Report - Round 11 - The Ferrari Hillclimb Championship - Club Racing Series'

Everyone that mattered was there for the final showdown

Goodwin won handsomely on the day

By just one point the Championship became Geoff Dark's....

...ahead of Nick Frost who tried all he knew

The 512 of Hayman can under- as well as over-steer

Famous circuit racer McGlone returned for a guest appearance

pics by Alan Jackson

FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 11 : CURBOROUGH : 7 OCTOBER 2001
by Richard Allen

This was an exciting final round, with Geoff Dark winning the 2001 series by the smallest whisker from Nick Frost - just one point seperated them at the close of play!

Twelve runners in the Ferrari class included all the serious contestants, with the possibility of changes in position for the first three places in the final reckoning. Nick Frost (348GTC) really needed to get a second on points to be home and dry, and he just missed, despite putting in a really fast run that netted third on scratch.

Jon Goodwin (F355), predictably took the class with another record time about half a second ahead of my 328. Nick Frost was just a tenth back in his 348, whilst an amazingly fired up Peter Hitchman placed his F355 ahead of the likes of Peter Hayman (512TR) and Geoff Dark (using his 308GTB this time).

When the points were added up unfortunately for Nick I took the twenty points and Jon the seventeen, leaving Nick on fifteen and Geoff on thirteen. Nick had to drop an eleven and Geoff a twelve point score as it is the best of seven. They wound up on 106 and 105 respectively. Could that have been closer?

Other happenings at Curborough included a gung-ho Robin Ward with his 355 Challenge race car knocking over the track furniture and getting in lots of off-piste time, though on one occasion he got to the finish in 34 seconds or so! Martin McGlone, not seen out in the FHCC for many years, was impressively fast in practice in my 328, but wildly spun his chances away when it mattered, which was right in front of me in spectator mode!

An excellent season! We'll bring you a seasonal survey soon.

RESULTS :

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Run 1	Run 2	PEP %	Points
1.	Jon Goodwin	F355GTS	35.55	41.25	+3.0	17
2.	Richard Allen	328GTB	36.13	42.64	0	20
3.	Nick Frost	348GTC	36.23	44.01	+1.5	15
4.	Peter Hitchman	F355GTS	37.15	46.13	+3.0	8
5.	Peter Hayman	512TR	37.64	43.73	+1.5	9
6.	Geoff Dark	308GTB	37.71	42.97	-0.5	13
7.	Mike Spicer	308GTB	37.88	44.87	-0.5	12
8.	Richard Prior	348ts	37.96	44.52	0	11
9.	Brian Jackson	308GTB	38.59	43.20	-1.5	10
10.	Chris Hitchman	308GTS	38.99	48.78	-0.5	7
11.	Martin McGlone	328GTB	59.42	45.30	0	6
12.	Philip Whitehead	328GTB	47.80	47.81	0	5

FINAL POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 11 :
(Subject to official confirmation)

Pos. Driver Tipo
Points

1. Geoff Dark 308GT4/308GTB
106

2. Nick Frost 348GTC
105

3. Peter Hayman 512TR
93

4. Brian Jackson F355/Ch / 308GTB
90

5. Richard Allen 360M / 328GTB / F355B
77

6. Michael Spicer 308GTB
74

7. Jon Goodwin F355GTS
50

7.= Richard Prior 348ts
50

9. Stuart Bailey 246GT
35

10. Philip Whitehead 328GTB
34

11. Christopher England 308GTS
31

12. Geoffrey Rollason F355GTS
28

13. Jos van de Perre 308GTS
26

14.= John Dobson 328GTB / 308GT4
25

14.= Len Watson 328GTS
25

14.= Chris Hitchman 308GTS
25

17. Peter Hitchman F355GTS
23

18. Terry Esom 328GTB
22

19. Simon Clark 328GTS
20

20.= Keith Maddox 328GTB
14

20.= Jeff Simpson 246GT
14

22. Robin Ashley 246GTS
13

23. Martin McGlone 328GTB
6

24. Peter Rogerson F355GTS
3

25. Sally Maynard-Smith 328GTS
1

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