Rounds 15 & 16: Harewood, July 3-4

A pair of stunning wins at Harewood gifted Martin Groves the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship lead for the first time in over a year. Reigning champion Scott Moran could do nothing to halt Groves’ charge, although two second places leave his championship deficit at just three points midway through the season.Moran’s father Roger secured fifth and third places but was outscored by a single point by Trevor Willis, thus separating their previously tied score for third in the title race.

Results - Round 151 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 49.13s FTD & Record 2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 49.82s3 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 50.31s4 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51b) 50.35s5 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 50.43s6 Chris Merrick (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 50.59s7 Richard Spedding (1.6 Force Suzuki PC) 50.91s8 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 50.99s9 John Bradburn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 51.21s10 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 51.37s11 Wallace Menzies (2.65 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 51.87s12 Paul Haimes (2.0 Dallara-Opel F301) 52.36s Results - Round 161 Groves 49.80s2 Scott Moran 49.85s3 Roger Moran 50.12s4 Willis 50.17s5 Menzies 50.35s6 Ranson 50.77s7 Merrick 50.79s8 Haimes 51.18s9 Spedding 51.43s10 Tom New (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 51.45s11 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 52.12s12 Bradburn 52.20sRounds 17 & 18: Bouley Bay, July 15Championship (provisional) after Round 161 Martin Groves – 111 points 2 Scott Moran – 1083 Trevor Willis – 944 Roger Moran – 935 Paul Ranson – 576 Tom New – 56