YORKSHIRE CENTRE HAREWOOD Hill CUMB BARC TIMES June/July 2003 Issue No 96 Sitting low but riding high in the Harewood Championship is leader Mike Geen in his record breaking Class 1 1360cc Peugeot 205. Mike sits so low he has to peer through the steering wheel as pictured at Orchard. Photo: Peter Cunningham r Harewood web site www.harewoodhill.co.uk www. harewoodhillresults. co. uk V 1 CHAIRM EDITORIAL LETT Dear Member Welcome to a bumper issue of the Congratulations to our new course Times. Five events down and we’ve seen and class record holders. We have been some fine performances in the Harewood fortunate that ourhillclimbs have been held championship and a spate of record- in good weather (except for the odd splat), breaking runs at the MSA British the timing is moving on and it seems we Championship rounds. Congratulations to are not far away from our objective of all the record breakers, in particular to having a top class system for competitors. Adam Fleetwood for lowering the long­ standing hill record, significantly! My thanks to the contributors of this bumper magazine, without their input it Competing in the British would be very bland. So if you have championship has unfortunately kept me something you wish to contribute, please away from Harewood more than usual. do so, it all helps towards a vibrant and However it is useful to see how we fare in interesting magazine. comparison with the other national hills (believe me, we’re not that bad!) and The Schools this year have been a pleasing to see so many Harewood resounding success. The word seems to regulars doing well at this level. be getting around that it is a first class day and you learn correct lines and techniques. Many thanks to the Time Team’ for We have had record levels of participation their efforts in developing the timing and this year results system. Also to the ‘Groundforce’ team for preparing the venue throughout On the back page is a list of useful the season, particularly in readiness for the contact numbers and email addresses July weekend. Finally to the men and regarding all the Club activities. If you use women in orange for adding to a sociable them you will be able to direct your weekend with a splendid barbeque. enquiries to the correct person. Looking ahead, we are working hard I look forward to a happy and on finishing and developing the results successful conclusion to the rest of the service (update included in this Times): season. preparing a proposal to resurface the track at the end of this season, a major project Pat which will cost in the region of £100k; as well as looking at new ways of promoting Items for the next edition of the Harewood. As usual, if you have any 'Times’ to the Editor please by suggestions please shout! 15th September 2003 Mrs Pat Kenyon, 'Hillside', Here’s to the rest of a splendid West Lane, Holdworth, Loxley, season. Sheffield, S6 6SN Tel & Fax (0114) 234 0478 Tim or Tel (0114) 2851114 e-mail: [email protected] 2 TOP GUN Harewood Open Meeting - Saturday 10th May 2003 Brian Kenyon James Blackmore may not fly fighter In the Full Race category, James Thacker jets but his day job is that of an airline pilot, in his circuit race Midget led the V8’s of he was flying at Harewood when he Terry Pigott and John Rose. James undercut the Class J record and set FTD suffered all day from a soft front damper. in his 1370cc OMS against some top class This compromised the handling of the car opposition. somewhat. The Saturday event was Round 2 of Class 16 was for TR’s and dad the Harewood Championship in addition Ronnie Clayton was ahead of lad Paul in to this we had many One Make classes the family TR4A, their nearest pursuer was which set the pulses racing in the 'old Roderick Warner who was nearly 2 fogies' such as myself. seconds adrift of the 2nd place man. The first to put rubber to tarmac was Stuart Bullas set a new Austin the large Ferrari contingent. Nick Frost Healey class record, his 3rd run showed his class with yet another win in undercutting the previous mark by 0.42s. his 348GTC ahead of the ever smiling Ralph Hayward slotted into 2nd place in Richard Prior in his 348 TS. Richard was his similar Sprite Mk1, just ahead of just a second adrift of first place man Nick. Stuart’s co-driver Robin Johnson in their Peter Hayman had yet another eventful familiar yellow Mk1 Sprite, the big Healey’s Harewood, this time his 512 TR got rather in the class not on the