Report - Round 2 - The Ferrari Hillclimb Championship - Club Racing Series'

Mike Spicer's 308GT4 howls towards Ettore's.

Robin Ward shone with a quickest-ever 308/328 time.

Rollason's winning 360 was a big draw in the paddock.

Andrew Duncan enjoys the warm sunshine in the GTS.

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 2 : PRESCOTT : 6/7 MAY 2000

At a wonderful sunny Prescott eight Ferraris competed for top honours in the second round of the FHC. As this was also a meeting counting towards the British Hillclimb Championship, the turnout of spectators on the Sunday was vast and they enjoyed some excellent driving in the Ferrari class.

The star attraction was undoubtedly Geoffrey Rollason's 360 Modena and he led the practice times ahead of current champion Robin Ward (308GTB) and series returnee Brian Jackson, whose 355 Challenge had finally been allowed into the Championship. John Marshall (328GTB) also looked strong during the practice runs.

The first competitive run on Sunday saw Brian Jackson throw down the gauntlet with an impressive 50.92 secs, which was to be a class leading time until Rollason beat it in the howling 360 with a controlled 49.54 sec run which set a new class record. Closely behind came Ward and Marshall, with Keith Maddox (328GTS) slotting into fifth place.

The second afternoon runs brought slower times for Rollason and Jackson but Robin Ward, never afraid of moving his car around, improved by over 1 second to post a 50.25 which was enough for second place ahead of Jackson. Ward's time, incidentally, was quicker than any 308/328 had ever done before.

John Marshall improved in the afternoon to a personal best and secured fourth place, ahead of Maddox and Andrew Duncan (328GTS). Mike Spicer (308GT4) and Stuart Bailey (246GT) rounded off the other contestants in the class. With the PEP percentages applied Ward easily took the maximum points towards the championship and now joins Marshall at the top of the table after the first two rounds.

The next round takes place at Harewood on Saturday, 13th May.

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS : ROUND 2 : PRESCOTT : 6/7 MAY 2000

Pos. Driver Tipo Run 1 Run 2 PEP % Points

1 Geoffrey Rollason 360 Modena 49.52 50.07 +4 13

2 Robin Ward 308GTB 51.29 50.25 +0.5 18

3 Brian Jackson F355/Ch 50.92 51.18 +4 10

4 John Marshall 328GTB 51.78 51.35 0 15

5 Keith Maddox 328GTS 53.59 52.33 0 11

6 Andrew Duncan 328GTS 54.32 54.81 0 8

7 Mike Spicer 308GT4 56.51 55.96 -1.5 7

8 Stuart Bailey 246GT 58.68 56.23 -3.5 9

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 2

Pos. Driver Tipo Points

1= John Marshall 328GTB 31

1= Robin Ward 308GTS 31

3 Stuart Bailey 246GT 17

4= Geoffrey Rollason 360 Modena 13

4= Mike Spicer 308GT4 13

6= Richard Allen 328GTB 11

6= Keith Maddox 328GTS 11

8 Brian Jackson F355/Ch 10

9 Nick Frost 348GTS 9

10 Andrew Duncan 328GTS 8

11 Peter Hayman 512TR 7

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