Dave Randall had another 2nd overall to the big Morgan and obviously first in class in the 40 minute race; despite Autosport describing his G4 as "wheezing".

George Douglas was out in the 3 hour and with the help of a quick driver brought the G16 in second ahead of Chevron B8s, Crossles and the like, in the Autosport 3 hour race. Well done chaps!

Anglesey

 After 5 Hill Climb events the Championship moved to the Anglesey circuit for a double header of Sprints over 1.75 laps of this fast and challenging circuit. Unusually (this is Wales ) it remained dry all weekend.

Event 1 - Saturday - Mark Paterson G15 reset the class 1 target by over half a second to finish on 137.25 only to run out of fuel on his ( even quicker ? ! ) third run. Matt Eady G4 exactly equalled his target time with a 131.11. Rob Pallett G33 suffered electrical problems but managed a 129.53 on his only timed run. Geoff Stallard G12

Set a proper target time of 127.51 ( previously handicapped at 127.60 ). In class 7

Graham Beale G33 recorded 123.31, Nick Stephens G12 beat his previous outright Ginetta record of 119.98 finishing on 117.61 but was blitzed by that pesky G18 of Steve Fidler resetting the record book with a very quick 114.10.

Event 2 - Sunday - Mark Paterson ( not feeling at all well ) dragged himself and the G15 round for one run of 139.38. Matt Eady G4 improved on his Saturday time to finish on 131.01. Rob Pallett G33 still with the mysterious electrical gremlins recorded a 128.42 . Geoff Stallard failed to get a time , the G12 breaking a UJ and the errant driveshaft causing suspension damage on his first run. Graham Beale G33 went quicker on 122.60 , Nick Stephens G12 improved to 117.15 but Steve Fidler G18 finished a wonderful weekends sprinting by flying round and lowering the outright Ginetta record to 113.49.

 Curborough

From the wide open Anglesey track to the tight and short Curborough course - what a difference. With a small overall entry we were treated to 2 practice and 5 timed runs (hardly stood still all day) In class 3 Matt Eady G4 improved all day to finish on 35.79. Geoff Stallard had managed to fix his G12 during the week and reset the class 6 target with a 34.53. Class 7 and Steve Fidler  was rejoined by Tim Moore in the G18. The outright Ginetta class record held by Nick's G12 at 33.19 was demolished by Tim on 32.44 , Nick on 32.31 and finally by Steve leaving it at 31.81.

 Prescott

Back to the Hills and a good entry as usual for Prescott but a miserable wet day was made worse when a Lotus deposited the contents of its sump most of the way up the hill. Mark Paterson G15 was on his own in class 1 recording a time of 79.08 before deciding the conditions were not for him. The Ginetta's benefitted from being the last class and from the numerous delays as by the time we were out very late in the afternoon for the final runs the track was drying but still unknown wet and oily conditions under the Prescott trees. Matt Eady put up a very respectable 55.20 in his G4. In class 6 the G12 of Geoff Stallard led the way on 55.28 from James Tearle on 55.65 and David Tearle 56.05 in their G12. Class 7 and Martin Jones G17 recorded 54.35, Tim Moore G18 54.10 and Nick Stephens G12 52.49, but the drive of the day went to Steve Fidler G18 with a time of 50.73 not only taking the Ginetta class but also fastest time of the day (FTD) for the whole meeting. No Ginetta records broken due to the conditions but what a result !

Llandow

Just 3 Ginetta competitors all from class 7 were treated to a beautiful fine day over the 1.75 laps of the Llandow circuit in South Wales although Geoff Stallard was there but using his TVR. Steve Fidler and Tim Moore in their G18 and Nick Stephens in the G12. All three finished under Tony Luxton's G27V8 record of 83.13. Steve took the class and new record on 81.15, closely followed by Nick on 81.32 and Tim 83.10.Unfortunately the G18 suffered another driveshaft failure.

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GINETTA SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

Mid Season Review

 Loton Park

The Championship kicked off with a double header ( 2 separate events over 2 days ) on the Shropshire Hill over the Easter weekend. Track conditions at Loton provide little grip early season, but the weather remained dry.

Event 1 - Saturday  - Alone in class 4 Rob Pallett G33TVR finished on 61.97. In class 6  Geoff Stallard G12 Lotus  recorded 60.46. Class 7 - Graham Beale in the now much modified G33 Cosworth turbo running on slicks finished on 60.56, Nick Stephens G12 Dunnell- 58.07, Tim Moore G18 BDD-57.48 and setting a new Ginetta outright class record ( by beating his own 2009 record of 57.24 )Steve Fidler G18 BDD on 55.95.

