FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 8 : LOTON PARK : 22 JULY 2000

After a grey start the day become hot, sunny and eventful.

Upon arrival Robin Ashley tried to cure his Dino's misfire by changing the plugs. John Dobson was there with his much too shiny 328 complete with carbon fibre timing strut. The meeting, however, looked set for a good battle between Geoffrey Rollason (360) and Jon Goodwin (355).

First practice was uneventful apart from Ashley's persistent misfire and Robin Ward's excursion across the grass at Loggerheads in his 308GTB. John Marshall (328GTB) set his fastest time of the day and new boys Nick Frost (348GTC) and Peter Hayman (512TR) had steady runs. Still plagued by his misfire Robin Ashley decided to call it a day and headed home.

Second practice was steady for most people, apart from Geoffrey Rollason going quickly, Jon Goodwin rolling forward at the start losing five seconds, and Nick Frost failing.

Well into the afternoon the timed runs got underway with plenty of action. Goodwin set a new record at 59.98 with Rollason only six hundredths of a second behind. Brian Jackson (355/Ch) had a huge spin on the fastest section of the course and Ward outbraked himself at the end of the long straight and slid wide over the grass.

On the second timed run it was Richard Baker's turn for a spin in the same place that Robin had been off. Geoff Dark (308GT4), John Dobson and John Marshall improved slightly. Ward improved to take third place overall and Frost and Hayman improved greatly on their previous times. Jackson put in a steady run

Amongst the front-runners Rollason failed to improve on his previous time and Jon Goodwin rolled forward on the start again to post the slowest 0-64ft time. This meant that for both of them the first run times would have to count.

The day belonged decisively to Goodwin, with the first-ever sub-60 sec. run by a Ferrari. He will be good to watch at the next round at Harewood, especially to see if Christian Mineeff's long-standing Ferrari record can finally be wrested away from him. Given dry conditions that record will almost certainly fall.

Even with the PEPs applied Goodwin took maximum points ahead of Ward and Rollason. In the Championship, however, Ward still leads ahead of Marshall but with Goodwin moving ever closer in third place.


FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS : ROUND 8 : LOTON PARK

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Run 1	Run 2	PEP %	Points
1	Jon Goodwin	355 GTS	59.98	67.26	+3.0	20
2	Geoffrey Rollason	360 M	60.04	60.21	+4.0	15
3	Robin Ward	308GTB	65.49	61.16	+0.5	17
4	Nick Frost	348GTC	64.44	62.66	+2.5	11
5	Brian Jackson	355/Ch	Fail	62.89	+4.0	9
6	Geoff Dark	308GT4	63.67	63.60	-0.5	13
7	John Marshall	328GTB	64.45	63.76	0	12
8	Richard Baker	308GT4	64.67	89.45	-0.5	10
9	Peter Hayman	512TR	69.63	65.55	+1.5	8
10	John Dobson	328GTB	69.39	67.33	0	7
11	Robin Ashley	246 GTS	N/S	N/S	-3.25	1

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 8

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Points
1	Robin Ward	308GTB	117
2	John Marshall	328GTB	100
3	Jon Goodwin	355GTS	86
4	Geoffrey Rollason	360 Modena	54
5	Brian Jackson	308GTB/355/Ch	48
6	Richard Baker	308GT4	42
7	Michael Spicer	308GT4	40
8	Richard Allen	328GTB/360 M/550 M	39
9=	Peter Hayman	512TR	35
9=	Geoff Dark	308GT4	35
11	Nick Frost	348GTC	32
12	Stuart Bailey	246GT	29
13	Andrew Duncan	328GTS	26
14	Robin Ashley	246GTS	24
15=	Simon Clark	328GTB	20
15=	Terry Esom	328GTB	20
17	John Dobson	308GT4/328GTB	18
18	Christopher England	308GTS	17
19=	Chris Hitchman	308GTS	11
19=	Len Watson	328GTB	11
19=	Keith Maddox	328GTS	11
22	Peter Hitchman	308GTS	10
23	Nigel Stubbs	348 tb	9
24	Jos van de Perre	308GTS	1

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