British Championship Hillclimb LIVE from Shelsley Walsh

Shelsley Walsh hosts the latest rounds of the 2025 Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Championship, with the fastest hill climb cars, arguably in the world, all going for points and glory.

The event is also rounds of the BHC Cup and Midland Hillclimb Championship.

After practice on Saturday, Sunday will see all the important competitive runs. The highlights will include two Top 12 Run Offs where the fastest drivers go all out for crucial British Hillclimb Championship points. Matt Ryder leads the way from Wallace Menzies.

This event will also include an extra Top 10 run off for the fastest ‘tin top’ racecars in the BHC Tin Top Top Ten Challenge.

Shelsley Walsh is the oldest motorsport venue in the world still to run events on the original course. That’s older than Indianapolis, Le Mans and Monza!

Find out more about the venue at https://www.shelsleywalsh.com/

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[Music] as Sandra Tling gets away then set 330.54 seconds [Music] into run up to the finish line and a time of 29.32 for Sandra Tomlin. Just waiting for the next car to come onto the line. So Niclament is in the ring in the uh cool GR55 3 and a half with the V8 engine heads off the line. Initial time 2.22 to two seconds crossing to the pink into the S’s to the finish. Nicholas time 26.78 seconds. So, next up we have Lindsay Summers Firestone. She heads past the crossing. [Music] The way to the finish 26.4. 44 the time man for Lindsay. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] So John Story then on the hill at the moment coming towards the finish of his run as Gary Hill get away at 27.70 for John Stockley. Well, good morning. I am Alex here at Crossing. Nice to join you on the hill this morning. We’ve just made our way up the hill to uh to the commentary boxes. So, we’re just in time to see some of these amazing speeds that these cars are doing through this center section of the hill. Gary Hill completes his run then with a 28.72. Jason Tunnel sitting on the start line now. Away he goes. 2.30 30. His uh initial time in [Music] the 3DS is already way up to the line. [Music] 26.53 then for Jason. And away goes Liam Cooper now. Gian just coming into sight here at crossing. Track still a bit dusty up here. So these cars clearing away through. [Music] So Liam coming to the end of his run. We’ve seen some uh very impressive onboard pictures from the live stream, but Liam does a 27.68. Next up, it will be Darren Gumney. [Music] Just looking at the timing there. A few of these guys, John Stockley and Jason Tunnliff, personal best times on the hill, which is a good sign for the day’s running. So away goes Darren. Quick start. 2.06 seconds as he comes up to the crossing. Darren very quick through crossing up towards the bottom S. Very tidy run into the S is there for Darren. and out the sprint to the finish line over the line with a time 25.69. Good time for Darren. Mark Slanker lead the line now coming into view through the center section. Very tidy run that force hopping and banging his way into bottom S. We have the 67 cc 48 coming towards the end of the run. And the time for Mark 26.31 as Andy Green. Andy Greenland gets away in the Empire Evo 3. Red flag that slightly catches Andy out. He stamps on the brakes. Not sure what the red flag’s for. I suspect it might be debris possibly because I certainly can’t see a car in difficulties. Uh I think you’re blessed with a TV monitor, aren’t you? You’ve got the excellent Rich Damb’s Hill Climb TV down in Vox Villa. Yes, it’s absolute luxury down here. Yeah, excellent. Uh they’re just uh having a chat with Andy just outside the commentary box here. So, he will of course get a rerun because uh the red flag not his fault. I suspect they can uh coast him back down from where he is. [Music] Really had great pictures we’re getting from the live stream including some onboards as I mentioned. Yeah, the onboard stuff is great, Rich. and the team at Hill Climb TV have really done some wonders for uh uh for hill climbing with their coverage. Right. So Andy Green’s going up towards bottom. I think they may may swing him round there or he may have to finish his run and get a rerun later. We’ve got quite a lot to get through today, so hopefully it won’t be much more of a delay. [Music] And we’ve had some good times already this morning, haven’t we? Even though it is uh I think this is still practice runs. just about to get to some of the really quick runners. Well, that was fortunate timing for a red flag and then I could jump across to commentary box at Topbox. So, I’ll introduce myself. I’m Lloyd. I’ll be joining uh all the other commentators that we have. We’ve got Alex, Chris, I think we got Peter in Vox, but um I’ll be keeping an eye on things in Topbox. Glad you made it up there safely, Lloyd. Well done. It’s um quite a climb. Well, it’s part of it. I think I think you’ve you’ve got to you’ve got to walk the hill. You’ve got to walk the hill. It’s like a little it’s like a little treat when you when you look back down. The view is your reward as it as our most most hill climb uh events or most most walks up a hill. You get to enjoy the view back down, don’t you? Yeah. I I normally collapse midway somewhere. So, um don’t always make it to the top. Oh, well I I I’ve gotten into running lately, so I feel I feel less out of breath than I did last time I walked up here. That’s good going. That’s good going. Down’s always a bit easier. I’ve just escorted uh Chris Ponsford down the hill. He was um escorted him as like he’s been misbehaving. Well, that’s probably a bit later. Yeah. Yeah. Got to keep an eye on him. So, we’re blessed with lots of commentators today. So, u you’ll struggle to keep up with the voices. Um, with any luck, we’ll all manage to talk some sense of something. Um, and we have the brilliant Hill Climb TV with us, which is good. So, um, uh, people could do like I’m doing. I’ve just loaded up up on my phone so I can keep an eye on some of the, uh, stuff online as well as what’s going on right in front of me. You’re telling me you’ve got signal halfway up the hill. Um my my really what network are you on? Uh oh, good question. No, it’s good. It’s good. It’s working well and um other than there’s a slight delay on the uh broadcast. Other than that, it’s a brilliant service. Um if you can get uh signal, I suppose you’re in the trees at the top there. That probably doesn’t help. Oh, no. Actually, I guess I get signal up the top. It’s uh it’s a nice little I I’ve I have I have watched Grand Prix starts whilst commentating before in this uh in this box. It’s it’s quite cushy up here. I like my little top box. It’s a good place to be. There’s a lot going on. You get a little bit of shade. There’s lots to see cuz cuz obviously it’s quite it’s quite a technical probably the most technical part of Shelby Walsh. So you are approaching bottom S at many many miles an hour and you’ve got lots to do before we get to the finish. But anyway, I can hear a car. Yeah. So David Wbertton shooting his way up the hill into bottom S already. He is indeed. He gaze into my side. He’s really, really neutral. Absolutely man the car a little down opposite lock as he puts the power on the traction control fighting and he’s across the line. So David 2476. Good morning everybody and good morning team. Who have we got where? Morning Chris. Morning Chris. Alex in middle box and you’ve got Lloyd in top box. Say that again. Alex in middle box. Yeah. And then Lloyd up the top. Lloyd at the top. Andy Green has just under 1.9 ft off the line which is sensational. I think it’s going to be a day of fantastic speeds. Good morning everybody. Welcome to the best. You can’t really argue with that. It’s the best hill climb, the best entry, best weather. God, aren’t we lucky? Anyway, I’m Chris Drew. I’m in Vox Villa. I’ll be inter thropping with Billy Grace and Gavin McLaren takes off. We’ve got a We’ve got a half a dozen hillbeam MP88s here this weekend which is amazing. The lovely historic hill climb car Andy Greenland up the hill in 25.328 sounds absolutely fantastic KV6 this one cross line he records a 29.17 and that was Gavin who wishes a PB for him in that he’ll be happy to be in the 29s. Simon car number 95 2.33 off the line and top and he’s heading towards the finish line. Lovely paint scheme on this one. Sounds a little flat across the line if I don’t if I’m not mistaken. issue there. 2846 good time is John Codrill in his well-known almost ancient now pill. Yeah, just passing me in that traditional pill livery looking great that car all the way up to bottom S already. This is the MP82. Yeah, the iconic looking car this with the flames on the side. One of my favorite liveries as he negotiates bottom and top and feeds in the gears. He crosses the line to record a 3339. Who we got? Kevin. Now, somebody put me right. Is it Craven or Craven? I would say Craven, but um I’d have to check with Kevin if he’s got a particular preference. He probably doesn’t care one way or the other. No, he can’t hear us anyway. 91 into Bottom indeed with me now. Nice and central in the middle of the road. Gives it a D. just gets a little bit too far towards the area. Has to back out a bit slightly. That would have cost him some time, but he’s going to cross the line now. Just over the 30.08 to Ian Tucker. Pretty quick on and off this year. Yeah, Ian Tucker. That little MS into bottoms. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, nice uh tight line from the inside from the exit of Top S. Just clatters the drain cover slightly. We’ve got a drain cover on the apex of Thomas which some some people tend to ride over, some people tend not to, but Ian’s across the line with a time of 30.37. And off the line comes Nigel Pit, car number 100 in the Delara X Formula 3 Delara modified field climbing, which usually means shortening the wheel base and softening the suspension into Bottom at 106. Ready with me? Yeah. Det. This is a new car for Nigel this year. Getting his head around it. Beautiful thing. Beautiful low slung wide across the line. How about that? 27.57. He’ll be happy with that. Personal best. It’s a very good run. For those who are keeping track, we’re in class K1. This is racing cars up to 2 L naturally aspirated. And Aaron Coburn takes off. 2.9 fairly hesitant start usually would be much harder than that. Yeah, it’s Van Demon machine. I think originally a circuit racing car, but going well on the hill. Yeah, absolutely. He tips it in. Lots of over steer. Aaron really man. This guy gets the absolute most potential out of this car possible. I’m not sure there’s anyone else that can drive this quicker. He’s going to cross the line. 28.4 110 mph. Tony Cotton now. Car number 96 in this elegant Delar. It’s a wrap. It’s a green wrap. Yeah. Formula 3 car I believe originally. And uh yeah, it does look great. Is this one with the BMW engine? I think I’m not sure. into my side tentatively but uh just feeling through some practice so no points available for this uh but he’s already off towards the finish line 32.2 Two for Tony Andy Bour up from the Channel Islands. Yes, just passed me. As you said, Lloyd, this is the final practice run before timed competition starts in a short while. And then we have our runoffs just before lunch. Yeah, he’s already through the S’s from the channel really, really well in the jersey in Gernzi rounds. 26.66. That’s fantastic. Another personal best. I missed the big class doing the practice runs. Did we have any spectacular times over the finishing line? Well, you’ll find out. They’re coming next. Oh, I must Yes, excuse me. We had some quick ones yesterday, I believe. We did 164 over the line. Yeah, Michael just going past me in that MP88 pill. Another MP88. Great looking car. This really sounds fantastic in the back of that one. Sounds great. propels him perfectly well towards the horizon as he cross his line to record a 30.69. Now Jonathan Vley who’s having not quite as successful season as last year is amazing predator with his BM little BMW engine. No sorry it’s a V it’s a V8. It’s a TDK V8 squeezing past useful line through the second fast here. He feeds in the gears. He’s slow back in the road. He crosses the line. 25.52 for Jonathan. That puts him currently quickest in K1. Um, did you see his speed into bottom S? 131 on the S approach. How about that? That’s a pretty uh pretty mega number, isn’t it? It really is. So, that’s end of batch. We’ve got the course car heading its way up full of photographers by the look of it. They don’t call it F1 up a hill for nothing, do they? What does the F stand for? Fast, right? Well, if if you want fast, the next batch is going to be uh the one to look at. Yes. Um yesterday it was unofficial because it’s practice rather than competition, but uh there were several drivers who were really battering that course record. So, um did anyone get in the 22s yesterday? I believe they were certainly down that way. They were 23s. I don’t know. Yeah. Um so yeah, certainly we’re on for some quick runs. Whether we beat the course record or not is um debatable, but um certainly I think we’re going to see some big speeds, aren’t we? Well, the record was set in, you can see in the program, in August 2021, and the surface of the track has worn a bit since then. So, I think it’s going to be quite an achievement to better that record of Sha G. Sean’s here. He’s determined to have a go at it. We shall see. It’s a good day for grip. It’s quite a good day for um fuel intake. I mean, the hotter not the better for um the engine power. Usually, when it’s cold and wet, you get a bit more power out of the engine. So, we’ll see. Anyway, the forced induction cars will be they they won’t fuss them too much, but the natural naturally aspirated stuff is uh that well I suppose nothing really likes the hot weather, but I think it’s not we should be okay. I think looking at the weather forecast, I think we’re probably in the mid20s today, which is probably I would say about right. Yeah, 25° looks like it’s going to going to get to later on, but it looks like we’re going to be 22 23 degrees throughout the day. So, I think could be about right. So, um, talking to a couple of drivers, I was talking to Richard and Tom Weaver earlier at the start line. They said the track felt really good yesterday. So, lots of grip. So, uh, making all the right noises. A little perish notice before another car comes. If you own an Audi A1 VX74 Y RL VX74 Y RL, pat your pockets and you’ll find you’ve lost your car keys because they’ve been handed in. You will be you will be signed with relief. Well, I tell you what, would you like to hear a little funny story? I was at Goodwood Festival of Speed with a friend of mine who’s just had his engine rebuilt in his 911 GT3 RS. And can you imagine his disappointment when he patted his pockets in the middle of Goodwood Festival of Speed and couldn’t find his keys? Oh no. Yeah. Well, fortunately due to the good people of like because they have these special paint to order keys. He had an ultraviolet car. So he had an ultraviolet key. So somebody obviously noticed it, saw the purple key in the shape of a Porsche and handed it in rather than go around looking for the car in the car park. Um but uh but yes, there is some faith restored in humanity, I think. But can you imagine that feeling? Oh yeah. Well, if you’re the owner, all those people, if you’re the owner of VX74 Y RL, you’ll be feeling that sinking feeling. Don’t worry. The paddock office, little office at the top of the paddock is in possession of your keys. Um, I don’t know how you identify yourself. Well, you have to you have to read recite the registration number off by heart. Then they might give you your keys back. You never know. No, it’s ours now. We We own it. It’s an Audi A1. It’s worth having, is it? We’ll toss for it. It’s our new It’s our new course car. Maybe we’ll share it, Chris. We’ll go. It used to used to compete back here in the day. Maybe you could have a a final a final uh drive up in the in our new A1 Charles Walsh. Meet my beat my best ever time, which was 28.3. That’s going well. What did you do that in? March 782. Oh, very nice. Very nice. Quick. Uh, we’ve got good a good crowd near the start line. I wonder if anybody doesn’t know why there’s a timing beam at 64 ft. If you don’t know, wave your arms about and I’ll explain. No, every I told you everybody. Oh, no. Someone’s waving their arms about. 64 ft from the start line in 2 seconds equates to one force of gravity, like jumping off the diving board. And we’ve always we’ve always taken that as a as an indicator of how efficient the start was. To be in the ones to be in the 1.96 or so, which we’ve had a few already since I came into Vox Villa, is an immensely skillful start. And getting a racing car off the line, is not an easy thing to do. It’s a very fine line. They don’t have flywheels, so it’s a very fine line between too many too too many revs, too much wheel spin and stalling the engine. So, it takes great skill. 2.01 Andy Bug, he’s come up from the channel lines to teach us all how to do it. It’s very impressive. I think What was the quickest time we’d ever recorded N 64 here? Was it Was it the humor? No. Amazing humor, was it? It was. It was big man in the amazing uh man bey helicopter uh part. Was it? Wasn’t it? Yes, it was. Here comes my favorite my favorite truly. But it’s the lovely Chevron B19 of the George family, Amanda and her dad. I’m not sure who’s at the wheel at the moment. We shall shortly see. But they’re very nip and tuck very close together in times. Uh I think they fight to for who does the washing up after supper. This is Amanda 2.28 off the line. Yeah, that amazing Lola coming up through past here in the crossing. Oh, Chevron is or chevron, isn’t it? Sorry, I’ve already made a mistake. You’re allowed three. Right. Keep track for me, will you? Yeah. Chris also bans us from saying neat and tidy as well. So I’m allowed to say it’s neat and tidy. It’s very neat and tidy. We’re on off to a line through the Chris, I would say. But across the line, Amanda’s 33.37 mph. Here’s Pete Taylor. Pet is extremely quick. Yeah, just coming out now. A little bit of a tail slide as he exits. was almost a straight almost up to bottom already. Let’s see what we can do. Pete’s always in the mood for it. So big dab of opposite locks. It just needs a little bit cross flying around the place in the cabin to get himself straightened up for the uh run to the finish line and he’s across the line. 114 into bottom as 123 over the line. Pete Tam is going like the clappers. 26.72. We’re on page 29 of the program. If you’re floundering looking for the part of the program we’re in, up to the line comes. It’s John or James Charmer’s. John is dad, James’s son. And annoyingly for John, James is getting a bit quick. I let my son drive my march once. I hated it cuz he was instantly almost as quick as me. It’s always fun to see the family battles, isn’t it? It’s the quickest. It’s John, his dad, longtime partner in business with Roy Lane. Yeah, just coming past me now. That’s Ro Formula 3 car that they’ve very well converted to hill climbing. Big sparks as he enters bottom. Absolutely. The anti lag kicking in the turbocharger staying spoiled, ready to deliver all that power across the finish line. Feeds in the gears. Loads and loads of power and away he goes for a 26.3 125 over the finishing line. Uh I can’t see a number on the car on the line but we’ll soon see who it is. It should be Alex Coohl’s I think it is. Alex is having a fantastic season going really well really quickly. Isn’t he just it is indeed and 2.02. Yeah. Alex go through Kennel up towards crossing already flying his way past. There’s some serious speed there. Yeah, an absolute star for the future as Alex. He tips the car in almost got three wheels. He’s perfect. So he loses a little bit of time as the rear wheels spin up the lead across the line in the 24s. That’s fantastic. 4.5 140 into bottom end. Yeah, you could definitely see it as well. He was absolutely flying. Look at that split time in the S’s. 7.73. That’s up That is up there with some of the quickest times we’ll see through the through the S’s. That’s absolutely unbelievable. And he actually lost a bit of time cuz it looked like he had a big dab of opposite lock and the rear wheels span up and hit the limiter. So he’s uh he definitely got another couple of attempts pretty soon to see whether they qualify, whether he qualifies for the runoff. Here comes Zack Zamit. Zach flies over from Morta to have a go in his car. The amazing machine, these Empire Race. They are indeed. This is one of my favorite things is to see Zami come through the through the Ses once again. He’s sideways and three wheels. Big load of power as the rear wheel spin up on the exit of Top S. And he’s already across the line. 132 over the line to record a 23 999. How about that? I would say that’s qualifying time speed for the runoff. But we shall see. Is he registered? That’s the only question. Oh, he will be. should be on the line. Alex Summers, I think. Is it Alex? No, it’s Paul HS Vegas. Similar paint scheme. Yeah. And little 1300 engine producing something like 700 horsepower. Can you believe it? Yeah. And he’s really carrying it well. Nice and uh sort of calm and collected. Yeah. Paul is one. He just tips the inside of the uh bottom curve which just shots the car over slightly, but he’s absolutely fine. and he’s gathered it all up. He’s a cross line, but Paul is one of the most stable drivers that you’ll find in this championship. He’s a real safe pair of hands. He really is. 24.5 was his time. 130 over the finishing line. 128 into bottom S. Just had it. He just nudged the inside cup. Just pushed the car over slightly and compromised his attack into top S. But uh but no doubt all lessons still quick. 7.81 through the S’s. But you you might wonder why he’s number 10. Well, he was 10th in last year’s championship. Now 109 is Simon Jensen. He’s almost stalled the the car or has a transmission bust, but he hasn’t gone the rear wheels haven’t gone over the start line. So, long as the car’s okay, he can have a go. But once your rear wheels have crossed the start line, that’s your run. [Music] So yeah, I think these uh these impressive times are really boding well for some quick things come run off time. Yeah, Simon James grabbed an an early uh second. He knows what he’s doing. Sounds great. I can hear it coming all the way up. That 2 and 12 L DTM derived engine V6 in the middle of this one. Really, really beautiful thing. pulling the car exposed. Takes a nice line through the ess’s beats the life out of it across the finish line. 127 over the line. 26.82. Probably won’t be a a runoff qualifying speed. Here comes dad’s Richard Summers in the family built. Amazing achievement. Yeah, incredible car. This and the engineering that goes into it is absolutely amazing. It’s worth keeping an eye on that machine for the future. Absolutely. And you can you can see how this car was built. Go on Alex Summers’s Instagram. You can see the journey this car. Richard the dad goes beautifully through the S’s. Bang in the middle of the road. He crosses the line with a 27.68. If you look at Hill Climb TV, you’ll find an interview I did with Richard and with Debbie, his his wife. Uh I think daughter-in-law Lindsay. Oh, Richard’s daughter-in-law. Yeah, of course. Alex his wife. I think it’s a family affair today. They’re all They’re all here today. They’re all here for various things. For those keeping track, it’s class Elvis. This is the uh the big cars. So, this is where we’re going to see the real speeds. Yeah. Page 30 of your program. Who’s on the line? 111 is Ed Burgess. Now, this is interesting. Ed usually drives a Batti. And in fact, he holds the Batti record at the other place, but he decided to have a go with modern hill climbing. Tony Marsh GR55. Yeah, smoothly through the center section. Yeah, beautiful head nicely that menacing black paintwork, but youthful is nice and neutral across the line. You say he was beautiful. I did. Well, he is a matter of a beautiful man. Beautiful man. 26.93 123 over the line. Uh should be Simon Andrews is not it’s Mr. MS Steve Owen. Amazing the number of um MS28s they’ve made. Yeah, it’s slight kick out of the tail as he went through kennel but it’s gathered all together. Yeah, absolutely. This beautiful Steve has a big load of opposite logs. He gathers them all up all part of the plan. No problem at all. The traction control is desperate to stop the power from being delivered, but he’s now delivering. And it’s across the line to record a 27.23 123. Terry Graves in another good DJ 55. Yes, big machine this, but handling it all very well. Bottoms. Yeah, one of the best paint schemes on this car. Williams 96 great use through the S’s at the end of the road. Very nice from Terry indeed. 26.38 for Terry. 133 on the line. Grain Obbe in the GR59 with a big Jud engine. Yesterday he was over the finishing line in the 160s. So watch out. Yeah. Keep an eye on his speed into approach as well cuz that’ll be an impressive. He’s got plenty of power and a good start to 107. Yeah. Coming through Kennel up towards crossing already and through there. Power on up the hill. Slight little sparks as he enters into S. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Seeing Grave now just gets the car rotating nicely through bottom. Lovely line with a little wiggle on the exit the top. But now he feeds him all of that 700 horsep across to the right hand side. picks up the dust just about mid, avoids the barrier, but he’s across the line at 160 exactly. Records a 24.99 160 with two wheels on the grass is that’s real stuff. And here’s Oliver Tomlin sharing the car with his mom. Yeah, another one of these beautiful pill beams. Great to see these cars. And this car, I think, is uh probably the most competitive pill beam we’ve got on the circuit at the moment. So, great to see it in amongst some of the big guys. Yeah, absolutely clutches the curve on the inside of top. Doesn’t matter too much. Lovely line of the road. Traction control fighting it. He’s away and he’s going to cross the line now with a 2614 speed 130. On the line is Jack Cockrill. This is an interesting car. It’s the top is Delaro. The rest is JD, which is just spectacular. Yeah. Brilliant. Brilliantly sort of executed hill climbing machine. This works really well and it’s very reliable as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Jack local just up the road up to Sbury gets a nice beautifully fighting the steering. He’s exiting top S already. Go on Jack. He’s really getting the hang of this car this year. He is 2459 in the 24s at 139 over the line. That car is slightly heavier than the lightest of the top class, but Jack likes that because from an safety point of view, it makes sense. Strong tub. It is indeed. It’s uh Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Designed for circuits where you have other cars to contend with. So, there’s a bit more in the way of uh protection perhaps. Now then, Sha Gould, our record holder in the GR59 JB built by the Gould organization, which effectively is Sha and his dad down in Newubbury. He does make parts for F1 cars as well, but the GR59 is his absolute work of art. Yes, they were doing some very quick runs yesterday with that machine. 2.11 well over 100 miles an hour before he goes into Kennel here. David coming past me now kicking up the dust as his way onto Boness. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, just tips it in nicely close to the inside of the back right the curve on the inside as he’s center of the road. Feet at the gears safe as ever. David’s cross the line. Why do I keep saying it was um similar similar color scheme? Same same color. It is. But David Ren 24.46 141. I hope Sean is here. I think he had a run earlier cuz it’s a shared car. I think he did an earlier match, but he didn’t break the record. Not yet. But it’s still unofficial, I think, cuz this is practice. So, um exhil champion, three times Trevor Willis. Brilliant driver. Car is a bit short of power. 3.2 L. It’s already up into bottom S. Yeah, it’s not slow with one of the course uh instructors here. Big D in lock between the rotates the car nicely and fires a nice line. Sparks flying off the car as the downfall works and he’s across the line. 24.65 135. I wonder what the cut off point for the runoff will be. It’ll be in the 24s probably. Mostly I think you’ll need a low 24 personally. I think so. We’ll we’ll find out the benchmark soon I think with the next couple of cars. Exhilim champion many times over Wallace Ming is had a bad year last year but this year he’s is much more confident in himself and in the car. And uh he could break the record here. He’s got a lot of power and a huge amount of skill. 1.96. Yeah. Seriously quick Wallace coming up through past me here and crossing already. Sounds like a proper car, doesn’t it? Up into bottom S. It is indeed. And again, this is only practice. So Wallace isn’t really going to be going 10. Nice and smooth through the S’s. He’ll be on it a bit more later when it’s points to play for. Nevertheless, it’s a 23.88 149 over the line. So yeah, not pushing really. No, not really trying. Yeah, you almost said neat and tidy there as well. I’m pretty sure. No, I would never. Very, very close. So, yeah, I think Wallace is on a mission this weekend by the look of things. Good to see Will Hall going so well in his GR59. It took him a little while to get used to it. Comfortable with it. Really got the hang of it. Yeah. Will a very popular man in the paddic man a few words, but my goodness, do the talking. Absolutely perfect through the SE’s. That car flashes off into the distance. 1,500 brake horsep. Wow. 149 mph over the line. 23.41. That’ll be a qualifying car. Now then, Alex, Alex Summers. Yeah, he’s in the old DJ Firestorm today. Still a very competitive car though. And plenty of wins behind the wheel of this machine. Alex this. Yeah, indeed. But he’s still one run off from the last meeting we had here. So the DJ is very quick with Alex at the wheel. Absolutely fantastic across the line. 2354 mph. Wow. Now then we’ve got another GR GR 59 coming up. Is it Matthew? Right outdeed. I think it is. Keep stalling the engine on the way up to the line. That’s better. Few more revs. Alec there. Matthew is not happy actually. Well, this is the uh the car that’s quite likely to take the record if anybody does. It’s the car that holds the record. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah, it is. And Matthew is really the surprise of the last few seasons. Terrific young guy, terrific skill. Yes. And very brave. last year’s champion as his donated in the number one on the nose 1.95 andund or so Mara road kicking up dust of his way through the absolute line absolutely neutral over here again very very neutral very smooth line through the S’s and he’s across the line now 2359 for Matthew didn’t look a lot wrong with that speed not recorded. Too fast for the I’m going to guess 148. Yeah, let’s go with that. Should we go? I think that was uh that was 150 mph across the finish line. It can’t be far off that, can it? Got to be. So, currently um in class L, Will Hall is actually the fastest in practice with a 23.41. So, good run for Will. Um terrific. But that uh yeah, I think we’re we’re set up for when competition starts uh in a short while, we’re set up for a really close run and then the uh the runoff I think just before lunch is going to be something uh something to behold. Well, this is it. And for those, you know, first time here, welcome. Um to explain, obviously we’ve got practice running in the morning on a Sunday. Obviously, now we’re going to begin uh I think we’ve got one more batch before we begin our first of our timed runs. And these are the ones that qualify you, that earn you the points. So the bit for the for the front runners um they’re going to try a little bit harder uh just to get themselves into the runoff and then obviously that’s when they’ll be putting their best tires on. They’ll be they’ll be really psyching themselves up to have a proper go and that’s when records get broken. To think they’re still a second and a what you’ve just seen is still a second and a half roughly um off the record. Um it’s the fine margins that you see through the S’s and the commitment through Kennel and Crossing. That’s where you really make the time up. These cars are immensely quick. They’re quicker than Formula 1. Uh they naugh to 100 in less than 4 seconds. So they’re doing 100 miles an hour. They’re doing 70 when they’re just going past my commentary box here in Vox Villa. You told me a great story, Chris, about a time Shan Gould took his car to an airfield to see what it could really do. And it did. You told me a time naugh to 186 mph in what was it? 7 and 1/2 seconds. 7 and 1/2 seconds. That’s up with drag racing levels almost, isn’t it? That’s incredible. That’s almost as fast as my 1.6 205 GCI. It’s falling apart. Almost as fast as that. Uh, somebody mentioned this morning they were exiting the tops at sort of like 80 90 mph. So, they’re going through that very tight technical section at absolutely, you know, immense speeds. Yeah. Yeah. It’s amazing. If you if you want your Puerto your Peers to go as quick as uh Sean, chuck it off the cliff. Yeah. Well, I could. Yeah. Or Yeah, I could, couldn’t it? I could just I could just drop it from space. Yes, you could. Yeah, absolutely. Um but anyway, uh cars are making their way back down the hill. So, we’ll be up and running again very shortly. Uh we’ve got a uh I mean, you just look at these things. They’re works of art. The unique nature of uh of hill climbing is the fact that you can get so up close and personal with these cars in the paddock. Um so, so obviously do do that. Go and have a look around them. Obviously, uh, you know, they’re they’re friendly enough, obviously, but they they do have a job to do, but but it is an amazingly transparent and and and available sport, isn’t it? You don’t need any paddic passes at £3,000 ahead, do you, like you get in F1, but uh so it’s great to see what goes into these cars. It’s a great community. It’s also a very unforgiving sport. You’re up against the clock. You can’t blame anybody else. Um, and it demands Well, you never do the perfect run. Never. No, no, no, no. There’s always going to be something you’re not happy with. