Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship
Rounds 13 & 14: Doune, June 20 Martin Groves capitalised on the absence of Scott Moran to power to a pair of wins in rounds 13 and 14 of the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship. Groves’ co-driver Paul Ranson joined the show at Doune and duly claimed second place in round 13, thus delivering the pair’s first ever one-two finish. Meanwhile Tom New returned with a rebuilt car following his crash at Loton Park and impressed with an inspired second place in round 14.Results - Round 131 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 36.55s 2 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 36.64s3 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec CF06) 37.12s4 Tom New (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 37.46s5 Wallace Menzies (2.65 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 37.73s6 Lee Adams (1.3 GWR-Suzuki Raptor) 38.22s7 Stewart Robb (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP88) 38.49s8 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 38.69s9 Jonathan Rarity (1.4 MH GhostSuzuki) 39.35s10 John Mackenzie (1.5 Radical Clubsport) 42.80sChris Merrick (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) FailRoger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) Fail Results - Round 141 Groves 36.13s Fastest Time of the Day2 New 36.74s3 Ranson 36.77s4 Willis 36.91s5 Adams 37.34s6 Roger Moran 37.55s7 Menzies 37.84s8 Robb 38.57s9 Rarity 39.69s10 Mackenzie 42.4611 Steve Owen (1.1 OMS Hornet) 43.52sMerrick, Fail Rounds 15 & 16: Harewood, July 4Championship positions (provisional) after Round 14 1 Scott Moran – 90 points = Martin Groves – 903 Roger Moran – 79= Trevor Willis – 795 Tom New – 556 Paul Ranson – 49