Event 2- Sunday - Martin Jones G17 Imp joined us for the Sunday event finishing the day on 59.31. Steve was looking forward to more record taking runs and big championship points but a driveshaft cried enough on Tim's first timed run leaving the pair with nil points. All others improved on their Saturday times - Rob on 61.01, Geoff breaking the class 6 target time of 59.81 to finish on 59.24. Graham 59.29, and with the G18 sidelined Nicks G12 took the class win with a 57.56.

 Harewood

 A class of 9 Ginettas for this popular Yorkshire Hill . With fine conditions Mark Paterson G15 got very close to Les Czakow's target time of 70.50 , Mark finishing the day on 70.67.Also in class 1 Richard Branson recorded a best time of 78.61 in his G15. In class 3 Matt Eady G4 Zetec finished on 67.37. Class 4 Rob Pallett G33TVR - 66.31. In class 7 Graham Beale G33 - 65.94, Martin Jones G18 - 65.84, Tim Moore G18 - 63.81, Nick Stephens - 62.35 and taking the Ginetta class outright Steve Fidler G18 - 61.43.

Gurston Down

Not so popular this Wiltshire Hill probably due to the scarry downhill section, 5 Ginetta Competitors, sunny and warm conditions. Class 6 - David Tearle recorded 38.20 on his first timed run , robbed of his second run when the chain broke on the G12 Honda Blackbird returning down the Hill after James Tearle's run of 36.83.

Geoff Stallard G12 split the two Tearles with a best time of 36.87. Steve Fidler G18 set a time of 35.44 but Nick Stephens G12 broke his own outright class record by 0.37 secs to reset the Ginetta record on 34.54.

Wiscombe Park

Even less popular - only 2 Ginettas making it to this Devon Hill and very changeable conditions left Dominic Flint G27Lotus with a best time of 54.44, leaving the class win to Geoff Stallard G12 on 47.81.

Guild of Motoring Endurance 6 hour event at Mallory 22nd May 2010. From Martyn:

6 hour race didn't quite go according to plan. My G4 had early fuel and then electrical problems. After these were sorted it ran really well, my co driver enjoying playing with modified lotus Elises. However, our other team car had an early off, bending the chassis and all the other attached items. Both driver and passenger were fine but obviously ending in early  retirement. Now needs to some work to get it ready for the rally. So after this it turned into a shakedown for our car after its rebuild.

Patrick was second in class and 18th overall in his G4 and Peter Bornhauser was 3rd in the same class and 25th overall in his G15.

Paul Summerville's  G4 exploits can be followed on his topic on the bulletin board.

CSCC Snetterton 10th April 2010. Paul's G4 was 6th in the Swinging 60s and a mad guy in a yellow G4 on Historic tyres did well in the other race too!                        

                                                                               Results

HSCC Cadwell Park 11th April 2010. An overall win for Dave Randall, Patrick's smaller engined G4 was 7th and 2nd in class, Peter Bornhauser's G15 was 3rd in the same class.

                                                                                Results

GOC Speed Championship. Recently Geoff broke the class record in his G12.

Palle from Denmark, sent this remarkable news:

We did a great run at the 2 hours Gentlemen Race became 12 overall and 2 in under 2 liter class.
My co driver clocked 3:06 at SPA, I could not do better then 3:10.
 

Next year we will be back, with a better aerodynamic Ginetta, to get more top speed.
In the tricky part, we were as fast as the winning car.

22nd December 2009 Nick Stephens has sent us all this 2010 GOC Sprint and Hillclimb Speed Championship in formation:

2010 Regulations Click here

2010 Registration form Click here

14th December 2009 Dave Randall has had great

Castle Coombe 14th June 2009. 1st in class, 2nd overall. Fastest lap in class 1.19.3

Oulton Park Gold Cup 30th August 2009. 2nd in class, 3rd overall. Fastest lap in class 1.59.8

Silverstone 17th October 2009. 1st in class, 2nd overall. Fastest lap in class 1.08.4

For the Championship Points Scoring click here.

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13th January 09  The Ginetta Owners' Club 

For the results of the Trevers Walklett Memorial Event at Debden, click here.