MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship - Rounds 15 & 16; Doune; June 20th/21st

The hill record fell in both run-offs as Martin Groves and Scott Moran continued their season long battle at Doune. Round 15 went to Groves with the hill record for the bonus point but in round 16 Scott Moran took the win and a further 0.23 seconds out of the hill record in a sensational run. Each finished second in the rounds they did not win and both came away with twenty points, with Moran maintaining his five point series lead.

Nobody else had a chance against the battling duo and in a massive coincidence the third to eighth positions were identical in each round. Trevor Willis battled his power disadvantage for third, moving up to series third and Roger Moran filled fourth place moving up to championship fourth ahead of Paul Ranson. Tom New moved to series seventh again finishing ahead of his co-driver Chris Merrick with Paul Haimes once more the top driver from the smaller capacity class divisions as he moved to ninth in the table.

Round 15

1 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 35.95s New Hill Record; 2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 36.11s; 3 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 36.41s; 4 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 36.80s; 5 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 36.84s; 6 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 37.81s;  7 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 37.98s; 8 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 38.94s; 9 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 39.20s; 10 Jonathan Rarity (1.4 MH Ghost-Suzuki) 39.24s; 11 Tim Wilson (1.4 OMS Suzuki CF04) 40.30s; 12 Alastair Crawford (3.5 Gould-Judd GR37) 40.68s.

Round 16

1 Scott Moran 35.62s New Hill Record & Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Groves 36.13s; 3 Willis 36.57s; 4 Roger Moran 36.87s; 5 Ranson 37.12s; 6 New 37.13s; 7 Merrick 37.34s; 8 Haimes 39.07s; 9 Wilson 40.53s; 10 Eynon Price (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 40.61s; 11 Crawford 40.72s; 12 Andrew Platt (2.0 Dallara-Vauxhall F397) 41.24s.

Championship Points:

1 Scott Moran 137pts;

2 Groves 132pts;

3 Willis 100pts;

4 Merrick 92pts;

5 Roger Moran 80pts;

6 Ranson 79pts;

7 New 50pts;

8 Deryk Young 44pts;

9 Haimes 24pts;

10 Jonathan Goodyear 21pts.