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody say, you know what, I don’t think that’s that’s the perfect thing. I wouldn’t change anything. It’s always fine margins. Well, when you’ve only got 20 something seconds to play with, there’s um it’s very easy to, you know, lose, you know, make a mistake and percentage wise, you can drop half a second and that’s a big part of your run in a, you know, lemon 24 hours. Losing half a second is barely noticeable, is it? So, it’s it’s all to do with, you know, just how much time you’ve got to play with. The great advantage of British hill climbing compared with a European, for instance, the Europeans often rather sneer at um our short hill climbs. But if you go to a European hill climb, what do you see? You see the car coming past you and that’s about it. Uh whereas British hill climbs, you see this the whole thing from bottom to top. Michael Ritter has sent us a message which has just disappeared so I can’t tell you what it is but Michael from Bavaria maybe Richard can put it back up again. I think he’s just saying how great British hill climbing is. So, we can’t argue there, can we? We don’t. And as you were saying, Chris, from where I am at crossing, you can sit on the banks here, see about well, I don’t know 2/3 of the course from from this one spot. And if you go up to the railing, you’re pretty pretty much looking down into the cockpit of the car. I don’t think there are many motorsport venues where you can look down at the driver whilst they’re working. You can’t do that at Silverstone. Certainly not. No. Now, the car on the line is a famous car. It’s the Stoveboat Special. This started life as a Formula 1 car for HWM with an Alter engine and was the first car in which Sterling was paid to drive in the Grand Prix. And he had numerous drove this car in numerous Grand Pris with a 2 L outer engine. And then it went to America. They chucked away the engine and put the Chevrolet engine in. Yes. With a bit of a dent in the back, I noticed, which is unfortunate. Yeah. It’s all part of the character. It’s all part of the character. It’s uh Yeah. Just But he drives this car. I believe I’m right in saying he drives this car to and from every event, doesn’t he? He never trail trailers it. It’s great to see that. I won’t say he drove it to Australia, but he has competed in Australia and in California and other places. He records a 37.18 at a speed over the line of 91. There’s plenty of power there, but remember this is a 1949 1950 chassis. And here is Richard George. We saw we saw Amanda just now in the Chevron. Here’s Richard. Beautiful machine. This really reminiscent of those 70s sports cars and great thing to see on the hill. It’s nice and small, which means it’s got plenty of space to play about on this hill. Going well up into bottom S through there up towards three and then on towards the finish line for Richard George. That is time for the hill in the 30s. 33.42. I think Amanda was quicker than that. 99 over the finishing line on the line. Single seat Lotus Martin Jones. Car number 119. [Music] Beg his pardon. It’s a Brabber BT21. Yeah. Beautiful little machine. This um in the Formula Ford class. Is this uh I think BT21? No, it’s in class M sports racing and racing up to 1971. Yeah, I think it may have been a Formula Ford originally. Could well be. Here’s Sarah Thor. Sarah is extremely good driver, aggressive, very fast, and she’s in a ex Formula 2 Lotus. She’s nine. Yeah. In those brilliant gold leafesque red, white, and gold colors. Yeah. Not allowed to put the the names on. No, not quite. Sarah’s doing the 20ies. The answer is no. Chris Bentley Jones goes past Sarah 33.75. Car number 121, Chris Bentley Jones in the Brab5. Yeah, it just has gone past me again. On the line is Andrew Tippet in a unique Brama BT30 built by Jack Bra for Formula 1 in the period when they had great big wings on the top of long sticks. They were horribly dangerous and very quickly got banned. But if you look closely at Andy Tibet’s chassis, you’ll see the hole holes on the front suspension where the long sticks went in. Yeah, this one was built for hill climbing. That’s the X in its BT30X uh chassis in number. Um but it’s the same technology as he’s using the Grand Prix cars. Andrew tip it up towards the line and Malcolm Thornton chasing his wife as he has done for many years in another uh Lotus 692. Yeah, great car this in the uh the traditional Lotus colors and great history to this car as well. It’s had some really famous names behind the wheel in its uh varied career. Currently Malcolm sitting second in class M. Andrew Tippet is currently the quickest. WG goes Roger Deans in the very early Formula 5000. Lola Malcolm’s time 32.83. So he Sarah’s doing the washing up this evening. This car featured in an early uh rebuild program on the telly years ago where they rebuilt this car in a week and then Roger Deans got it had to rebuild it all over again. Simon Derling. Great to see Simon in his Alpine Alpine A110 which was a famous European rally car in period. tough as old boots despite being very lightweight. Yeah, beautiful machine this and uh you can really see the styling cues that are on the modern alpines uh based on that older machine but looks absolutely fantastic in Simoning the finish. Ian Stringer in this lovely Alford Julia Sprint GT Ian shared my march for a couple of seasons and was great company as well. Uh time for Simon Turning 38.32. Uh we’ll get a time for Ian pretty quickly. Yeah, he’s just heading up towards bottom S now in that beautiful Alfa Romeo. Incidentally, Syste was a personal best. Yes, we’ve had quite a few personal best this morning. I think track conditions just the right amount of sunshine and that sort of thing. Are we in for some records? Well, we’ll see. on the line. Lotus Exe Michael Thompson the Exe the souped up version of the Elise with a fixed a fixed roof and a tuned up engine. Meanwhile, Ian Stringer is in a 37.94 in the Alfao. Peter Hughes here at the uh uh top uh box. You’ve thrown out the resident, have you? Just for the moment, he’ll be back shortly. All right. Sprinted all the way up from the P. Now here’s Robert Penrose. We know Robin, the Penrose father and son from their exploits in the big pill beam with its 7 L Chevy engine. Looks if they’ve chucked that away and gone for a Renault. Yeah. So this is class A1 and I think we might actually be now into competition runs. So I think these might be the time of competition now. Uh we’ve had all our practice runs. We’re getting on, is it? Aren’t we? Yeah. So, Michael Thompson’s 3477 is the first competition run of the weekend. Well, of today, I suppose. And Bob Penro, Robert Penrose, 39.86 in the Cleo, followed by Maggie Richards, car number 719 in another Cleo. And then on the line, we’ve got the Elise. I think it’s Robert Wilson in the black Elise. [Music] We shall see. Maggie gets towards the finish. She’s in the S’s at the moment through the right hand. Very cleanly through there too and on the straight up to the finish line. Now it is Robert Wilson. Time for Maggie Richards coming up. It’ll be in the 40s. 42.33. Yeah. Robert Wilson’s Lotus just going past me up towards bottom edge. Currently breaks hard into that. Yeah. Very quickly through the bottom S speed through the second part as well and foot to the floor now up to the finish line. His time will be coming up just very soon. 32.29. Good time. We on the line. Car number 24 should be a Cayman, but it’s not. It’s Richard Snow and it looks like um an M2 BMW. So maybe something’s gone wrong with Cayman. Richard’s sharing with uh Steve Atkins in the BMW for this weekend. I’m not sure what’s up with the He’s out of class. Yes. Yeah. The engine competition that he’s in at the moment. Yeah. Slight wiggle as he exits from Kennel up towards Crossing, but uh he’s looking all right. Some of these seem very refined cuz they’re road cars compared to some of the more rockous racing machines. Yeah. very slowly or something. It’s very slow out to the bottom S. Then is it a V8 or or a straight six? I think that’ll be a straight six. Make all the right noises. 97 over the line. 36.86 on the line. Interesting car. Porsche is not a 914. It’s a 916. Car number 752 being shared by L Laur Laur Laura Ward sharing with uh Jonathan Williamson as usual but they bust the gearbox in the 911. So they brought out this little uh midenine Porsche with its flat 6 engine and they say they love it. It’s it handles so beautifully. I remember the road tests when this car was first introduced praising it to the skies for it for its handling. I think they didn’t make that many 916s. Very few. They made lots of 914s, but I think the 916 was pretty expensive. So, as we get the course car up, it’s worth pointing out Robert Wilson’s run of 3229 is a class A1 record. Really? Um the previous record was a 32.5. So he’s uh he’s knocked a couple of tents off that. Brilliant. And Laura Ward just in a personal best with a 44.7 full. So yes, already uh records tumbling. So that was I’m not sure which batch that was, but we really don’t talk about batches. Well, that was Yeah, that was the first batch. Uh they had sort of tacked on to the last batch. Um but we’re into competition, so um some of those were shared cars. Yes, I did actually hear an announcement uh before I I left the paddock actually that they were planning to do that. So, everything is on schedule. It’s great. And we’re heading for the first runoff before lunch. So, it’s very interesting to see um whether in the class runs the top cars are still using the tires they used for this morning’s practice, but certainly if they qualify for the runoff, then they pick out the the the best set of tires they’ve got. And it’s we’re in a rather funny period for tires at the moment because, as everyone knows, AAN sadly have given up making hill climb tires. But luckily Nova have stepped in. They’ve got a factory in Portugal and they’re beginning to produce hill climb car tire car tires now and I think they are producing them for the top class but I stand to be corrected. Morning Chris. Who’s Bonford? Chris Bonford. Hello old chap. How are we all right? Have Have you got a microphone? I have I’ve got a microphone. I’m not speaking normally. No, but I could probably do but I just wanted to say hello. Good morning to you. How did your fishing competition? Well, I did all right. I didn’t win, but I did okay. And we had a lovely chicken dinner afterwards. So, that was fabulous. You caught a you caught a chicken. Yeah. Well, yes. It was a chicken dinner. Pools paid uh entry and everything for a tener. I thought, well, I’m having some of that and and a nice bite of siders to follow. So, um but I wanted to say good morning to you cuz Alex is going to be running the show mostly up here this morning, but I wanted to say hello. Now, am I right in Sam? Am I allowed to say this, Chris? No, you’re not. No. Okay, then. Did you know what I was going to say then? No, no idea. Oh, okay. Well, um, is this potentially your last meeting, Chris? This is my swan song. This is your swan song, folks. This is the voice of Chris Druit, the legendary commentator who has been commentating here for how many years, Chris? 24. 24 years. And before that, a very good single seat driver as well, the font of knowledge. And yes, I did hear that this might be your last meeting. And um but I wanted to be around because I guess you’re going to be uh Billy I noticed Billy Grace was down here in this by crossing here I think having a watch this morning. Um are are you on doing the runoff the first runoff? Is that the plan? I am my treat. Billy is taking over from me in 5 minutes time which is great. So uh and my wife is here. Fantastic. People are bringing bottles of champagne. Oh wow. I’m sure they don’t need to. Wow. If you’ve been commentating for 24 years, Chris, surely you were still in school when you started. Just about. Yes, I was in I was uh but I was in the fifth form. So I was allowed out. So folks, just remember Chris Stewart is the voice of hill climbing. Okay. And has been for about the last 24 years that I know of. Was the voice of hill climbing. Now that wavering voice and the brain not working properly. But it’s wonderful to hear your voice again. And uh we got a nice little team here today. We’ve got in fact we got six of us here today. So it’s feast and famine in the shelves today. Crazy, isn’t it? I’ve told Sarah that in future if she has a problem and only one commentator listed to give me a call and I’ll Fantastic. Fantastic. Well, that that’d be brilliant. Well, listen, I’m going to hand back to Alex now, but lovely to hear your voice, Chris, and we’ll catch up with you later on hopefully. Okay. Cheers for now. Cheers. Yes, you were getting calls, Chris, to the effect of, “Well, the only person who’s offered to commentate is Peter Hughes, and we can’t put up with him.” That’s right. You didn’t have to agree, Chris. I’m sorry. That was completely wrong. She would never say that. Peter, you’ve been commentating for a long time as well. Well, yes. Not not quite 24 years, but getting close. It was when I stopped competing that Mr. Moody Senior made the suggestion, well, why don’t you try commentating? It’s a hell of a lot cheaper than com competing. And uh he was he was right. I said, I can’t do that. I’ve never done uh com uh commentating. He said, give it a go. And that was the start. And it included Goodwood, which was a real privilege to be one of the team at Goodwood. Yes, I am envious of that that you’ve commentated at Goodwood. I must I went from marshalling to commentating cuz I decided it was safer. It’s certainly better when the weather’s bad. Joy Hoy, long time and very skillful competitor. [Music] Car number 741. She’s sharing this car as always or as usual. Um, it’s a K27 Super Swim with a 2 L engine. A little bit of a twitch there going out to the bottom. Could be a little bit correction. And away she goes now towards the finish line to record a time in the 30 30s. No 30s. 3302 for Joy. A purple one on the line. Car number 749 748 of Megas Paul Evans in the Westfield with a 2 L I believe Vauxhall engine. Yeah, this is uh some shared drives from class B road goinging specialist production cars and these Kums Westfields and the like are often the pace setters in this class. Very cleanly through this is Grand Mountain 759. He’s sharing the Westfield with a 1.995 engine. So, it’s not a Vauxhall. I don’t think he’s sharing with Becky Mountain. So, it’s a family affair. Yeah, these technically uh class D in there for Graeme and Becky Mountain due to um bigger engine size. I’m assuming Graeme I think probably losing a little bit of time in the S’s. Got the power down and the tail came out corrected. It must have cost him a few tents. Record in this class, Ash Mason. We haven’t seen Ash around for a while, 28.12. He al used to have the privilege of demonstrating the Lore Bentleys and uh that was his treat when he worked for Bentley. He looked after their classic cars. Delightful character. Loves walking now. I think the t the the time he spent hill climbing is now spent walking in the dales. Lotus X on the line. That’ll be back to Zoe Shearan in class A1 again. And you can see the difference between an Exe and an Elise. It’s got a fixed roof. It’s got a big wing at the back. And it’s got a much more powerful engine. It’s It is Zoe Sherman, car number 14. Yeah, you can’t miss this car. Bright yellow, green, sort of fluorescent paint on that. And coming nice and quickly up through crossing. Tidy way up to bottom S. 83 into bottom S. Yeah, very neat, but very quick by the looks of it. Gear selection issue possible. Just missed a gear I think on the way up to the line. It’s bad luck. 36.44 speed 81. Here’s the first of our little field out Bath 595s. This is David Garner. Did David drive a super seed for a while? Oh, I’m not sure. Um the one to ask there would be Chris Bonsard. So when he comes back later, we’ll we’ll check with him. Um going nicely in the little FA 500 though. Probably quite a good fun drive up the hill, that little car. 72 in bottom. It looks like an ex army mini. It’s a dull green. I think it’s a wrap probably. See car cart tried. Yeah, se always exciting. He really pushes this Mini uh probably beyond what it’s happy doing, but he enjoys doing it all the same. And uh we’ll see whether he can post a good time in that more classic machine. 39.67 67 offer David Garment as I mean he comes through the S is now Richard Bates on way car number 17 that’s the MG ZR160 makes a very good hill climb car cheapest chips you pick them up for virtually nothing nowadays and they they were well built and uh 18800cc engine now on the line we’ve got a Renault sport I think it’s Bob Penrose again step races a 40.48. Thank you. Richard Page 64 into bottom S heads for the finish. It is Bob Penrose. Very much modified Renault Sport Cleo RS200 Silverstone GB. So it’s got the longest name. And I’m going to hand over to Billy Grace who graces us with his presence. So Bob Penrose is going past me up towards bottom now and into the S as he comes. Meanwhile, personal best for Richard Pates with a 41.89. Okay guys, I shall talk to you later. So long Chris Penro is on the run up to the finish line now. See what time he can do. Just about to cross the line. It’s a 43.53. Ian Richard’s next up in his Renault Cleo. And uh as we said before, this is the um uh category A1, so roadgoing cars. So all of these are road legal machines. Good morning everybody. This is a shared car across with Ian Richards at the wheel at the moment. Good morning down in Villa. Good morning. Morning. By the way, David Wilson just leaves the line. Let’s get straight into it. In the Elise, his son Rob just broke the class record. What can Dave do? We know the time’s in the car. Here he comes to you. Yeah, Rob Wilson coming past me. It was a very good time of 3229. So that’s the new class record. We’ll see whether David can do any better. Well, he’s certainly trying very hard as he comes through the asses. I think the uh it’s going to be thrown down. Let’s see what the time is. What’s it going to be? It’s a 3295. So not quite as quick, but what can Jonathan Langme do in another release? These three always have a big battle for the class honors. Can he break the record? Yeah. So, Jonathan Langley just passed me currently. David Wilson’s just sitting second after that run. And Jonathan breaking hard into bottom already. Yeah. Into the S’s now. It’s a nice neat and tidy run. It’s going to be very close. Let’s see what time Jonathan can do as he heads towards the finish. It is a 3253. 3253. So, that is under the old record, I believe. Oh, just over 325 was the over. So, yeah, just misses out. Anyway, Steve Atkins now on the hill in the M2. He’s already with you. Yeah. So, class A2 we’re into now. So, bigger engine, still road production cars in these M2 competitions are quick machines. Yeah. Already through the asses and on his way up to the finish line. Clips just just nibbles the grass there on the head heading up towards the finish. Crosses the line in the 3301. Kevin Dodd now the hill in another release with you. Yeah, this is a supercharged lease, which is why it’s in the bigger engine class. It’s got a bit more power because of that. We’ll see what that can do. Class record for A2, by the way, is 31.17. So, we’ll keep an eye on that. Looking very neat to the asses. Looking very nice as well, that car really does. And he’s under and to the finish line. Sounds great as well. The with the unmistakable wine of a supercharger crosses the line at 3589. Next on the start line, I have a Porsche Cayman. It’s number 25. It’s Richard York in the Cayman GT4 Club Sport. Sounds fantastic with the flat 6 whailing away in the back. Quick start. 2.35 seconds already through Kennel. Using all the road on the exit of Kennel to you. Yeah, plenty of power in this machine. About 4 L engine, so he’s got all the speed he could want. It’s whether he can wrestle it around the corners. Heavy braking into bottom S. Yeah, in he comes. Incidentally, it was a personal bass for Kevin Dart ahead of him. through the S’s now and uh what can he get? What sort of time can he set? We’ll see in just a moment. Heads up towards the finish to record a 3416. Slots into second in class. Next on the hill is Tim Elmer in the Alpine. Pretty little car this. Yeah, we saw the classic Alpine just a few moments ago. Now we’ve got a modern one and you could definitely see the lineage between the two of them. They did a good job with that styling. They did. You can also see the size difference. Yes, you certainly can. He was another personal best. What can uh Tim Elmer do? Heading up towards the finish now to record a time of 3349. We’ve got Mike Meredith on the hill in the bellowing organ. Yeah, monster V8 5 L machine this. It’s absolute power. All you could want in the tiny little Morgan. Yeah, sounded good as well. It’s become a habit, these personal bats cuz Tim Elmer also did one. What can Mike Meredith do as the question now? Heads up towards the finish to do a 3307 for Mike Meredith. Slot second in class. 600’s behind Steve Atkins. Now we’ve got Simon Tarling on the hill in the 996 GT3. Yeah, Simon Tarling going past me as well. Very capable car and driver that. So another good time expected. He’s already up towards bottom S. Yeah, comes into my sight and comes through bottom very cleanly. Dom equally cleanly. And it’s the strength to the line. I’ll bring you that time in a minute. Meanwhile, Ross McDonald is on the hill. Uh did a quick start in the 911 with you. Yeah, more classic Porsche. We’ve got a gaggle of Porsches coming through now. This beautiful old orange machine looks absolutely fantastic. Heading on it way up the hill into the S as it comes. Just takes two points, but don’t think it cost him much time. He’s looking good as he powers away. It was a 35.49 49 for Simon Talin. Incidentally, that’s a good time. And Ross McDonald crosses the line to do a 3644. Tony Adams now on the hill in the Cayman. This is not a GT4 Cayman. This but it is very quick indeed cuz it’s been a bit a bit twiddled, I think. Yeah, it’s down as turbocharged as well. So, I think he’s Yeah, he’s certainly got the power in that machine and um we’ll see whether he can get close. We’re not getting close to the class record in A2 particularly. No, that was a good time from Bobby Dol a few years back. Tony Adams out to the asses on his way to the line. Heads up towards the finish to record a 3359. David Meek now on the hill in another Cayman. This is a GT4 with you. Yeah. So coming up through past me at crossing already and does sound good that Porsche actually looks pretty impressive. Hard on the brakes into bottom S. [Music] Wind his way up to the S’s now and uh lasts it up towards the finish line. This is looking quick. Let’s see what he can do. He might get quite close to the record. Not far off. 3249. 3249 takes the lead in the class about a second or so away. What can Robert Lancaster Gay do? a name synonymous with hill climbing Porsches as he climbed all manner of beautiful 911s and Cayman’s in in year years gone by in a 997 GT3 today with you. Yeah, always great to see Robert on the hill and uh yeah, another great sounding car this and uh you can see the racing lineage of Porsche with all the wings and extras on that car and he certainly knows how to as well. Very good line through the S’s and this could be quite a good time I suspect. I think it will be. Is it into the 32s? I think not quite. 3322. 3322 for Robert Lancaster Gay slotting in fourth in class. Now, this is an interesting car. This is a forced induction MX5. So, it’s being turbocharged. Really puts the cat amongst the Porsche pigeons. Does Jonathan May in his MX5 is with you using all the road through Kennel? Yeah, using all the road up here. And such a little car. It’s got more road to play with than some of those big Porsches, so you can pick your line better. That’s partially where the speed is, I suspect. Yes, intent on embarrassing the the bores, I think, and doing a pretty good job of it at the moment as he heads towards the finish line. Fully committed through the S’s. Bit of a wiggle on the exit of top S. Nicely controlled across the line. 3259. 3259. Second in class, just a tenth behind David Meek. What can Richard Andrews do in this wonderful sounding GT4 RS? Yeah, you can see that it’s definitely got more power than the slightly larger car. He’s not got the room to play like the Mazda. He just takes a lot of the curb as he heads up towards the bottom. Bottom line very close to the barriers on the exit, but big dramas. He’s nearly at the line. Heading across the finish now. It’s still quick. It’s a 3218 that takes the lead in the class. Uh and we’re not far off that record. It’s almost exactly a second off the record. So, a good run there for uh Richard Andrews as we move on to Jonathan Williams, sorry, in that um pretty little car, isn’t that little Porsche? Yeah, looking good. Um away he goes. So, yes, they normally uh the uh normal Porsche unfortunately has a uh a gearbox issue, so they’ve brought the 914 out to play. Quick little car. does a 40.13 across the line. Uh, next on the line, we’re moving classes. We’re into four-wheel drive cars now. So, we’ve got Tim Goodwin in the Audi TTS already through Kennel using all the grip of that four-wheel drive system to you. Yeah. So, A3 people following 21 in the program. Still roadgoing cars these, but uh more power, more grip as we said from that four-wheel drive to bottom S. Yeah, putting that grip to good effect through the bass and out of uh the top S and just has to uh put foot to the floorboard as he heads towards the finish. And as we await for that time, Roger Stocks is on the hill in the firstes with the call to brawn GP livery on this. Yes, I do like this. It was uh it was great when I saw it the start of this year with those yellow flashes on it. Yeah, it’s cool, isn’t it? Time by the way for Tim Goodman to 3528. These are really impressive packages, aren’t they? And they’re growing in popularity in the sport as well. Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one on the road. Only ever on hills. Yeah, I’ I’ve seen a few, but you’re right. They do they make good hill climb cars. Meanwhile, we got another one on the hill. This is Iano, who’s climbed all all kinds of cars over the years now in a Yaris. Yeah, already pushing its way past me. They are very understated. They don’t sound particularly rockous, but they certainly have a good pace to them. Yeah, very cleanly through the asses there. And uh Ian Fo about to set his time. Heads up towards the finish. Peter Richings on the hill now. You can tell these are four-wheel drive cars cuz they’re all doing 2.12 2.414 second starts very quickly indeed. Peter Richie with you in the golf. Yeah. So big powerful golfer heading past me. It’s worth pointing out these guys are coming up as personal bests. I’m not sure if that’s genuine or or not, but certainly some quick times for this class. I guess this uh Golf R is one of the cars that inspired the GI Yaris, I presume. Anyway, but uh as he goes up towards the finish, heads up towards the finish to record a 3405 down the hill and another Yaris with you. Yeah, already shot past in the uh the dark red Yaris. A nice selection of Yaris colors for us. It’s good advertising for them. Again, very neatly through the S. It’s just perhaps marginally wide on the exit with no great issues as he goes towards line. Heads up towards the finish to record a time of 3427. 3427. Next we’re going to have Rodney Isles another store of 911 competition now in a 911. This is a turbo so it’s four-wheel drive hence why it’s in this class. This will be quick. Yeah. So currently Peter Richens 34.05 is class leader in A3. We’ll see whether we can get quicker. Ron in this Porsche is the last runner in the class. So, he’s the last chance to uh to topple Peter from the top. Looking pretty good. He could get close, I would say. I think he might take the class lead. He’s purple all the way through on the sectors, which means fastest of anybody so far. Yes. 3178. 3178. That’s the quickest in the class. Do you know, not as far away from the record as I thought. 7/10 off. Yeah. Yeah. Not Not bad at all. No. That record, by the way, Steven Moore, is in the Mitsubishi Evo, which has now been modified to a million and hence has moved up class, but this was in it slightly pre-modified stage. Uh, that’s the end of the batch, by the way. We’ve got a flag, a red flag here at the start line, which means uh the cars coming back down the hill. U heading towards me, the cars now. They’re on their way. Oh, perfect. Lots of PBS already, eh? It’s uh it’s it’s looking quick out there today. Yes. And um it was very quick yesterday. Some of the times posted in practice for the Midland Championship yesterday were quick. Were very quick. So, um, yeah, conditions good. It’s worth pointing out a lot of the guys in the big single seaters probably weren’t running their best tires. No, exactly. It’s also worth pointing out that this year they have a limit to the number of tires that they’re allowed to run through the season uh due to uh supply issues. So, uh, they don’t have as many tires to throw at it as maybe they would. So, they do have to be a bit more tactical with when they deploy their best rubber. Yes. And because of supply issues, um, not all of them have the preferred compounds and makes of tire. So, choosing what tire to use and when has become a very tactical thing in this year’s championship. It has, isn’t it? And may well end up being decisive. Uh, we’ve only got um, three or four rounds left in the year. It’s very tight already. It’s three events actually after. Is it all in September? Is it three including this or no? Three after this. It’s three after this. Yeah. Logen Prescott and DN. Sorry. In the revers. Yeah. So, um yeah, some great um great events still to come in the championship and it is very tied and um I don’t think you could really safely put your money anywhere yet. No, I think it’s looking like it’s going to be it’s going to be between I think uh Matt and Wallace, I think is what it’s looking like. Yeah, most likely. Will Hall still has has an outside chance mathematically, but he’s he’s going to have to go some to catch uh the two ahead. So, it looks like it’s going to be Matt versus Wallace, who already have five championships between them, I should add. Uh which is pretty impressive. Uh, and it’s great to see I think uh combination of Matt just driving as well as I ever seen him drive after winning the championship last year and Wallace getting his mojo back after a challenging year last year after the off in Ireland. To see him back on form is is fantastic for him and fantastic for the championship. Naturally, there’s a lot of focus on the the out the overall title and who’s going to grab that one. But lots of class uh honors still to be resolved as well. Definitely. We’ve got a very Well, we’ve also got the um top 10 challenge that’s very close actually being led by Alex Coohl’s at the moment. Uh that’s to do with how many runoffs you qualify for and where you finish. As well as the British Hill Climb Cup that is uh for those that don’t know uh anybody can win that in all the classes. It’s to do with where you how often you you win your class. Uh so that’s very tightly uh tightly contested as well as is the Middling Hill Championship. Yeah. the uh often you end up not getting a championship from the top classes because they’re fighting it so hard. So quite often if you can dominate a lower class, you can get yourself the cup. You can well I can for example I’ve got the results the the standings at the moment for the Midland Hill Climb Championship in front of me currently being led by Richard Price in the Kum 7 on 99 points. He’s in class B. Alex Coohl’s in the super the turbocharge force is second on 93 points in class K or K2 sorry Richard Snow in the N the GT4 RS Porsche is third on 92 points in class A2 and fourth on 90 points is Jonathan Vley in class K1 in the Predator. So there’s four different cars from four different classes within 10 points. Yes, I think Jonathan was last year’s champion I believe. He was indeed. Um but Richard Price and Alex Cole’s having fantastic as is Richard Snow. So the Midland Championship still very open, wide open really. As we head to their next round, they won’t do Dune. They’ll be doing uh Lot and Prescott, won’t they? Not in that order. Prescott and Lotton. Uh do you know Dune always used to be the last round of the championship when when my dad was competing, which was brilliant if you won and not if you didn’t. It was a long drive home from Scotland if you just missed out on the championship with a sulky uh with a with a slight grumpy aura around the car. Uh but so it’s a lot whereas now it’s load is a bit closer but uh uh yeah Dune will be fantastic. Um as will well they all will um as will today. Um we’ve got Go ahead. Sorry. Traveling with the cont one of the front contenders who didn’t quite make it. I guess uh a train journey back from Dune might be one something to consider or a walk. Yes. Exactly. Yes. Exactly that. Anything to get out of the car. Yeah. Um right we’ve got flags in down here. I’ve got a radical SR1 in front of me on the start line uh of John McQuillan. So, we we’ll see some dual driven cars from uh the sports car classes and the uh single seater classes and then we’ll go back to roadgoing cars for the modified production class cars after that. So, John McQuillin off the line with you. Yeah, with that radical here. This is a class F car and uh some interesting machinery in this and these little radicals are brilliant little bike engine. Super lightweight and uh very quick as he already makes his way into bottom S. Yeah, into the S he comes from mass through there just catching the uh the drain on the inside of the top S. But on his way down the straight now up the straight heading up the finishing line to record the first time in the class. It’s a 3389. Next on the hill, Robin Nicholson in the venerable Malo. I love this car. It is hill climbing a Malo. It’s great to see it here and being driven so well. Yeah, you’re in the right place to watch it. These are great to watch off the line. They just squat down at the rear and launch themselves like rocket ships. They’re absolutely fantastic. Yeah, just a little bit of that S and the top S was pushing very hard indeed. It be interesting to see what time this is going to be. I think it’ll be quick. It might be into the 30s. Yes, it is. 30.54. 30.54 takes the lead in the class so far, but we’ve only had two in it. Right, we’re now in the 600cc single seater class. This is class H and we’ve got Morgan Hammer on the hill. Great. They had a drive shaft failure yesterday, but they fixed it with you. Yeah. So, Morgan going through showing this car with Archie Kerr. So, it’s just a competition between the two of them in that class and yeah, it’s always good to watch see which one comes out. Yes, it is. The speed 600 towards the line heads towards the line to record a 3225. Scott racing with you in the Empire already. Yeah, that he’s in class uh at I uh slightly bigger engine machine already on his way up. Twitchy through the uh through the S. There’s a little bit of popping and banging as well, but he’s now on his way to the line. Yes, we’re in the 1100 class now. One of the most competitive classes you’ll see today. And talking about one of the most competitive cars, here comes Ben Hammer in the BMW powered OMS28. This car very quick indeed. Yeah, this is a great looking machine in that all over Matt Green and skims the wall here at crossing. Really pushing hard. Nice line of the track and then a little bit as he exited top S. He was millimeters away from the barrier on the exit of Top S. It’s a quick time 2668. So he was pushing on first. That’s a good marker for the others to follow. Right. What can Tim Thompson do in his OMS28? This car for sale by the way already with you. Yeah, Ben Beamer personal best it says on the computer. So that’s a good run. Tim Thompson coming through in that all over black machine already into bottom. Yeah, the brother as he comes into a bit more space between himself and the wall previous to the line. Well, it’s for sale you see. So that’s worth a good few inches on the barrier. Uh does a 2879 right next on the hill Richard Weaver. We’ll see son Tom in a minute. What can Richard do? Yeah, amazing car. This is the Empire Evo. Looks great in that black silver with the red heading up now. Sparks as he goes over the little bump on the way into the Yeah. heading towards the line and just looking for some more sparks. Head towards the finish to record a time of 2815. 