MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship Rounds 29 & 30: Gurston Down, nr Salisbury, August 29/30

Scott Moran was crowned the 2009 MSA British Hillclimb Champion, despite a low score of five points on the day. With drizzle through to light rain all day Trevor Willis took a spin in round 29 qualification to put Moran at Championship Point.  Scott failed to take advantage, believing Willis’ failure had handed him the title and he relaxed too much, failing to qualify himself. This allowed veteran Rob Turnbull to take the round 29 win – only his third ever – five years after his last and 17 years since his first!

Later on Scott took a safe qualification run for round 30 and, despite Willis taking an inspired win in the increasingly heavy rain, Moran’s sixth place in the run-off was enough to wrap up the title.

Round 29

1 Rob Turnbull (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 28.89s; 2 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 29.43s; 3 Peter Marsh (Gould-Opel GR55) 29.83s; 4 James Blackmore (1.6 OMS-Suzuki CF04) 30.31s; 5 Chris Guile (2.0 OMS-Vauxhall CF04) 30.60s; 6  Will Hall (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 30.76s; 7 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 30.77s; 8 Steve Owen (1.6 OMS-Suzuki CF08) 31.01s; 9 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 31.17s; 10 Paul Webster (2.0 Dallara-Vauxhall F301 31.22s; 11 John Forsyth (3.5 Pilbeam-Cosworth MP58) 31.62s; 12 Sandra Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 31.83s.

Round 30

1 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 32.43s; 2  Roger Moran 33.68s; 3 Guile 33.89s; 4 Hall 34.12s; 5 John Bradburn (4.0 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 34.27s; 6 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 34.71s; 7 Oliver Tomlin 34.75s; 8 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51) 34.95s; 9 Turnbull 35.07s; 10 Webster 35.45s; 11 Alastair Crawford (3.5 Gould-Judd GR37) 35.48s; 12 Tim Wilson (1.4 OMS-Suzuki CF04) 36.62s.

Championship

1 Scott Moran 230pts;

2 Willis 194pts;

3 Roger Moran 188pts;

4 Martin Groves 184pts;

5 Chris Merrick 134pts;

6 Paul Ranson 113pts;

7 Tom New 87pts;

8 Young 66pts;

9 Hall 65pts;

10 Eynon Price 62pts.