Rounds 25 & 26: Shelsley Walsh, August 22 Chris Merrick and Scott Moran produced an unprecedented second tied victory of the Nicholson McLaren MSA British Hill Climb Championship season at Shelsley Walsh. The result follows the same pair’s joint win at Gurston Down in May, and brings Moran to within four points of Martin Groves’ championship lead. Groves himself was fourth in the first run-off before recording the Fastest Time of the Day in the second. Results - Round 251Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 23.53s= Chris Merrick (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 23.53s3 Paul Ranson (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 23.75s4 Martin Groves (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 23.76s5 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51b) 24.02s6 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 24.04s7 Tom New (3.5 Gould-Judd GR55) 24.15s8 Trevor Willis (2.8 OMS-Powertec) 24.40s9 Wallace Menzies (2.65 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 24.51s10 Ash Mason (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 25.08s11 Oliver Tomlin (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP97) 25.22s12 Andy Coley (2.5 Gould-Cosworth-Opel GR55) 25.95sResults - Final 261 Groves 23.39s FTD2 New 23.45s3 Scott Moran 23.52s4 Merrick 23.74s5 Ranson 23.83s6 Roger Moran 23.89s7 Willis 23.99s8 Menzies 24.20s9 Mason 24.68s10 Tomlin 24.82s11 Rob Turnbull (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 25.03sYoung, FailRounds 27 & 28: Gurston Down, August 29  Championship positions (provisional) after Round 261 Martin Groves – 195 points2 Scott Moran – 1913 Roger Moran – 1624 Trevor Willis – 1565 Chris Merrick – 1116 Paul Ranson – 94