Sat 1 & Sun 2 Sept

Sat 1 & Sun 2 Sept
British/Midland Championships 
NICHOLSON McLAREN AVIATION MSA BRITISH HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP, POWER-MEC MSA HILL CLIMB LEADERS CHAMPIONSHIP,  Y GELLI BOOK AUCTIONS CHALLENGE TROPHY, UK CHANGES MIDLAND HILL CLIMB  CHAMPIONSHIP

Scott Moran setts new course record - click here for results

Click here for full split time results

Records Tumble -Event report - click here

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Phone: 0044 (0)1242 673136 or 679796
Email: club@bugatti.co.uk

Entry forms for racing are available from the Bugatti Owners Club, Prescott Hill, Gotherington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 9RD Tel 0044 (0)1242 673136, club@bugatti.co.uk (they will be available online shortly)

BRITISH HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP AT PRESCOTT

The motor sport world has many championships and the oldest of them is the British Hill Climb title. First contested in 1947, it pre-dates even the Formula 1 Grand Prix series. Hill climbing is a standing start to flying finish formula, one car at a time over a tough and demanding private road. It attracts a wide variety of competing cars, from standard saloons to powerful single-seaters, and results are decided by slim 100th second margins.

The Bugatti Owners’ Club’s Prescott hill in Gloucestershire was first used for motor sport in 1938 and was included in the first-ever British title series 60 years ago. It has been there ever since on the first weekend in September - this year the 1st and 2nd - with the title race poised at a critical stage. Champion in 2005 and 2006, Martin Groves (Bicester)  aims for a hat-trick; leading challenger Scott Moran (Ludlow) is in winning form; rising star Trevor Willis (Aylesbury) won two rounds in July and could steal points from both of them, and local man Chris Merrick (Stroud) was fastest overall at the last Prescott meeting. If it is dry, the fastest cars should climb the 1127-yard hill in 37-and-a-bit seconds.

 Sunday September 2nd will be, quite literally, a game of two halves. After Saturday’s practice, Sunday’s competitive runs start at 10.00am and each driver in the many and varied classes gets one climb before lunch. The twelve fastest then go forward to the first points-scoring run-off which concludes the morning’s programme. It’s the same formula in the afternoon, and the second shoot-out closes the programme.

 This is motor sport at its most accessible. Spectators can watch from many vantage points on the hill itself - the course is a winding 1127 yards with various fast and slow corners. The orchard car park is very handy for a picnic lunch, and the competitors’ paddock is open all day for a look at the cars.