FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
REPORT : ROUND 9 : HAREWOOD : 6 AUGUST 2000

This year's second encounter at Harewood was eagerly awaited. Would Jon Goodwin be able to maintain his winning streak? And would he be the one to finally break Christian Mineeff's Ferrari record? As always, the venue was popular and a large entry was received for the one-day meeting. The Ferrari class also had the rare honour of having current RAC Hillclimb Champion David Grace driving Richard Baker's 308GT4.

Practice times were immediately quick but that possibly had something to do with nearly all the contenders completing the Hillclimb School the day before! Jon Goodwin (355GTS) was easily quickest, ahead of Robin Ward (308GTB) and local maestro Simon Clark (328GTB). Also showing serious intent were Brian Jackson in his de-modified 355 Challenge and Nick Frost in the delectable 348GTC.

Warm but breezy weather greeted the contestants as they lined up for their first competitive runs immediately after the lunch break. Goodwin pulled out every stop he had and set a magnificent 65.96 sec. time, which not only proved the winning time of the day but also established a new Ferrari record, being 0.3 seconds quicker than Mineeff's previous mark. Ward was second quickest but such was Goodwin's pace that he was 1.3 seconds behind. Jackson was third in his 355, just a little ahead of Frost's 348. Simon Clark was the fourth driver in the 67-sec. mark and behind him three drivers were separated by just two thousandths of a second - Baker, Peter Hayman (512TR) and Grace.

By the time of the second runs the track conditions had cooled somewhat but despite this a number of Ferrari drivers improved their times. Grace moved up into sixth place but only marginally (and therefore decently) ahead of the car's owner. Clark went slower and had to rely on his first run to give him fifth place and Robin Ward went off at the final corner and also did not improve, leaving him in fourth. Jackson knocked 0.2 seconds off his time but the undoubted star of the second runs was Frost, who took nearly a second off his time to leapfrog Jackson and end up second overall.

Goodwin was also slower on his second run but his first run time was easily quick enough to take his fourth win in a row.

After the PEP percentages had been applied, Robin Ward took the maximum 20 Championship points, with Robin Ashley (246GT) and Clark next up. For all his efforts, Goodwin took home merely 13 and this means that Ward still lies solidly at the top of the Championship table and, if he keeps it all together, looks unlikely to be caught.

Round 10 of the 13 round championship takes place at Gurston Down on 26/27th August.

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS : ROUND 9 : HAREWOOD

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Run 1	Run 2	PEP %	Points
1	Jon Goodwin	355GTS	65.96	66.34	+3.0	13
2	Nick Frost	348GTC	67.71	66.80	+2.5	12
3	Brian Jackson	355/Ch	67.48	67.21	+4.0	7
4	Robin Ward	308GTB	67.29	86.00	+0.5	20
5	Simon Clark	328GTB	67.92	67.94	0	15
6	David Grace	308GT4	68.95	68.63	n/a	-
7	Richard Baker	308GT4	68.93	70.04	-0.5	11
8	Peter Hayman	512TR	68.95	69.25	+1.5	6
9	Geoff Dark	308GT4	70.38	69.22	-0.5	10
10	Richard Allen	328GTB	69.35	69.72	0	9
11	Robin Ashley	246GTS	70.11	89.27	-3.5	17
12	Christopher England	308GTS	70.64	70.48	-1.5	8
13	John Dobson	328GTB	71.57	72.24	0	3
14	Michael Spicer	308GT4	72.35	72.05	-1.5	4
15	Stuart Bailey	246GT	74.10	73.49	-3.5	5
16	Nigel Stubbs	348 tb	74.20	73.84	0	2
17	Jos Van De Perre	308GTS	NS

FERRARI HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS STANDING AFTER ROUND 9

Pos.	Driver	Tipo	Points
1	Robin Ward	308GTB	137
2	John Marshall	328GTB	100
3	Jon Goodwin	355GTS	99
4	Brian Jackson	308GTB/355/Ch	55
5	Geoffrey Rollason	360 Modena	54
6	Richard Baker	308GT4	53
7	Richard Allen	328GTB/360 M/550 M	48
8	Geoff Dark	308GT4	45
9=	Michael Spicer	308GT4	44
9=	Nick Frost	348GTC	44
11=	Peter Hayman	512TR	41
11=	Robin Ashley	246GTS	41
13	Simon Clark	328GTB	35
14	Stuart Bailey	246GT	34
15	Andrew Duncan	328GTS	26
16	Christopher England	308GTS	25
17	John Dobson	308GT4/328GTB	21
18	Terry Esom	328GTB	20
19=	Chris Hitchman	308GTS	11
19=	Len Watson	328GTB	11
19=	Keith Maddox	328GTS	11
19=	Nigel Stubbs	348 tb	11
23	Peter Hitchman	308GTS	10
24	Jos Van de Perre	308GTS	1

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