FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 13 : CURBOROUGH : 1 OCTOBER 2000

The final FHC round took place at the Curborough sprint track near Litchfield. A good entry of nine Ferraris turned out, led by Jon Goodwin's 355GTS, who was expected to take his sixth win in a row, although Brian Jackson in his 355/Ch would undoubtedly give brave chase.

The two practice runs in the morning confirmed the likelihood that those two would battle for the front but Nick Frost (348GTC) maintained his recent run of form to take up the third slot less than a 100th behind Jackson.

By some curiosity every single Ferrari was slower in the first competitive runs than they had been during practice! Jon Goodwin headed the times with a 35.77 followed by Jackson on 36.99 and Frost on 37.13. In an equal fourth place came Robin Ashley (246GTS) and Chris Hitchman (308GTS), ahead of John Dobson (308GT4), Mike Spicer (308GT4), with Peter Hitchman (355GTS) and Stuart Bailey (246GT) bringing up the rear.

Then, however, the entire Ferrari class bizarrely agreed to forfeit their second runs as some of the drivers felt they had a long way to return home and wanted to leave early. The organising club, the MAC, was not amused at this gesture.

One or two of the drivers were also not pleased but felt that they had to fall in with the majority decision. However, Brian Jackson did ultimately stay behind to take his second run, although this brought no improvement on his time.

The results therefore stood as at the end of the first run, with Goodwin taking the overall win ahead of Jackson.

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS : ROUND 13 : CURBOROUGH

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Run 1	Run 2	PEP %	Points
1	Jon Goodwin	355GTS	35.77	NS	+3.0	20
2	Brian Jackson	355/Ch	36.99	37.44	+4.0	13
3	Nick Frost	348GTC	37.13	NS	+2.5	15
4	Robin Ashley	246GTS	38.74	NS	-3.5	17
5	Chris Hitchman	308GTS	38.74	NS	-0.5	12
6	John Dobson	308GT4	39.17	NS	0	9
7	Mike Spicer	308GT4	39.70	NS	-1.5	10
8	Peter Hitchman	355GTS	39.77	NS	+3.0	8
9	Stuart Bailey	246GT	39.95	NS	-3.5	11

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 13

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Points
1	ROBIN WARD	308GTB	137
2	Jon Goodwin	355GTS	128
3	John Marshall	328GTB	101
4	Richard Allen	328GTB/360 M/550 M	73
5	Geoff Dark	308GT4	70
6	Brian Jackson	308GTB/355/Ch	68
=7	Mike Spicer	308GT4	60
=7	Geoffrey Rollason	360 Modena	60
9	Nick Frost	348GTC	59
10	Robin Ashley	246GTS	58
11	Richard Baker	308GT4	53
12	Stuart Bailey	246GT	52
13	Peter Hayman	512TR	41
14	Simon Clark	328GTB	35
15	Andrew Duncan	328GTS	31
16	John Dobson	308GT4/328GTB	30
17	Christopher England	308GTS	25
18	Chris Hitchman	308GTS	23
19	Terry Esom	328GTB	20
20	Peter Hitchman	308GTS	18
=21	Keith Maddox	328GTS	11
=21	Nigel Stubbs	348 tb	11
=21	Len Watson	328GTB	11
24	Jos van de Perre	308GTS	1

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