MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship  - Rounds 9 & 10 - Gurston Down, May 23rd & 24th

In perfect weather under clear skies Martin Groves won round nine, qualifying for the run-off with a new class record. But in the final run of the day Moran came back to win round ten and he too qualified with a class record.

Chris Merrick held on to third place in the championship with third and fifth despite fumbling the paddle shift. His co-driver Tom New took a creditable sixth in round nine but accidentally turned off the engine fuel pump switch at Karousel bend to fail in round ten.

Groves co-driver Paul Ranson continued his successful 2009 with fourth and third to move to within a point of Roger Moran. Trevor Willis worked away for a fifth and fourth place and is handily placed to move up the field as the season progresses.

Round 9

1 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 25.84s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 26.00s; 3 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 26.50s; 4 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 26.51s; 5 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 26.75s; 6 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 27.31s; 7 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 27.53s; 8 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 27.66s; 9 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51) 28.41s; 10 Alastair Crawford (3.5 Gould-Judd GR37) 28.89s; 11 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 28.96s; 12 Rob Turnbull (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 29.35s.

Round 10

1 Scott Moran 25.94s; 2 Groves 25.95s; 3 Ranson 26.39s; 4 Willis 26.55s; 5 Merrick 27.11s; 6 R Moran 27.18s; 7 Young 27.45s; 8 Turnbull 27.50s; 9 Tomlin 28.51s; 10 Crawford 29.00s; 11 Dave Gardner (3.5 Pilbeam-Cosworth MP58) 29.56s; 12 New Fail.