2815 third. Quickest so far. Right. We’re now in the form of Fords. This is Nicola Dearen. often seen in a gold, but they brought the Formula 4 out to play. Great to see. Yeah, we’ve got a good bunch of Formula Fords, and despite the different ages of these cars, they’re always very competitive and very closely matched. Nicola, one of the quicker drivers in the category, I think. Yes. And it is always so close this class, isn’t it? Yeah, they’re always very competitive. And Ke and he’s another one who you often see in a bigger machine, but just loves coming out in the little Formula 4. Yeah, I did ask him earlier yesterday if he noticed that the wings had fallen off his OMS, but then he reminded me of his former. So, with you already, I think he’s already passed me. Yeah, through to me the time for Nicola did and then Sandy 3793 is I think uh well, Boo a little bit quicker to me. We’ll see when he gets over the line. Guess it looks like a quick time as he heads up the finishing straight. Foot to the floor, crosses the line. It’s a 3506. That’s quick time. 3506. Uh next on the hill, we’ve got Stuart Hook. So, we’re back into road cars now into mod prods. This is the first of the Westfields with you. Yeah. Coming past me and very quick car this and uh yeah, Stuart Hook in that only a 1300. So, bike engine Westfield. Do you know I thought this was a red top. Well, there might be a misprint in the in the book, but um we can double check, can’t we? Yeah, I think you’re right. I just uh I didn’t know that. Uh 3396 for Stuart Hook over the line. Ray Lur on the hill now in his cage room. They go very quickly in this. They’ll often be competing for the class. Yeah, Ray a very quick driver and as you say very uh usually up near the top end of this group. This is class B for those following along. Road going specialist production cars already through the S’s and heading up toward the finishing line. Yes, this will be a quick time. It’s purple all the way. It will take the class lead I suspect. Yes, 3234. 3234 takes the class lead ahead of uh car teammate Joy Hoy who he shares the car with. It’s their one two in class at the moment. Right. Next on the hill, Johnny Ton in the Fisher Fury. It’s funny you don’t see many of these and yet there are two entered this weekend. Here comes Johnny and his very sideways and really pushing it. Yeah, these are great little cars and they look fantastic. Beautiful machine. Big puff of something as he heads up towards bottom and really pushing hard. really is a little tricky as he comes out and heads up the straight but really trying as hard as he can. Yes, I’m not quite sure which end of that car is doing the steering from what I can see on the stream. His tail happy would be an understatement but a quick time 3327 right tune now in the Morgan. Yeah, classic Morgan look and nice quick car this doesn’t have the great big V8 engine that we saw in the Morgan earlier but uh still a quick little car. Yeah, Johnny turn it personal best. Can Rob do the same thing as he comes through the top part of the SE’s and heads away from us now. Heads up towards the finish uh in the Morgan to cross the line in a time of 3521. 3521. There’s two big black lines by the way through Kennel now that were left by Johnny in the Fisher. Here comes Robert Broady in his Fisher Fury. What can he do? He’s with you. Yeah, beautiful yellow Fisher Fury. Bit more under control by the look of things, but still just as fast. Looks quite higher at the rear end. Nothing different. Size tires on that compared to the other Fisher. And he’s into the S’s now to the bottom part. Out to the top part. Heading for the finish line. Heads up towards the finish. Good run here. What’s it going to be? It’s going to be a 3397 just into the 33. 3397. Timothy Higgins down the hill in another Westfield with you. Yeah. So, here we come. Timothy Higgins Westfield. Uh, not quite so quick. seems to be slowing down. Bit of a problem, I think. Um, coasting his way up towards the Marshall’s post. Will he pull off there or go up to Bottom S? Um, did you make any noise as it came past you? Uh, it it was idling effectively. I think maybe he’s decided to pull off to save something rather than there was a bang. Okay. But, um, we’ll see. Maybe he couldn’t find gears or something. Could be. Um yes, I reckon they’ll turn him around at crossing. Uh the kink would be my guess. Yeah, he certainly he’s found a good spot to they can either tuck him back there and let them run or they can send him back down. One of the marshals from the top S wandering down there to see if he can lend a hand there. I think we should just take this opportunity whilst we’ve got a a slight pause uh to thank all of our marshals for all the work they do. We can’t go motor racing without marshals. It’s as simple as that. Uh they are uh fantastically uh wellorganized and professional group and we can’t race without them. So thank you ever so much for all you do marshals. And incidentally if you are here and you think how can I get involved in motor racing marshalling is a fantastic way to do that to be right at the forefront of motorsport. As I said we can’t go racing without marshals. You can join your local Marshalls club uh at hills and circuits all around the country. Uh so if you are interested uh go and have a chat to one of the marshals if you see one today. They’re a very friendly bunch and they’ll tell you all about how they got into marshalling. It is a fantastic way to get involved in the sport. It is. That’s how I began my involvement in the sport at a local hill climb, the Pontipole Park Hill, which uh well, some people if they’re as old as me might remember it used to host around the national championship and uh from there I moved to circuits as well and uh then got hooked on the sport and well I’m still seeking help to uh to break the habit. The rest as they say is history. Is this a support group then for uh for those who are hooked on motorsport you think? Yeah, you become a marshall or a commentator. Hill Climbers Anonymous. Yeah, that’s right. Uh what’s great though is you you you sign on as a marshall at your local hill and then all the other hills go, “Oh, can you come and do us as well?” Before you know it, you’re doing the entire championship all over the country or before you know it, you’re doing circuit racing and you literally the the marshalss in the UK, you know, do Grand Prix if you get to the best the right level. They do the British Grand Prix and they’re also exported all around the world. often that’s right British marshals are especially if there’s a a country who’s maybe having a first Grand Prix they will they will take British marshals out there to uh guide and instruct and help uh get it off the ground. It’s uh it’s an amazing thing. My name is Peter and I am a motorsport addict. Yeah. Yeah. Good day Peter. Feels like that yeah the scene with the sharks in Finding Nemo. But anyway, um also whilst we’re talking about how you can help support uh motorsport, why not become a member of the MSA? Uh the MSA, the uh club that runs and and sorry, the MSA, the MAC, what am I saying? The MAC, which uh runs and uh owns Shelley Walsh here. Uh the MAC, uh the Hill has been going for 120 years, and we’d like it to be going for the next 120 years. So, you can uh join as a member and there are loads of benefits including access to the MAC members areas here at Shelley. You get discounted entry to tickets. Uh loads of stuff going on as well as helping to support the hill. And also, if you were to join today, there’s a fantastic offer on where you’d get your money back on your ticket, your entry ticket today. You’d also get entry to the Harvest Festival, which is later on in the year, and your membership would count for all of 2026 as well. So in effect, you get today and the harvest festival for free if you were to sign up, become a member now. So how do you do that? I hear you cry. How do you do that? Well asked. Yes, that’s good. Good, good, good asking. Good question. What you do is you go to the MAC members uh hut, which is the green shed up uh in the spectator area between the first and second corner. So between Kennel and Crossing uh and talk to one of the lovely people there in the uh in the hut. There’s a sign on it that says join the MAC today. So, you can’t miss it. And uh you’ll help uh be a part of this incredible club and and keep it going for the next 120 years as if you’re in that area. Yes. But definitely go to the uh MAC uh hut, but also take uh a walk over to the Acorn. That’s our charity for this weekend. Their uh stand, which is up there as well. Um I had a uh an interesting conversation with an Acorn yesterday. I didn’t have to say. And uh yeah, definitely worth calling in on them as well as the Midland Autumn People Club. Yes, you would just uh talking about uh the Acorn Children’s Hospice, weren’t you? It’s an incredible uh incredible uh uh cause and please if you can do give generously. Yeah, there’s some wonderful volunteers looking after that uh that uh their stand up there actually and as I say uh feel free to talk to the Acorn. So, from what I can see from the cameras, because we’ve got the live stream going today, so I’ve got cameras here in the bottom box, uh we have um uh the Westfield, the Katerum, oh no, sorry, the Westfield that didn’t make it to the top has been turned around and is coming back towards me. The pickup truck has reversed back up to the S’s and so we should be good to go any moment now. And it’ll be interesting to know. Hopefully that issue isn’t terminal on the uh on Timothy Higgins’s Westfield and he will get another go this afternoon. I’m not sure why that um why that took so long to turn him round. Um whether he was No, maybe did they have to pull it up? Were they towing it with the I didn’t notice you were distracting me by Yeah. One one of the trucks came down from bottom uh bottom ass actually. It was all your talk about the um joining the clubs that um distracted me. I wasn’t watching. Oh, I do apologize. Yeah, that’s all right. me waffling on again. Yeah, talking of waffle, by the way, uh it’s uh you you also mentioned the live stream and uh it’s really great, isn’t it, to see the truck with the the the big screen showing the live stream down in the paddock. Morning, Billy. Morning. Oh, hello. How are you? Oh, boy. All right. I’m good. How are you? I’m literally spending a couple of minutes talking to you, saying hello. I’m going to hand back to Alex, but I’m going to be on this afternoon up here in Alex 2 in the morning. And you’ll do your life, your paddock walk, will you at lunch time? Walk at lunchtime. Yes. So those of you watching on the stream, we’ll and well for drivers in the paddock, do hide from me. I’ll be trying to find you, but uh we’ll be doing the live stream paddock at lunch time. Yeah. And uh yes. So have you told folk I imagine you have how you can watch the live stream as well. And we got it down in the uh in Yeah, it’s in the paddock as well. Paddock. Okay. I’m going to hand back to Alex and I will talk to you later. Speak to you in a bit. Right, we’ve got flags in. We’ve got a car leaving the line. It’s Richard Price in the cage room. Good start. 2.3 seconds with you already. Yeah. So Richard Price coming through. We’re still in those specialist production cars. Good speed there through crossing up through the kink now and towards bottom S. Yeah. Comes into my view now into the bottom S. Very tight line through there. Pose away up the straight. Nice and neat and tidy. Was purple sectors all the way to the S’s, which means quickly as a class so far. How close can he get to Ray Lur? He can beat him. It’s a 3210. takes the lead in the class. Simon Price now in the purple Westfield. What can Simon do already with you? Yeah, so coming through Richard Price did 94 mph as he up towards the S’s. So really good pacing on him. We’ll keep an eye on Simon’s speed. 84. So not quite as fast to the S. Now the S, as you say, not quite as fast. Just the throttle a little bit on the gear changes. I don’t know if there’s an issue or not, but he’s heading towards the line. Heads towards the line to record a time of 3379. Right, we’ve now got we’re moving to class C1. So, we’re modified production cars up to 1400cc. Andrew Russell on the hill in the lovely little genetic. I love this car. It’s been hill climbing as long as I have. Yeah, it’s brilliant little machine this only lightweight small car. Tiny little um I think this is this got the Hillman imp engine in it, but it’s still got plenty of go. Yeah, going through there versus the left car engine. He’s uh really battling it hard as he goes up towards the line. Now talking about a quick Hillman in but here comes Eric Mory in the 998 C turbocharged Hillman. This car might qualify for the tin top runoff later. He’s already with you. Yeah, really carrying pace down through Kennel and crossing. Has a good turn of speed and looks right on the edge of Adision as he goes through the kink. Yeah, 998 was the capacity of the performance imp for the the everyday ones, but not with a turbocharger in those days. Very quick car. Absolutely. Heads towards the finish to record a 33 343 3403. Andrew Russell, by the way, did a 3616 in the Genetta. We’ve now got John McKenzie on here in a beautiful Cine. Yeah, lovely machine this. He’s in a class of his own today, quite literally. T2 for modified production cars between 1400 and 2 L. But great to see it. Really does look good, doesn’t it? As it comes top, the S’s and away. Quite close to the barriers there, but no problems. And as he heads up towards finish, Paul Hows on the hill in the rapid 911 RSR. Rapid and wrapped. The uh the color scheme on this uh yellow Porsche. A big spit of flame and a pop from the engine there. Uh but carries on. Seems to be okay. Yeah, he’s into the SES now. This is all very well. This is indeed. It’s another car we can expect to qualify for the tin top runoff later. Does a 3222 take the lead in class C3 as we stand now. We’ve got Nigel Elliot on the hill. What a monster this is. The TR7. Yeah, this is a brilliant machine. Yes, it looks like the rally TVR TR7, sorry, from um from the ‘ 70s. Great big V8 engine and I think you might have a couple of turbos on it as well. It has. Yeah, definitely. Yes. The car which I believe was called a TR8, but was always a TR7 V8 in Britain. I didn’t know that. Well, it’s a very quick car indeed. Heads up towards the finish recorder 32 3312. Nick Powell on the hill in the Impress. We’re now into class C4. Yeah. So, modified production cars with four-wheel drive. Uh, slightly slow pace there. This Subaru, I looked at it in the paddock and the engineering on it was quite mega. So, I’m surprised it’s going at that slow speed. It’s surely got an issue. Yeah. So, possibly uh possibly a problem with that, I’m being told. Um something wrong with the turbos or something. So, down power. hopes he makes it to the finish cuz catching him up is Damen Bradley and his Impressor fresh from Pikes Peak in this monstrous Impressa. Yeah, it looks a bit twitchy going through the corners. I don’t know whether they’ve got it on American setup or something, but maybe it still needs to dial back into position. Ah, well, I actually know why that is. Uh oh, I think it might have a problem front left actually. I think it’s got a broken. Yes, I think there’s some broken suspension front left as it heads towards the line cuz only a 3122. Basically, the the tracking’s all out after it was shipped back. It only got about got back about a week ago. There you go. He actually sort of clipped the inside of the bottomless whether that course and issue with the suspension or I have no idea. We’ve got the fishing. Heads up towards the line popping and banging as all good eos do. Yes, this is Steven Moore. Let’s see what he can do. 2999 299. That’s a quick time. Uh not representative time from from Damian Bradley there. I I I fear an issue. Let’s hope it can be fixed. Yeah. So, that puts um Steven Moore into the lead of class C4. However, we have one car to go and that car is Steven Darly in this stunning looking bright sort of ready purple Subaru Impreza that they’ve been de developing. Uh Damian and Steven have been developing this for the last couple of Sorry. Um yeah, Damian and Steven have been developing this for the last few years. Really quick car. Another car that you would put on the uh favorites to be right up there in the top 10 challenge for Tintops later on. Yes, that that run that’s towards the end of the day that people who are interested. Definitely stick around for that. Don’t go home early, ladies and gentlemen, because you won’t want to miss that. But um just a little bit of an issue getting the car lined up with the timing beam from what I can see. Uh they’re just a bit of conflab between driver and Marshall at the start line as we await that. But yes, um this car would be a definite favorite for uh very very close with Damian Bradley for class win today. And you’d expect it to be right up there in the tintop challenge. I hope whatever the uh issue was with Damian’s car, it was fixable, but it looked to me what I can see on the stream that there was an issue front left uh with the uh with the with the uh front left wheel. So, we shall see. Yes, it would be a shame. That car is very quick. Um, and he did uh did a good job out at Pikes Peak. So, um, it’s good to see that. Well, it’s an awful lot of effort to ship a car all the way over to Colorado and back again just for that one event. So, good on them for doing it. Well representing Britain. It’s definitely one off the bucket list though, isn’t it? Computer PE. Yes. And I’m getting some replays online by the way. The first being the monstrous Triumph finishing up the finishing straight. Very quick indeed as it across the line. Uh let’s see. We’ve then got the Subaru that went next the turbo issue because you’re right. It got slower and slower, didn’t it? That sort of dark gray tur uh set. That’ll be the altitude probably. Yes. Yes. Um so we uh that was again seemed to be a slight issue with um with Nick Powell. Yeah. So these four-wheel drive cars obviously struggling a bit today, this class. Yes. Funny, isn’t it? Um they’re incredibly quick off the line. I mean Damian Brady did 2.01 1 seconds. Right, we’re off. Steven Darly 2.11 second start in the Impressor. Let’s see how he gets on. He’s already with you. Yeah, here he comes in this very very fast through crossing there and powering his way up through the king. Let’s see pop of uh from the exhaust into the bottom S flip the inside there with S. Away he goes and weaving a little bit on the straight as he heads up to the line though to do a 2909. 2909 takes the class lead. Right, Rob Lloyd on the hill in the MK Cup 200. So sort of Westfield cateresque. Yeah. So, one of the smaller manufacturers, but often this little thing can be just as quick as the more well-known names. Very cleanly through the first S. Out of the top S and away he goes. Yeah, I don’t know much about MK. I really must find out a bit more. Heads up towards the finish to record time. 3296. Becky Manton on the hill now in the Westfield with you. Yeah, Becky already going through the kink up towards bottom S already. Big puff of smoke. I’m going to guess tires. Yeah, I think he was. Yeah. Yeah. But through the S’s and all looking good. Heads up towards the finish as we await a time. The next car on the line is Phil Goff in the uh Katerum with the high booster engine in the front. 1440 cc. So stretch Suzuki high booster in the front. Time for Becky Manton 3299. Phil Goff now on the hill in the Katerum. This is a quick car. Yeah. So this is class D. We’re in modified production specialist production cars. very close to the grass there as he goes up that through crossing and uh yeah good good pace there. Rob Lloyds was a personal best I just noticed on the computer. So some quick times coming from these guys to high booster cleanly through the assets if it can power a car like this. What’s a high booster bike like? Yeah, I love the stone. I think 3272 3272 for Phil Goff takes the class lead 101 mph across the finish. Uh the three there are three of them within about 2/10 uh in that class. So Phil G did a 3272, Rob a 3296, and Becky Mat 3299. So um yes, very competitive. Yeah, those K Westfields and everybody else are always very tight in their uh speeds. I think uh the the engineering idea is very similar, isn’t it? Yes. those cars. The concept is I’m just getting a replay on my uh screen of of David Bradley’s. Definitely an issue from left. I don’t know if you’re right, by the way. Um that he did take a lot of curb on the entrance to bottom S in fact and some grass. Uh but I don’t know if that was cause or or effect. Uh but then you could see through top S and up the finishing straight the front left wheel not fully doing what it was told by the steering wheel. Yeah, it looks a bit wobbly, doesn’t it, as he as he heads towards the finishing line. So, um yeah, that’s a that’s a great shame if he’s done some damage or if he’s possibly found something that was lurking that they hadn’t spotted. Yes, let’s hope it’s maybe something fixable. But yeah, he was saying that the car obviously had been a in a container strapped down for 6 weeks on the on the journey back from the US so that the tracking was a bit out. Uh let’s hope it’s not damaged. But uh yeah, he said that the tracking was a bit out after the shipping and they only got it back last week. So they didn’t have time to uh to put it on a on a jig. I’d like to say hello. Hello to Billy and to Alex. Billy, it’s been a long time since we’ve been commenting together. Hello, Billy. How are you? I’m I’m I’m really good. I’m I’m in a good mood today. I had a good drive over and had a good playlist on and you know, everything was right in the world. Lovely. So uh yeah. How you you stayed in your father’s airirstream? In the airream. That’s very cool. Me and uh my wife were in the air last night. Very very cool. And Harry’s wife. You’re not going to leave her. She’s here. You’re not going to leave at the top of the hill for 5 hours today. On her own. No. No. No. Cuz she’s got the car. You see? Ah, that helps. This was last time she came. It was the first ever hill country she came to. And it was the latest finish I’ve ever known at Chelsea. The runoff didn’t start till 10 to 7. Yeah. So, yeah. But not today. So, yes. Um, nice to hear your voice. And um I thought I heard a squeal echo around the valley when I saw a Cleo go up the hill earlier, so I knew you were here. Well, 100%. Yeah. Well, what can I say? It’s it’s it’s um it’s just it’s in my blood. What can I say? I think you know it’s like a kid at Christmas time. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. I’m going to I’m going to name my two children, Papa and Nicole, growing up, you know, if I ever have them. Yes. But here’s my my son cup 100. Yeah. Yeah. Here. Yes. Exactly. Yeah. Here’s my Yeah. You know, when you name name 182. My daughter 182. Yeah, here’s here’s the trophy version. My trophy son. Um, well, interestingly, just looking at uh Damian uh Bradley coming back down the hill in his legacy. I don’t know whether it was spotted or not, but I can give you a little insight having seen front left tracks. Yeah, it well it looked like to me the car was frontwheel drive only. There were so coming up the hill dead in the middle of the S’s there were two there are two massive number 11s around the corner what I thought was clutch slip. I then realized there are two more sets of number 11s up towards the finish. So, I feel like that might not have a fully working. Might be a bit There’s something going on there. There’s something going on, but 800 brake horsepower through the front wheels is is going to be tricky. Yes. But there was no clunky. So, there’s not like a snap prop shaft or anything. There’s no clunking underneath. So, but hopefully whatever it is can be fixed. I hope so. It’s coming back past me now. Um so, yes. Um we will find out. Um, unfortunately, yeah, I didn’t have time to put the car on the jig and and do the tracking before when I got back from the States. But, uh, anyway, we shall see. Um, are you staying on for a little bit, Lloyd? Yes. I shall take us through to lunch. I shall take us through to lunch and we’ll obviously we’ve got some, uh, very quick stuff coming up and a runoff. We got one or was this tin tops? No tin tops this evening. There is, but this evening, not two. Uh, yes. So, we’ve got the runoff before lunch and then we will have the tin top 10 tin top challenge which is my favorite thing to say. You’re so good. Um, yeah. Hang on, chaps. Tin top run off not before lunch. I think that’s what I said. Sorry, Billy. I’ve just come back in. That’s right. Tin top challenges this afternoon. Yeah, Alex has um just gone to get us a couple of brews and so I’ll have 5 minutes on the mic and then he’ll come back and do the runoffs and stuff. So, uh Lloyd, you’re back on up at the top there then. Certainly. am my little post this. I like I like it. So much to do. It’s a technical section. I like it. I think it’s Yeah, it’s good. It’s good. It’s nice. I like So, we have lovely crowds building up actually. We We’ve also got a car on the start line. It’s Force TA. It’s Olivia Cooper. Great to have the Coopers back this weekend at Shelley. Had to miss the beginning of the season. Unfortunately, Liam broke his collarbone skiing, but the car is now uh they are back uh running launch control and traction control as well for the first time this year. So, dialing that in. Olivia’s on the line. She drops the clutch. Here we go. Here comes Olivia Cooper. 2.13 second start. We’ve got on board as well. It looks absolutely fantastic on the stream to you. Yeah, Olivia from Exit. Nice to see them back in action. Had a problem with his arm. So, they weren’t driving the car, but a bit of a mess. Absolutely. Yeah, Olivia’s really tidy always. She perfect line through a little bit of correction for over steer, but no time lost at all. She’s in the gears and she’s going to cross the line. Cross the line now to record a 2680. 2680 113 across the line. Paul Jones now on the hill in the force T8 broke a chain yesterday but all fixed today. Yes, there’s Paul Jones. He’s got the driving hero sticker on there. Lloyd, that’s great to see. Wasn’t on my bingo card this time last year. I’ll tell you that. But it’s great to see Paul up and running again today. So flips the inside apex for the exit of top S, but nice and neat. 8.27 through the SS. He’s going to cross a line. Quick time. 2693 269 313 mph across the finish. Same finishing speed as Olivia Cooper. Next on the line we have a Greeny hat. It’s Adam Green and here he goes. He rockets past me and disappears into Kennel to you. Which Green will get the honors today I don’t know but they’re both super rapid. They’re pushing that little force up the hill. Sparking his way through the kink absolutely comes into sight. Now this guy’s always all the ms and legs absolutely flying through the try and keep it straight. He does so actually quite neutally through the essence. Pops and bangs. He’s across the line. They join this empire well, don’t they? It’s 2592 into 25s. 116 across the line. Next on the hill, we’ve got Alan Wbertton in the ghoul. He shares with son Dave, who you will see in the next batch. Alan leaves the line in front of me. 2.1 seconds start. Neat and tidy as you’d expect. Disappears through Kennelu. Yeah, the development GR59. But this one’s got the higher booster engine in the back. That’s a right pain to get in and out apparently. But anyway, he’s into bottom S. Absolutely. Yeah, this car is the definition of on rails. Almost nothing hint of anything being upset and driving it beautifully out of top S. Feeds in the gears across the line. Crosses the line to do a 2588 2588 115 mph across the line. Takes the lead in the class as we stand, but we’ll get the rest of the 1600s in the next batch. Next on the hill, we got Richard Walker, the MP88 pillam. We’re in the 2 L single seater class now. 2 L Rover V6 howling away in the back. A lovely sounding engine. 2 lers like Tom New used to drive so successfully in the 2 L class. Don’t see many of these. In fact, the only one I can think of at the moment. Absolutely. A takes a nice tight line. Big dab of opposite lock as he just cares a little bit. Won’t have lost much time. Gets a good exit out of top S. Changes gear. Sounds great. Discards towards the finish. Crosses the line to do a 2899. 2899. I believe that is a PB according to my screen. Next on the hill, we’re going to have another pill beam and another MP88. This is the example of Jonathan Evans with the four-cylinder engine in the back. I believe it’s a Millington, but do write to me at Voxville Villa if I’m wrong. Uh just waiting for the light uh to change so he can go. It is a Millington building. It is, isn’t it? Sounds amazing. This fabulous, isn’t it? Uh lots of power. Uh great to see pill beams still climbed. They had a an anniversary event at Prescott a couple of weeks or so back. had loads of pilgrims out which was great to see. He’s got launch major in this car as well as he leaves the line. Rockets past me as Jonathan Evans feeds it the the second gear as he disappears into county. Yeah. Sharing this with Kevin Craven is from Northern Ireland. Anyway, these two are this is a lovely old school being that 2 L engine. Just hang on for it really. Absolutely. Yeah. Making all the right noise as he pops down the gears. Slow entry speed into bottom S but he’s going to be quick. fairly low now in the engine range but uh very nice as he heads across the finish the finish to record a time of 30.12 30.12 Andrew Cobborn now on the hill in the van demon this is an ex formula Ireland certainly racing car Aaron’s had this car in the runoff this year at Dune already so it’s a very quick car is a beautifully turned out car as well actually it’s a father and son partnership here and into into you absolutely yeah the cars got quicker and quicker as they’ve developed it got more used to it lots of power in certainly negotiates the S very very well. Central as Andrew heads towards the finish. Records a time of 2995. 2995. Right, we’re moving back into sports cars now. Back into class F. This is sports Libra cars up to 2 L. We’ve got a Radical on the line. It’s a Radical SR1 with a 1300 cc high booster engine in the back. Mike West aboard with you. Yeah, here he comes now. They’ve repainted the car or rewrapped it this year. Michael West is part of Team Valley Motorsports. He’s co-driving with John McQuillin today. Yeah. Heads into my site now. Good little great uh little power slide on the exit of bottom S. Just collects it nicely straight into the car for the exit of top S. And he’s flicking that puddle to go through the gears and across the line. And we wait for a time. It’s a 3307. Mike Luck now on the hill in the dart that he actually built for the 1800 cc K series. Beautiful job he did on it too actually. It’s beautifully turned out. Drives it very well indeed. Lovely looking car, isn’t it? Absolutely. Yeah. Mike’s very, very clever guy. Local guy. Drives it beautifully through just flips that drain cover. Heads towards the barrier on the exit, but not too close. Feeds it third gear. Feeds it fourth and he’s going to be over the line now to record a time of 3144. 3144 to slot into second in class. As we stand, we’ve got David Bickley on the hill now in the Bickley Motorsport uh white radical with the daylow yellow accents. Uh normally we’d also see uh son Stewart driving in a force, but unfortunately he awaits a rebuilt engine after having issues earlier in the year, hence why he’s not here, which is a a real shame because he would be right up the top of the 1100 cc class. That’s disappointing. It is, isn’t it? But anyway, at least we have uh David Bickley in the radical. They’re just lining him up uh on the start line, getting him fully online uh in line, sorry, with the timing beam. The marshals have done their job now. Return to post. He’s awaiting the light. Uh and uh awaits uh the go from the timing and scorers. Not sure what the delay is. Uh, everyone sort of looking at the light wondering if it’s going to change. It’s bit like a traffic jam in London, isn’t it? Right, he’s got the light now. He’s off. Bald a bit off the line. I think there’s a lot of grip off the start line and the car bogged a bit, but he’s away now. He’s with you. Yeah, big came up to sport car. Turns out beautifully too, David. Very decent driver. Of course, as we just said, Stuart, his son, I’m sorry Stuart hasn’t had a little go in this car. I was thinking that. Well, you can’t have it all. He’s probably gone. Doug, can I have a go of the car? No, no, it’s my fine day, but driving it very well through the S’s. Slap back in the middle of the road. Very nice line through there as it disappears and to record a time of 3216. 3216 to slot himself into third in class as we stand with uh two to go, I believe, in the class. We’ve got a Malach on the line. It’s a rare Malik. It’s the uh Mark uh 20, sorry, Mark 32 of Andrew Bert. So, fully enclosed wheels. So, really looks like a a sports car uh more than a Clubman’s car this one with the fully enclosed wheels. But it is a Malik. The car is lined up. Uh again, awaiting. Has it stalled? There’s some talking going on. I can’t hear it. Uh and uh there’s some conversation going on between driver and marshall. So, I wonder if the car has fired. They’re also just looking at the connections on the starting beam. I think they seem to be having a few gremlins with the timing uh because they are having a look at the wiring of the uh the starting beam. Of course, we can’t run unless we have our timing and scoring working. Otherwise, anyone could claim if they’d won, I suppose. But uh so we just wait for that to be fixed. There’s some the car’s been turned off. Uh and some uh wire wiggling is ongoing. So we we have a slight delay whilst there whilst some TLC is going on. So we’ll we’ll see. So we await uh a uh we await a a sorting of the timing. They’re plugging the battery back into the side of the mallet uh at the start line to restart it when they’re ready, but we uh have a slight delay. It’s um it’s running a 2 L engine in that one, Billy, isn’t it? That’s quite unusual for the Mal, isn’t it? It’s quite big, isn’t it? I think it’s a box. Um, yeah. Has he got a red top or something? He might do. Yes. Yeah. Cuz what Mike’s got a Has he got a K series Rover engine in his one? He does. Now the circuit cuz it used to circuit race. It used to have a 1600. Yes. But he’s actually swapped that out for an 1800. Yeah. Cuz it was the 1600 that was the circuit racing engine. Yeah. Or the other one you could get in a which they now have in Clubman’s cars is the 2 L Honda VTEC. Oh wow. Which in a Clubman’s car they are Formula 3 lap times around Silver. Excuse me. That’s got to be rapid, hasn’t it? Uh, right. Whatever the issue is, it seems to be fixed. Oh, I’ve got Chris was just saying in my in my ear that they only made about 11 of these Mark 32s, so they’re pretty rare. Uh, but the timing and scoring Gremlin seems to have been uh shued out of the system. So, the Malak is fired up. He builds up the revs, drops the clutch. Here we go. Andrew Birds off the line in the 32 Malik heading up towards the first corner. Nice and neat and tidy as he disappears out of my view to you. Yeah, rare car indeed actually. But it is a lovely looking little sports car in fairness and he’s had this car a while. I think I think there was 11 made. I think eight to left I think. Absolutely. Yeah, it’s it’s a beautiful thing. Takes a nice line of bottom S. Flicks the car back towards the back to aim it squarely at the exit of top S, which he does so and he’s across the line. Three quarter time of 3138. 