2015 British Hillclimb championship

2015 British Hillclimb championship

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Skylinecrazy

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Friday 6th February 2015
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I say it every year, but this year could be very close indeed.

Scott Moran will be sharing with Alex Summers, which will be very interesting indeed. Tom New/Wallace Menzies are sharing the ex Martin Groves Gould GR55B after Wallace has broken his DJ. Will Hall will be running the 700+ HP engine from Menzies' old DJ in his Force. Tony Hunt will make the step up to a gould, as he'll be sharing John Bradburn's GR55.

If the raptor can reliably run all season long, I'm convinced Jos can win the title.. It should be a good year.

(All that info above was heard from a good source, so taking it from him!)

Skylinecrazy

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Monday 9th February 2015
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Probably in a quest for more power? The cosworth lump certainly has that.

It should be an interesting year smile

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 10th February 2015
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The fact Jos broke Prescott's outright record by nearly half a second after an accident in the first run off made me think he could win the championship. If the car, and more importantly he can stay consistent I see no reason why he can't win. I think the age of the gould dominance is coming to an end.

Not sure about hitting the limiter? He was doing something silly like 144mph at ess approach though. Although I think he hit 150 at shelsley.

Skylinecrazy

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Wednesday 11th February 2015
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I meant Gurston, rather than shelsley haha..

You planning on attending other rounds this year?

Skylinecrazy

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Wednesday 11th February 2015
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Juicetin1 said:
Where can I find the British Championship calendar for this year ?
Hoping to get to Shelsley, Loton and Prescott events.
Really looking forward to this year !
http://britishhillclimb.co.uk/index.php/datesvenues-2/

There you go!

Skylinecrazy

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Friday 10th April 2015
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http://www.prescott-hillclimb.com/uploads/B&M%...

Entry list out. There's a lot of changes on there!

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Vocal Minority said:
I am very interested to see how the Championship pans out.

My understanding is that Roger was always mindful of taking points off Scott, though of course Alex Summers won't be!
I wouldn't bet against Scott winning a sixth title. It should be close this year, but I say that at the beginning of every season.

Skylinecrazy

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Friday 24th April 2015
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It's all back again this weekend! Anybody on here going?

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 28th April 2015
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What an absolute farce prescott was!

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Mark A S said:
The "noise" situation was a joke, I agree, sadly the long delay was not.

On a lighter note, I have told Roy [ Standley ] I intend to get my record back from him wink
Your 996 was certainly going well! It sounded great too.

Agreed about the hold up. Glad to have read that he's stable in hospital.

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 28th April 2015
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John Bradburn failed the second run off by 1 decibel I think, which is utterly ridiculous after being under the limit all day!

How come you weren't competing Tony?

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 28th April 2015
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mallockman said:
Skylinecrazy said:

How come you weren't competing Tony?
I was planning a quieter season, but I have relented and will be out from Harewood...!
I'll wonder over and say hi at Harewood. It's quite the drive from Brighton I imagine!

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Vocal Minority said:
Was there no Scott at Craigantlet this weekend?
Yes, think he's missing a fair few this year.

It's Alex Summers' title to lose already after the Prescott mess.

Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Vocal Minority said:
Quite possibly - are we assuming Will Hall and Jos Goodyear will fall foulf of the Prescott noise regs again?
I've heard that several drivers won't even bother attending Prescott due to the noise regs. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.

6 scores do have to be dropped though remember.




Skylinecrazy

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Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Trev450 said:
Only two visits to Prescott for the British.
Each round has two run offs though wink

Skylinecrazy

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Wednesday 6th May 2015
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http://www.harewoodhill.com/downloads/pdf/entryLis...

Entry for harewood is up.

Championship after four rounds looks like -


Skylinecrazy

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Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Vocal Minority said:
Single seater entires look healthy, but a little light on others - sports libre especially. That said I don't know how many competitors Harewood can cater for
Libre is missing Keith Edwards etc. haven't seen that Quattro in a few months now it's competing abroad a lot.

Be interesting to see if the Harry Pick/Gary Hill OMS is ready, as it's using BMW bike engine power which is a first I believe.

Richard Spedding's raptor will also hopefully be ready - it looks stunning in white.


Skylinecrazy

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Saturday 9th May 2015
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Alarm set for 5:30 tomorrow. Very much looking forward to it. If anyone there sees a guy wearing a hoodie with 'sprintandtrackday' on the back please say hello!

Skylinecrazy

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Saturday 9th May 2015
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Who was quickest today?

Skylinecrazy

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Sunday 10th May 2015
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Ah the green Jedi? Was really impressed by that - It was flying!

Agreed, a brilliant day of Hillclimbing. So many twists and turns during the day, most notably the lack of big V8s in the second run off! Great to see how competitive it was today.

Ed Hollier driver of the day for me.