Hall and Ryder out on top!
- BOC
- Apr 30
- 3 min read
What a (very literally) warm welcome we had at the weekend! Thank you to the thousands of people who came down to support our first event of the season, the Opening Round of the British and Midland Hill Climb Championships.
Will Hall #3 had a seriously strong start to his season of the BHC, being the fastest driver after Practice on Saturday and went on to win in the first Run Off on Sunday, while Matt Ryder #1 took back honors, winning the second Run Off in the afternoon. Wallace Menzies #4 doubled up the placing and came second in both rounds, missing out by a split second… it’s that close! Sean Gould and Alex Summers both only one second off the top three in joint fourth and followed by Trevor Willis. Clearly the fight for the 2025 Champion will be close and it’s early days, anything could happen! We are already looking forward to having these astounding cars and determined drivers back at Prescott for the penultimate round in September, don’t miss it. You can easily follow the Championship with HillClimb.TV who achieved a record number of views over the weekend with 43k views, and this figure is still increasing!
The weekend had a capacity entry of 192 cars on the Hill and they certainly brought the entertainment. Winners of each class are as follows, congratulations everyone!
Class BUG 2 Bugatti Owners Club Handicap Saloons
Kevin Dodd, Rover Mini Cooper
Class BUG 3 Bugatti Owners Club Handicap Sports
Peter Baker, Alfa Romeo
Class NEW B Bugatii Owners Club New Barn Cars Championship
Daniel Savage, Mazda MX5
Class A (i) Road Cars Series Production Cars up to 2000cc. 2 Wheel Drive
Jonathan Langmead, Lotus Elise
Class A (ii) Road Cars Series Production Cars over 2000cc
Richard Snow Porsche Cayman GT4 RS – New Class Record
Class A (iii) Road Cars Series Production Cars 4 Wheel Drive of any engine capacity
Rodney Eyles, Toyota GR Yaris
Class B Road Cars Specialist Production Cars
Richard Price, Caterham 7
Class C (i) Modified Cars Series Production Cars up to 1400 cc 2 wheel drive
Phil Tucker, Vauxhall Nova
Class C (iii) Modified Cars Series Production Cars over 2000cc. 2 Wheel Drive
Paul Howells, Porsche 911 RSR
Class C (iv) Modified Cars Series Production Cars 4WD of any engine capacity
Stephen Moore, Mitusbishi Evo 6
Class F Sports Libre Cars up to 2000cc. and Sports Racing Cars
Matthew Price, Radical SR3
Class I Racing Cars over 600cc. up to 1100cc
Tom Weaver, Empire Evo 2
Class J (i) Formula Ford Racing Cars up to 1600cc. manufactured before 1994
Jimmy Harris, Van Diemen RF85
Class J (ii) Racing Cars over 1100cc. up to 1600cc
David Warburton, Gould GR59
Class K (i) Racing Cars over 1600cc. up to 2000cc. Normally aspirated engined cars
Johnathen Varley, GWR Predator
Class K (ii) Racing Cars over 1600cc. up to 2000cc.
Paul Haimes, Gould GR59
Class L Racing Cars over 2000cc.
Matthew Ryder, Gould GR59
Class M Sports Racing Cars and Racing Cars manufactured up to 1971
Andy Tippett, Brabham BT30X-1
British Hillclimb Championship Round 1
William Hall, Gould GR59J
British Hillclimb Championship Round 2
Matthew Ryder, Gould GR59
‘Best Time of Day’ Matthew Ryder - 35.38secs. (BHC Runoff 2)
Join us at Prescott for our next event in two weeks time on 10th May, Prescott Italia a non-competitive event which features every style of Italian car from a Fiat 500 to Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
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