3138 slots into second in class. Now, watch out for Samuel Nicholson. I expect Samuel to be right up there with with Dan Robin to compete for class honors. He’s already with you in the M. He is in this one. So, then Ford crossflow engine. This is a stunning looking car. Real history car as well. Already into bottom. Certainly revs well this thing. Lots of nice entrance speed and just has a little bit of under steer which may have cost him. Just pushes the bank very very slightly if at all. Crosses the line to record a time of 2948. 2948 takes the lead in the class. We now move to sports Libra class cars over 2 L. We have um sorry up to still up to 2 liters. I do apologize. We’ve got one more in this class. It’s Alan McDonald who is the this car holds the record in this class uh with its previous owner, but Alan going very quickly in it as well to you. [Music] Oh, sorry. I was switched off then. My apologies. Alan McDonald interbottom. Indeed. Yeah, absolutely. This car with the little red sticker on the back wing denoting that it is a methanol powered car. Sounds great. Lots and lots of power on exit. Loads and loads of gears as he’s heading across the line to record a time of 30.2. 30.2 slots to second in the class behind Sam Unix. Now we move to uh sports Libra cars over 2 lers. Uh, and I think we have a problem for Graeme Lok in the Lola cuz he took second gear as he came past me and then it sort of stopped. He’s going off racing speed. Yeah, he’s he’s cruising. The engine sounds fine. I think he just had a little tech. Yeah, something like that already. Anyway, he’s cruising to you. Well, we’ve all been there, haven’t we? Um, it Yeah, lovely thing this. It always is so well packaged, isn’t it? It’s the right size. It’s the right width. It’s just a lovely lovely powertrain. But he’s exited top. He’s already cross the line now on the hill. Simon Bainbridge in the monstrous SPR Chrono. A car we can expect to compete for tin top challenge on his latest view. Listen to that Audi V8 turbocharged rear wheel drive. Loads of horsepower. He was told he moved down on horsepower for today. Let’s see what happens. Jazzy little wiggle on the exit. The top bottom SC is absolutely perfect on the exit and that thing growling his way across the finish nice and tidy. 2822 Archie Kerr now on the hill. We’re back into single seat. into 600cc single seaters. This is Archie on the hill in the US with you. Yeah. 600cc. We don’t see many of these. This is actually a fairly new but little 600 engine. Most of them are running 1100s now. Yeah. On the Archie a couple of bites to the cherry to get a little bit of a bit of stead of 10, but no problem at all. He’s all scooped up and he’s across the line. Across the line to record a 3181 3181. And now we’re back into the 1100cc class. We’ve got Emma racing on here in the Empire. Yes. All the way from the Channel Islands actually. But very competitive driver. This lovely little Empire too. Beautiful turn down car. Yeah. Pops and bags way into sight. Just rolls it into bottom S. Nice. Real fun across that drain cover on the edge of the top S. But we’re across the line and there you go. Gregory Barton now on the hill. Another Empire with you. Yes indeed. Yeah, haven’t seen much of Gregory in the past, but one of Bill Chaplain here built down air into paddock with Zack Zam. Yeah, they’re coming thick and fast and it all rolls nicely into bottom points to the other side of the road to straighten it up and just get close to that barrier for an exit. And uh yeah, nice high revving engine as we cross the line now to record 2966. Will Haymon down on the hill in the BMW powered MS. This is a quick quick car driver combo. Yeah, certainly is. They put the Beamer engine in. Last year they had a Kawasaki turbocharged engine get loads of trouble but this beam is flying. Absolutely. Sounds very committed up the hill that’s for sure. Really nice line through the top. This is really quick. That’s going to be a quick split time some 99 through the up there with the big boys. What’s he going to do? He does. 2651 2651 takes the lead in the class so far from teammate Ben Hmer by about 210 of a second. Right. Richardsia now on the hill in the class record holding car in the hands of the previous owner. Richard goes very well in this GWR Raptor with the beamer engine in the back. Yeah, BMW engine car. But yeah, so Robert Kendrick drove this car with him. Amazing success. Hard act to follow actually. Yeah, absolutely massive entry speed. Really, really nice bottom. Really nice and stable this car. Just adjust his line slightly on the exit of the top, but won’t have cost him any time. Goes through the gears across the line. 2645 2645 takes the lead in the class so far. Right next we’ve got the owners 28 Jonathan Flesher. This car for sale incidentally that he shares with Tim Thompson but Jonathan going quicker and quicker. He’s already to you. Yeah, he’s retired now and he is absolutely taking this car apart. He’s brilliant. I think he must be wanting to go up the classes I fancy. Yeah, he’s going really well. Turns it almost a bit too early. Just gets too wide. He turned into a bit close to the back. He just drifted out wide. It would have cost him a couple of turns to recover in but he’s across the line. That would have cost him a couple of bit of a messy Sect there. 2762. I expect him to go quicker this afternoon. Uh but 27 62 106 across the line. Very wide. Bottom S. Yeah, he turned in a bit too early then back then got out of it and the car just sort of brushed wide. He was millimeters from touching the bank. I thought we was going to just have a bit of bit of bit of dirt on his tires, but uh but not quite. Well saved. Excellent. Next, we’re going to have Dave Taam in the DJ Fireh Hall. Beautiful in a car. This Dave goes very quickly indeed. He’s already to you. Yeah, rebuilt car. This is like new too this one. Now Dave Tam is a farmer from Molton in Yorkshire and he’s extremely quick driver. Drives a big McLaren as well. Very nice indeed. Turns it nicely to bottom S. out of power. Is he brought between bottom and top S? He’s out of top S already. Feeds the gears. He’s going to head towards the finish line. Nice and tidy. Is he going to be into the 26s? Yes. Well into the 26es. 2644. Good time. Uh 1/100th of a second quicker than Richard Matsia who did the 2645. That’s how close it is. Right. Tom Weaver. What can Tom do? He’s very quick indeed in the Empire. He’s with you. Man, the massive Tom Weaver. Brilliant young driver. Certainly going to be a handful in this car. Can he get the fastest time in the 1100 plus? Let’s see. He’s absolutely on it through really really quick through bottom and top. Almost out of time to talk about it. There’s not much more to come out of this car. That’s for sure with Tom driving it. This will be a quick 2605 2605 takes the lead in the class sector. Very quick indeed. Right, we’re back to Formula Fords now. Carol Nicholls on the hill again built by her dad. Would you? Yeah, look at her driving style. She comes out most weekends in this little car. Great supporter of the sport, isn’t it? Yeah, for sure. Absolutely. Yeah. So, I I understand that it was a Was it a father that um built this car? Yeah, designed and built this car, which is what a lovely thing to do. Uh take the car that your father designed and built at Shal spend the day in the sun. Heads up towards the finish now. We’ve got Mike Gallery on the hill in the Van Demon. Let’s see. Time by the way for Carol was a 3973. Mike Gallery with you. Yes. Yes. That’s a great little car. These fours very evenly matched. The latest ones we get about 1992. I suppose it’s a big 90. Yeah. Up to 94 for the forward. Is Is there a reason why I’m not seeing um So, we’ve got Sarah Bosworth in there. Where’s um where’s Caroline? Caroline, he’s not competing this weekend. Oh, okay. Shame. But who is? And that’s Les Buck. And he’s on the hill and he’s with you. Yeah, he is in the Pringit. Always reminds me of Dan Gurnie’s Eagle cars with that nose cone on it. And the color scheme’s about right too. Yeah, it’s a it’s one of the nicest names, isn’t it? Pringit Mistral. Great name, but he’s through bottom S. He’s out of top S. Nice and tidy. Um there’s no other way of describing it really. And he’s into third into fourth and heading towards the finish. Time by the way for Mike Gallery was a 3481. Takes the lead in the class. Les Buck does a 3534 to slot into third in class so far. Next on the hill, Max Hawks. Another very quick driver in the van Demon. Clips the grass on the way into Kennel. Using all the road but with you. Yeah, fine young driver. Great photographer too, Max Hawks. And uh this is a manly Formula Ford already with you. Yeah. Down into what can only be second gear. Big over steer but collected really really nicely as uh he is out of top S and flying towards the finish. Heads up towards the finish now. What’s the time going to be? It’s 3368 takes the lead in the class. But Sarah, what can she do? She’s already well past me. She’s with you. Yeah. So she might have well something to say. The demon barber from Sheffield. Here she goes into your corner. Absolute little chirp of uh breaking. Certainly looks visibly quicker into bottom S. This should be a good time. I think she’ll be happy actually. Little bit of over steel. May have cost her a tenth or two, but let’s see what it can do. This is looking pretty good, Billy. I think it is. It’s going to be 33. Yes, 3371. Just 30 hunds of a second behind Max Hawks. Andrew Henson now on the hill. Going very well indeed this weekend in the RF91 with you. A purveyor of racing cars. That’s his job actually. Uh but this year he’s driving the Formula 4 instead of one of his bigger cars. Absolutely to my side. Now a little wiggle on the exit of B just that drain coming. You can do that in the Formula 4. That’s a bit more suspension travel. So not going to cost any time. Heading towards the finish. We’re going to cross the line to recorded time. 3354. 3354 takes the lead in the class. What can Simon Andrew do about Batman in another Van Demon with you? Yeah. Normally drives the big MS, doesn’t he? So poorly this weekend. Yeah. Is it poorly? So yeah, but it’s nice to have a fallback car. Absolutely. Yeah. So Formula 4 super super close. There’s half less than half a second. Well, two t between the entire front three in this class. Let’s see what Simon can do. He’s going to be close. Billy might not quite get there. He is indeed. It’s into the 34. It’s 3468. 3468 slots into fourth in class just ahead of Mike Gallery. That’s the end of the batch. Uh I’m going to take my leave, hand over to Chris, and I will speak to you later. But the next batch we will have 1600s, we’ll have 2 liters and we’ll have the big class cars coming as well. So I look forward to speaking to you a bit later on. Okay. Well, I’m going to be handing back to Alex. We He’s just been and purchased a couple of coffees for us. So that’s nice. And I’ll be handing back to Alex to take you through. Uh and I’m just going to stay here until lunch. And then when I do have lunch, I’m going to go down to the courtyard and have some very nice food from the courtyard. You may not have noticed if you’ve been on the hill all day, you may not have noticed, but in the courtyard at Shells, we’ve got the big screen. Thank you again to Hill Climb TV for providing these images, but there’s a fantastic big screen in the courtyard. Can sit there, have a drink, have a bit of food. Courtyard food’s very good as well. Um or you might just have a picnic. Um but either way, have a good look around uh Shelley Walsh. Make sure you get to the top if you’re at the bottom and get to the bottom if you’re at the top. Uh it’s a very nice place to spend your day, especially with the weather. Uh there’s a great crowd here today. So ever popular on this British Championship Sunday. Hello guys. Hello Chris. I’m back and I’m back with with rather a nice story that you might have heard before but maybe not. Concerned a bearded and rather slow driver uh of a hill climb car well a car going up going up Shelsey or Presley. I’m not sure which, but going up very slowly. And uh I think his name was Jim. One of the one of the commentators said I didn’t know Jim had a beard. and his his co- commentator said, “Well, he didn’t have it on the start line.” Very good. Very good. So, what are we waiting for? We’re waiting for our next batch. Indeed. Cars at the top collecting area. Haven’t seen any signs of them just yet, but they should be on their way back down very shortly. So, we’ve got the very quick cars coming along. Might be good to start making a note of times to see if we can judge who qualifies for the runoff. Yeah, we uh we were talking earlier, weren’t we? We were kind of guessing that perhaps a low 24s will be the time that you’ll need to be in a in a runoff. But I, you know, talked to a few of the drivers. Yes. this morning. They’re saying yesterday the track felt really good. I hope that’s translated today. And well, we’ve had lots of personal best, haven’t we? We have indeed. So, um I’m be surprised if a if the cutoff is as low as low 24s, but uh really interesting. We’ll start making making a list of who we think’s going to be in it. Well, I mean, we’ve had to I mean, obviously, you know, you would hope that the the the key quick cars Matt Matt should be in it. Alex should be in it. Will, you know, assuming problem free, Wallace, Trevor, David, Jack, I think they should be at Graham should probably been with a shout in the car. We’ll see how he’s feeling. Zack, there’s a good chance Zach will have been at Paul Hayes, Alex Cole. I mean, there are actually a fair amount of cars that are 23 second cars. Yeah. Jonathan Vley as well in that car. Um, we should we Yeah, Shawn as well. We’ve got Shan obviously sharing with, you know, his car with Matt. I think there’s there’s a good amount of 23 second cars in there. Could well be our fastest top 10 top 12 ever. Yeah, absolutely. And then obviously when we get to run off when they put their best tires on, psych themselves up. But yeah, even more than then we’re, you know, obviously the record here as we know is 22.37 held by Shan Gould in that car that Matthew Ryder is going to be driving later. So, uh, yeah, it’s it’s, um, there’s some there’s some very quick cars out there, aren’t there, Chris? There are indeed, especially when you compare them. I mean, we think Formula 1 cars are fast, but these are much quicker. Well, of course, F1 cars are so big and heavy nowadays. Yeah, exactly. I mean, there was I was at Goodwood Festival of Speed, and you you look at a modern F1 car next to a car from 2004, for example. It’s it’s like a land speed record car, Formula 1 cars. I and they looked so, you know, they’re so big. You’re watching Hungary uh Hungarian Grand Prix last year. There’s just they’re so big these cars and and it makes the the hard to overtake tracks even harder. Um just make this car smaller. And look at some of the F2 racing, you know, the F2 and F3 racing absolutely fantastic because they’re a bit smaller. Well, the word on YouTube the word on YouTube this morning is a speculation that the 2026 F1 cars could well be 2 seconds a lap quicker than the president. Hey, that’ll be interesting. Yeah, I mean I hope they are smaller as well. I just want them to be I I I wouldn’t care if they were 6 seconds a lap slower as long as they were overtaking and three a breast and diver bombing each other and you know it was good close racing. Problem is you can’t have them being quicker than F2 cars, can you? No. No. Well, this you can’t have F2 cars being quicker than F1 cars, obviously, but the racing this year has been much better in F2. Uh it’s been it’s been it’s been great and always has been in the Louis because you’ve got lots of space to to operate in, haven’t you? But uh but hey, we won’t get into it. But cars make their way back down the hill. Um so we’re back underway very very soon. But uh yeah, there’s some uh very quick cars coming up, that’s for sure. question is, is the track in record-breaking condition? Well, I think I think the track could be actually, as I say, the drivers are very positive about the way the that the track feels at the moment. Obviously, the limitation is tires. It’s always around tires. Um, so, uh, if if there’s I think it’s a planet’s aligning situation cuz obviously you also what you don’t want is for for it to be too hot. So, if the ambient temperature is too hot, that will suck a bit of power out. But obviously, it’s a perfect mix between track temperature, tire temperature, everything operating well, and then also a nice cold intake into the engine to for maximum power. But if it’s really hot, then that saps power. But I think, dare I say, it is it is quite it’s quite nice. There’s a bit of nice breeze in the air. It’s It’s It’s cooler than I thought it was going to be. What is it? About 24 25. It’s It’s 20 It’s about 22 23 it says on on Yeah. on the app. So So it’s about right. It is. That’s ideal. It is. Yeah. So uh So yeah, let’s let’s let’s see, shall we? Let’s see. We’ve had 21,000 subscribers to our live stream. That’s fantastic. Yeah, I know. I know that obviously we’ve been chasing you. Massive thank you to Rich and his team for uh for providing these these cameras and the images. It just makes it a lot more accessible, doesn’t it? Because obviously it’s it’s a the British Hill Climb Championship. We have cars that the world, you know, they’re not there’s nothing like the British Hill Climb Championship cars. You know, they’re 1,500 horsepower per ton. They’re 700 horsepower Jud engines. A lot of them are sub 400 kilos. Um sometimes less than than than 350. They are so light, so powerful. It is seeing is believing. It’s almost if you’re watching this on YouTube and you’re thinking about coming down, please, please make the journey. If you’re coming from Europe or anywhere, please make the journey. Come and see this next year and make sure that you you can see cuz seeing is believing. The speed doesn’t quite translate onto uh onto uh onto camera. So what’s interesting is that when a team of our guys went over for the Masters in Europe, which takes is it every other year, but certainly in Italy or in Switzerland or in France, uh we tend to be beaten by um what are those the sports cars called? They’re immensely quick and it’s simply that our cars suspension doesn’t suit a cambered road like the European hill climb. Exactly. going up a mountain. Yeah, exactly. Obviously, you know, the European cars are closed cars, so they can go a lot quicker for a lot longer. Um, but our cars, they are geared for they’re geared for they they can do they can do the short wiggly bits, but it’s the long protracted straights cuz they get to their top speed so quickly. Um, it it it upsets the car bouncing off the limiters and so on and so forth. And yeah, as you quite rightly say, it’s the it’s the camber of the road. It’s the it’s the crest in the middle of the road. The car sits so low they almost skate across it. So it can get a bit treacherous I think when you adjust your line. Yeah. Will Will Hall I think it was Will Hall told me that you know when his car got near the left hand side of the track it suddenly wanted wanted to take charge and dive into the bushes he said it was really scary. Yeah absolutely. Well when we were in Brager um in Portugal for the masses you’d see the the Faji and and the meles you know coming across in their norm and and lers and and they were so so planted because it was being pushed down from the top. And then you see Wallace or or Sean coming to and and it was like a fight to try and keep the car in a straight line as they fed the gears. So yeah, very exciting and and the fans love the cars, but but they need to come and see them in their environment. That’s the thing that I think they need to go and do. So if you’re watching this and you’re from parts of Europe or or all over the world, come and visit Chelsea Walsh. Come and visit some of the courses that we have here in the UK. It is absolutely unbelievable cuz the speed is mindblowing. Now chaps, before this uh next batch gets going, I was just looking on the computer at times. Obviously, we’ve not had the big guys come through yet, but um currently Alan Wbertton’s the the quickest with a 25.88. So um if uh something happened now, he’d be the one leading the way to qualify into the uh runoff shortly. um this next batch and uh well the next two batches will have the really quick guys so I can keep a bit of an eye on those times for the runoff and we’ll uh we’ll have an idea of where things are. Here comes James uh James Charas son of John in this unique uh road. Yeah, absolutely popping and banging into sight now into bottom S. The antilag flicking the turbo into life. Beautiful out of top S. big popping back as he changes the gears across the line to record a 2681. Next up, William Royal Lockage, car number 808, screaming his way past me. Sparks are flying from the huge diffuser out of the back. Yeah, absolutely shares this car with Zach. Big over steer moment through. Did well to collect that. Actually, that that was probably on the limit of what could be rescued, but he’s covered it up and he’s across the line. 2514 for William 25. That was a hell of an must have been on the lock stops between bottom bottom S and top S. That’s the way that car likes to be driven. But goodness me, it certainly looked on the limit. A personal best for James Charmers as well with 2681. Now Debbie Debbie Summers driving the 14. Family built beautifully built car at it. Martin made the body work. Yeah, absolutely. Into my side. Yeah, Debbie just turns it beautifully into bottom. Nice and neutral. Heads over to the other side of the road. Central the exit the top there. So, she’s going to get the gears and get that surge of power as she crosses the line. Good time. 2772 Lyn Hoen in the 2.3 run off the start. Yeah, these are the first of the category L races. So, these will be the first benchmark times for the uh for the runoff that’ll be coming up soon. Deb’s time was a personal best. Yeah, time. She’s with me now in this beautiful green car. She’s just nicer over to the other side of Thomas gets the car back up to the right hand side across the finish. But she’s over now. 30.7 for Lynn. 110 over the line. Big Piling with a 4 L Jud on the line. Is it mom driving it or is it Oliver? I think I think it will. Yes. She has held the latest record in various places. always quick. [Music] What surprises is how small the 4 L Jud engine is overall. It looks I mean if you look at it in the car, it’s a tiny little thing, but 4 L. Yeah, packs a punch, doesn’t it? That’s for sure. It certainly does. Now, why has she switched it off? Has she been told to or has the engine stopped? no obvious reason up the hill that I can see. So, it’ll be down there perhaps a car issue. Who knows? Maybe a timing beam problem again, but I don’t think so. I know at Prescott the last time I saw that car for the pill beam gathering that it was being jump started through the paddics or I don’t know whether that car’s had an inherent uh there’s a there’s a starting issue with it at all or is it running currently, Chris? I think no, it’s not. I think Sandra turned it off. There’s a there’s a board meeting on the start line marshalss. Bit of head shaking and things pointing. I’m not sure what the problem is. Oh. Oh, yeah. It’s a timing bean beam issue, right? Roger Warren. Obviously, these cars can’t sit for a minute longer. Well, for a second longer than they need to. Uh, Roger’s on his knees, praying for guidance, and I think fixing a new wire on. Well, I’ve got a nice story if we got time. Oh, no. Did I tell you the story of the bearded driver? You told me. Yes, you told me the story of the bearded driver. Yeah. Sorry. How’s your How’s your How is your little Mercedes doing that you bought, Chris? You You bought a Mercedes SLK. Have you still got that? I did. I have. It’s for sale if anybody wants it. A guy here driving yesterday driving the TR Tri TRS. He’s interested in it. There you go. Top salesman. Yep. Sandra started the engine. Timing beam fixed. She’ll get the green light very soon. She does. 2.39 off the start. Plenty of grunt in this engine. Just coming up now past me and crossing up through the kink and towards bottom. Yeah, inside now. Nice little pop and bang as she approaches. Nice smooth line through bottom. Nice smooth line out of top. So absolutely massive experience loads of power. God mighty that is going well across the line. 136 over the line. Wow. It just exploded into pal. really really shoved her up the road there. 2909 overall time. And who’s this? It’s I think is it Nicola? We’ll soon see. It’s not David. This will be Nicola. I’ve se I’ve seen Nicola. I think this will be Nicola. I think it is. Yes. Wife of our multiple champion Wallace Mingis. And driving this famous one of the most successful hill climb cars of all times. It’s David actually driving it. Car number six. Now can David get in the runoff? Yes. David taking a lot of the grass off as he goes through crossing up towards bottom already is is definitely Nicola. She turns it into bottom S and power as she turns right out of top S. She gets nicely towards the barriers. Really really middle of the road. Feet in the gears across the line. 2593 141 over the line for Nicola. Yeah, good spot there, Lloyd. The computer is tricking me. Yes. [Music] Who’s on the line? Lindsay next. I would have thought. Is it mom? It’ll be Lindsay, but it’ll be mom. It is. And Lindsay 2 seconds exactly for her first 64 ft, which is extremely skillful. He’s very smart as goes up through crossing up towards the kink. Slows down for bottom. Absolutely rolls it nicely into bottom. Beautiful power as she resist the power too early but she gets on power now as she is across the line with a 2662 for Lindy Summers. Speed 142 over the finishing line. GR59 on the line is who would it be? Should be Shan G. I think I think it is our record holder. So yeah, one to watch folks. Sean G can do a good turn of speed up this 1.92 off the line. Incredibly quick. Well over 100 mph left hand. Yeah, absolutely flat for going up through the twists and turns into bottom S. Yeah. Now this is Sean’s run to get him into the run off through the flat to the boards. He’s going to pop back his way towards the finish. This is going to be a 23 second run. It is 23 and 1/2. 2350 145 miles per hour. That’s That’ll do it. Yeah. Well, that puts him top of Classell for the moment. Um and uh yeah, not surprising. 23.5. [Music] Next up, John Stalkley. Good start to 104. The engine just came past me now. Heading up towards the kink. A little puff dust there. There’s a sort of little area where it gathers that dust. Yeah, absolutely. Nicely into bottom as rolls beautifully out of top as well. Nothing to report other than beautiful driving. John Stoley powers his way to the finish line and he crosses at 27.61. Gary Hill. Gary’s going quicker and quicker. Yeah, that bright orange coming up towards me now. Looking great little machine that as he heads up through the king cup into bottom. Absolutely. Flashes into sight in this beautiful orange paintwork. Nicely out of bottom. Nicely out of top behind the middle of the road. Applies the power. Second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear. Cross the line. 279 for Gary. Speed 115. Let’s see who’s on the line. Yeah, we should say uh this is class J2 we’re currently in after having those shared class L cars. Jason Tanliffe [Music] in the Empera Evo 3 with a one L turbocharged engine. Is that a BMW? [Music] Seems a bit seems almost like he slowed down a bit there but um carries on going. See what his time does. turns it. Certainly not lacking any commitment through the that’s for sure. A little ring of over steer on the exit of Top X. Absolutely flying towards the finish. So if there is a problem, there isn’t one now. 2704 for Jason. It was a good run. So maybe it was just as deceptive, but it seemed like he almost hung off the throttle as he went past me. Did he miss a gear somewhere? It was me. So I think he was slow. Here’s Liam Cooper for TA with a 1600 engine. course with Olivia powers his way up towards bottom S. No problems there. Yeah, absolutely beautiful car this Liam and Olivia share this car as Liam makes way nicely out of Thomas S. Hangs towards the finishes 2705 112. Car number 91 is on the line. That is Darren Gumley in the fourth Mistral 1600 engine. Yeah, Darren always entertaining to watch as he wins his way up the hill. Spectacular driver and yeah, going very well and indeed he’s got a 2588 to aim for. Absolutely. Let’s see. He flashes into sight beautifully into top already. Really quickly there 7.62 for Darren. Come on. This is looking quick. What can you do? Can you do a 24? Yes. Oh, not quite. 2527 might be on the cusp of qualifying, but put him at the top of class J2 for the moment though. PB for Darren. Here’s Mark Schlanker. Another force TA. Yeah. Screams his way past me up towards bottom already. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, the I think the course is in good condition cuz there are a few PBS flying in there. Just got his personal best. Must be the driving hero sticker. Mark Schneer makes his way through S. What can he do as he crosses the line? 2638 for Mark. 123 mph. I think the driving hero sticker added some drag there in the end. How dare you? Andy Green always Green’s incredibly quick. Yeah, coming through looking very committed. Sparks flying from the rear end dragging the tail of that car all the way up the hill. Yeah, absolutely. They always drive this car the limit but they’re trying to develop way to drive this much more straight as he’s just that beautiful exit out of top. A little power slide. He’s going to cross the line. 2496 could qualify. Andy great run now. Then David Warington usually well usually is a bit overdoing it. Sometimes qualifies in this little uh gold 59. Absolutely. Yeah. is all or nothing driver is David but he’s perfect through this. This is looking quick guys. Let’s see what he can do. We could be in with the 24. I’m almost certain it will be. Let’s see what he can do. It is indeed low 24. 241 116. That should be enough. I would have thought. Yeah, that’s a personal best with AA Wbertton puts him top of J2 class. Andy Green then second with Darren Gumby third in that class. All quite tight at the top. Next up, Kevin Gon McLaren in the Pilman MP8. wide entry into kennel. Chucked over the dust. Yeah. Going past me now. You can hear slightly bigger engine note. Uh slightly larger capacity engines in these cars. Yeah. The V6 in this one sounds absolutely great. K6 derived engine. Beautiful on the exit top. Just lost a little time to the but not too much. And it’s a 2874 for Gavin on the line. 95 is a car 2.24 off the line. Yeah. Coming up towards me now. This car looking very smart. All the sponsors on that machine. I think he’s he’s got as much sponsorship as he can squeeze on. Yeah, perfect. What you need is beautiful. Nice little cor to the top there is going to cross the line 2806. He’s followed by Tony Cotton in another modified Delara Formula 3 car. Yeah. Coming up now in the green machine looking very smart indeed. But uh yeah into bottom now. Absolutely. Yeah. Just rolls it into bottom just slightly cautiously. He ends in the middle of the road on the exit of top S. So he’s going to lift the gears across the finish line with a 32.8 32.8 control in the fairly beam. He’s had this for a long long time. Yeah, looking great in those pill beam racing colors already up towards bottom S. Yeah, it looks really really good that car. Nice entrance into bottom S. Good last power between the S’s and that intake rough note coming from the engine there as it sucks air in and propels John towards the finish which he achieves in 32.52 followed by Kevin C 2.21 off the line. Yeah, the red machine of Kevin C coming up through the engine as he passes my commentary box and heads towards bottom. Yeah. Yeah. Beautiful. Nice line there again. Just a little bit curving to bottom just makes that good. Gets the car in the middle of the road and then flicks through the gears. He crosses the lin 294 for Kevin. He’s followed by Ian Tucker. Ian car number 99 all the way up from new keys 28. Yeah, Ian coming past me. Simon cars currently quickest in this class with the 2806. Let’s see whether Ian can get anywhere near those sorts of figures. He does, but he almost breaks into kind of almost no rings out of Thomas as well. It could have been a bit more speed carry but flash of flames flicking through the boxes across the line. 30.82 82 for Ian 109. Now then, this is another Delar Nigel Pit. Yeah, lovely Delara 305 modified formula 3 tub. Yeah, great machine this. Nigel always very quick and yeah, but looks very smart as he kicks up a bit of dust heading up towards the S’s. Yeah, beautiful car. This lovely proportion turns into bottom beautifully on rails. Gets out beautifully as well. N really well in this car. He’s had a tricky tricky season with it so far, but it looks like he’s really got his head around it. He’s crossed the line. 2784 Aaron Cobbornne, car number 101. So, a personal best for Nigel Pit and puts in top of class K1 as Aaron Coburn comes past me now and goes into the S’s at 101 mph. Yeah, this car won’t get driven any quicker than that. Aaron Big and absolutely on the limit as well. That’s one for the cameras, that’s for sure. as he crosses the line to record a 2736 speed 109 followed by Andy Bour. Andy in the Force PT all the way up from the Channel Islands. Yeah, Andy zooms past me, but Aaron Coburn has now gone on top of this class with his 2736. So the time’s tumbling at the top. Indeed they are. Yeah, this car weighs almost nothing. This car load to Paris through the already off towards the finish. Time 2649 Mike Jagoni again another Cornishman got a visa to get into England. Yes. So Andy for good personal best there with a 2649 and that puts him top of K1. Let’s see whether Michael can keep this going. Indeed. Yeah. Rolls nicely into bottom. Big D power. must have set apart too much, but he g it all up hard on the power as he goes towards the finish line to record a 2896. Now then, can Jonathan Barley qualify? That would be fantastic. This little one liter car. Yeah. So, in his class 2649 is the target time and Jonathan is a very quick driver. His times are looking very quick already. Look at the splits. 