6th round 'BMTR Tyres' Midland Hill Climb Championship this weekend!

 

 

It's a battle for points

This weekend we have the 6th round of the BMTR Tyres Midland Hill Climb Championship!  Plus Midland championship the SBD - HSA and the Service Hydraulics Speed Championships are back at Prescott.

Saturday 27th June is practice day, racing Sunday 28th.
Gates open: 8am with first cars on the hill at 9am
Entry on the gate: Saturday £12, Sunday £15 (under 14s go free)
Really sorry but no dogs are allowed on site.
The Clubhouse is open for breakfast and throughout the day.
Weather: looking good for Saturday, chance of rain on Sunday (but only a shower or two).

The Midland championship makes its second visit with a great cross-section of Hill Climb cars, from road-going Clios and Porsches to single seater racing cars with up to 4 litre capacity. The initial classes (A1 through to C3) are saloons and sports cars in different states of tune and in these classes this year runs Roger Moran (the 1997 hill climb champion and regular top ten finisher every year since).  Roger is running in Class B in a motorcycle-engined Caterham and doing very well too! The BOC Cheltenham Porsche Specialists 'B' license class, aimed at drivers starting out in the sport, the cars are road legal and mostly driven to the event. This championship is hotly contested on a handicap basis and currently led by John Stevens in his Clio Sport closely followed by the two Austin 'A' Series powered Mini and Metro machines of Simon Cox and Ryan Earner respectively

In between these classes and the racing car classes is the DEWS championship, a series based around BMC 'A' series powered Minis but now seeing a broader field of cars including the quick Vauxhall Corsa of Steve Harris. In the 'Big Car' class, we see former Hill Climb champion Trevor Willis at #2 and Will Hall #3 battling it out. Alex Summers #5 (current leader of the British championship) is driving the family DJ in class I. In class 0, Rodney Eyles makes his Prescott debut in the Pilbeam MP58 with 3500cc Cosworth power. All these Midland championship drivers aim to win their class and ultimately get a bonus point by breaking an existing class record, which counts toward the championship scoring. Leading the Midland championship are, Chris Aspinall in the Empire Wraith and Mike Turpin in the yellow Vauxhall VX.220, these guys will be desperate to maintain their class-leading performances. Closer to home the BOC hosts the second round of the Prescott Gold Cup. Currently led by Alex Summers, in an excellent time set at the April meeting in the big Gould GR61X. This weekend Alex can still score and will be looking to improve his position but in a different class. The Gold Cup is for members of the Bugatti Owners' Club driving to improve on target times for their class, set in advance for the whole season and run over the three National Prescott events, with prestigious awards for the top three at the end of the season. Finally the Aldon Automotive Classic championship has a large field of over thirty cars spread out over the three classic classes M2, P1 and P2. This is run on handicap and their respective handicaps are printed in the programme (plenty on sale around the estate), the driver closest to or furthest under time gets the spoils and the championship.