MCL Motorhomes British Hillclimb Championship

Rounds 13 & 14: Loton Park nr Shrewsbury, 13/14 June

Scott Moran took two run-off wins that moved him five points ahead of Martin Groves in the 2009 title chase. Groves took a pair of consolation second places but he and co-driver Paul Ranson were suffering a minor engine electrical defect that that affected their performance but which had been masked by their successful  paddle change gear shift system.

With a brand new paddle shift set-up working well, Trevor Willis scored third place in both run-offs and he now sits in equal third place with Chris Merrick.  Merrick was always on the pace and finished behind Willis in round 13 but Roger Moran got ahead of him in the second run-off. Merrick's co-driver Tom New spun out in round 13 but came back later for sixth place behind his partner as he fulfils his promise in the big capacity car.

Round 13

1 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 44.72s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 44.96s; 3 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 45.03s; 4 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 45.58s; 5 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 45.79s; 6 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51B) 46.18s; 7 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 46.83s; 8 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 47.63s; 9 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 47.74s; 10 Mark Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel GR55) 47.80s; 11 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97 47.92s; 12 Andy Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel GR55) 48.50s;  13 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) Fail.

Round 14

1 Scott Moran 44.78s; 2 Groves 45.18s; 3 Willis 45.42s; 4 Roger Moran 45.95s; 5 Merrick 46.28s; 6 New 46.91s; 7 Ranson 46.93s; 8 Young 47.09s; 9 Hall 47.18s; 10 Haimes 47.90s; 11 Chris Guile (2.0 OMS-Vauxhall CF04) 48.64s; 12 Mark Coley 49.26s.