115 into the S’s. Tips it out already. Of the S’s going really well. 7.74 through there. He’s got plenty of power in that car. Make no mistake. Crosses the line. 2494 for Jonathan. I said one liter. Actually, 2 L V8 TDK engine. Well, that’s only point4 off the class record. So, Jonathan really on it there. That’s right. That’s brilliant. And it’s not even a PB. Well, it’s his own record, isn’t it? Yeah. So yes, 245 is the actual record. Jonathan did a 2494. So yeah, um very very close to his own record. Impressive run. Well, if he has qualified, he might have a a smart set of tires to shove on for the runoff. Let’s hope he gets there. We thought it would be low 24s, didn’t we? The cut off point. Yeah, I I think um I think it’s got to be low 24s really. I mean that the you know we’ve got some PBS flying in so you would think that people are going to get quicker and quicker. Um it’s the right time of day as well. So currently Jonathan’s time puts him third fastest overall. Um so it’ll be those the top 12 fastest will go into the runoff. So um we’ll see. We’ve got the big guys coming in the next batch. So that’s where it’ll really come out. But at the moment Sean G, David Wbertton, Jonathan Vley uh seem like they’re well in. and um Andy Greenan as well. 24.96 is a good run. Yeah, not hanging around at all. I mean, obviously we’ve got a lot of quick cars to come, but we’ve already had some very quick cars already. I mean, the that Empire Wraith that’s just coming past Mometry box now. Goodness me. William Lridge on the lock stops to save that car from going in the bank on the other side of the course. So, beautiful driver from them. We’ll see the same again from Zack Zam in a moment. Um yeah, Williams currently fifth fastest 2514. So, um, it’s not out of the realms of possibility. No, but it’s great and it’s great to see the different driving styles as well and and and people have such a different approach to getting to the top of the hill. I mean, Zack Zam and William, they share a very very um over steery wild car, but it works for them because they know how to drive it. Whereas Paul Haynes and and the likes, they and and the and the Wbertton’s car is absolutely on rails. I know obviously GR59 has a lot of downforce, but uh but it’s just great to see how these cars do everything in such a different way. Um, I recommend you not to walk away from the track at the moment. I know it’s heading for lunchtime, but this next batch is going to have the cream of hill climbing and probably almost certainly our qualifiers for this morning’s runoff. We have another runoff this afternoon. Yes. Yeah, by all mean. Yeah, absolutely. You don’t want to be going anywhere now. This is going to be the the a fantastic 40 minutes of uh of action now on the hill with as you say the fastest cars come over and then a hill climb uh runoff which is going to be absolutely great away from Darren Gummy as he cares about down the hill. Yeah, PB Darren. Yeah, you’re welcome. This little sticker does add does add performance, does add power. I can give you our runners in the tin top 10 top 10 top 10. We’ve got 10 qualifiers and have got a page in the program to write them in. He turning page after page. It’s a lovely thick program today. Top 12 we’ve got. No, I don’t think we got a page for top 10 tin tops. Anyway, here they are. First to go will be Tony Adams who recorded a 3353. He’ll be followed by Tim Elmer 3349. Robert Lancaster Gay 3322. Paul Howells 3222. Richard Andrews 3218. Rodney Isles. What does Rodney drive? normally an alphab but yeah anyway 3178 Damian Bradley in the incredibly fast Subaru 3122 Steven Moore in an even faster Subaru 299 that’s quite a leap in times Steven Darly 2909 and quickest is Simon Bainbridge who qualified with a 2822 when does the top 10 challenge take place that’s this afternoon it is this afternoon. Right. So, sorry. I I I I was just distracted there. Did you say Damian’s made it in Damian Bradley? Yeah. 3122 fourth quickest. Well, I think he did a majority of that with frontwheel drive. So, uh Oh, did he? Yeah. Well, looking at it, I wasn’t sure if it was picked up on and of course, I’m only speculating, but that car came into bottom S and then left two massive number 11s, which it wouldn’t normally do between the two. And then it almost it sounded like clutch slip towards the finish. But there was a collection of number 11s, which is I think 800 horsepower going through the front wheels. So I think he was probably lacking his rear uh rear driven wheels there. So hopefully he gets that sorted before the next uh next outing because it would be a great shame for him to miss out. Just come back from Pikes Peak. Change of plan. Tin top runoff before lunch. Great. Isn’t that good? Uh yes, I was just wondering how uh how they’d got the order of it so soon if if it wasn’t being run till later, but that’s fair enough. So we are looking at class L racing cars over 2 L. I think we’ve had all our class K one and K2 competitors already. So, it should be Debbie Summers kicking us off in the P40, the homebuilt, the family built uh hill climb car with the 2 and 12 L V6 engine in the back, but it’s not. It’s No, I think we’ve got a few shared cars to get through before we get to them. Yeah, we’re kicking off with the lovely chevron of Richard Grace. We saw Amanda earlier. Well, I have a little bit of an announcement. So, I’ve I’ve just heard from our uh roving correspondent in the paddock that Damian Bradley did have a rear drive shaft failure. So, the car was actually three-wheel drive, right? So, uh that was 800 horsepower through three wheels. Um and that cost him a bit of time, but he has fixed it. He will be back out in that fantastic 800 horsepower Subaru Legacy. Fantastic. Now then, is it Richard or is it Amanda? I think it’s Richard in the Chevron B19 with its special engines 1975cc FBC Cossworth of course car that lots of us would like to take home. It’s Amanda and Amanda gets on the line in 2.24 seconds. Yeah, that beautiful chevron coming up now. It’s Manda George behind the wheel and the rasp from that engine. Beautiful as it heads up towards bottom S. Yeah, great looking thing, isn’t it? I know everybody likes it. It’s a great color scheme. It’s a beautiful shade of maroon as it heads nicely out of top S and towards the finish over the line in 3304. 3304. Now, this next group of cars is going to be very, very exciting. So, uh, lots of energy, I think. And, uh, pay attention, ladies and gentlemen. This is a game of fine margins. Kicked off by Pete Taylor. Always quick. Yes. Only a lifted kettle. No. Slid the back end a little bit through there. Really committed coming up through it. Crossing up through the kink and into bottom. Yeah, already with me. Hard on the brakes. She tips it in nicely. Doesn’t have the same overly earlier. Be much happy with that. Moreover said, I think he would have liked on the exit of top S, but no harm done. He’s across the line with a 257. 2570. Yeah, got a little loose on the exit of top S, but I think he will be happy with that. 122 into bottom s 123 over the line. What What’s our quickest finishing speed so far? 160 by G win. I think I think I think we had 164 yesterday. Wow. It’s unbelievable, isn’t it? Pete Tay then slips into second in class K2 there just behind William Lridge. So a good run. I think we got John Charas in the r unique r 302 built for formula 3 but never raced in formula 3 as far as I know with unique 1420 turbocharged engine probably. John knows what he’s doing both driving and uh sorting cars. Unless it could be his son James. It’s not his John. 2.106 off the line. Yeah, John Charmer’s up past me in that beautiful silver machine heading on past up towards Bottoms. Already going very quickly. Yeah, absolutely. Again, the antilag working its magic to keep that turbo smooth which it does beautifully. Nice tight line to the edge of the top S. Pops and bangs and goes through the gears. He’s heading going to head across the line now. 2651. 2651. Alex Coohl’s is next. This will be quick. Distinctive uh paint job with daylow wings. Stalls it on the way up to the line. Has it got an onboard battery or is it being plugged in? We shall soon see. Just checking on the computer there, Chris. The fastest across the line so far is Graeme Win at 161. So decent turners pace there. Is that today or including yesterday? That’s today I believe. Alex Cole has he got a problem or is it running? I think it’s running. He doesn’t seem very happy on the pre-art line. [Music] Y know it’s okay. Rushes up to the start line and stalls. So, as we await for Alex Coohl’s, this will be a great shame if he can’t make it up the hill. I know we’ve had a couple of timing control issues this morning. Hopefully, that’s not delaying us, but we are start again. Can he get it off the line safely? Alex, immensely quick in this car. Star of the future, no doubt. Very much so. And he’s quite a big guy. I don’t know how he squeezes himself into the car. 1.97. Another fantastic start. Yeah, Alex Coohl’s was second quickest in practice in this class in K2. But he doesn’t seem to be going particularly quickly now. Oh, I can hear it. Oh, Alex, what’s going on there? That sounds that almost sounded to me like a kill switch kind of he’s killed it as he’s pulled off at just at the kink. So, I think he he saw something wrong decided to pull out of it. Oh, Alex. Oh, what a shame. What a shame. Well, Alex Coohl’s certainly certainly a star of the future. Hopefully, whatever issue they have, they can get fixed, but uh yeah, it’s a great shame. So, okay, no Alex Coulson in our runoff, unfortunately. Um he’s he’s climbing out of the car. He’s in the in the slot, the Marshall slot at the kink, I think. So, pretty easy to get it out of the way off the road. Having a close look at the funny enough at the drive shaft at the back. Yeah, it’s unusual that he’d get out um there. He must know it’s um not going to be an easily, you know, he can’t just coast down the hill or something. Marshall’s coming down to uh to inspect and sort him out. Hopefully, it can be wheeled off the uh racing surface. Well, hey ho. Okay, so yeah, they are highly strung these machines. They are fantastic engineers. Uh, everyone in the paddock. So, so no doubt everyone will rally together and find out what Alex needs. And that is the beauty of British Hill Climbing. As soon as that car makes its way, they’ll already be be thinking about what it might need. There will already be people um going to talk to Neil Dad to find out what what what’s needed. Um, and then uh uh yeah, as soon as the car arrives back, there’ll be all hands on deck and uh the car will make its way back out for the afternoon. I’m sure if the parts are available that required or the knowhow is there. That’s for sure. That really struck me the when I went circuit racing which I didn’t do very often was how relatively unfriendly it was. Really? That’s interesting. Compared with hill climbing where as you say your competitors will happily uh mix in and see if they can help fix the car. uh one well-known uh circuit racer ran over my foot uh tried to push me out of the way in the paddock. Uh and there was that sort of ultra competitive um atmosphere there. Yeah, that’s Yeah. Well, did you did you get him back? Did you run over his foot? No, I ran after Well, I couldn’t run because it’s a very good point, but he was a he was a very aggressive and very fast driver. So he would have thumped me and not and knocked me out, I think. Anyway, anyway, enough of that. I think the course car is is it doing a bit a bit of a backwards tow? Yeah. What can you see, Alex? What’s what’s happening? Yeah, they’re they’re pulling it up the hill, I think, to bottom so they can push it into the uh the little holding area there. And um then we can get going pretty much straight away once it’s up there. And uh yeah, I think Alex must have known that it was terminal when he got that far cuz he he was straight out of the car. And normally the uh the racers instinct kicks in and they want to go back down and have another go. But uh I think uh he was sensible enough to realize that something was wrong. Well, it’s not worth risking the car, is it? You know, so if if you can feel something’s not right, as I say, you haven’t got a lot of runoff here. That’s for sure. So uh so yeah, you’ll be uh unfortunately not seeing Alex Coohl’s in the runoff. um which is a great shame. One of the most exciting drives we have in the paddic. Yeah. Benefit is though he might get out for the afternoon runoff. So um all is not lost. Well, exactly as we say, yeah, there’ll be people in the paddock ready to help. So, okay. So, there’s there’s there’s a potential spot in the assuming Alex would have had a good run. There’s a potential spot there for for uh a 12th place, an 11th placeer to get in. So, uh let’s see. This will certainly be um certainly be interesting to see what happens. We’ve got Zack Zamit coming up next in that Empire Wraith. And uh he’s certainly quick, so maybe we can uh we can see someone like him uh creep their way in to the uh into the runoff. And absolutely this next car, if you do have your cameras, uh get them at the ready because you will see particularly at bottom S between bottom and top S. I’m almost certain. I’ve never not seen that car anything other than completely sideways and completely committed. It’s the manner in which he drives the car. It is. I mean, this car has got 400 brake horsepower and it’s coming up next. It is an absolutely wild machine. And yeah, looking at his times from practice, 2399 was his fastest. So, that alone would have got him into the top 12, I reckon. You know, that’s, you know, a blistering pace. It’s outrageous, isn’t it? Quite a contrast with Paul Hayes who’s got plenty of power in the little ghoul GR59, but he’s calmness personified where Zach isn’t. Yeah. Well, Zach Zach is is an on the limit racer. You know, he’s got the kind of Max Vstappen driving style, isn’t he? Where it’s just like chuck the car about and and save it. Whereas Paul Hayes’s car is is like a scale electric’s car. It is absolutely glued to the ground. Same as David Wbertton’s car. Absolutely glu glued to the ground. Nothing but utter confidence and and 10/10en of the performance of the car. Well, Zach’s in the car waiting to come up to the start line. Won’t be long, I think, before I think we’ll be flags in any minute. It should be, shouldn’t it? I think the car’s pretty much cleared. So, as soon as everybody’s happy, that’ll be uh that’ll be it, won’t it? Yeah. Flags coming in. Let’s go. Yep. And is Zach got the engine running? He will have pretty soon. Another another hill climb car in McLaren McLaren Papyra color. Yeah, incredible machines these. You just look at the bodywork. How much before and after the wheels there is compared to other machines. All of the creek arrow that they run. It’s an amazing piece of design. It is. And uh the Wraith gives so much downforce at 40 mph. There’s already significant downforce. William Towret who was chief metalologist aerodynamicist for Ferrari among others had a big hand in the shape of the EPA Wraith. Let’s see what Zach can do. Beautiful Star 2.02. Yeah, already coming up through Kennel up towards me and crossing it. Absolutely flat out sparks flying all over the place. Right, watch this. Well, how’s it going to go? He’s going to drive beautifully. Clips that. Yeah, you go. Bit of sideways action. Ching back in. Not afraid of it at all. I don’t know if he got a little bit too wide out of top S. I don’t know whether it’s costing some time. Let’s see. 2486 for Zach. 136 into bottom S. I But only 107. I don’t know. I was just about to say, Chris, I don’t think that car was firing on all cylinders as it crossed the line. No, I think you’re right. It’s It’s still quickest for class K2. So, Zach’s probably on for a good result in his category. Whether that’s enough to get him into the runoff, though. Well, if he does, let’s hope he can run. He should be doing more. Bit of a loose tail for Paul as he exits out of Kennel, but gathers it all together nicely up towards bottom edge. Absolutely. Yeah, Paul’s been fighting the car this weekend. He’s just been trying different tires, but it looks very, very good through bottom and top air. He’s a little wiggle on the exit, but he’s on the power. This is going to be a 23 second run. No, it’s not quite. 2411 for Paul should be enough. But 140 over the line. Next up at 109 is Simon Jens in the Force TA with the 2 and 1/2 L. Is that the V6? Yes, the DCM drive. Yeah, that means we’re into category L, which is where the big boys play and girls, I suppose. Simon Jinx coming through now. howl of this engine. It does sound fantastic. Real uh solid note sparks flying as he enters into bottom s. Yes, sounds great. Looks great. This car nicely through bottom. Nice tight line through there. That track retracted towards the the exit, but I think he’s okay. And he’s cross the line. 2605 for Simon. Currently, Shan Gold leading with the 23.5. Richard Summers is aboard the 4PT. We’ll see whether Richard can get close. Simon Jensen did a personal finish by the way just as a side as Richard goes up towards bottom. Yeah. Pops it down through the gears. Turns beautifully into bottom. Nicely cross the car and he’s in the middle of the road. He’s going to go through the gears. Lots of power in this car. 2661 127 for Richard with the same V6 engine. Very one on the line is Ed Ves GR55 used to be dark brown. It’s now dark black. Yeah. Coming now through kennel up towards crossing goes through looking very very neat. Yes. And up towards the bottom S. Just say Alex neat and tidy. It’s fine. And yeah, he’s bottom S already through top. Nice from there. Little bit of rear wheel spin as he just gets that power down. Short shifts it across the line. I think 2619. He’ll be pleased with that. Yeah, that’s well that’s going well, isn’t it? It is bit of a change for Bugatti type 51 on the line and away from the line. Mr. MS Steve Owen 2.23 on the line. They’ve got traction control. Yeah. Pass me here. He looks very tidy. I’ve split it over two runs. There you go. Now, there you go. Of course, white’s a little bit wide into Steve. I don’t know if that’s quite his plan, but I don’t think it will hurt him too much. He’s nice out of top, but he’s across the line now. And it’s a 2658 and a speed of 123 for Steve. Not a bad run. We’ve had a whole string of personal press there. Simon Jensen, Bridget Summers, and Edward Edward Burges. All personal bests. Now, Terry Graves with the 2 and 12 liter engine. That’s an indie I think that’s an indie car engine. Yeah. That motor as well. And it absolutely screams it way. Sparks flying again. Oh, it certainly sounds like it, doesn’t it? Yeah, it turns nicely in for Terry there. Beautiful neutral heat abs to the road. Feed in the gears. He’s going to cross the line. He does. 258 136. Now then, if you’re looking for top top speeds, watch Graham win. We’ll have a slight pause first. Red flags are out. Uh maybe for debris or something. Are they requesting that he switch off? Yes, they are. And he does. Uh, can we see what the reason for the red flag is? I can’t see anything here. Um, and it came after Steve Own had gone through. So, um, I don’t think it’s, um, at this section. And there’s a couple of marshals heading out to look around. Graeme is being wheeled back away at his own request so that he has another tire warming trip up to the start line. Um, can I see anything? There’s no sweeping going on that I can see down this way. Is it one of our local feeasants taking a constitutional up the hill? The marshals just picking something up off the track. So, I’m guessing just a bit of debris left uh or drawn on the the amount of air movement by these cars can actually, you know, suck and blow the debris all over the place. So, I wonder if it’s a bit of Alex Cole’s suspension. Well, we will never know. In the meantime, it’s won’t be long before the red flags are in again, and we’ll be able to see Graeme win in action. Lots of people won’t know that Graeme is well into his 70s. Had a um a pacemaker fitted a couple of years ago, gave him a new lease of life. He’s very healthy and enjoying life. Yeah, in the next uh next nine or 10 cars, whatever it is, uh that this is where we’re going to see some of those really uh amazing times. Uh so if you can find a space trackside, now’s the time to do it. It really is. Yeah. Don’t go away. I know there’s lots of tempting lunch waiting for you both up the hill and in the courtyard. We’ve got Kevin and uh the famous duo Kevin and Chris with their ice cream trailers. Kevin’s up the top of the of the car park. Chris is in the paddock. Do call on them. And uh you pays your money. There’s lots of choice. [Applause] I heard a whistle blowing. Does that mean our red flags coming in? They are. Good. So Graham’s 4 L engine in the GR59 will fire up 4 L Jud sort of car a sort of engine that powered a lot of L more 24-hour cars under stressed happily keep going for 24 hours producing lots of power. Yes. And these juds were also used when they ran Formula 1 cars in like uh Boss series. They’d often put these judgment with engines in them as well. Is that right? Yeah. So they uh they certainly have plenty of oomph. Not sure what Graeme got the OB for. Something to do with traffic management, I think. Oh, I’ve no idea, I’m afraid. Did he put jet engines and everything? Keep the traffic flowing nicely. I think so. That was his aim. Yes. drops his visor. Slightly shady visor cuz he was expecting a lot of sunshine off the line. 2.03. That’s pretty good. Yeah. So, rocket start and away Graham goes and nice through crossing up towards the king already at bottom. Yeah. Absolutely arrives at my side of the wheel. in very early form but nice the steel top but no harm done not lost any time he’s going to cross the line now with a 2439 151 what’s happened you’re 10 mph slower Oliver Tomlin takes place off the line 2.12 we saw his mama just now in this car going well as always yeah we’ll see whether he can put himself on amongst the fast runners Absolutely. Yeah, there’s a few person can do a personal best. He’s beautiful out of the S’s. The tracks in good condition. Let’s see. 2616 for Oliver. Now then on the line is Jack Cautil having a really a really good season. Ninth in the car championship last year. Yeah. Very well in that Formula 3 car. And it really does sound like it’s pushing on hard. Absolutely. Nice. Oh, just gets a little bit too much. Just rode the car on just rotated the car more than he like, but he saved it beautifully. He’s now across the line. 23 dead 2391 should well qualify. 140 over the finishing line. Just behind Shan G in the class L standings. Well, here comes Is it Shan coming up to the end? No, it’s not to be David. David Jack Cotrol that was a personal best for him. So, uh conditions very very favorable. Yes. Yeah. Jack Cotrol was absolutely same as William Lridge earlier. If there if there was another degree of over rotation, that car would have been in the barrier. So, he’s done so well to recover that for a PB. There’s more time in that. David Uran of the nine. Car number six, 1.98. Famous hill climb car. Perhaps the winningst car of all, the gold GR55. Already past me and into bottom. Yeah. Yeah. Hard on the brakes. Rolls it nicely. Again, a little snap focus there. Rotates the car. Well, just laid on the throttle, but nice and scooped up. Well, not the quickest thing I’ve ever seen him go. Nevertheless, 2442 140 mph should well qualify. On the line, Trevor Willis, three times hill climb champion, 3.2 two power techch engine in the MS28 will be the fastest of the of the 28s. Yeah, really going hard. Runs a little bit wide at crossing but carries on no problem. Turns him into bottom. Nice and steady there. Fruit shift up hits a baby touching the B with the rear left wheel as he exits and across the line. 2431. Good time 135 and he makes way to our multiple champion Wallace Mingis in the Gul GR59M 3.3 Indie engine minus his turbochargers and methanol. It’s on straight petrol. Well, straightish. And Wallace is really getting his mojo back after a bad year last year. Beautiful start. Such great 1.89. That’s incredible. Yeah, always very quick off the line is Wallace and absolutely flying his way up the track already. Right, Wallace, what can you do? What mood are you in? Let’s turn it into beautiful through just don’t know if that was his plan, but he’s going to head across the line. What’s he going to do? He does a 2346. Quickest I think so far today. Yeah, just picked Shan G there who did a 235 earlier. So that puts Wallace in prime position. And look at his his finishing speed. 162. Will Hall having a great season. It is new to him. New newish anyway. Gorgeous. Yeah, beautiful looking car this as it absolutely flies it way up towards the abs rotates car nicely mash it Thomas already come on a great year let’s keep it going he’s across the line 2299 2299 puts him fastest currently so that’s an amazing run and only.3 off the course record fantastic 22.37 is the course record so he’s he’s a little bit further than that Alex, unfortunately. Okay, I was going with what’s in the book. Alex Alex on his way. 187 even quicker than Wallace. Absolutely flying past, kicking up dust from the very, very low ground clearance. Absolutely. Yeah, Alex is good. Just absolutely perfect. Alex is going to be one of the best drivers in the paddic. What’s he going to do? He’s going to do a 2331. So, our quickest, unless Matthew can do something about it, is Will Hall with an amazing 2299. Fantastic. Yeah, very good run for Will and presumably not on his best tires. And yeah, Alex currently second fastest. Here’s Matthew sharing with Chan Gould and uh lines up right over on the right hand side of the start line. Not sure if the grid grip is better there, but he obviously believes so now to beat a 2299 is going to take a tremendous effort. Stores the engine, but very quickly restarts it. And he’s lined up with the beam. 1.97. Not quite as quick as Alex will. Yeah, he’s already on his way through. Crossing very, very quick. Doesn’t seem to have any issues there. Yeah, already into my side now. Little flash in the exhaust as he used that fighting. He’s going to go through the gears. What’s he going to do across the line? He’s going to do a 2312, which I think puts him in second slot. And um just let the computer catch up. And yeah, Matt Ryder second so I can run you through the top 12 as the computer says it. So, Will Hall at the top 2299, Matt Ryder 2312, Alex Summers 2331, Wallace Mingis uh 2346, Sha Gould 23.5, Jack Cotill 23.91, Paul Hayes 24.11, David Wbertton 24.21, 21 Trevor Willis 24.31 Graeme Win 24.39 I’ve lost track. Have we got to 12 yet? I think Chris will have the times in front of him as well. Chrisy, are you there? I am. And we’ve got David Urin with 2442. And then Zack Zam at 2486 might have just snuck in. Let’s see. We’ve got tin top challenge, then presumably our first runoff. Yeah. So, I think Zach Zami has has snuck in as the 12th uh qualifier. I usually get a printed a print out of the Yes, they’ll get there eventually. It’ll come to me. They’ll they’ll bring it up to you when once it’s done. Nice picture on the screen which our guests in the courtyard will be watching of those cars just setting off down from the top paddock. You won’t see hill climbing like that really anywhere else right now. Just to avoid any doubts, these cars are now going to come back down the hill. There’ll be the tintop runoff with all the fastest tin top cars that you’ve seen and then you will see the runoff for uh our British championship hill climb contenders. Before we get too excited, it’s all going to happen before lunch. So, sorry. Go on. We do have another batch actually um batch seven still to run with a handful of the classic and uh uh sports cars and that sort of thing. We do. Do we start We don’t start the program again with the next batch, I don’t think. No, batch seven haven’t had their competition run yet, I don’t believe. No, I think you’re right. So, lots of interest still. Not quite the same speed, but uh fascinating cars, including the Stovebo special of Simon Taylor, Amanda. Well, we’ve seen Amanda in the Chevron. Yes. So, this will give time for these uh these guys who are getting into that top 12 runoff to uh turn the car around and put on the special tires. Yes, it’ll be interesting to see if they’re still running a gone on to gone on to the new Novas. There was a whole mix. Um there’s a mixture. Some are running Pirellis um on their cars from slightly older tires. Some have Avons to run and they were they were trying out Hooers but people haven’t really got on well with them I don’t believe so we’ll get confirmation soon hopefully of that top 12 qualifying. H yes, I’m waiting for the print out to be printed out and delivered to me up here, but yes, going by uh going by the computer, which uh is usually all right. Um we’ve uh we’ve got some of the expected guys in there and then a couple of um couple of people who have uh done a good job to uh to get into that top 12. So, we’ve got some very quick times just looking at some a lot of personal bests rolling in now. When these cars put their best tires on, the the hill record here is 22.37 set by Sha Gold in 2021. That’s the time to meet for a record. It looks like, I dare say it, pretty good conditions. Um, it’ll all be tire dependent and it’s a bit of strategy as well whether they go all out in the first uh of the runoffs or whether they save it all for later. It’ll be interesting to see what they do, but uh certainly it could be on, you know, could be on. If somebody hooks up the right thing, the uh the planets could align. So 22.37 is the record. Who knows? Yeah. Now I was caught out cuz the program says uh Matt Ryder’s time from last year as the record. So um that caught me out. So just be aware people with um it’s uh printed with the wrong it’s the right car, wrong driver. I did notice, although I haven’t managed to get a copy, but um I think it was it Evo magazine or something recently did a feature on uh uh Sean Gordon, Matt Ryder’s car and um I was trying to find a copy cuz I thought that would be an interesting interesting read to see uh a bit of information about the the fastest car ever up the hill here. Yeah, absolutely. Yes. Well, it’s great again it’s just the focus on on British Hill Climb. I think I think it’s people are starting to wake up now to quite what we have here. Um it is a very very special sport. I mean you know things like YouTube channels like hill climb monsters and things where they’ve got 6 700 horsepower golfs and all these things running on super turbo methanol bewinged things are great and they do great views on YouTube. But I think again massive help with by Hill Climb TV and Rich Dami. It’s starting to become more accessible and more and more people are looking at these British Hill Climb cars and going what is going on there on that hill in Worershare. So I think uh I think it’s it’s great to see the crowds have been drawn in. It is great to see um it’s great to see that people are um yeah absolutely uh here and and if you have any videos or photographs you’d like to share with us do tag us Walsh um on on uh your Instagram and social medias. We’d love to see all of your uh photography skills and videos that you take. So uh yeah. So yeah. And three three years ago, the club was a bit fearful that live stream would keep people away because why why spend the money to go to Shelsey if we can sit at home in front of the fire or in with the sun shining. Anyway, uh the reverse has been the case. People have seen the live stream and uh you’re absolutely right. Um they say, “Oh, that looks good. Let’s go and have a look at that.” Well, 450,000 people uh viewed our Instagram last uh last month. So uh yeah, we’ve uh we’re with just in the last month alone. So it’s a massive achievement for those involved and not just in this country either. It’s drawn an audience. I mean people watching currently on Hill Climb TV the live stream we’ll have people from all over the world. I’m always amazed when you read the comments of people uh and how far a field and how in middle of the night from Australia and that sort of thing. And so brilliant. We had a message from the Philippines yesterday. I think it is wonderful to know that we’re being looked at around the world. Bit scary really. Well, then there’s nothing quite like seeing the band live. So, get yourselves down here. It’s £20 on the gate. Here comes Simon Taylor in the famous stove bold special. Slightly stove in at the back. Apparently, he was reversing into a parking spot and a woman came along in hope SUV and clocked him. Oh, yes. I believe he he lives in London or thereabouts. So, yeah, probably a bit awkward using this in daily traffic over there. Well, you you can’t put a good man down. It doesn’t spot it doesn’t stop him. So, here he is again. Simon Taylor with this wonderful HV HW stove bowl through the S’s off towards the finish to record a time in the 30s. It’ll be a 37 or so. Yeah, 3724. Richard George in the Chevroom. Yeah, wonderful car. It’s absolutely amazing to see these sorts of machines joining us and you you get a great variety of cars at Hill. Another benefit of the sport and having gone from those monster single seaters to classic sports cars like this in within minutes is great. Well, that is exactly Alex’s variety is the spice of life, isn’t it? So, there’s something here for everyone. Whether it be Porsche GT cars, whether it be Cleos or uh whether it it’s your DJs or or GS, there’s something here for everyone. What we’re watching is class M sports racing and racing cars up to 1971. So, real classics. Martin Jones on his way. Yeah, that beautiful Gramma BT21. Absolutely lovely in that green and gold. And then it’ll be Sarah Thorne in her Lotus 69. Here she comes. Martin Jones type clicking arms pretty soon. Yeah, this Lotus 69, I believe it was a Formula 2 car um when back when Formula 2 had different manufacturers producing chassis to race in the series. Absolutely right. And very few of them had the Lotus twin cam. But Martin, there’s Sarah’s husband twin cam. Lotus engines. Sorry. Time for Martin Jones 3392. Sarah Thor 3279. Chris Bentley Jones just coming past me now as he makes his way up in that BT35. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, just uh sort of over slows the car into bottom and just kind of maybe just loses gearing, but he’s found a gear. He’s all sorted. He’s back and off towards the finish. Looks a little slow. I think maybe harboring an issue perhaps. Yep. Time hasn’t clicked up yet. Andrew Tippet in the famous Braman BT30 X1. Some say built for hill climbing. Some others say the chassis was built for 41 but never used in Grand Prix. Yeah, it’s running the Buick V8, I believe, in the back of that. So, plenty of horsepower. