A BUSY END TO THE PRESCOTT SEASON.
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September RESULTS - click here for full results of Saturday 27th September
- click here for full results of Sunday 28th September
Two full days of high-speed motor sport action brought the Prescott speed hill climbing season to a close at the weekend. The format was basically the same on both Saturday and Sunday with members of the Bugatti Owners’ Club and visiting Clubs and Championships making the most of the chance to compete on the 1127-yard hill for the last time in 2008.
Several car clubs had accepted the invitation to take part and included this Prescott weekend in their season-long Club championship series. One such was Gloucestershire’s other major one-make car club, the Moreton-in-Marsh based Porsche Club GB. Their Speed Championship began at Croft in north Yorkshire back on March 4th and there were 27 Porsches entered at Prescott in this, the final round.
Other Clubs featured included the MG Car Club, the Triumph TR Register, the 500 Owners Association the Reliant Scimitar and Sabre Club and Morgan Sports Car Club. The TVR Car Club made a special effort to get as many as possible of their members to Prescott on Sunday to see the TVRs in action. Some fifty of these shining sports cars lined up in the orchard car park and many joined a cavalcade up the hill at lunchtime. If you are interested in any of the series organised by the above Clubs, please have a look at their websites for full details and Championship tables.
The Toyo Tires Midland Speed Championship is proving very popular and there are rounds at venues across the wide Midlands. There were two classes for them on Sunday, both well-supported. The event also featured the motor cycles from the National Hill Climb Association and was a round in their series for Vintage machines.
This was a chance for the Bugatti Owners Club to invite members of other clubs to take part in general handicap classes of which there were four on Saturday and two on Sunday. Add to that the a selection of Bugatti cars, visitors from the Vintage Sports Car Club and the Aston Martin Owners’ Club and it shows what a comprehensive programme the two days provided.
Fastest in Saturday’s bright sunshine was long-time Prescott campaigner Andy McBeath (Stoke Poges) in his lightweight OMS-Hornet with Suzuki power. He finished just ahead of.Pembrokeshire farmer and Prescott veteran Bill Morris, as fast as ever in his 2-litre Vauxhall. Third overall went to Cheltenham’s Terry Davis in his modified Reynard circuit racer with his own TKD V6 power unit installed, while his wife Tricia who brought the car home in fourth place - good going in a very competitive class.
Sunday’s competition saw the top two places overall taken by Ash Mason and Steven Day who shared the driving of their quick Pilbeam-Vauxhall single-seater.They finished ahead of Chris Aspinall (Coventry) and Johnathen Varley (Telford). After one of Prescott.s wettest summers, the two days passed with just the slightest hint of drizzle on Sunday afternoon!
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September
Two one-day meetings for invited Clubs
Start 9am
Tickets £12.50 per day - under 14s go free
Same format for both days with morning practice and afternoon competition
It’s the last chance this year to see motor sport action at Prescott speed hill climb at the 2008 season finale on September 27th and 28th.
The weekend features two separate one-day meetings, both with practice in the morning from 9.00 and the competitive runs in the afternoon. The Bugatti Owners’ Club has traditionally catered for the specific interests of other motor clubs and has put together a programme that caters for visitors (some with their own championship series), BOC members and guests, and motor cycles.
Saturday opens with four handicap classes for BOC members and guests driving saloon cars, sports cars, pre-1971 sports cars and racing cars. Next comes the final round of the Porsche Club Speed Championship, the Reliant Scimitar and Sabre Speed Championship and the Luffield Cars MG Car Club Speed Championship. A varied entry of solo motor cycles and three-wheelers rounds off Saturday’s action.
Sunday’s line-up includes saloon and sports car handicap classes, Bugatti cars with 8 entries, and more one-make series. These start with the Morgan Sports Car Club Championship, then the TVR Car Club Speed Championship, the Toyo Tires (yes, it is spelt that way!) Midland Speed Championship and the Revington TR/TR Register Championship. The Vintage Sports Car Club, 500cc Racing Cars and Aston Martin Owners Club complete a very varied entry.
Quickest on Saturday could be Cheltenham’s Terry Davis in the very special Reynard single-seater with the 2.6 litre V8 engine that he built himself. Terry shares the car with his wife Tricia and it has been very impressive since it made its debut at Prescott last September. Sunday could belong to either Steven Day ( Warwick) or Ash Mason ( Cheshire) who share a very quick Pilbeam-Vauxhall racing car.
Among the local drivers, Saturday’s entries include Ian Moss (Stroud, Hillman Imp), Charles Boulton (Cheltenham, MGB), Edward Tyack (Moreton-in-Marsh, Ginetta G16) and John Hewett (Gloucester) driving a 1971 McLaren Formula 5000 racer. Neil Bennett (Winchcombe, Batten Spl.), Chris Pascoe (Winchcombe, Tiga-Ford) and Peter Hall (Hucclecote, MG Midget) compete on both days,
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