Rounds 23 & 24: Craigantlet, August 7Martin Groves captured an unprecedented 100th Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship run-off win at Craigantlet, where Paul Ranson earned his maiden victory.The pair’s success followed minor incidents in practice and the first shoot-out. However, both recovered to take a win apiece, with Groves describing his as “a relief after the last two years at this venue”. Wallace Menzies produced the other standout performance of the day in his DJ Firestorm to take his best-ever result with third place in round 23. Meanwhile Scott Moran remains well within striking distance of Groves in the title hunt, with one slip from either in the remaining rounds likely to be decisive.Results - Round 231 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 40.50s2  Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 40.67s3 Wallace Menzies (2.65 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 41.06s4 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 41.59s5 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 41.88s6 Chris Merrick (4.0 Gould-Judd EV GR55) 41.94s7 Will Hall (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 43.51s8 Peter Herbert (1.4 Westfield-Cosworth-BDH SE) 50.53sPaul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) FailTrevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) FailResults - Round 241 Ranson 40.44s FTD 2 Groves 40.59s3 Scott Moran 40.72s4 Roger Moran 40.74s5 Merrick 40.78s6 Menzies 41.22s7 New 41.39s8 Hall 45.139 Herbert 51.14s.

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 24 1 Martin Groves – 178 points2 Scott Moran – 173pts3 Roger Moran – 1524 Trevor Willis – 1495 Merrick – 836 Paul Ranson – 80= Tom New – 80