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, great sounding. Love the fact that they put these engines in these cars. It’s a hell of a kick in the back, that’s for sure. Chris Ben Jones 3705. Andrew Tippet 3125. Here’s Malcolm Thorne. What did Sarah do? She did a 3279. Yeah, Malcolm coming out the green yellow Lotus. sounding and looking very good in the sunshine. Indeed it does. Yeah. The uh sunshine glistening off those chrome wishbones and suspension bars and those drive shafts flashing at me in the sun. Wonderful, wonderful looking thing. Roger makes the box here shake. 31.75 for Malcolm. So he wins the family battle just Roger Deans and the amazing uh very early Formula 5000 Lola. Yeah, you don’t see Lola single seaters as often as you do the sports cars, but it’s great to see it out. I believe this car, if I’m not mistaken, was restored on a program called Salvage Squad back in the day and I think they found it, restored it. Obviously great to see it being used. I think you’re absolutely right. And then uh Roger bought it and had to restore it again because they hadn’t done the job properly. No. Well, that last TV for you, I’m afraid. This Well, you can’t restore a car like this in a week. Simon Derling in the lovely Alpine on the way home. He lives at the top of the hill. Yeah, looking gorgeous in that French racing blue. Absolutely wonderful car. Yeah, beautiful slides into bottom S with lots of enthusiasm. Sorry, Chris, can you off that? He was going to enter his Cooper 1100, but it misbehaved, so he nipped home and got the Alpine. 3637 is clicking up still. 3863. Simon, highly experienced, long time. That was a personal best. Longtime hill climber in single seaters, in sports cars, in saloons, whatever. Simon can drive it. End of our first runs, I think. No, not the end. Stringer is listed, but whether there’s a problem or not, Ian is coming to the start line and there’s a single seater behind him. Is that is that going to run or is it just changing position? We shall see. Ian Stringer in the lovely Alpha Julia Sprint GT sort of car in the ‘ 60s, early ‘7s that race, did European touring car racing up against the Lotus Cortas and things, but uh much prettier, I must say. There was a GTA version that was immensely quick, but G, I don’t think there are any in this country. They go, they change hands for silly amounts of money, the GTA now. They do. Yeah, they’re they’re up in the hundreds of thousands. So, Ian on his way. We have got a Formula Ford on the line. Someone maybe who didn’t make their stop, maybe had a technical problem. [Music] Uh, and we got a Porsche following on. Ian Stringer pops an inside inside front wheel actually as the car transitions between bottom and top of Piston Gin Distillery. Going to have a good day out there. Really nice at Worcester. Going to have a little gin school. Very nice day out. We’ve got a Porsche on the line. Car number 30. Why is that? Porsche Cayman of Tony Adams. Lizzy Weaver into my sight now. She turns the formula forward as shared by the weaver family to bottom edge. She turns out of Topz bang in the middle of the road. Avoids the drain cover beautifully. So getting to grips with the formula forward having used the family saxo graduated from that crosses the line. Time 3759. Now Porsche on the line is Tony Adams Cayman. An early one. 2 and 1/2 liter turbocharged. A quick one though, nevertheless. Car number 30, program page 20. Are we uh are we catching up on people who missed runs or something? I don’t know. Um it’s a mystery to me. Life is a mystery. Yeah. Well, so much is, isn’t it? It is. Time to give up. Time to stop. And we got the modern LP behind. So off goes Tony Adams. Yeah, just coming into view now. Winding his way through crossing. No issues there at all. Yeah. Flashes into sight now. It’s uh it’s a it’s a funny one these cuz these turbocharged four-cylinder caymans uh they are really giving the the GT4s and the and the big banging six cylinders run for the money cuz they got so much torque. They’re really quick. Time for Tony 329 98 mph. We we’ve seen the the classic Alpine, the blue one of Simon Derling. Now we got the current one which is proving to be a terrifically successful seller. Chaps, are we in the tin top? I was just about to say that. Yeah. Um I think we might be. So Tony Adams personal best there is the the first of the tin tops with Tim Tim Elmer’s Alpine coming next. You’re absolutely right. We’re into the tin tops. Oh, very good. Now they’re trying to trick us. You see they do that these uh timing officials. Yeah. Tips this Alpine in beautifully to bottom S. Really compliant suspension. That’s what they’re famous for. But he’s done a few modifications. Has to Tim Tim Elma. But he’s no stranger to hill climbing. The little 1.8 8 L turbocharged. No weight in this car. Crosses the line and his time is a 341. Presumably there isn’t a handicap element in this. It’s just just straight up straight times, isn’t it? 3410. Not quite as quick as his qualifying run, which was a 3349. Now we got Robert Lancaster Gay and Robert is back in the 911. And we got a red flag for some reason. He did a lot of hill climbing in a GT3 911 with the uh rear engine. Then he bought a a Cayman GT4 Cayman which he said he absolutely loved. But for some reason, maybe the Cayman’s misbehaving, he’s entered the 911 for this meeting. Well, he still managed to get into the uh runoff, so doesn’t seem to have hampered him too much. Famously, Robert Lancaster Gay had a uh GT3 RS 4 L. Now, if you know what one of those is, 997.2 GT3 RS4 L. Uh and it would quite often I think I think it was probably spurred on by the fact they are worth a little bit of money. And uh you’d walk up to it and you go, “Is that is that a GT3 RS4 L?” Cuz they are quite rare. And uh and he’s actually got to a point where he got the plate Y 54 O RS and I think it read yes a 4 L and cuz I think he must have been so fed up of people walking up to going is that a real 4 liter and it was but I don’t know whether still got it or not but it was very cool to see that car being used in anger. It’s like people with a Cobra and people spend their life tapping it to see if it’s aluminium or glass fiber. Yeah, absolutely. Well, is it a real one? So yeah, exactly. Exactly. Well, I always I can always tell the real ones from the from the when they got the knockoffs, but like you know when they got the real knockoff wheels versus they’ve got like fake knockoffs with five. But you know, Cobra’s a go. You’re not going to have a bad time, are you? Now, why is Robert retreating from the line and the Porsche behind him also doing the same. Well, I’m wondering this because I wonder if they’re out of line, out of they’re being called in the wrong order perhaps cuz Tony Adams has done a personal best. He’s done a 32.9, but then so’s Tim Elmer personal best with a 34.1. That wouldn’t technically make sense cuz if they personal bests surely they would be uh well that’s crazy because they they qualify quicker than that. Yeah. So I’m not sure whether we got like a personal best machines being a bit generous but uh but who knows the um strangely there’s one red flag out but not on the whole hill just down at um down at Kennel. It could be that there are uh motorsport UK rules about the timing for the uh top 12 runoff. Oh, he’s heard me and he’s put his flag in. Yep. We will never know. I think I I shamed the marshals into Yes, I think so. Here comes Robert. I’ve never seen him in a a red 911 before. So yeah, Robert Lancaster Gay next up with 32.9 as the current uh fastest time in this top 10 runoff. Good start. 2.45 45. So here’s big Porsche coming up now towards crossing. Good neat line through the crossing up towards the kink and then on towards bottom S. Yeah, really special car. This this is the 997.2 GT3. Last of what the uh factory manual cars. Nice narrow bodies, beautiful through the S’s. Lots of driver confidence. Very nice car indeed. Just misses a gear. That will have cost him a little tenth or two, but he’s across the line and his time is a 3326. That puts him second overall currently. Tony Adams 329. Tim Elmer. What did Tim do? He did 341. Yeah. Here comes Paul Hows. Howling up the hill. Tim Elmer 341. [Music] sugated a 3326 is going past me. The very noisy uh engine in the back of that Porsche. Yeah, absolutely fantastic thing. Air cold in the back of this one. Very sure you not want to wait to s specifically made for hill climbing. Flashes through the S’s. Pops it through the gears across the line. 31 91 3191. So quickest so far in this runoff. Next up should be Richard Andrews, car number 34 it is. He’s off the line having qualified with the 3218. Great start. Lovely noise. Yeah, we’ve got a quite a big bunch of Porsches in this top 10 runoff it seems. And yeah, proving their worth definitely. And lots of curb at the kink. Absolutely. Yeah. flashes through his 500 brake horsepower 91 GT3 RS engine in this car they wouldn’t make as he modulates the throttle on the exit as a bit of under steer crept in but beautifully balanced using all of that power in the PDK box to get across the line 3226 3226 not quite as quick as his qualifying 3218 Rodney Isles next here he is car number 40 qualified with 3178 Whisper acquired. Yeah. So 3191 is still the time to beat Paul Howell’s run at going up. Yes. As you say, rather understated noise after the past couple of Porsches. Well, there’s a reason for that. That’s because this is a 911 turbo. So this is a uh 683 horsepower. If it’s been it’s an S as well, so it’s going to have Yeah. Best part of 600 horsepower with this thing. Four-wheel drive. PDK box. Perfect for it across the line. 3171 3171 So fractionally quicker into top slot goes Rodney Isles on the line. Damian Bradley in this amazing Subaru. 800 horsepower in this Subaru Leg. It’s just come back from Pikes Peak. Yeah. Yeah. Well, this this course is a blinking compared to the Pikes Peak course, but uh still takes lots of concentration wiggling all over the place as he goes up through crossing and towards the bottom already. Absolutely. Yeah, those AE turbos working really, really well. Damian takes always takes a load of curve four wheel drifting through the S’s. Come on, Damian. 800 horsepower going through those wheels. What can he do? Tag him in Team Legacy UK if you follow him on Instagram. Fantastic across the line 887. How about that? Yeah, incredible run. That’ll do. Yeah. So, easily in the top spot currently. 2887. Yes. Uh, impressive stuff. What can Steven Moore do in the Mitsubish Evo? So, the Evo comes into view. Doesn’t look as quick currently, but he’s got some good split times. He’s not that far off Damian Bradley’s time. We’ll see whether he can pick up some in the later part of the run. Absolutely. Yeah, mate. You see a little bit of power, but certainly a beautifully put together car this evening with Steven driving it. He flashes it through that very trick gearbox. Big pop of black motors. There’s loads of fuel going in across the line. 30.41. Well, it’s a good run nonetheless, but second place is all he currently has. We’ll see how that pans out with the last couple of runners on the line. Steven Darly in this Subaru with very attractive body modifications. 25 off the line. Yes, this wide body Subaru here and lots of grip, lots of power and little bit of a wall as he heads towards the kink where it gets upset, but he’s off into bottom S. Absolutely. Yeah. Takes a bit of just like Damian. This car shares the same underneath mechanical as the Legacy. All beat the Subaru body. Steven’s out of top S already feeds him all that power across the line. 2878 2878. How about that? Well done, Steven. You deserve it. That’s a fantastic drive, mate. Well done. Yeah, just popping himself into top so far. We’ll see. One runner left. Then here he comes, Simon Bainbridge in this Audi V8 powered selfdesigned, self- constructed car. Yeah, a lot of engineering work gone on this. You can see all the arrow and suspension at the front. It’s designed for one thing only and that’s what it’s doing. Yeah, it’s an absolute monster. This car in every definition of the sense turns it through. Turns it out. Manages a little bit of over steer. Come on, Simon. This is great to see. It’s going to be really, really close. He qualified quicker than these times. He’s done it. 2819. 2819. Fantastic from Simon Brainbridge. Brilliant run off that. Fantastic chaps. Yeah, all those top three there all within about a second of each other. Great running Steven Darly. Brilliant time for him. 28.78. That’s a personal best. He’s really getting to grips with the Red Baron as they call it. So brilliant to see that. But Simon Babbridge ultimately on the day went a bit quicker. So that’s our top 10. 10 top 10. Yeah, great running there and really close competition which is what we always like to see. And uh hopefully the same for the uh British Hill Climb Top 12 runoff which will be happening very shortly. I still don’t have a printed a print out of who’s in our runoff. So they usually that’s delivered hand delivered prior well prior to the event. So I keep my fingers crossed otherwise we’re we’re guessing. I’m sure it’ll arrive shortly. But uh yeah, great one. Just a bit of context for you. So the record here for a tin top was Damian Bradley set it last year 27.77. Um, so he was just slightly off his record today, but Simon Brainbridge in with a whisper. Maybe he can do something later on. Who knows? But I’ll be interested to find out if Billy is listening, what he feels is different this year to last year. Maybe a bit of confidence after his issue this morning. But either way, great runoff. Really, really impressive from Simon, Steven, uh, and all of our runners in in that class. Actually, that was fantastic. Really enjoyed that. Um, single seats next chaps. Yep. They’re getting their cars ready. Fettling. Changing the wheels. Best tires on. [Music] So, we’ll get our running order pretty soon. Presumably Sean Gould and Matthew are sharing. So, one of them will go up and then come straight back down. I think I could probably help you out if uh if you’d like me to. I found a uh a list of runners and riders if you’d like a a run through. Yeah, please if you would. So, uh we’ve got Shan G. He qualified with a 23.50. Zack Zamit a 24.86. Got David Uren in there as well with a 24.42. Graeme Win, he qualified with a 24.39. He’ll be the only 160 over the line hopefully. Trevor Willis with a 24.31. David Wbertton with a 24.21. Paul Hayes 24.11. Jack Kotrrell 23.91. Wallace Mangis 23.46. Matthew Ryder with a 23.12. And then Will Hall qualified in first position for Aronaut. He will go last. And he qualified with the only time into the 22s by a fraction 22.99. So, will Will Hall get himself a runoff win here? He’s had a couple of runoff wins this year already, which was great to see. Can he get another one? I think your favorites are going to be in there with going to be between Will, Matthew, Alex, and Wallace, but Sean could spring a surprise. Let’s see. Let’s see. Keep in the back of your mind what the Hill record is. Absolutely. It’s in the 22s. It’s a 2237 and it’s existed for the last four years. Well, since August 2021, that was an amazing day. It was It was broken three times, wasn’t it? Amazing. Yeah. In a row. Yeah. The conditions are, I would say, just about perfect. Maybe the track’s a little bit dusty, but we’ll see how these guys get on. So, Sean Gold will kick us off. He’ll go up trying to beat his 2350. You were absolutely right when you said Split Point would be in the low 24s. Well, apart from Zach who did a 2486. You’re absolutely right. Yeah, we lost Alex as well who they’re just I think he’s just about to jump back in the car and they’re going to uh he’s going to be pushed back down the hill now in his car. So, we lost I think potentially Alex from Alex Cole from that uh that gaggle of cars as well. Well, nice for Zach to fly over, compete, and get into the runup. He’ll be thrilled. Speaking of which, Chris, I’m not sure whether whether my roving reporter Billy Grace can hear perhaps an enlighten, but I felt like Zach’s car sounded a little off over the line. He still recorded a 2486, but he should be going a bit quicker than he was over the line. I kind of felt it sounded a little off. So, I’m not sure. Is he Was it Zach, whose finishing speed slumped right down to 107? It was like 107, but he should be going across the line at 12530. So, so I and it it sounded a little off. So, I’m I’m hoping it was a minor issue. Um, an electrical issue, gremlin perhaps that can be solved quickly. So, it would be great to know if anybody’s in the paddock and can let me know at top box if uh or just let any of us commentators know. Are we looking forward to Zack Zamit in the uh in the uh the runoff? Be great to see if we are massive. Just look at the work. So flags coming in. What can you see in the in the paddock? Chris can’t see any movement towards the start of the start line. Red flag is still out, but it’s shortly I think to come in. I can’t see a uh a sight of Sha Gould in the beautiful GR59. He should be coming out of the Here he comes out of the side paddock. Happy helpers pushing him up towards the start. Well, towards the pre-start line. Car number one appropriately. See if you can see what tires he’s got on. Are they brand new Novas or what? They’re getting a good clean coming out of the side paddic. He’ll have picked up a lot of of uh [Music] small stones on. They need wiping off. Here he comes. Spin those rear wheels. Get them warm and clean. Get a bit of heat into the front brakes. So, here we go. Lined up. Sean lined up right over on the right hand side of the start line. Needs to go back a fraction to line up with the timing beam, which he has done. Visor down. Engine running cleanly. He’s revved it a few times. Waiting for the green light to go green. You can’t see it. I can’t see it, but it’s there in the timing hut. Here we go. Will his 64 ft be in the ones? He stalled the engine. Shouts for the battery to come up. that one after the other. Is that Anthony Lane coming up? Battery run. Well, somebody running up. Uh, Matthew Ryder. Now, why it stopped and stalled? Well, you made the point earlier, Chris, that, you know, these cars don’t have flywheel. So, the the the margin for error is uh is is very difficult when you are leaving the line. Obviously, this is Sha’s car. He designed and built it. Um, so he knows this better than anyone else. He does. Why is it being difficult to restart it? That’s the burning question. It would be very sad if uh Sean and Matthew don’t get a a go at this runoff. That would be awful. Quite right. But the uh Yeah, absolutely. And and again, in the spirit of of hill climbing is everybody wants a fair fight. you know, it won’t be a any no one will be rubbing their hands together that uh that a potential favorite for the runoff there will be missing out. But uh but it does it does create opportunity. So Alex and Will will be uh obviously they’ll be the first to ask if there’s any anything they can do to help. And for some reason we got a red flag on the start line. Is it coming back in? Yes, it is. So that’s encouraging and a bit of a wave. So the hill is active and open. Tires are being cleaned. Suspense, isn’t it? It’s the suspense of the runoff. Do you think this is all showmanship? Oh, absolutely not. No, I think I think Shan would have much rather left the line by now to be honest. Yes. I wonder how many more GR59s are being built. Of course, the good question. The economy doesn’t really help, does it? No, but if he breaks the record now, I suspect that might help an order or two. Well, the engine’s running fineish. Yep. Getting some heat again into the rear tires and into the front brakes as well. Lining up with the timing beam. One little girl asked her dad, “What’s that thing they’re putting under the car on the end of a stick? Is it a mirror in great case of bombs? So much you can say. That would certainly liven up the sport a bit, wouldn’t it? Oh, no. It’s not happy at all. Soon as Sha tries to get some power out of the engine, it it objects. Try again. And of course, they got very complex traction control. which sometimes gets grumpy. The last thing you want to do as well is Oh, it sounds promising. That’s better. 1.94. Brilliant start finally for sure. Yes. Pushes it to the edge as he goes through Kennel and right the way to the barriers through crossing as well. Yeah. And he’s hard on the brakes. turns it in through bottom. Nice and neutral. He’s out top already. Little bit of direction there, but he’s going through the gears now. All that power crosses the line. 2318 for Sha. It’s not giving us intermediate times. The computer’s gone on strike a bit. We get the start 1.94 and then the overall time 2318. We don’t know the speed over the crossing over the finishing line. And it’s a good start though, isn’t it? That’s certainly a good target time for everyone else. Give that computer a good kick. Needs it. Next up will be well, next up will be Shan coming back down and then Zack Zamit will line up. Empire Wraith. So, how much uh time do you think is lost by the uh the mindset not being there after those issues on the line? Well, yes, it does certainly doesn’t help because you’re starting worrying about the engine. Is it going to is it going to fail again? It’s certainly a consideration, but at the same time, it’s not Sha’s first rodeo, is it? I suppose he’s still he’s still just punched out of 23.18, which is not going slow. I mean, when you think about it, you think about the difference between his record of 22.37. If you click your fingers, you’re clicking them straight away, aren’t you? That’s the difference in time between the, you know, so 23.18 looks like a long way away, doesn’t it? compared to 22.37, but there’s it’s less than a second. So, can we see coming down? Yes. Yes, he’s on his way. He’s on his way. If you look at the screen in the courtyard. Yeah, it’s great to have that big screen in the courtyard and of course the live streaming on Hill Climb TV as well. Yeah, we can spend the whole evening watching it and cringing at our mistakes. I’ve not noticed any mistakes yet. You’ve been asleep or something? Yeah, mostly. So, Sean just about back down to the bottom of the hill and then it’ll be Matthew Ryder going up 11th. So, plenty of time to relax, get Matthew installed and comfortable, change the wheels if necessary, but here comes Zach’s car up to the pre-start line using manpower at the moment. Tires are clean. Get that engine started, Zach. It is interesting. Only one warm up on the way to the line. In my day, tires were much harder. Of course, we used to have to do sort of half a dozen pre-starts to try and get some heat into the tires to the great expense of our drive of our drive shafts. And uh here we go. Zap is on his way. 2.25. The engine doesn’t sound right to me. So just coming up now towards crossing. And yeah, it doesn’t seem to be flat out as he was earlier. Certainly seems to be um much much down. Yeah, I called it earlier as he went over the line. It didn’t sound right at all. Not happy. This car turbocharged car this. He’s certainly running on three cylinders unfortunately. Still going to make it to the finish line. Um, but a real shame for Zachi come all this way and uh uh had a little car trouble, but it happens. So shame. 30.83. What a shame. That’s disappointing. 30.83. What did Short do? 2318. At least we got our intermediate times back on the computer screen. David coming to the line. qualified with the 2442. I don’t know how near that is to his personal best or personal best. I’m not sure. Famous car in a much more attractive color now than it was when uh when it was winning hill climb championships. As far as I remember, it was a sort of gray, wasn’t it? Well, we all know red is faster. Yeah, absolutely. So, on the screen, nicely started. 1.96 64 ft. Yeah, David coming through very very using all of the track there. Absolutely flying through the kink. Yeah, quick into sight. Little over rotation there as he exits. He’s flat out top late on the throttle, but that’s absolutely fine. Cross 2338. 2338 is brilliant for David. Yeah, really good time there. Only a little bit slower than Sha’s time. Next up will be Graeme Win. David 137 into bottom S. Wow. 139 over the finishing line. That’s scary. 7.413 through the S’s is a joke. It’s so fast. It is fast. That’s incredible. The computer’s saying personal best for David. Um, but he’s been saying that an awful lot today, so I don’t know actually whether it’s accurate or not. Greg Win attempted to get up to the start line, but the engine failed on him. Plugged in again. Will it start? Will it run? Will it started? Four liter jud plenty of grunt available. Maybe plum. In the middle of the of the track on the start line is Graeme Win. I wonder if he’s picked up his pension this week. Pace for the petrol. Qualified with the 2439. He would he love to get in the 23s. Well, it could be on the cards, couldn’t it? If uh if the track is in the peak performance to be nicely controlled start 2.02. Yeah. Runs a little bit wide. almost clips the barriers on the exit of Kennel but carries on four regardless all the way up to bottom S. Yeah, into sight now. Turns it left into bottom. Gets a little bit of a wiggle there. Useful that top. What are you going to do across the line? Uh 2454 for Graeme. 2454 150 finishing speed. It’s fast enough, isn’t it? It’s interesting how David Uran his time 39 across the finishing line is quite down compared to lots of the others. But his actual overall run was uh very good. Yeah. But look at his timing through the air. Yeah. Yeah. It’s amazing, isn’t it? 7.41 is brilliant. Now, who’ve we got? We’ve got Trevor Willis. There’s a reason why he won the Hill Climb Championship three times. It’s because he’s a brilliant driver. Even if he’s a little bit down on power with a 3.2 2 L engine 1.97 off the line. Yeah, a little bit of a wiggle through Kennel. Sparks flying as he goes up through the kink and into bottom S. Yeah, absolutely. With me now, Trevor is a fantastic driver as you can see there from the car control in and out of bottom top S. He’s already through towards the finish. 2395 2395. Good improvement on his qualifying time. currently third quickest. David Warbert with the smallest engine in the runoff, I think. And no, Paul Hayes 1300, isn’t it? I think I think Paul Haynes is turbocharged. David David will have the least power. Yeah. Of any car cuz David’s car is not turbocharged. So Paul Haynes will still have about 400 horsepower in his well in his car. Dave is going to be 250ish. 2 seconds exactly. And a lovely line into kennel. Yeah, maybe down on power, but it’s a tiny lightweight little machine. So, it really does fly already in bottom S. Absolutely. David is completely committed under steering through a really lean actually. Very nice address on the throttle on the exit of top S. Let’s see what he can do across the line. Going well. 2426. 2426. fractionally slower than his qualifying time of 2421. Always very committed is David. Always flat through Kendallan crossing which is just frightening. Yeah, we were just saying it down here. He sounded like he was absolutely flat for this whole section. Yeah, he will be absolutely fantastic. We were talking about Paul Hayes. Well, here he comes. 1300cc turbo. Is it turbocharged or supercharged? It is turbocharged. It’s producing masses of power. Now, the power comes in fairly low down, I think. Yeah. Well, obviously it’s a low capacity engine, so it doesn’t need masses of boost. It just needs that extra tickle at the, as you say, at the bottom of the RPM range. And then, obviously, the the the natural uh rev ability of the bike engine will take hold. So, together it uh it’s quite a I mean, imagine it in a motorbike. People have done that. It’s unbelievable. Incredible. Power toweight ratio can hardly work it out. Here comes Paul. Nicely controlled start. Two seconds exactly. Same as David Warbertton. Yeah, it looks very very smart. And I uh I do like the look of this car as it’s zooming his way up to bottom already. Yeah, Paul is always super super smooth as he is in bottom. Perfect demonstration from Paul and how you do the Ses. That’s fantast 2386 for Paul. Good improvement. 131 149 for Paul over the finish with 1300cc is just amazing. Okay, it’s got lots of power thanks to plenty of turbo boost. Who’s up next is Jack Cautrol. Jack’s having a great season. Really getting the hang of this car and enjoying it very much, which is how it should be. What can he do off the line? 2.01. Lovely. Good stuff. We had a little bit of lift there into K through absolutely flat as he goes through 12. Yeah. How we getting on, Jack? Lovely. That’s it. Just cl the back. He’s cost him some time. He’s actually clear in the back there. No harm done, but it just shoved the front of the car across. That will have cost him time. He’ll be annoyed. He will. 24-32. 2432. He’ll be very annoyed. Well, I say annoyed. He’s He’s not a massively emotionally uh complex individual, but uh but yeah, he he will he will go he’ll just say, “Yes, I’ll click the bank. It it cost me some time.” 139 over the line. Wallace Ming is qualified fourth with a 2346. Can he get to the top of the tree and beat Will Hall’s 2299? That would be amazing. But watch him off the line. His starts are incredibly smooth and neat. Yeah, he’s the quickest to 64 foot mark, isn’t he? Generally speaking. Yeah. Beautifully controlled. 1.9. Yeah. Fully in control as he comes through here. Four time champion for a reason. Absolutely flying his way up through the kink and into bottom. Yeah, absolutely. Wallace is going to have his best tires on. Best head on. Let’s see. Beautiful. That’s it. Let’s see. 700 horsepower unleashed. Is he going to do a 22 second run? 231. 2310. Oof. Boys talks a lot at the moment, doesn’t it? It does indeed. Now, Alex only doing this season, but it doesn’t seem so competing in the Brit Championship. USA. He’s decided that the left hand side of the start line is got more grip than the rest. He might be right. He’s having a great time driving the electric spearing as well. 1.88. That’s the quickest I’ve seen. I think 1.88 off the line. Yeah, absolutely. So launch and see very close to the barriers here. Crossing. Absolutely. Alex gets the absolute maximum potential available. This car has been useful in the two straight out top there. Lovely little controlled power slide on the exit. He’s feeding it into gears. He’s going to cross the line. 2325 2325. I wonder if the tire I wonder if there’s a tire limitation. It feels like the course is in good nick. But I wonder if the tires are maybe not quite happy or there it’s too hot maybe. I don’t know. There was a bit of um smoke or dust or something coming out the back of that car. Methanol. I think you’ll find it could have been. Yeah, it be methanol. Um, I wonder they with the limitation on tires, we don’t know whether these guys are running their very best for this or saving them for the afternoon’s runoff or whatever. You know, there’s a whole mixture of factors at play there. I think I think you just you run with your best setup for a runoff because it’s where the points are given. So, so I think you you give it the best you can in every so you can’t take a chance to not be flat out. I wouldn’t have thought now. And I’m pretty sure uh Matt Ryder is on new tires. They have a new set ready to go which uh they’ve brought along. So I think um he’s certainly got good rubber to use. He qualified with the 2312. He’d love to be in the 22s and might well get there. 1.86 quickest quicker than Alex off the line. Fantastic start through crossing. Powering his way up now. flat out through the kink. Certainly looks like he’s up on the splits at the moment. So, what’s that going to do? So, beautiful through the S’s really quick. Visibly quicker that I can see. I think he’s going well. What’s he going to cross line with? 2284. 2284. It’s the quickest we’ve seen so far. That’s a very quick run. That’s quite similar to Will Hall’s time, isn’t it, that he qualified with. Will did 22.99 to qualify with. So, under Yeah. So very very quick, but I’d love to see I think everybody would love to see a Will Hall win at Shelley. So let’s see what he can do. Yeah, it’s a big ask though, I think, at this point, isn’t it? It is if he’s got his best tires on. Let’s see. Will has been driving the wheels off this gold. So fingers crossed. Let’s hope that hope he can uh pull it together for his runoff run. We’ve had a few uh guys win this year that haven’t uh you know necessarily been in the top runners in the past. So, it’s great to see a few others getting their names, those stickers on the wings. Lots of pointing going on. Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. Has he crossed the line? Is he No, he didn’t. He didn’t move. We just switched off. But the before that there was a lot of pointing as if the timing beam was giving trouble which has brought Roger Warren out onto his knees again. That’s unfortunate for Will because getting all geared up to go and then have to switch off. It’s a shame. You’re quite right. Yeah, absolutely. Mind you, he’s a cool character. He should. Oh, mentally he won’t. Yeah, he’ll be absolutely fine. But it’s just the case. Is the car cooling down as he’s losing the temperature from his tires? These are all things that’ll be going through his mind. But ultimately, I think Will’s one of those kind of people that uh we’ve got a course car going down the going down the the hill. Not entirely sure why. Um but Will is the kind of character that uh he’ll reset. He’ll go through his process again. He quite rightly entitled to. So we go through all the same processes again to get the car going, warm it up. Um, obviously these are very expensive engines in the backs of these things, so they have to be uh babyed. So, um, yeah, I I think I think when when it all gets back up and running again, the delay won’t won’t fuss will. He’ll just flip the visor shut and go and do what he does. But unfortunate timing, Chris, as you say, he’s getting a nice cooling fan to cool him down a bit. Keep the car hot, but him cool. Course car. Can’t see it coming down. Yeah, the uh the this Sanong truck just left. Yeah, I think it’s it’s stopped at um the Kink. All right. Okay. Is it off the course? Yes, it’s pulled off at the kink. The little marshall post there. Uh possibly just moving um people around a bit. So, are they starting Will’s engine? Not quite yet. He’s still getting a cooling airirstream. Remember [Music] he qualified with a 2299 course record 225. Say it again. 