A wonderful paddock with 11 Ferraris

Defending Champion Pauline Goodwin put in a great effort

Fantastic weather at Harewood this year

Championship Coordinator Steve Burns (L) & Mark Pollard discuss the days events

The Ferrari Hillclimb Championship, now sponsored by CSA Service Group, reached a major milestone on the 12^th of May, at the first of our double header events at Harewood which marked the 500^th hillclimb round of the Championship.

This feat was celebrated at the 500^th Dinner at Weetwood Hall, the base for our event, where all participants were presented with a 500^th commemorative pin badge by Club Chairman, Christian Mineeff.

Back at Harewood, the runs commenced on Saturday with our entry of 10 cars and 11 drivers, with Tony and Iwan Attwood sharing Tony’s glorious Dino 246. Dave Snelson (488 Spider) was already in blistering form with runs only a few tenths apart in the 63 second bracket ending the day on a 63.53 – a new class record.

Good performances throughout the field saw times improve during the day, with the majority setting their best time in the final run of the day.  John Kennedy was fast and spectacular in his California T with Rob Samuels (458 Speciale) and Brian Jackson (Portofino) all closely matched in the 67 second bracket. Richard Preece in the benchmark F430 was the only other driver in the sub 70 second bracket. Defending Champion Pauline Goodwin (328), Martin Jones (360) and Steve Nunney (348 TS) were battling away with times in all the 70 – 80 seconds window, with local driver Peter Rogerson (360) and the Attwood’s Dino 246 in the early 80’s, Iwan lamenting the tricky tyres on the early Dino, wheeled out again for Harewood as their usual 308 GT4 was in for repairs.

Saturday done – Sunday we go again…

Having competed at a past event which was delayed due to a marquee blowing across the track, Harewood blessed us this year with some amazing weather. This helped with attendance of Club members along to see how our cars performed on this demanding track.  After socialising with competitors in the pit area they were treated to a display of precision and consistency from Dave Snelson who broke our class record at this venue in his 488 Spider.  No serious ‘moments’ for our group and a great weekend for all involved – 10 out of 10!

~ Richard P (Ricardo)

Hillclimb TV were streaming live coverage on Youtube for those wanting to see the action.

Fastest times are below – which are known as ‘scratch times’

Saturday 1. D Snelson 63:56  2. J Kennedy 67:24 3. R Samuels 67:35

The Championship runs a Performance Equaliser Percentage (PEP) format which balances the cars of differing age and performance with a percentage per tipo either added to or taken off the fastest time to create the Championship position.

Thanks to all drivers for taking part and to CSA Service Group for their title sponsorship along with Ferrari Financial Services, Woodford Trailers, Iconic Auctioneers and Meguiar’s for their support.