MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship - Rounds 17 & 18: Harewood, Near Leeds – July 5th

Martin Groves moved into a four point championship lead with a win and second place as Scott Moran gave up his five point lead when a wheel speed sensor failed at the start of his round 17 run-off. Moran rescued his weekend with a round 18 win in the fastest time of the day.

The leading pairs’ co-drivers also went well with Roger Moran a little more successful than Paul Ranson. Roger closed slightly on Chris Merrick who again had a good day and his co-driver Tom New also went well. Trevor Willis cemented his position behind the top two and taking second place in round 17.

Round 17

1 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 49.54s; 2 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 49.94s; 3 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 50.01s; 4 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 50.20s; 5 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 50.90s; 6 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51b) 50.93s; 7  Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 52.10s; 8 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 52.12s; 9 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 52.17s; 10 Eynon Price (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 52.59s; 11 Rob Turnbull (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB) 53.64s; 12 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 56.21s. 

Round 18

Scott Moran 49.51s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Groves 49.53s; 3 Roger Moran 50.10s; 4 Willis 50.40s; 5 Ranson 50.44s; 6 Merrick 50.52s; 7 New 52.01s; 8 John Bradburn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB) 52.17s; 9 Haimes 52.60s; 10 Price 68.05s; 11 Turnbull 87.21s; 12 Hall Did Not Start.

Championship:

1 Groves 151pts;

2 Scott Moran 147pts;

3 Willis 116pts;

4 Merrick 105pts;

5 Roger Moran 95pts;

6 Ranson 91pts;

7 New 56pts;

8 Young 49pts;

9 Haimes 29pts;

10 Jonathan Goodyear 21pts