podium. too intimate with the Recticel Barriers at Clark’s creasing his front wing, and no New record holder and Harewood doubt his wallet. In fourth place, not far Championship leader Mike Geen may sit adrift of the leaders, was new boy Chris low in the Peugeot but he is currently riding Butler who drove very well to remain ahead high in the championship. So much so that of many more experienced drivers. I keep asking him what he is going to spend the championship winning prize money on, In the 12 strong Ginetta class, Bill even at this early stage in the season! John Hutchins was close to the class record in Ellison just managed to keep the pretty the scruffy but effective G27 V8. Bill was Elan Sprint ahead of previous Caterham ably backed up by co-driver Tony Luxton Academy winner John Gaw who was who was a second adrift of the record sharing wife Samantha’s Renault Clio Cup holder. A very creditable third was Stuart John, despite his lack of Harewood Harris in his small capacity 1796cc G21. experience (second time at Harewood) ran the leader close just 0.12s adrift while Among the three MG classes there Russell Herring was third on 71.54s in his wasn't a modern MG in sight. The first class Peugeot 205 GTi. Showing that you for Standard Cars fell to the MGB GT of actually learn something by attending the Jonathan Beresford on 77.39s. Allan School, Chris Brown in his Subaru Impreza Inwood’s much used Midget was over 3 won Class 3 in 71 94s with Michael Burdon seconds ahead of second place man Nick just a little in arrears in the 911RS on Phillips’ MGB in the Road Modified cars. 72.32s 3 You can almost predict the result for class win of the day. Things started to hot Class 4. Dale Cordingley took his up in Class E & F merged, Les Procter in customary class win but only just ahead his twin engined OMS headed the Radical of the hard charging Robert Bellerby. of Graham Smith. Both cars looked like Robert Warwick was 3rd and Mike Smith miniature Le Mans cars. 4th, respectively driving 1600 Caterham, 1294 Sylva Striker, 1690 Westfield and John Chacksfield in the striking red 1700 Sylva Striker. The class not quite and yellow OMS secured Class I while in achieving the heady entry levels of the past. Class J James Blackmore was very much on form, on his 2nd class run he lowered Having fitted new 15" wheels and the previous class record by 0.05s. Such tyres to the blue 2 litre Caterham, in place was his pace that he secured for himself of the usual 13", Richard Vale headed FTD ahead of the more powerful cars of Class 5 in front of the Westfield of Peter Class K winner Andrew Henson and Class Walker. L leader Ray Rowan. Richard Semley took his customary So James took yet another FTD at win in Class 6, his Vauxhall Nova heading Harewood ahead of Andrew who had set the Mini of hard trying Roy Bolderson while FTD in April while 3rd was Ray Rowan out Joe Harriman in an ex-Miglia car was third. for the first time this year. Michelle Semley backed up hubby with a secure 4th place. Rain late in the afternoon meant that many drivers did not bother to take their Neil Stokes' 2000cc Vauxhall Astra, third runs as no improvement was possible. despite only taking 2 runs, mechanical failure stopped his third, just headed the pristine 1600cc VW Polo of Nick Wilson RESULTS by the extremely narrow margin of 0.02s. C l N a m e C a r T im e 10 Nick Frost Ferrari 67.29 11 Bill Hutchins Ginetta 63.44 15a Jonathan Beresford MGB GT 77.39 Class 8, had only 2 runners, Simon 15b Allan In wood MG Midget 70.77 Bainbridge in the ultra powerful Audi now 15c James Thacker MG Midget 66.50 with wider wheels and tyres made 16 Ronnie Clayton TR4A 71.81 mincemeat of his opposition in the form of 18 Stuart Bullas AH Sprite 69.95R Claude Spencer’s V8 MGB. 1 Mike Geen Peugeot 69.56R 2 John Ellison Lotus Elan 70.62 3 Chris Brown Impreza 71.94 Four cars contested the Formula 4 Dale Cordingley Caterham 64.88 Ford class and Mick Moore kept his Van 5 Richard Vale Caterham 66.61 Diemen ahead of Steven Davies' Swift. I 6 Richard Semley Nova 66.70 can remember entry levels of 25+ in the 7 Neil Stokes Astra 65.94 past. Have all the cars and drivers gone 8 Simon Bainbridge Audi S2 63.37 circuit racing? 9 Mick Moore Van Diemen 62.95 A Bill Murray Fairthorpe 86.53 Class A was reduced to one runner E+F Les Procter OMS SC 60.32 I John Chacksfield OMS 57.42 when the MK GTi of Justin and Les J James Blackmore OMS 54.97R Thurkettle broke again.