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MARKETING MACHINE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE – The Story so far pt 3
With just 2 events left it looks as though Martyn Ellis has almost secured a back to back Championship victory. It is also looking as though the perennial Andy Webber will end up in his usual second place. 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th places are all very tight. You will find a complete set of scores printed below.
Wethersfield - August 27
The long 4.5 mile course turned up a few surprises as usual.
The event was not very well run. Some people were given different
times to those shown on the clock as they passed the finish. Nobody
received penalties for striking cones on the first runs. Gordon Franks
won A0. Jim Giddings took a fine 2nd place in class B6. Rik
Lee took FTD in the March and 2nd in class E12 in his RS200.
Wiscombe Park - September 9
Five Clubs ran the Wiscombe Park hillclimb. The Marketing Machine
round was on the Sunday and a lot of the locals had been running on the
hill the previous day. This, together with the use of list 1B tyres,
made it a tough day for 7Oaks competitors. The weather was good and
most people set personal bests with many records falling. Andy Webber
came 7th in class A2 but a big class (17) meant that he still scored well.
Andy had a spin on his final run so maybe a better finish slipped away.
Martyn Ellis finished in 8th place in A3, but once again a big class meant
that he scored 16 points. Chris Fulke-Greville came 11th and Roy
Nicholls was 13th. Unlucky for some, especially seeing as Roy had
bought a new set of A032Rs especially for this event. Jon Miles came
3rd in class A4, being beaten by another Evo and an Escort Cosworth.
Jim Giddings came 8th in this class, most of the cars above him being about
20 years younger and with 4WD! Rob Hume came first (and last!) in
class D1.
Longleat - September 22
The weather was unusually good for this hillclimb and many records
fell during the day. While the top of the hill is normally quite
slippery under the trees until the cars have dried it out, this day it
was very grippy from the start. Jim Giddings won the TR class with a very
quick time. Championship leader Martyn Ellis came 3rd in class 6
being beaten by both the Crocker brothers, Keith taking the win on a very
rapid time which saw him being the fastest road car on list 1A tyres up
the hill. Andy Webber won class 5 which takes him comfortably clear
of Chris Fulke-Greville (who is in 3rd place) in the championship.
This event also saw the Jones' returning to the championship, having finally
got their car sorted after the big accident earlier this year. Gordon
Franks entered his standard 205 in class 5 hoping to get more points than
in class 0 or class 2 in which he normally enters. Perhaps we need
a special trophy for the person who competes in the most classes during
the year!
Ian Crocker
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1 Martyn Ellis 142 2 Andy Webber 129 3 Chris Fulke Greville 115 4 Keith Crocker 96 5 Ian Crocker 95 6 Jim Giddings 91 7 Gordon Franks 90 8 Roy Nicholls 68 9 Jon Miles 62 10 Mike Edwards 61 11 Dave Gibbons 58 12 Andy Actman 56 13 Alli Gibbons 49 13 Iain Gibson 49 15 Trevor Jones 47 16 Rik Lee 46 17 Chris Judge 45 18 David Balderson 44 19 Peter Reeve 34 19 Peter Thompson 34 21 Mark Dawson 33 22 Peter Ward 30 22 Denise Jones 30 |
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24 Tim Jeffrey 29
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45 Mike Knapman 9
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The Acorn : October Edition