MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship - Rounds 11 & 12: Shelsley Walsh, nr Worcester, 30/31 May

On a weekend of perfect weather Scott Moran won both run-offs and moved to a narrow championship lead of just three points. Martin Groves spun out in the first run-off and drove carefully to ensure the best score from the last run-off to avoid the risk of a further zero score.

Groves' co-driver Paul Ranson continued his run of form with a second and third to move to fifth in the series fifth ahead of Roger Moran who took a two sixth places.

Tom New out-qualified co-driver Chris Merrick for the first ever time and Merrick continued to gather the points to maintain his narrow third place lead over Trevor Willis.

Round 11

1 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 23.15s; 2 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 23.89s; 3 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 24.00s; 4 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 24.02s; 5 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51) 24.18s; 6 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 24.27s; 7 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 24.78s; 8 Rob Turnbull (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 25.42s. 9= Andy Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel GR55) 25.93s; 9= Will Hall (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 25.93s; 11 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) Fail; 12 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) Fail. 

Round 12

1 Scott Moran 23.12s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Groves 23.38s; 3 Ranson 23.42s; 4 New 23.96s; 5 Willis 23.98s; 6 Roger Moran 24.15s; 7 Merrick 24.21s; 8 Hall 25.65s; 9 Mark Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel GR55) 25.89s; 10 John Chalmers (2.0 Ralt-Cosworth F302) 26.13s; 11 Andy Coley 26.31s; John Jones (2.65t Pilbeam-Cosworth MP88) 26.61s.

Championship positions

1 Scott Moran 97pts;

2 Groves 94pts;

3 Merrick 71pts;

4 Willis 68pts;

5 Ranson 59pts;

6 Roger Moran 53pts;

7 Young 36pts;

8 New 35pts;

9 Jonathan Goodyear 21pts;

10 Haimes 14pts