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Hall and Ryder out on top!

  • Writer: BOC
    BOC
  • 2 days ago
  • 3 min read

Photos by Joy Richings (top), Peter McFadyen (left) and Chris Tarling (right)
Photos by Joy Richings (top), Peter McFadyen (left) and Chris Tarling (right)

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.


Get your early bird tickets below!


 
 
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