
Driver
The presentations were made by Pat Strawford in the hospitality centre that bears her name while the Viton
Orings.co.uk girls, Beccy and Charlotte, handed out the winners’ bottles of Mumm champagne.
Tipo
Class
Laps
Wayne Marrs
458/Ch
C4
21
25:00.783 1:09.417 1:07.771
1
42
Sam Smeeth
458/Ch
C4
21
25:00.990 1:09.143 1:07.981
3
3
24
Graham Reeder
430GT3
C4
21
25:10.230 1:10.673 1:09.247
4
4
12
Tim Ingram Hill
430/Ch
C3
21
26:08.490 1:12.874 1:11.633
5
5
13
Simon Smeeth
430/Ch
C3
20
25:38.682 1:15.260 1:16.480
8
6
22
Paul Brooks
456 GT
C1
20
25:55.264 1:15.992 1:14.686
7
7
14
Tim Mogridge
F355/Ch
C1
19
25:16.699 1:18.219 1:18.790
11
8
66
Darren Laverty
F355/Ch
C1
19
25:28.355 1:18.619 1:19.589
12
9
59
Paul Ugo
360/Ch
C2
19
25:44.612 1:13.855 1:13.158
6
10
54
Nigel Jenkins
F355/Ch
C1
19
26:07.879 1:18.858 1:17.996
10
DNF
8
Vance Kearney
F355/Ch
C1
14
18:38.435 1:17.671 1:17.690
9
NS
28
Paul Bailey
458/Ch
C4
1:07.858
2
Class Winners C4 Wayne Marrs C3 Tim Ingram Hill C2 Paul Ugo C1 Paul Brooks CompRes 22
C4 C3 C2 C1
Time
Best Lap
Fastest Laps Sam Smeeth 1:09.143 Tim Ingram Hill 1:12.874 Paul Ugo 1:13.855 Paul Brooks 1:15.992
Qualify
96.32 mph 91.39 mph 90.17 mph 87.64 mph
Pos
PIRELLI FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 12 PRESCOTT HILLCLIMB 31st AUGUST 2013
Photography: Derek Hibbert
49.40
he Bugatti Owners’ Club’s Gold Cup meeting at Prescott hosted Round 12 of the Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship on Saturday, 31st August writes JOHN SWIFT. Although this is a 2-day meeting, as in 2012 it was arranged that the Ferraris would do all their practice and official runs on the one day. This, in theory anyway (read on!), makes for much more concentrated action than hanging about for two days, with long intervals between runs. A compact entry of just 10 Ferraris took part (last year it was 16) although it might have been more had competitors submitted their entries before the closing date. All the drivers were regular 2013 PFHC competitors and there were a couple of last minute changes of car: Pauline Goodwin switched from 328GTB
to her now regular California scrutineers’ examination. This mount while husband Jon, unable frenzied activity contrasted with to get his 250 Lusso to run the subsequent kicking of heels properly, took his bullet-proof as the meeting’s tempo went into 550 Maranello out of his slow-mo. armoury. The Ferraris were allocated With practice starting at the area normally reserved for 9.00am sharp, those with any Bugattis, probably the best spot distance to travel had to make a in the paddock, although our very early departure from home splendid quarters were rudely to reach Prescott in time. The spoilt by an inconsiderate stentorian tones of the lady on motorcyclist who persisted in the PA (I think she may be a recently retired high55.02 ranking Wren) commanded us to get to our cars well before the appointed time so there was hurried fixing of timing struts and competition numbers, dashing to the signing-on hut, and laying out of kit for the Mark Wibberley got progressively quicker.
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57.79
50.91
51.73
52.94
Top to Bottom: Peter Rogerson (360 Modena); Jon Goodwin (550 Maranello); John Swift (F355 berlinetta); Pauline Goodwin (California).
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warming up his noisy and smelly bike in close proximity to the cars. It was good to see Graham Easter, who has been absent from the hillclimb scene of late. He was nattily togged out, his piéce de résistance being a splendid straw hat. The whole impressive outfit, he explained, cost him less than fifty quid. The multi hued Ferrari lineup looked good in the morning sunlight. The two 360s – Peter Rogerson’s coupé and Mark Wibberley’s spider – looked especially attractive in identical Tour de France metallic blue. The first practice runs were uneventful, with favourites Richard Prior and Philip Whitehead (F355s) posting sub52 second times. It was Wibberley’s first time at the hill but he put in a useful 57.61. In contrast old hand Mike Spicer looked to be a possible points contender as he clocked a mid-52 in his nice giallo fly 328GTB. Prior, who was also sharing a Citroen 2CV in a 24-hour race at Snetterton with fellow FOC drivers Nick Taylor and Andrew Holman, faced a tricky logistical problem if the Prescott meeting’s timing were to go awry. He had already done qualifying at Snett and then dashed over to Gloucestershire while his team mates did the first stints of the race. He was down to do the 10pm to midnight shift, so leaving Prescott no later than around 6.00pm was critical. P2 was again without incident. Most improved their P1 times although Richard Preece (F355), who thought his first run time was slightly out of control, went slower as he concentrated on style over substance. Over the lunch break Pauline G showed us her new Alpinestars race boots. “They were white,” she explained, “but I decided I preferred blue so I dyed them.” “And the only reason I bought them was because last week I lost one of my favourite black boots. I searched everywhere for it.” Just then she opened the boot of her California and there,
51.15 hanging by its Velcro strap stuck to the bootlid, was the missing black boot! Wasps are a plague this summer and one of the blighters stung poor Pauline on the arm. The track medical team sprayed the affected limb, a groggy Pauline had a short nap, and happily she felt much better afterwards. Proceedings on the hill had barely restarted when a motorcycle and sidecar combination came to grief in the Esses. It seemed to take forever to extricate the rider and his passenger from the wreckage and transfer them to the ambulances. It was 4pm before runs recommenced. The PA announced that because of the delay the Ferraris, amongst others, would be given only one official run. Your scribe wasn’t at all happy with this situation and, after a discussion with the BOC’s Competition Secretary, it was agreed that we would be given the scheduled two officials. “I’ll run the meeting ‘til midnight if you like,” he said helpfully. “You’ve got headlights on your Ferraris, haven’t you?” So, after that interminable wait, we were called up for R1. The sun still shined but the temperature had dropped. Perhaps times would be slower than in practice. It didn’t work out like that: some were (Rogerson, Wibberley, Swift, Preece); the rest improved slightly. However, for the final run and with warm, if not hot, tyres together with the extra buzz of this being the last opportunity to do well, most Ferrari drivers put in maximum effort for R2. Heeding a suggestion, Wibberley held 2nd through Orchard instead of changing to 3rd and was a full 6mph quicker as a result and a significant improvement of over 3 seconds on time (55.02). J Gooders held steady at an excellent 50.94 – impressive for a big GT car. Swift got down to 51.73 (bettering his previous best with
50.65
51.79
52.61
Top to Bottom: Mike Spicer (328GTB); Philip Whitehead (F355 berlinetta); Richard Preece (F355 berlinetta); Brian Jackson (308GTB).