22.37 37. Yeah. Yeah. I think it all come down to the tires Will Hall has. Does he have a decent set that’s got a bit more time in them or uh has Matt Ryder sort of stolen a march? He will have his best tires on. Yeah, but did he have his best tires on earlier? Unlikely. They would have all they would have all gone with with their their used set of whatever they’ve got and they’ll they’ll save the best tires for runoffs. It’s whether they’ve got best tires by this point of the year. There’s um limited tires out there. Um, so we’ll um I don’t know uh what Will’s situation is, but I know others are having to mix and match brands and uh compounds and all sorts. I think it’s a case of what works, what doesn’t and and uh what they feel. It’s all about feel and confidence, isn’t it? Yeah, that’s why the Hooers have not really been seen. They were tried out a few times and people have said they just weren’t that keen on them for whatever reason. Yeah. Our live stream is looking into the sunshine. So, we can’t see the text on the outside of the tires. We’re now down sun. So we if we if our camera were to focus on the tires, we might see which ones they are. Air blowing into the radiator to stop the excess heat getting up to the top of the radiator. all this trouble and expense for 22 seconds of uh of car racing. It doesn’t make sense. Well, no, of course it makes sense. It’s It’s not about sense necessarily, is it? I think motorsport isn’t uh isn’t for those with their head heads screwed on, right? in many many respects. I’m sure somebody’s told me that sort of pounds per mile, you know, costwise uh hill climbing is more expensive than Formula 1. About 10 times more exciting though. Uh I certainly prefer it. Even though there’s no overtaking in hill climbing, it still manages to be more exciting. There’s very little in F1. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. So, uh, let’s get this car started. Yeah. What can we see, Chris? What what’s happening? Is there a meeting happening? There’s a lot of discussion around the car cooling off air being blown into the radiator. I don’t know if Will’s waiting for someone else to tell him to start the car or he’s decided to delay it a bit longer, get the temperatures right. Now I have the ambulances moving down here. Um I don’t suppose for anything on track, but maybe they’re using this time um just to rearrange themselves. Uh but I don’t know whether there’s um a reason they’re shifting around. So maybe that’s our delay. Let’s see. It has been known to that we’ve had the odd medical emergency in the crowd and uh it is a hot day. Remember to have an ice cream and drink a drink. Stay hydrated. Yeah, that’s what I’m wondering whether one of the ambulances on the infield had flashing lights, the others just make its way up the hill. Um so I wonder whether there’s been uh you know something alongside the track rather than on the track. Um and they’re dealing with that. That can sometimes delay things. Well, in heat like this, it’s not uncommon for spectators to suffer. Of course, we had a delay a couple of weeks ago here, didn’t we, with the uh the fish and chip van um which wasn’t uh wasn’t on track, but it’s certainly made much of a spectacle. Yes, the burger van caught a light, caught very light and took a lot of getting the thing under control, including Oh, Will is getting out of the car. H. Now, why is that happening? Yes, the ambulance has uh just stopped off where the Marshall’s car was. So, I think it might be a uh a crowd related problem rather than a track related problem. So, I think that might be the issue. And um probably uh Will’s been told it might be a few minutes. So, he’s um having a bit of a comfort break. Ice cream for the drivers, maybe. We’ve got some messages. Awesome to see the level of broadcasting for the British Hill Climb Championship. We don’t even have live streams at most of the state level events here in Australia. Well, you will eventually someone will pick up the idea, but we are very lucky. Thanks for that message. We are very lucky to have Richard Dami doing such an awesome job producing our live streams. Another one. See, Clifffield, time for me to go to bed. What? Massive thanks to Hill Climb TV for once again providing awesome coverage. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Well, if you’re going to bed now, you must be somewhere uh way east of here. Thanks anyway for the message, Cliff. He’s going to miss all the good stuff. I know. Don’t go to bed yet. Well, don’t go to sleep yet. Usually, we get more messages than this. We haven’t had very many. Uh there were used to be a gang of people in Maryland in the states who would I think get together for breakfast to watch live stream uh British Hill Climb TV. Well, there’s lots of chat on the YouTube forum. I think Rich just puts up occasional ones. So, um there’s probably lots more comments going on, but we don’t necessarily see them all. Right. So, unless we’ve uh uh arrived at the conclusion already, it’s already been discussed. I have just been chatting. It does sound like there’s a medical emergency happening at the moment in the crowd. So, uh that’ll all be taken care of. Um it’s a hot day today. So, um yeah, Will’s obviously just going to be sat at the side of his car just uh waiting a bit of for a bit of time. So, we’ll see what uh see how he goes. Um yes, unfortunate timing cuz um 25 seconds later, it would have all been over and done within lunch break. Can’t plan these things. No, exactly. It’s it’s unfortunate. Hopefully um whatever the emergency is will be dealt with soon. So, what would you all like to talk about then? What’s your favorite color? Hang on. British Bill watching live in Fort Worth, Texas. Great stream. It is a great stream. Uh that’s a picture of you, isn’t it? Uh not a little word, not a little word for French. Tom Reedinger. Yes, Tom lives in part of France with a German name, Müster, I think. Watching from the pool in Florida. It’s all very well, Nicholas. I hope you don’t get joined by an alligator or a python. I think we could uh on days like this possibly have pools installed in our commentary booth. That would be nice. Good. Hello from Gernzie in the Channel Islands. We Well, we got a a Gernzy man. Well, a Channel Islander doing really well. Andy Borgot, you and Robert. Thanks for the message. What’s your a little word for the French? We There’s one for you. Yeah, that’s little enough, isn’t it? Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah, we are having a few people. I think the weirdest place we ever had somebody watch this live stream was like he was like, “I’m on an oil rig and it was somewhere miles away.” Well, I think there’s a chap in the North Sea oil rigs who regularly tunes in. I’ve I’ve seen messages from him in the past. So, hello to all of those on oil rigs. We had one from a guy on an oil tanker just off Fremantle in Australia. Yeah, that’s cool. That’s very cool. DVD 1980 watching from the members area on the hill. Well, you don’t need just to put up a a banner, save on electricity. Yeah, it’s good though that you can watch sort of the whole run from your seat in the grand stands. Let’s have a look. Who can we see? Who can we see in the How much longer is the racing on for? Well, it’s on for the rest of the day because we’ve got to finish this runoff. We’ve got to have a quick lunch and then we do it all over again from the start. I I was just thinking how um oh it’s the end of the day and then I thought no it’s not it’s only halfway through you know having a run off it was uh my mind had gone to end of day already. So Ollie you’ve got all afternoon to watch it and probably into the evening as well. I I almost have half Billy’s having Billy Grace is down in the paddic having flashbacks of the 7:00 finish from last time. I think it’s it’s it’s it’s all coming back. It’s happening again. It’s happening again. The racing is on Yeah. all day, isn’t it? This Thank you. Hill Climb TV and all involved. I love having Morning Motorsport here in Sugarland, Texas. Wow. It’s great to say thank you. And don’t forget everybody to like, subscribe, and support the channel as best you can cuz that’s what keeps uh Rich Dani coming along is, you know, the support from people who are viewing. Duty, what an event. This is just up the road from me. No idea why I’m not there. Well, come next time. Supporting next year. Count me in. Come now, if you’re only up the road, you’ll have you’ll still have the opportunity to get in and watch a whole afternoon’s worth of racing. You’ll see the whole you’ll see everything again. Indeed. But Chelsea, well, people forget this is the oldest motor racing track in the world. Is very little change from how it was in 1905. Hi from Canada, says Frank 16. Hi, Frank. Yeah, glad that you’re not letting a certain president dominate Canada. John Fitzgerald tuning in from Scotland, halfway between Dune and Forestburn Hills. Oh, hi. The new Thank you, John. Can we Can we have uh do you think by the end of this if you are watching this and you haven’t subscribed, please can you subscribe because we want to get to 22,000 subscribers, which would be great. And also a word for our Facebook and Instagram. Do follow us and tag us at Shelley Walsh on Instagram and Facebook cuz we’re going to have lots of cool videos, lots of cool photos. We want to see them all. There’s Will looking frustrated. His hair’s gone gray just this morning, I think. So, he’ll be anxious. Well, not anxious, but he’ll be keen to get on board. Annie Goodyear gives him a message. You won’t be long will. And he climbs on board. So, yeah, the ambulance is making its way back down the hill now. So hopefully that means that they’ve um been able to deal with the emergency uh and uh everything’s good. I actually Nick, I love Sunday morning hill climbs here in North Carolina. Yes. I mean you do have hill climbs in America. Watching stream from South Africa, Formula V Pinet. Uh I don’t know what American hill climbing is like, whether it’s more European style. Well, it is if it’s Pikes Peak. It’s not as uh not as common in America, I don’t believe. Um they uh they have a few like Pikes Peak, but it’s not um not as widespread, I don’t think. Heihei from Norway. Goose from Norway. I hope it tastes nice. And watching from on the combine harvester. Great coverage as always. Well, I hope you’re still going in straight lines, James. There’s a combine I can see in the fields just opposite. I wonder if it’s him uh whether he’s uh pining to be over on this side of the valley. Steven Meredith, fantastic live stream. Visited many times over the last 30 plus years. First time watching the stream from the sofa in Hails Owen. Well, you’re not far away. Jump in the car and come and watch the afternoon. Hi from sunny Shropshire with an earshot of Loten Park. Well, I don’t know if there’s anything going on at Loten Park this afternoon. Not this weekend, I don’t believe. It’s a lovely hill. It’s very pretty. get deer rushing across just to add to the fun. And uh don’t forget folks, there are more events happening here in hills all over the country. So uh if you’re watching this and you think that’s brilliant, I’d like to see that. You don’t have to wait till next year. Probably just next weekend there’ll be something. Adrien Marge says, “Anyone know what is the lowest powered car that has ever made it into a runoff?” Oo, I don’t know. But there was a period, do you remember when sort of u souped up go-karts were the thing and then they got banned by the uh motorsport? Well, the RAC in those days and it was a guy from Gernzi whose name escapes me who produced the first of them. Effectively, they were sprung go-karts with that thing with the little the six wheel thing with they’ve got like four wheels on the back. Yeah, the six wheels was to try and get around the rule of banning them cuz they were saying, “Oh, it’s not a go-kart anymore.” But I don’t know how that works. The the wheelbase is too short. They put a trailer on the back. But yeah, that was a workound. That didn’t really work, I think. No. Right. We’ll get those gloves on. Good to keep the sun off. Let’s hope the engine starts. It hasn’t uh had a heat sink problem. Uh our start line marshals are waiting anxiously with the bomb mirror. Now get that engine going, Will, and see if you can beat 2284. Yeah, that would be incredible if uh if Will can manage a uh mid22 run. That would be uh something special, wouldn’t it? It really would. It really would. Battery plugged in, engine fires up. We’ll be going again very shortly. [Music] It’s an AAN tire on the back. Last year’s best tires. Right, here we go. Final runner in our morning runoff. Well, I said morning kind of extended morning 1.94. Yeah, already through Kennel up through Ky absolutely flying his way through the king towards the bottom S. Absolutely. Slightly down on the splits by the looks of it. Let’s have a good sector from you. Thank you very much. He does indeed deliver that very very quick. It’s going to be close. Is he going to do it? 20. No, 233. 2330. A good run nonetheless. It can’t have helped sitting there for all that time, can it? It certainly can’t have helped. No. So, unfortunately, in the end, he uh he ends up about fifth or something. Uh so uh yeah it possibly that was the psychological effect rather than the physical of the car or anything. So our only runner in the 22s is Matthew Ryder with a 2284. He collects the maximum points as Zach with a 30.83. That was rather sad. Car was failing clearly. Uh doesn’t get a point now. Hopefully Zach can sort whatever the issue is out on that um cuz it was such a promising start to the day. Well, next up uh we will have Billy Grace doing a lunchtime paddock walk. So, don’t go anywhere. Do keep it do keep watching. Um because Billy will Billy is Mr. Hill Climbing. He’s uh he’s son of David Grace, a multiple champion and he knows everybody. He’s grown up around the paddic. So, he he is he is the Martin Rundle. He will get the information for anybody that we need. It’ll be an interesting lunchtime walk. That’ll be our lunchtime live stream. I will talk to you after lunch or after I think Billy will then take over the commentary from Vox Villa. Anyway, enjoy your lunch. Indeed. Well, hello everybody. Thank you for sticking with us for the end of the runoff. Unfortunately, had a little bit of a That’s all right. You all right? Yeah. Hot. Felt a little bit sorry for Will there. Cat. Hello, Dad. You all right? Okay. We’re in there for food. Okay. Is it? Yeah. I’m just about to do the the walk around, so I’ll see you after that. Emma’s in there, by the way. How we doing? Don’t forget folks, give these guys a round of applause as they come back down. Well done to all of them. Fantastic run. Great to see you. Excellent. Hello everybody. Welcome to Chelsea Welsh. Welcome to the start line. Thank you for sticking with us. I know that the end of the runoff there was slightly delayed. We had uh a timing glitch and then a bit of a medical emergency that had to be seen to here on the hill. But uh what a fantastic runoff. It was extremely close between well Matt had a little bit of a of a cushion into the 22s, but four or five drivers in the low 23s. Really really close between uh Sha and Wallace and uh Alex. Uh so really really close between all of them. So, let’s go and see if we can find them. Uh, Rich, if you pan around, you can just see the top of the hill and cars just starting to return. Uh, so we’ll try and find a few more yet to come. That’s Will. So, he’ll probably be the last car back down given this the last car up. You got to feel for Will Hall, bless him, who had to try and in reset and go again. Not easy to get the car in the right operating window, but also tires might have been slightly over temperature by that point, etc. So, very hard to do. Uh, what else have we got to look at? Oh, let’s So over there, that, by the way, is Betty Lane, who is celebrating her, well, I won’t say which birthday. It ends in a zero, but I won’t say the first number. Uh, and Bettyy’s been in the palette for about 60 years, chatting to David Gould, uh, dad of Sha Gould and designer of the Ghouls. I might see if I can go and actually ask David Gould a question. Um, uh, well, let’s wait for Oh, no, Alex is going that way. We’re okay. Sorry, Alex. Um, I’m in the way, but we’ll go and have a chat to uh keep up, Rich. Come on. Uh, we’ll go and find Alex in a minute. Uh, when he’s got out the car, but let’s just see. Do you know what? I’m going to I’m going to say if I can say hello to David Gould. Hello, David. How are you? I just I just thought I’d have to stick a microphone under your nose as you’re here. So, we’re on the stream online. Um, but how’s the day going so far? Well, it’s pretty good for us, I think. Not so good for the timeke keepers really. But no, we were talking about that. There seems to be a a a gremlin. Yes. It it looks as if there’s something going wrong cuz the light doesn’t seem to go green anymore. No. No. And how good is it to see so many of your cars in the runoff? It’s very good. Really satisfying to see that. It’s very satisfying. Yeah. Yeah. And you were you were here when when Sean broke the record. Go on in Sean. Um you What was that like seeing what was that? Fantastic. Fantastic. Yeah, it was. Yeah, possibly the best day of my life other than my children being born. Good to add that in. Yes, good to add that in. It’s better than mine. That’s nice. That’s lovely. Well, have a great rest of your day. Go well this afternoon, Sean. And uh good to see you, David. Really good to see you. Held up at the start then, wasn’t I? Yeah. Which was disappointing, but uh something they they they weren’t ready, so they they called me up and uh obviously held me there. Got 110 on the water, I So you have to turn it off. So I had to turn it off and then it’s still under 110 on the start line when I left the line. So it kind of puts you off on the run. Yeah. Yeah. I was just a bit angry and I shouldn’t have got angry but you do you know you’re frustrated. Yeah. Still a good time though. It was all right. It could have been quicker. Quite big go this afternoon. Cheers. Cheers. That’s David G and Sean. David obviously he started Gould Engineering with the cars um before Shan took over. David’s designed and engineered. Oh, I must be knocking on the door of 25 championships now. Will, hi. How are you doing? All right. I’m well, mate. You? Yeah. How did you find watching your design up the hill? Uh, it was a bad run that we have an electrical problem with something to do with the powertrain. The engine is not working correctly at the moment. So, nothing Zach can really do about that. Uh, we will be changing the plugs and the the plugs, the coils, and the injectors. So doing a big change and seeing Yeah, we expect to be able to fix it. Excellent. Good. Well, pract in practice he did really well. He was into the 23s which for a little car is quite nice. Yeah. Excellent. Well, go well this afternoon. Thank you. Cheers, Will. Let’s go find some drivers. Let’s go and find our winner first, which is uh Matt uh who is just uh getting his hand shaken by Alex Summers. Uh everyone very hot is having sat up in the uh Oh, look. So, by the way, for those of you who don’t know, you get a sticker every time you win a runoff. It’s all right. We stick the sticker on. You can come to me in a minute. I’ve got someone else to do it. There we go. Stick sticker. Mom is in charge of stickers, is she? Well, not always. This is our first attempt, so I’m glad it’s live on on camera. Yeah. Yeah. We can catch it for all eternity. Yeah. Congratulations. Into the 22. Brilliant run. Yeah. Thank you very much. Yeah. It felt like quite a good run, but you obviously wait for for everyone else to have finished, and it’s a shame for Will to have to have to wait for such a long gap afterwards. I felt for him getting warm in the car ready to to have his finish his his last run to finish the run off. Yeah, that’s not easy, is it? Getting yourself in the zone and then having to do it again. Yeah, definitely really hard. But um but now I’m chuffed with that. It’s a great great result. What we needed and car’s going like a train. Yeah, feeling feeling great. I always I always enjoy it here. It’s it’s definitely an ex an exhilarating thrill is probably how I describe it. So always good fun. Excellent. Well done, mate. Go well this afternoon. Good luck this afternoon for hopefully you never know another win. Let’s go and see. Do you know what? I want to see if we can find uh Simon Banebridge. We’ll come back and do some single seaters. I don’t know how long we’ve got for the lunch break, by the way. I’m guessing a shortened one because we obviously ran late with the shoe up the hill, so I presume it might only be about half an hour. Uh but we’ll go and see uh what we can find. Um let’s see if Damian’s near his car. Uh he might have gone for lunch as well. Uh is he there? No. He’ll probably come back later though once he sees me near his car. Damian, if you can see a screen, come back to your car, would you? But yeah, have a look under here. Um, Rich, come and look at this, ladies and gentlemen. Absolutely incredible. It’s a turbocharger with a Subaru attached to the back of it. Uh, this car fresh off the boat literally less than a week ago from Pikees Peak uh in the US where he did an incredible job. Damian driven brilliantly well. Um, he’s got a new turbocharger on it since then. Actually, even more power. He didn’t want to tell me how much, but lots I think. And actually, if we look inside the car, I’m sure Damian won’t mind. You can see some of the changes that he had to do uh to get it ready for Pikes Peak. So, a lot of the roll cage work that’s gone on in here, uh, these, for example, this this bar down here that Rich is poking the camera at, and also some of the cross bracing up in the ceiling in the roof, that’s all for Pikes Peak. It’s also got a new shifter system, new dash went in. A new steering column as well, I think he said. So, uh, quite a lot of work, uh, went into taking this car to Pikes Peak. Uh, but he did the Oh, here he is. We’re just looking at your car. Did you see me on the screen thinking someone’s opening the door to my car? just sat in there and I just thought I thought I’ seen you over here and I thought I’d come and have a chat with my mate. How are you? Yeah, I’m good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It’s um been a challenging weekend. Um I suppose first thing is congratulations to Simon Bainbridge on winning the 10 top challenge. That was a fantastic drive. You know what he’s doing next, don’t you? Right. Going to talk to him. No, he’s going to try and get this closed car record. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Who Who and whose is that? Remind us who that is. So that’s mine. So yeah, and that’s what started the whole the whole thing in um the whole Pike Speak thing. So getting the close guard record here um really helped me with my relationship with Alcom Brakes and then we had a good discussion afterwards and then that was what sort of led us on to to making the Yeah. High speed. Yeah. And we’re just saying like there’s a new dash, new steering column, load of changes to the um roll cage that you had to do and then also you’ve got a new turbo for this weekend as well. Yeah. So we had um uh a different Zona rotor turbocharger. It’s an AET turbocharger on the car for Pikees Peak. It was actually the turbo we’ve been running in the UK. We didn’t realize we had an issue with the exhaust system on the car. Um it was uh the silencers had collapsed. So we fitted the 9564S turbocharger to deal with back pressure issues. But it wasn’t to do with the turbo at all. That actually turned out to be the perfect turbo for Pikes Peak with system. So that’s the one we ran. But then coming back to the UK um we needed a turbocharger that better suited to the UK. So Andy provided this one. And the car is currently more powerful than it’s ever been before. Well, it’s always been a bit down on power, hasn’t it? It’s always been something that’s lacking in. Yeah, it’s just nice to uh nice to get it. So, and I’ve just been sat with Paul Blame who does the the mapping on the car and he’s given me the green light to turn it up even more. Excellent. Okay. Well, then maybe maybe there’ll be two of you going for that close car this afternoon. We’ll see how we go. Uh tires a little bit of an issue at the moment. So, I’ve got two new Avon tires sat here. Um and using them this afternoon. I’d love to, but we can’t pop the bead on one of them. Um BMT here yesterday, they they maxed it out on their compressor. it just won’t pop the bead. And then uh Ollie Wright had a go this morning trying to get trying to get pressure in it as well. We’ve had a suggestion from Andy from about putting a ratchet strap around it and try and use Simon’s bus to pump the pressure. So we’ll see if we can make that happen. Um yeah, the the the grip levels uh you know, we’re all in the same. So the surface is fantastic. The surface is very very good. Is it as good as it was last year? Um maybe not quite. Uh, but we’re all everybody in the paddic now is struggling with tires. Um, so it’s uh we’re all using what we what we have and putting up with it, but there’s nothing like a new set. So I’ve had a good chat with with Jack at Nova. Is he around? I was going to see if I could find I think he saw you coming and run away. So he ran away. So I’ve had a good chat with him. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Like there is good news coming and it’s not that far away. But this I can see why they just don’t want to promise us a huge amount when they’ve done that before and it didn’t really deliver. So, I’m really excited to get a new set of Avon Stroke Nova 046 compound tires on the car and see what it can do. And you were three-wheel drive for a little bit this morning. I was indeed. So, we broke a drive shaft. So, uh drive shaft’s been on the car for 3 years. I’m really relieved they didn’t break on my one time run at Pikes Peak. So, that was quite a relief. Um but yeah, so we broke that this morning. Change changed to another drive shaft. So, you’ll have maybe seen on that last tin top run off the burnout was very tame for you usual by my usual standards. Um, and that was because we just don’t want to risk breaking the rear drive shaft again on that. But, uh, yeah, Sim Steven’s car is obviously now completely. The Red Baron is now dialed in amazingly. So, all the help I’ve given him, the likes of Whiskcom a couple of weeks back, taking the record there. It’s kind of biting me now. He’s now beating you. It’s now beating me. So, um, generosity. Yeah, it does. Well, go well this afternoon. I’m going to go and find Simon and we’ll see you later. Find him. Yeah. Congratulations from me. Cheers, D. Cheers. Right, let’s go and see if I can find Simon by this incredible car. Um, let’s uh have a word with him. Oh, he’s there. Good. Uh, are you all right? Are you with me, Rich? Yes, you are. Do you mind if I Do you mind if I jump in for the stream? How are you doing? All right. Well done. Thank you very much. Yes. Yes. It was a good run. Yeah, it sounded good. It sounded The car sounded on rails. Yeah. Um, we have had a bit of an issue this this this weekend with boost, so we haven’t quite got the full complements of power. Um, but yeah, it was a good run. The track’s in good condition and we managed to carry some speed. So, yeah. And to put it into sort of perspective for everyone watching, when you say you’ve not quite got all the power, how much do you think you’ve got? Um, we could be still close to 700, I think. Maybe enough to be getting on with. It’s okay, but when you’re used to doing 120 onto the line, 114 15, obviously it’s still that’s the easy easy time if you like. You you work very hard for the twisty stuff and then uh you know, once you get in the straight, it should be easy, but obviously it takes longer. Yeah, time’s ticking. So, have you got any eyes on any particular closed car records this afternoon, maybe? Well, we’re just going to prep the car now and see. Yeah, I mean, the tires are a little bit dirty now when I haven’t got a generator to clean them. So, we’ll probably have a bash and uh see what happens. Yeah. And how’s the new car coming on? Uh new car. Yeah, it’s uh it’s progressing. Um unfortunately, it’s time and money. Uh so, it’s my busy time. I’m a farmer, so that’s a busy time of year for us anyway. Um and we getting once we’re racing, we do have a lot less time. free time goes on getting this car ready and getting out. Um but yeah. Yeah, we’re we’re progressing. We we’ve done the tub, the uh engine, gearbox, um tanks, um pedal boxes. We’re getting nearer. Excellent. Still a long way to go. Good. Well, we can’t wait to see that and go well this afternoon. Brilliant. Thank you very much. Well done, Simon. Thank you. So, that was uh our tin top winner, Simon Bainbridge, in this just incredible car. It’s uh it’s great to have it here. Uh brilliant to have it here. Let’s see if uh I can’t see if Dave’s by his car. No, I don’t think he is. Putting on for some lunch after all the drivers got a bit stuck in the top paddock there, but uh let’s let’s walk back down here and uh see if there are any of the other top performing drivers. We we can always have a word with Alex as well. Um the Red Baron there that’ll be going again this afternoon. Absolutely immaculate. Just take a look at that, Rich. It is beautifully engineered. Um really pretty, really nicely done. Um what a car. and really dialed in now, which uh which is great for it. Great for uh great for the sport. So, great to have another fast Tim top in the in the paddock. Um I’m going to have a word with Alex whilst he’s sitting in the car. He But you stay in. Stay in. You look comfy. You look comfy. You’re all right. Hello, sir. How you doing? Very well. You? Very well, thank you. How was that? Uh a little bit disappointed. I think I was um there thereabouts into bottom S and then just pushed just loads of under steer. Um I’ll take no personal responsibility for it. It’s obvious. It’s obviously the car. Yeah. Race driving excuse number 13-4. No. Yeah. I mean, the thing is at this end of the championship, these guys are absolutely on it and um it’s it’s quite good really that that um they’re they’re ahead of me. So, I I had fun obviously, but I’d like to have been a bit quicker, but that that’s that’s just life really. It was really close being second and fifth though. There was like a 10th in it as it should be really. It’s it’s nice. It’s really cool um to to see and it’s been like that now for a good few years that everyone in the runoff is like oh one one mistake you see will lost 3/10 to his his collie. It was a bit of a shame he was stuck down at the bottom for a long time cuz that that really plays on your mind. Um so yeah but it’s it shows the sports in a healthy place I think which is is what we need. Yeah. And talking about let’s talk about this for a minute. P40. For those that don’t follow you on social media, and they should, by the way, um the P80, tell us about that. Um so this one is a steel space frame with a uh I don’t know if that comes across. Can you see it, Rich? Um so the original uh car was a sort of development mule, for one of a better word. Um I’ve updated it with things like carbon intrusion panels, but it’s quite a heavy way of doing it. It works and it’s it’s quite nice to drive. Um, and it’s got the little baby engine in the back. But the idea of the P80 is is complete. Everything will just be slightly better. So, you’ll have a carbon chassis, so we get rid of these steel tubes. Um, and yeah, literally every panel is 20 30% lighter, a bit stiffer. Um, lots of little tweaks on the suspension and stuff. So, it’s it’s trying to wash up rather than turning this into something it could never be. You know, you it it start again. Um, and then we’d end up with, you know, in the long the long term, and I don’t know when it will be, but we’d end up with two nearly identical cars with the same wishbones, the same wheels, wings, spares, you know, apart from um the tub. So, and two less cylinders, maybe. Yeah. But, but it works really well. I mean, the thing is, you know, you can’t just go um Formula Ford 1100, 700 brake horsepower V8. So, the KF is and always has been a really lovely middle ground. Um 2 and 12 L touring car engines are quite benign. It feels like you could drive to the shops in it. Still very powerful, but it’s 250 horsepower less. So, if I went and did the championship in this with the best in the world, you know, I I wouldn’t I wouldn’t really be that competitive. So, um that’s the whole point of the P80 and and and as you say, I’ I’d try and cover the sort of salient points online and um do almost like not howtos, but little um Yeah, you’re documenting the whole build. Yeah, I think it’s like breaking the fourth wall a little bit. You know, it’s quite often times racing it can be quite hard to penetrate in terms of knowing what’s going on, but I I would just sort of yeah, we tried this and it was rubbish, but you know, we’ll do it again and it’ll all be fine kind of kind of content, which hopefully um resonates on some level. And go on then. So, for those of you people watching the stream that want to follow, how do I build my own carbon fiber chassis hill climb car, how do they follow you? Uh, Alex Summers Hill Climb with Hill uh underscores between the the words. There we go. That was good. You’re welcome. See you later, mate. Well, go go go go go go well this afternoon. Cheers. Uh, who else should we find? Um, should we go have a look at this imp? This is an interesting little car, the Hillman with its Well, I don’t know how much Helman there is left to be honest. It’s all radiator at the front. The engine is in the back. Um, I might Is this your car, sir? Well, do can we talk us around it for the stream if you don’t mind? We’re on the stream for the lunch break. So, talk us around it. 68 helmet imp. How much imp is there left? Most of it. Is it? It’s a full imp shell. Yeah. So, I just saying the that’s the steel steel lip shell is still there. Okay. With wheel arches over the top of it all. Oh, wow. And it legal for mod prod. Okay. But and then the engine is turbocharged, of course. Yeah, it’s a turbocharger. And how much power do you get out of it? 190 horsepower. It’s not bad, is it? How much does it weigh? Uh about Well, with me 650. Without me, a lot less. Fair enough. And going well this this this weekend. It’s going okay. I only put it back together again on Friday at half 10. So I’m happy for you just to get up the hill. But yes, it’s it’s just what’s going to break next cuz I’m pushing everything to the limit. Yeah. But that’s that’s life. That’s hill climbing engineering, isn’t it? I mean, yeah, we’re just relieved you’ve made up the top of the hill at the moment. But no, it’s going well. Good. Well, go well this afternoon. Oh, yeah. All the best. Cheers. Thank you very much. Yeah, it’s great car, isn’t it? Fantastic. Very quick as well, I must say. It’s looked really good up the hill. Um really quick. Yes, it does look in control. Yeah, it looks good. Um who else should we go and see that we can find? Um, uh, Jack Cotrol there who just finished, uh, had a slight slightly slower runoff than than we were expecting. I think he had a moment coming out through the S’s. Uh, uh, it’s a tire issue. We are short of tires. It is hot today here. Uh, and I think, um, some people just didn’t quite have the grip underneath them that maybe they needed to do the optimal time. Uh, let’s see. Uh, I might go and