Round 1: Prescott, 25th AprilReigning champion Scott Moran got his 2010 Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship campaign off to a flying start with a double victory in the opening round at Prescott. Moran was out-qualified by last year’s vice-champion Trevor Willis but stormed through both run-offs with the fastest time of the day on his final run.Willis thus collected a pair of second places ahead of three-time champion Martin Groves, who overcame engine troubles to seal two podium finishes.Results - Run-off 11 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 37.30s 2 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 37.61s3 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 37.62s4 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 37.77s5 Eynon Price (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 38.22s6 Chris Merrick (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 38.30s7 Rob Turnbull (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 39.08s8 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 39.15s9 Tom New (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 39.41s10 Steve Owen (1.6 OMS-Suzuki CF08) 39.49s11 Ash Mason (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) Fail12 Will Hall (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) FailResults - Run-off 21 Scott Moran 37.08s (FTD)2 Trevor Willis 37.23s 3 Martin Groves 37.60s4 Roger Moran 37.91s5 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 38.25s6 Tom New 38.41s7 John Bradburn (Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 38.48s8 Chris Merrick 38.62s9 Rob Turnbull 38.65s10 Richard Spedding (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 39.22s11 Steve Owen 39.30s12 Paul Haimes 39.41s
Championship positions (provisional) after Round 1 1 Scott Moran - 20 points 2 Trevor Willis - 183 Martin Groves - 164 Roger Moran - 145 Chris Merrick - 86 Tom New - 7