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the car) to beat rival Preece by a tiny part of an ant’s anatomy (6 hundredths). Jackson’s 308GTB stopped the clocks at 52.61 to better Pauline’s 52.94 while Spicer took his more modern version to the top in a rousing 51.15. Then it was the turn of the two leaders (with Prior looking anxiously at his watch). Whitehead was slightly slower than on R1 to finish on 50.65 but Richard Prior
blitzed everyone with 49.40 to take the class and the max Championship points. Spicer, as predicted, collected 17 with Brian Jackson taking 15. After the prize-giving Prior hurtled off to his date with the 2CV at Snetterton, in the knowledge that he had just taken, by a single point, the lead in the Championship. It had been a long day but a lot of fun. However, for Anne
and me the day wasn’t over by any means. As we headed for the M5 motorway and home, a mysterious graunching noise in the area of the 355’s right rear wheel was unable to be diagnosed. And so, with the assistance of the RAC, both we and the car were loaded on to a recovery truck to complete our journey. We arrived back home at 2.00am.
PRESCOTT Hillclimb 31st August 2013 Round 12 Pirelli Ferrari Hillclimb Championship Driver
Tipo
Pract 1
Pract 2
H/C
Run 1
Run 2
0/64ft
speed trap
splits
h/c pos
PEP %
PEP time
Pts
Richard Prior
F355
51.05
50.11
48.83
50.04
49.40
2.52
65
14.72/ 31.19
10
0.0
49.40
20
Philip Whitehead
F355
51.59
54.92
50.92
50.65
50.98
2.63
59
15.11/ 31.99
3
0.0
50.65
12
Jon Goodwin
550 Maranello
52.31
51.27
50.47
50.91
50.94
2.85
61
14.96/ 32.06
9
-1.0
50.40
13
Mike Spicer
328GTB
52.65
52.36
51.99
52.15
51.15
2.49
66
15.58/ 32.57
1
-3.0
49.62
17
John Swift
F355
53.78
52.37
51.91
52.55
51.73
2.58
61
15.47/ 32.52
4
0.0
51.73
11
Richard Preece
F355
52.99
53.83
52.13
53.21
51.79
2.50
63
15.66/ 32.28
2
0.0
51.79
10
Brian Jackson
308GTB
56.16
53.50
52.35
53.43
52.61
2.53
59
15.55/ 33.30
6
-4.5
50.24
15
Pauline Goodwin
California
54.19
53.96
53.00
52.94
53.09
2.69
56
15.70/ 33.65
5
0.0
52.94
9
Mark Wibberley
360 Spider
57.61
56.19
55.00
58.39
55.02
2.69
54
16.51/ 35.12
8
1.0
55.57
8
Peter Rogerson
360 Modena
61.17
57.91
57.50
58.53
57.79
2.73
57
17.06/ 35.75
2
1.0
58.37
7
64ft, speed and splits for fastest run. Splits at Ettores and Midway
BOC Class Awards:
1st Richard Prior
FOC Handicap Award
1st Mike Spicer
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND 12 (PROVISIONAL)
‘Classic’ car competitors shown in blue.
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2nd Philip Whitehead
3rd Jon Goodwin
Richard Prior
149
Jeff Cooper
35
Nick Taylor
148
Mike Spicer
34
Jon Goodwin
120
Barrie Wood
33
Brian Jackson
118
Iwan Attwood
31
Pauline Goodwin
101
Andrew Holman
27
Philip Whitehead
85
Mark Wibberley
27
Sean Doyle
83
Peter Rogerson
26
Shaun Smith
79
Jack Hargreaves
23
Richard Preece
79
Julian Playford
18
John Marshall
60
Wendy Ann Marshall
13
Tony Attwood
58
Chris Hitchman
8
Richard Allen
48
Lorraine Hitchman
4
John Swift
44
Sally Maynard-Smith
2
Mark Hargreaves
40
Peter Hitchman
1
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