HSA Sprint, Curborough

Hill Climb & Sprint Association Sprint meeting. Curborough, 10th October 2021 By Simon & Janet Wright.

Fastest time of Day (FTD) went to Pete Goulding in the Mygale FF200

The Hill Climb & Sprint Association held a two day meeting at Curborough on the 9th and 10th October. On the 9th they ran a two lap sprint, while on Sunday the 10th they ran a figure of eight sprint. On the Sunday they also hosted the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship. On Sunday the Fastest Time of the Day (FTD) was set by Pete Goulding in his Mygale FF200 with a best time of 52.73 seconds, just ahead of Graham Blackwell in a Mygale Ecoboost G21 and 3rd overall was Stuart Bickley in a Jedi tif. As usual the event was split in to multiple classes.

Class S1 Standard road going series production cars

up to 2000cc. This was dominated by Jay Elliot in a Honda with a time of 64.45 seconds, over four and a half seconds faster than his nearest rival Rob Thomas in a Renault Clio 200 Cup.

Jay Elliot Honda S2000 1st Class S1

Pete Taylor Mazda MX5 1st Class A2

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a Mazda MX5 with a time of 68.41 seconds. He beat his rival David Smith in a Renaultsport Clio 182 by over five seconds.

Class A2.1 for Road going Series Production MX5s up

to 2000cc only had a single entry, Pete Taylor, who got his Mazda MX5 round in a best time of 67.69 seconds.

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Class A2 Road going series production cars over

1400cc and up to 2000cc was a victory for Dean Cubitt in Classic and Competition Car Classic and Competition Car

Melanie Horner Mini Cooper 4th Class S1

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Richard Brant Audi A8L 3rd Class A4

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Ben Bonfield Jedi Mk 2nd Class I

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Simon Andrews Van Diemen RF90 2nd Class J1

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Paul Talbot Rover Mini 2nd Class C1 Les Buck Pringett Mistrale 7th Class J1

Class A3 was for Road going Series production Cars

over 2000cc had a reasonable entry and Nick Bayldon in a Porsche 911 C2 was a clear winner by over a second, with a time of 68.41 seconds.

Class A4 for Road Cars Series Production 4WD any

capacity belonged to Phil Darbyshire, who at 68.44 seconds was almost three seconds clear of Gordon Hicks in their shared VW Golf 310R.

Phil Darbyshire VW Golf 310R 1st Class A4

© Janet Wright Andrew Webber Lotus Elan 2 1st Class U1 Class U1 for Classic Saloon and Sports Cars built up

to 31/12/1975 just had a single entry for Andrew Webber in a Lotus Elan 2, who set a best time of 67.35 seconds.

Stephen Laing Caterham R500 1st Class B2

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Class B2 for Road going Specialist production Cars over 1700cc, was another single entrant with Stephen Laing in a Caterham R500. His best time came on his first run, with a time of 65.07 seconds.

Class C1 was for Modified Series Production cars up

to 1400cc, had Eric Morrey fastest with a time of 63.39 seconds in his rapid Hillman Imp.

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Eric Morrey Hillman Imp 1st Class C1

Class D For Modified Specialist Production Cars only had a couple of entries. Peter O’Connor was fastest with a 58.61 seconds first run in his Westfield Se, beating Martyn Turner in his MNR Vortx.

Class F was for Hill Climb SuperSports Sports Libre

Cars and was dominated by David Bickley in the Radical SR1 with a time of 61.10 seconds, over three and a half seconds faster than his nearest opponent in class.

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Moving in to the single seater racing cars, Class H was for Racing Cars up to 600cc. Christopher Guy in a Jedi Mk IV set a fastest time of 52.99 seconds to win by almost ten seconds in class.

Stuart Bickley Jedi Tdf 1st Class I

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Class I Racing Cars over 600 cc and unto 1100c was

won by Stuart Bickley in his Jedi Tdf with a best time of 53.42 seconds, fastest for 3rd overall.

Class J for Racing Cars over 1100cc up to1600cc was another single competitor class. Nicholas Scott was driving a Force Ta to a time of 58.61 seconds.

© Janet Wright Nicholas Scott Force Ta 1st Class J

David Bickley Radical SR1 1st Class F

© Simon Wright © Janet Wright Anthony Brown Audi TT 3rd Class F

Stephen King RoTor JT7C 2nd Class F

Kieran Thomas OMS RA Failed run.

Richard Summers Van Diemen RF80 1st Class J1

The Formula Ford

class J1 for Formula

Ford 1600 Racing Cars manufactured

before 1/1/1994 had a large entry and proved to be very competitive. Richard Summers in a Van Diemen RF80 was fastest with a time of 63.36 seconds, only 0.19 of a second faster than Simon Andrews in a Van Diemen RF90. Class L for Racing Cars over 2000cc was another closely fought class which also had the fastest two cars of the day. Pete Goulding in a Mygale FF200 set Fastest Time of the Day overall with a time of 52.73 seconds. He was only 0.2 of a second ahead of Graham Blackwell in another Mygale Ecoboost G21.

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2nd fastest overall, Graham Blackwell MyGale Ecoboost G21 Alan Goodwin Aldon AL3 Sports racer. 1st Class W.

The final class W for Classic Racing Cars and Sports Racing Cars built up to 31/12/1975 had just one car in the class. Alan Goodwin, driving the Aldon AL3 Sports Racing car did a best time of 66.77 seconds. Invited Ferrari Championship Class F1 for Ferrari cars

entered in the Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship

saw an interesting twelve car entry. Fastest by a large margin of over three seconds was David Snelson in a Ferrari F430, with a best time of 64.63 seconds. In 2nd was John Kennedy in a Ferrari California T and Chris Hitchman in a Ferrari F355 GTS. For me, the high-light of the class was Jon Goodwin in his fabulous Ferrari Lusso 250 GT who was 7th in class with a best time of 73.33 seconds.

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David Snelson Ferrari F430 1st Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb class.

© Janet Wright Peter Hitchman Ferrari F430 Coupe 7th Pirelli Ferrari class.

© Janet Wright Mark Wibberley Ferrari 360 Spider 5th Pirelli Ferrari class.

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© Simon Wright Pauline Mary Goodwin Ferrari 328 6th Pirelli Ferrari class.

Anthony Attwood Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 9th Pirelli Ferrari class. Loraine Hitchman Ferrari F430 F1 Spider 8th Pirelli Ferrari class. Jon Goodwin Ferrari Lusso 250 GT 10th Pirelli Ferrari class.