MCL Motorhomes MSA British Hillclimb Championship - Rounds 31 & 32: Prescott, 5/6 September

Trevor Willis enjoyed his best ever performance, winning both rounds to guarantee second place in the 2009 MSA British Championship. 2009 champion-elect Scott Moran suffered gearbox maladies all day and failed to score a point.

The reinvigorated Rob Turnbull also had his best event for many years, with second and third places. Roger Moran spun out of the first run-off but overcame the cars gearbox issues by starting round 32 in second gear and pushed hard to the finish for second place.

Championship positions one to six are now settled but seven to ten are still just open and may depend on whether Tom New’s car is fit for Doune or whether Deryk Young makes the trip. In ninth and tenth place Will Hall and Eynon Price have not given up in their season long battle in tiny 1600cc Force PC cars and might still catch the evergreen Young.

Round 31

1  Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 36.85s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Rob Turnbull (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 37.98s; 3 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51) 38.04s; 4  Eynon Price (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 38.43s; 5 Steve Owen (1.6 OMS-Suzuki CF08) 38.91s; 6  Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 38.97s; 7 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 39.36s; 8 Ash Mason (1.6 DJ-Suzuki Firehawk) 39.37s; 9 Adam Steel (1.0 Martlet-Suzuki AS1) 39.84s; 10 Andy Coley (2.5 Gould-Opel)  39.88s; 11 Will Hall (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) Fail; 12 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) Fail.

Round 32

1 Willis 36.85s Fastest Time of the Day; 2 Roger Moran 37.26s; 3 Turnbull 37.45s; 4 Hall 37.99s; 5 Young 38.01s; 6 Tomlin 38.29s; 7 Mark Coley 38.52s; 8 Haimes 38.54s; 9 Price 38.73s; 10 John Bradburn (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 38.88s; 11 Owen 38.91s; 12 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) Fail.

Championship

1 Scott Moran 230pts;

2 Willis 214pts;

3 Roger Moran 197pts;

4 Martin Groves 184pts;

5 Chris Merrick 134pts;

6 Paul Ranson 113pts;

7 Tom New 87pts;

8 Young 80pts;

9 Hall 72pts;

10 Eynon Price 71pts