Rounds 3 & 4: Barbon, 8 MayRounds three and four of the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hillclimb Championship at Barbon Manor were abandoned after the sump was torn from Rob Capper’s Nemesis when it grounded while crossing a resurfaced area of the track.His was the first single-seater of the day to ascend the hill and there was a delay whilst inspections and measurement took place. After lengthy discussions the Clerk of the Course declared that the Championship portion of the meeting would be abandoned for safety reasons
Rounds 5 & 6: Harewood, 9 May
Scott Moran triumphed in round five at Harewood but it was Martin Groves who wrote the headlines, taking his 91st British Run-Off victory in round six and thus succeeding the late Roy Lane as the most successful competitor ever.Roger Moran, 1997 champion and father of Scott, produced two fine performances to tie on points with Trevor Willis, who had an average day by his standards.Star of the day was undoubtedly Richard Spedding, who used his local track knowledge to defeat regular giant killers Will Hall and Eynon Price from the 1600cc class.Results - round five1 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 49.31s Fastest Time of the Day2 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 49.60s3 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 50.69s4 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 51.08s5 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51b) 51.14s6 Chris Merrick (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 51.50s7 Richard Spedding (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 51.57s8 Eynon Price (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 51.76s9 Tom New (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 51.81s10 Steve Owen (1.6 OMS-Suzuki CF08) 52.72s11 John Bradburn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 53.16s12 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) Fail.Results - round six1 Groves 49.52s2 Scott Moran 49.54s3 Roger Moran 50.06s4 Young 51.14s5 New 50.96s6 Willis 51.14s7 Merrick 51.19s8 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 51.56s9 Spedding 51.58s10 Hall 51.90s11 Wallace Menzies (2.65 DJ-Cosworth XD Firestorm) 52.13s12 Rob Turnbull (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 52.26s.Rounds 7 & 8: Gurston Down, 30 May
Championship positions (provisional) after Round 4 1 Scott Moran – 39 points2 Martin Groves – 353 Trevor Willis – 30= Roger Moran – 305 Chris Merrick – 176 Tom New – 15
