Report - Round 4 - The Ferrari Hillclimb Championship - Club Racing Series'

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 4 : ISLE OF MAN : 25/26/27 MAY 2000

An excellent nine-car entry showed up for the Manx MRC Three Hills Challenge even though we lost Len Watson had withdrawn shortly beforehand. The very fast road course looked likely to favour the powerful F355 of Jon Goodwin, and newcomer Peter Hayman with his 512TR.

Robin Ward, whose bravery is worth about fifty brake, was bound to harry them, and this he duly did!

On the long Lerghy Frissel climb Jon was well clear of the pursuing Ferraris, with Robin second and Peter third. On the two shorter hills Robin closed right in on Jon, and Peter Hayman maintained his third placing. Terry Esom (328GTB) was chased hard by Richard Baker (308GT4), with the Hitchman family a little further back, Chris having the edge over his father on this occasion with their 308GTS.

John Dobson wielded his 308GT4 with a little too much abandon, making modest contact with the scenery at Lerghy Frissel. After liberal application of tank tape he was out again on The Sloc, the second of the two hills, and able to continue his personal contest with Nigel Stubbs (348tb) eventually getting the better of the more powerful 348. On the championship points front, Jon Goodwin pulled the maximum score from Robin Ward and Peter Hayman, very much as the scratch results had turned out.

Our thanks to notes and report from Nigel Stubbs and times from Robin Ward.

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS : ROUND 4 : ISLE OF MAN : 25/26/27 MAY 2000

Pos. Driver Tipo Lerghy Frissel Sloc Creg na Baa PEP Points

1 Jon Goodwin F355GTS 72.93 41.93 41.84 +3% 20

2 Robin Ward 308GTB 75.76 43.02 42.17 +0.5% 17

3 Peter Hayman 512TR 76.57 43.25 44.16 +1.5% 15

4 Terry Esom 328GTS 79.05 45.06 44.64 - 13

5 Richard Baker 308GT4 79.25 45.47 45.62 -0.5% 12

6 Chris Hitchman 308GTS 81.70 45.67 45.99 -0.5% 11

7 Peter Hitchman 308GTS 86.88 47.93 47.27 -0.5% 10

8 John Dobson 308GT4 90.96 49.31 50.13 -0.5% 9

9 Nigel Stubbs 348TB 89.16 50.12 52.63 - 8

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 4

Pos. Driver Tipo Points

1 Robin Ward 308GTB 65

2 John Marshall 328GTB 39

3 Jon Goodwin 355GTS 32

4 Peter Hayman 512TR 27

5 Richard Allen 328GTB 26

6= Stuart Bailey 246GT 21

6= Richard Baker 308GT4 21

8= Simon Clark 328GTB 20

8= Brian Jackson 308GTB 20

10 Terry Esom 328GTB 19

11 Michael Spicer 308GT4 16

12= Geoffrey Rollason 360 Modena 13

12= Robin Ashley 246GTS 13

14= Chris Hitchman 308GTS 11

14= Len Watson 328GTB 11

14= Keith Maddox 328GTS 11

14= John Dobson 308GT4 11

18= Nick Frost 348GTC 10

18= Peter Hitchman 308GTS 10

20 Nigel Stubbs 348 tb 9

21 Andrew Duncan 328GTS 8

22 Christopher England 308GTS 5

23 Jos van de Perre 308GTS 1

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