see how Jack’s doing quickly. Um, let’s see if you Can I have a I see. Can I have a word? You got a slice of pizza? He’s going to come out. Sorry, I’ve interrupted him having his lunch. This is mean, but I’m mean, so it’s fine. Uh, how was that? Yeah, not too bad. Not as good as the qualify him, but um just struggling with the S’s today. Really trying to The first the qualifier was a bit scrappy around bottom S. Then I tidied that bottom S up and then on that runoff top S hit the blank clip the bank top S. So on the outside on the inside. So rubbed a bit of dirt on there. So that slowed me down. Only a bit just but enough to put you off and slow down. And you carry that all the way to the finish. Exactly. Yeah. So by that time it’s it’s gone sort of thing. But I’m just happy I got to the top and didn’t didn’t it sort of thing. So that’s always a good a good start. That’s it. But um no, I’m happy with the pace this weekend. You’ve done a 23 before cuz that was the first one. So yeah, I’m happy with that. So I’ve been chasing that for years sort of thing. So finally done it. So yeah, happy with that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you’re having I mean it’s it’s been a really good season. It’s I think we’ll see more than a nine on it there later on. Yeah. Hope hopefully that’s the big plan anyway. But um obviously missed a few rounds, missed CH Islands, missed Whiskum, but um I just got to get some points in for the rest of the year and we should be okay. Yeah. And we were just saying it’s, you know, after you this third season with the car now. Is it? Uh fourth, maybe fifth. Is it really? But you really really got your got your head on around it now with it. Um, it’s just about learning and it’s not just driving the car, it’s looking after the car, you know, you you learn bits about it. So, and the problems, well, the idea is you maintain it more and the problems slowly go away. Obviously, you have little small problems, but mostly, you know, you iron out the big problems and then it’s you can concentrate on driving it more sort of thing. So, yeah, we’re getting there with it. Yeah. Well, well done on the 23. There’s not many people have done 23 up. So hopefully I can do another one this afternoon, but um just got to neaten it up, tidy it up a bit, and just, you know, drive it. So well done, mate. Go well this afternoon. Cheers, Jack. Thank you. Yeah, that was fantastic. First 23. There must be about What do you think, Rich? 15 people that have done a 23 up, Chelsea. Something like that in the world. It’s quite an an exclusive club to be part of. I can hear engines firing again as we get ready. Do you know what we should do? Actually, we got about 5 more minutes. Should we head actually round to the road car paddock because they’ll be going next and actually if he’s in if he’s by his car, Rob Wilson took class record this morning in the Elise. Brilliant run. Uh it’ be nice to uh talk to him about it and we’ll go and see what’s uh what cars are around there as everyone just gets everything fired up again before we go uh racing again. So uh we got the Elise is coming down. Oh, I can see Chris Chris Merrick. Oh PB. Well done. PB for Paul Hs in the runoff. Very good. You could stay there if you want. It’s okay. But um yeah, PB for Paul HS which was fantastic. You can see here feverish work going on on the Empire cuz it was on I think three cylinders in the runoff, maybe two. It was has an electrical gremlin and so hopefully they can get that fixed. Uh there isn’t much work going on on the Alex Cooh’s force which tells me one of two things. Either it was a small problem that they fixed or it’s a big problem they can’t fix rather than a medium problem that they could fix and they’re still working on it. So, I hope I really hope it was a small problem that’s fixable. Uh because um it would be a crying shame not to see Alex uh in the runoff today cuz he’s just going so well in that car this year. So quick, absolutely on rails. So hopefully it was a small problem. Uh this is our road car paddock. So these guys are about to go for their second time runs in some incredibly competitive classes. Some of them just done their tin top runoff as well uh before heading back out again. Uh, this is a fantastically quick car that it MX5. I might see if I can talk to him about it actually. Why not? Uh, I know he’s about to go. I’ll see. Do you mind if I have a word for the stream? Is that This is your MX5, isn’t it? You Is it second in class at the minute? Uh, third today. Third. Okay. Yeah. So, just bothering Porsches. I think that’s the idea. Yeah. Uh, we we can bother him a bit more at Loton and Prescott, but um but yeah, this is an awesome hill, but it’s, you know, could do within a button with 100 horsepower on it coming out of Top S. That would help. On the bottom half of the hill though, it looks toe to toe with them, if not slightly quicker because it’s so nimble. Yeah. A smaller car, you know, you can use the road. Um it’s almost flat out. You’ve got to lift a kennel. You got to feather it for crossing. Probably would go flat. It’s a big thing to do, isn’t it? Yeah. And then, you know, just break for as late as you dare and get a good line through the S’s and then don’t miss a gear. But but yeah, no, it it goes well. But yeah, it it’s turbocharged, isn’t it? It is. Yeah. So, it’s about 270 horsepower. Lovely. Which is enough. I think if I had more everywhere, I’d probably be slower. So, yeah, good fun. Great. Will go well this afternoon. Thank you. Cheers. Thank you for talking to us. Yeah, love that car. That’s the Wilson’s um uh Lotus. So, they’re heading back out to get ready. Uh because we’re about to go racing again any minute now. Uh so, a lot of these cars will actually be heading out uh to get ready for their runs. Uh let’s see. Do you know what? Let’s see if Jonathan Langme will have a quick word in the Lotus. Uh just before we go, uh I’ll see if he wants a word. Uh Jonathan, can I have a word? So, we’ll just have a quick word with Jonathan Lamb me. So you’ve got a record to now go and try and lower. I know. No, there’s a hell of a time from him. Yeah. Really good. So yeah, hats off to to to Rob. Brilliant time. Yeah. But you, Rob, and Dave are always within. It’s super, isn’t it? Yeah. So um I think the Elicas are just uh they’re so well matched when they’re with they’re tuned up as they are and um slightly different gearing things, but we’re just within hundreds all the time. Your tenths anyway, but so we’ll give it a go. See what happens this afternoon. Yeah. It makes it all the more fun, doesn’t it, when you’ve got such close competition. Yeah. I mean, in terms of points for championships, we take points off each other all the time, so it doesn’t help that way, but that’s not what it’s all about. So, so we’re we’re really chuffed that uh I think it’s great fun and good. We’re all good friends. It’s great. Yeah. Well, go well this afternoon. You got a record to chase. Well, I don’t know about that one. I think we’ll just just drive up and see what happens. Fair enough. I think that’s a good motto for hill climbing is drive up and see what happens. No, don’t think too much as well. That’s another good one. So, we’ll work our way back around. How long have we got, Rich? Okay, we’ve got not long. So, we’ve got a couple of minutes left and actually, funny enough, I’m then actually commentating. So, um I’ll have to go to go and do some more speaking. Uh hope you’re not too sick of my voice and you’re all right to listen to me a bit more this afternoon. Yeah, for those who have not been here before, do come to Shelley. It is the most fantastic place. It’s absolutely beautiful. It’s great that you can watch it on the stream and see the stream footage, but uh do come and see what it’s like in real real life cuz it’s really special. And once you’ve got the ticket, you can go anywhere you like. You can talk to the drivers and look at their cars. Uh they’re all really friendly bunch. Learn all about hill climbing. And it’s not all about the rocket ship single seaters as as we just spoke to Jonathan who’s got a fantastic battle on in the class A1 which is roadgoing production cars uh which is lovely to see. Um and uh so this is back towards the start line. We can’t have much longer to go uh because uh they’re getting ready at the start line. Uh you’ll if we turn around, Rich, you can see the cars getting ready. That’s Rob’s dad, Dave, there, who uh was hoping to have the record himself, I think. But, uh, Rob Rob nicked it off him this morning. Uh, Dave will run second in the car, so he’ll be in the second batch. Uh, let’s see if we can have a quick word. I’ll see. So, your son’s got the record. Yes. That wasn’t the plan, but plan B. Plan A was for me to win, Rob to be second, and John third. That was the plan. How’s that going? We discussed it at length and then Rob completely ignored it and took two tents off the record. So that’s good. Really, really pleased. You must be chauffeed. I am really pleased. Yeah, it’s good. You’ve taught him everything he knows obviously. Absolutely. And a wellprepared halfdeent car. Yes. Um so yeah, the plan is to do the same again this afternoon, but revert to plan A. Yeah. Dad for the win. It’s unlikely. Well, go well and you never know. You never know. Cheers. Cheers, Dave. Thanks. Uh right, we’ll uh let’s go have a look in the paddock before we go racing. Sorry, chaps. Uh well, our marshals are getting ready. Everyone’s had a quick lunch, a sort of express lunch really. But why don’t we go Oh, Lloyd. Actually, let’s talk to Lloyd because he’s stood here in the shade now. You know, I don’t, you know, a face for commentary. I don’t think I think a greatl looking chap you are. Uh well, yeah. Thanks, Billy. I really appreciate that. Um I could say the same to you. I’ll stop it cuz I must admit I’ve just seen your wife out in the courtyard and I’m Have you woken up from the dream yet? I’m punching. I know. Definitely punching. Thank you. Thank glad we got that on the street. Um what was I going to say? How did um how was it up at Top Box? No, you eat. Desperate for it to cool down, but it just won’t do it. Um how was the runoff? Amazing. And the biggest thing for me, Zach’s engine didn’t sound right in the qualifying run, and it obviously couldn’t fix it. Did you find out what was wrong with it? Uh broken. Uh okay. All right. Well, we’ll just class that as broken then. As in not seeing it again, broken. No, they’re trying to fix it. Uh sorry, that wasn’t helpful. Uh electrical and they are fettling. I don’t know what electrical, but it’s electrical, right? Okay, fair enough. Um, and the other thing Will being sat on the start line can’t have helped, can it? I mean, I was so so up for a Will Hall Shelley Walsh runoff win, but not to be unfortunately. But it was great. It’s great to have the excitement. Loads of people on the hill. Weather’s great. What more can you want? I agree. Right, mate. Enjoy your lunch. That’s an official uh commentator’s lunch, isn’t it? It’s called Passion that will not cool down. Perfect. All right. Right. We’ll go and we’ll see who else we can talk to. Let’s head this way. Show you the beautiful view from the paddock. We’re about to start again running. So, in a moment, I’ll head over. But actually, if I come over here, you’ll actually be able to see the paddock. Uh, and when everyone is sitting having their lunch. So, uh, that’s the beautiful farmyard that everyone’s enjoying. I think flags are in. They are, which means first car’s going to come to the line. So, Rich, should we hand back? Yes, we’ll hand back to uh the main commentary team for another fantastic afternoon at Shelley Walsh. [Music] All right. Hello, Chris. Good afternoon to you, Mr. Dret. Yeah. How are you, sir? I’m all right, Chris. I’ve just got to the request of the cler of the course just to say please, please, please keep well hydrated. We’ve had a number of uh people suffering and requiring an ambulance because they’re just not drinking enough. So there are plenty of water stations around. Do drink plenty of water. Kicked off this afternoon with Michael Thompson in the Exie car number 714. We’re starting the whole program again. So look at page 10 of your program. I’m joined by sounded like Chris Bonford. Where are you Chris? I’m at crossing. I’ve got Alex here with me at the moment. I’m not sure who’s in top box. Who’s there yet or going up there? I don’t know. Can you turn your microphone just a smidge? What? Turn it up or down? Down. You’re I’m getting deafened here. Okay. Um Well, I haven’t touched anything, so right. Um you know, it’s my booming voice. Hang on, Alex. Is this going to adjust something? Does that make it any quieter? No. Oh dear. Okay. I’ll try I’ll try and talk quietly. It’s fine. Um, unfort Well, I’ll There’s various switches here, but I I’m never I never touch any of them, Chris, because they they’ll never work again if I touch them. I’ve been given a nice lolly by Kevin and Kevin’s wife, Chris. Oh, lovely. Uh, but it’s not easy to talk and eat a lolly at. No, you you are right. Well, I I’ll just So, at the moment, I see Maggie Edwards in the Cleo, the little 197 Cleo. Uh, she’s probably here with her husband Ian. Have you got a screen there that gives times? Yes, I have, sir. I have. Go for it. All right. We’ll do. We’ll do. Michael Thompson. Yes. Okay. So, I’ve got Michael Thompson. Michael went up in a 3468. Uh 4321 for Robert Penrose. Maggie Rich has done a 4161. And Robert Wilson in the El has just gone into bottom S now. Going through the S’s now. So, I’ve got the times. Are they working on yours, Chris, at the moment? Yeah, they are. Yes, sir. Okay. And who and who who have you got down there at the moment? Are you on your own or At the moment? I’m on my own. Um Peter is around. Yep. Yep. Uh Lloyd somewhere around. Yeah. Well, I hope so because I did a full slot this morning. You did? You did indeed. My wife is getting slightly anxious that I’m working too hard, but uh that’s never been a problem. Well, yes. Never been a problem for me. The good lady drew it indeed. Yes. Well, it’s it’s saying that Richard Snow just went by in Porsche Cayman, but in fact, that was uh that looked like Steve Atkins in the BMW M3. Yeah, he’s sharing. Oh, he’s sharing, is he? Okay. Right. I’ve got uh we’ve got Nora Ward on the hill in the very rare 916. Oh, is that is that her car? I’ve not seen her in much in that before. No, she and Jonathan were going to drive the 911, but the 911 busted gearbox. So, they dragged out this very pretty little 966 and are absolutely loving it. Oh, how lovely. Yes, I have seen it once before in that. So, uh, I go, Richard Snow did a 3521, uh, 98 across the finish. Robert Wilson did a 3306. Uh, yeah, did Maggie Richard, she got a PB. Laura Wardles just completed in a 4526. So, uh, we’re back up to date. Um, yes. So, I think Lloyd came down in one of the uh recovery vehicles at lunchtime and uh he’s having a knockabout. So, I think currently there’s nobody up the top. Alex has got his uh fancy practice X medium format very ancient camera out. He’s just changing the film at vast cost. and uh yes, I think he’s going to have a trundle up to the top and uh see how that goes. So uh if you’re not familiar with the the lovely voice of Chris Dwitt, he’s uh it started up after lunch. Chris has been here since for I think 24 years I think he said on the commentary. He was a previous competitor and this weekend is his last uh weekend in action, his last swan song. So he’ll be much missed. But he did say that if they were a little bit short next year and needed, which is often the case, he will be back out to play, which would be great. You can’t you can’t keep me away. Really? I hope not, Chris. I I hope not cuz uh you know, it’s it’s lovely to hear your voice over the airways. You are the voice of hill climbing, mate. You are the the voice. I first came here in 1962 when my brother was competing with a Healey Silverstone. Following year I had a year with a little Lotus 18 former junior uh with my brother-in-law and we had fun that year and then we moved to Germany. So I wasn’t hill climbing for a long time then started again seriously in about 1980 I think with a 79B march former Atlantic. Yes. So, it’s been a long Oh, well then when when I stopped competing, John Moody said, John Moody was president of the club said, “Why don’t you try commentating?” I said, “You got to be kidding. I’d never done that in my life.” He said, “Well, give it a go.” And that was the start of it. And that’s interesting because this commentating thing, you think people, how do you become a commentator? Well, you know, very often sometimes things in life happen by accident. And in my case, um, we had no commentators at L. I used to go there as a photographer with Jeff Robinson. And, um, suddenly Steve Wilkinson didn’t fancy coming down from Southport. And poor Eddie Walder, who used to sit in this box, uh, passed away. And, uh, so we had nobody. So, I said, well, I’ll try see how we get on. And, uh, as did a couple of others at the same time. I’m handing over to Billy Grace who you would have seen uh doing his lunchtime parade or what’s the word I’m moo a mooch around the paddock and now he’s going to do two hours of commentating unless somebody is kind enough to interrupt him after an hour or so. Chris uh if I don’t see you later on all the best and thank you very much. How about give Chris Dwert a round of applause folks. He’s been a fantastic commentator. No, don’t you make Yes, they’re clapping you up here. Thank you very much. That’s appreciated, folks. It’s a fantastic. Now, I’ve gone red with embarrassment. Uh well, anyway, Chris, uh we’ll catch you soon, old chap. I’ll hand you over to Billy Grace and talk to you in an hour or so. Excellent. Look forward to that. Well, thank you, Chris. Thank you very much. And just let me add what a privilege it is to share a commentary box with you all these years. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. We’ve got a car on the hill. It’s Joy Hy in the uh caterum uh already with you. Yes, indeed. She’s into bottom as Joy Hy sharing that uh sharing that car with Professor Ray L. Very rapid catering heads up finishing straight now towards the finish to cross the line to record a 3389. 3389 and that is is that quicker or slower than she had this morning? I will check. It’s uh slightly slower now. Paul Evans on the hill in Westfield. Yeah, nice little class of these actually. They’re always entertaining. Great little racing cars, aren’t they? Little front engine cars. Lots of horsepower. Real slippy slidy things, aren’t they? Lovely. They are great, aren’t they? And they very popular climb car in Westfield guys, Katerum guys. There was a Dax here yesterday. Loads of different versions on them. Does a 3406 slightly slower than he went this morning. I think the track might be almost too hot for faster times, but we shall find out. Graeme Manton now on the hill with you. Yes, Graeme Manton. He’s an estate manager from Stro Stro Shop Way. Uh manages about 8,000 acres. So, he’s not he’s here with his daughter Becky Manton who’s uh often gets the honors. Oh, wow. I didn’t know that’s a big big amount of land there. But heading out across the finish to record a time now of 3406. Zoe Sherman on the hill in the Lotus. You won’t miss this. No, you won’t. And she’s married to Michael Thompson, of course, who will be co-driving this car as well. This is her car and uh very rapid couple. They are too. Yes. Going nicely through the S’s. Zoe did a um 3644 this morning. Let’s see what she can do this afternoon. I think she might go quicker looking at the time she is through the S’s. Heads up towards the finish now. What’s she going to do? 3551. 3551. Fan best part of a second. Good time now on the hill. Dave Garnet in the little field to 500. Yes, David. Um he comes from Cheltenham. He’s had this car a couple of seasons now. And he had a Cleo before this, but the Cleo was actually quicker than this one, but uh anyway, he’s a regular competitor. What can he do? And I was wrong. It’s actually an Abath, isn’t it? It’s a 69 595. So a tuned up version of the Viet 500 heading up towards the finish uh to record a time shortly uh of a uh 3936. See Cartwright trying very hard in the Mini. Little Supercharged Mini. This one doesn’t look so special with that rather flat green paint, but it’s deceptively quick and he can drive it well. Deceptively quick Mini, actually. Rapid Mini, actually with a supercharger in. Didn’t think it was quick, but that would make sense. Anyway, Sam heading towards uh the finish now out of Top S. Very neat and tidy run. In the meantime, I’ll bring you that time in a second. We’ve got Richard Pates on the hill in the MG ZS. Yes, these little MGs have become popular in the rally cars, but also we see a few of these on the wheels. They got the little K series engine. Good handling cars. I always think they look a bit like an earlier Astra. Yeah, I know what you mean. Um, are they uh 1.6 K series or 1.8? Uh, this is the 160 brake horsepower one. So, it’s it’d be a 16 or an 18, wouldn’t it? Yeah. Uh, heads up towards the finish. Uh, the time for the Mini, by the way, Seb Cartrite did a 3980, which is apparently a uh PB and it’s under 40 seconds, which is great. Uh Richard P does a 4241 in the MG. Bob Penrose is now on the hill in the Cleo. Yes, they do you remember their their big um pill? That was a big seven lit. So this is a bit of a difference, isn’t it? It’s from the sublime to the ridiculous really, isn’t it? So a bit different from the pen roses, but going very well in it. And I’m sure Lloyd when he’s back online later will tell us all about the Cleos uh and their history. Well, we got Ian Richards and another Cleo. He’s married to Maggie Richard and they they’re campaigning this one together. Earlier in the season they uh they had a role in their uh 182 Cleo and uh that Oh, was that that was here was that was No, that was at down the road. Down the road. Okay. Yeah, down at the other place Chris called it. That’s funny, isn’t it? Um next on the hill, by the way, we’ve got Dave Wilson. Currently third in class. Rob took the record in this car this morning. Let’s see what Dave can do. Dave’s very quick. He’s also an instructor here as well. He does the driving schools and uh turns up on his motorbike for those. But he’s going very well, isn’t he? He is indeed. Nice and tight through bottoms and through top. He throws it through tops. Let’s see how close he can get to the 3229 that Rob set this morning. What’s it going to be? It’s a 3328. 3328. So stays third in class. What can Jonathan Langme do in this incredible battle between these three with you? Yes, he’s a golf pro from South Deon. He plays at Dorish. Uh he’s also super competitive as well. He’ll be wanting to get that record as well. He’s already into the bottom S going out into top S. Let’s see how he does. He was about 310 shy of Rob this morning. Heads out of Top S heading up the finishing straight. We’ll wait to see what the time is. Is it into the 32s? Not quite. It’s a 3398. 3398. Uh Steve Atkins now on the hill in the BMW M2. Yes, he came to came to this uh when he retired. He’s had this car a couple of years. It’s a very rapid example. Actually got all the right bits on it. Steve’s a lovely chat with you. Chucked him in the paddock. Let’s see how he can do. He’s fourth in class at the minute. Needs to find about half a second to pop up to third. What does he do? It’s a 3284. 3284. Uh improvement on this morning, but stays fourth in class. Kevin Dodd now in the whining supercharged Lotus. Yeah, very rapid Lotus that one. Kevin actually is the dad of Kirsten who’s married to Matthew Ryder. Kirsten Dodd previously now Kirsten Dodd rider I suppose heading up towards the finish is is Kevin. This looks quick. Meanwhile, Richard York on the hill now in the Porsche Cayman. Richard York. Ex Army man he is actually. He’s this is a beautifully turned out Cayman. Got all the right bits on it. Pride and joy car. Drives it very well indeed. And a lovely chap. Lovely chap in the paddock like we get round, don’t we, Billy? We do indeed. Time by the way for Kevin Dodd was a 3536. Apparently a PV. Actually Richard York in the uh Porsche heads to the finish. Meanwhile Tim Elmer on the hill in the Alpine. Yes Tim he he’s a Porsche man. He had a Lotus before this but this little Alpine modern Alpine little turbocharged four cylinder I think. And then they look great. They handle beautifully too. Yeah they look fantastic. Time by the way for Richard York was a 3356. That’s about half a second. He went quicker than he went this morning. Tim Elmer heads out of Tops in the Alpine. What time will he do? He did a 3349 this morning. Does a 3368 this afternoon. Mike Meredith on the hill in the barreling Morgan. The growling earthshattering earth rumbling Morgan. That massive 5 L of Rover Buick power in the front of that rumbling up the hill. Yeah, a bit of a lock up as he came into bottoms and a bit of a wiggle as he came out of it, but it’s all tidied up now. Nice and neat tidy through tops. Heads up towards the finish. In the meantime, Simon Tarling on the hill in the Porsche. Here he comes now. Simon Tarling. Yeah. Comes from Chelham way. There’s a good battle amongst the Porsches. Usually there’s a sometimes sort of a dozen of them turn out and all very quick. Simon’s examples. No, no different. Time for Mike Meredith was a 334. Slightly slower than he went this morning. Stays fifth in class. Simon Tarling heading towards the finish. In the meantime, Ross McDonald has left the line in the 911 Carrera RS using all the road through Kennall. Yeah, this is a beefy 911 aircooled version. One of the earlier ones. This is an RSR replica. Runs a 33 six-cylinder aircooled engine. So, it’s got a pucker engine in that one, doesn’t it? Looks beautiful. Yes, it does indeed. Time by the way for Simon T533, which is about 10th and a half quicker than he went this morning. Ross McDonald heads towards the finish in his Porsche to record a 3610. Tony Adams on the hill now in the Cayman. Now, this is a superbly quick Cayman. This is four-wheel drive this one, isn’t it? And with a big supercharger on it from memory. I I think it’s I think it’s still rear wheel drive, but it is a Cayman S in effect, I think. So, it was a flat 4 turbo, but he’s turned the boost up a lot. Yes, he’s um bit of a beasty, isn’t it? Beasty boy. It is indeed. Did a 3353 this morning. Uh what’s he just done to go quicker, much quicker? 3278 jumps up to fourth in class. Right, David Meek on the hill in the Cayman with you. Loving that color scheme too, isn’t it? These Caymans, they got the most fabulous engines. I get a bit confused which are the four and which are the six-cylinder ones, but either way, they’re all blooming rapid, aren’t they? They are indeed. This being a six-cylinder one, this one, it being a GT4. So, flat 6 in the back. Uh David looked quick. He did a 3249 this morning. What’s he going to do this afternoon? 3276. 3276. So, slightly slower. So, stays third in class. Right. Robert Lancaster Gay now on the hill. uh who has campaigned a a wide array of incredible Porsches over the years. This year he’s in his 997 GT3 with you. Yes, he is. He went into the local Porsche dealership, went in for a cup of coffee, uh and ended up trading in his other lovely Porsche into this one, which is a beautiful example. It’s tricky when you do that, isn’t it? Going in for coffee, expensive. Expensive, but I think he can afford it. So, yeah. Heads up, but he tells me he’s poor. Heads up towards the finish. uh now to record a 34 seconds dead. Jonathan Mayok now on the hill. Third in class at the minute in this turbocharge. Has a big moment as he came through Kenny. He caught it sliding away. Jonathan Mayok is a doctor in real life and he is extremely quick. This little Mazda he really shoves it up the Porsches and come on young Jonathan see if you can do it again. He’s currently sat third in class. I I think that moment at Kell might have cost him a bit of time. Let’s see. He was quick through the S’s. What’s it going to be at the finish line? It’s a 3251. 3251. Slightly quicker than he went this morning, but two 100s of a second slower than David Meek. So stays third in class. Right. Rich Andrews on the hill. Richard Andrews bumped it up the bank at Kennel when he came here earlier in the year. I thought it was going to be loads of damage on the car, but there wasn’t. He ended up stuck on the top of the hedge. Can he do better this time? Well, he’s currently leading the class and I think the class win is all but guaranteed. Let’s see if he can go quicker than his 3218 from this morning. Heads up towards the finish. Is it into the 31s? Yes. 3195. 3195. Good time. Jonathan Williamson now on the hill in the in another Porsche, but a 9146. Quite rare. Rarity car. Very rare car. Normally drives the 911, doesn’t he? And uh very well. But this is nice to see actually. Something a bit different for him. And I think Laura might own this car. Is it Laura’s car? I don’t know which of them do, but yes, it is uh definitely theirs. The uh the other one is is slightly poorly gearboxed in it. So, they brought the 914 uh out instead. Uh anyway, meanwhile, we’ve got on the hill Tim Goodwin in the TTS. Yes, these Audi’s are deceptively quick, aren’t they? There’s quite a few in competition now. And Tim’s example, nicely turned out car. Is this a four-wheel drive one? It is indeed. So, we’re into class A3 now. This is road cars, series production cars, four-wheel drive of any capacity. Uh Tim did a 3528 this morning. heads up towards the finish to record a time of 3541. Roger Stocks now on the hill in the first of the Yarises. This is the Brawn livered one too. The homage as we call it to Brawn. So it could have been Jensen Button’s road car, but no, it’s Roger Stocks from Leicester. And what can he do? Is it Yaris? Yar yesizes or Yarai plural? I don’t I think I think Alan Partridge would have said Yari. Yeah, Yarai or Yaram. Anyway, crosses the line to do a 3507. We’ve got another Yaris on the hill. Now, it’s Ian Fido in his example. Yes, Ian is Simon Pho’s dad. Simon’s probably marshalling here today. And uh and they used to have little sports car, didn’t they? Open top sports car. Yeah, they did. They’ve had a range of cars now in this GR Yaris. Uh going very well indeed. Uh they don’t seem to have a time. I wonder if there’s been a timing glitch because it’s Hang on. I’ve I’ve got Roger Stalks. Is that what you’re looking for or No, no. Looking for Ian Fido. No, I’ve not got one for him. I wonder if there was a timing glitch there and he’ll have to do this run again. Uh because um nothing has come up on my screen. But anyway, we will wait to see. Uh meanwhile, Peter Richings leaves the line in the Golf R. Currently second in class uh in this very rapid golf hour with you. Deceptive. These in black comes from Comry here with his wife Joy who’s one of our very accomplished photographers. But this car is slipping up the hill very rapidly. It’s got well over 300 brake horsepower, four-wheel drive, and a lot of experience with Peter driving it. He’s gone very well through the S’s. I can see split times there, so no issues with the timing here. Uh heads up towards the finish uh to record a time that’s coming in now of 3397. 3397 slightly quicker than this morning. Right, Rod. Rod, we not got Rodney. Sorry, we got Tony Hawkins in another of the Yarises. Another of the Yara. Yes, indeed. Well, um they this I think they only do them in about a couple of colors, don’t they? But, um this one’s the burgundy model. Uh 270 brake horsepower, three three cylinders, four-wheel drive. So, good package. It is indeed, isn’t it? And it heads up towards the finish now to record a time of 3389. Right, Rodney is 1.91 seconds start. That’s quick in a road car. Well, Rodney, this one now this one’s this is a seriously quick road car. This is the one with four-wheel drive. This is the one with about 500 off brake horsepower and a very experienced ex single-seater pilot driving it. Well, let’s see how close he can get to the record. The record’s 3108. He did a 3178 this morning. Can he find some time? He’s purple sector all the way up the hill. So, he’s definitely going quicker than he went this morning. He’s out of top S heading towards the line. What’s the time? It’s a 3181. 3181. So, slightly slower actually than he went this morning. He must have lost a bit of time uh through the S’s cuz he was very quick up to that point. But still a class win all the same. That’s the end of the batch. Uh we I can bring you some results. Uh I can bring you class A1 which is road cars up to 2 liters won by uh Rob Wilson in the Lotus Elise on a time of 3229 and that is a new class record. Jonathan Langme in second on a 3253, which was only three 100s outside of the old class record, which incidentally is Jonath was Jonathan’s record. And third, Dave Wilson uh on a 3295. So, as you’d expect in class A1, really, really close between those three. Uh then we’ve got um class A2. This is series production cars over 2 liters won by Richard Andrews who did a great time of 3195. Uh Richard is driving the uh Porsche GT4 RS. Second is David Meek on a 32.49 uh from in the Cayman GT4. And third was Jonathan Mayco in that lovely little uh Mazda MX5. Did a 3251. So, two only two 100s off uh David’s time there. So, really close in that class for second and third. And the final results I can bring you for now are uh class uh A3. Uh one by Rodney Isles on a 3178 in the Porsche. Second, Tony Hawkins in the Golf on a 3389. And third, Peter Richings on a 3397. Now we wait to see if Ian Pho has to run again because I didn’t see a time come in for that car. Uh so if we see him run again, that’s because it was a timing issue. But uh we bring you that update when we have it. Uh car’s coming back down the hill. Isn’t it a beautiful day out there? See, it’s baking hot. I fancy some Jeff was saying it probably feels a little cooler than yesterday, but I’m looking at it. I wasn’t here yesterday. So, but what a fantastic view I’ve got from my crossing box here looking back over the team valley and all the the fields look like they’ve all the crops are in by the look of it. I think they’ve all been harvested. Most of the one of them was being harvested yesterday. I had a lovely view. I looked up there was more harvested fields. Oh, lovely. Well, I was talking to Simon Bainbridge who won the first tin top runoff this morning. He’s a farmer from the northeast and he told me all the crops are in. Uh he hasn’t got a massive cereal crop because he’s mainly has uh pigs but um which are which you know are more easy to harvest pigs. Well yes you don’t use a combine I’ll tell you that he he usually what do you call he bed and breakfast them he calls it. So he gets them in as tiddlers and he brings them along until it’s time for them to go for a trip. Okay. And um but he was telling me the yields uh this year although the everything’s in um the yields are substantially down on the size of the crop obviously so it makes quite a difference. And then I also spoke to Steven Moore who’s got a big farming concern down in the Wy Valley and he’s all arable and he reckons that cuz he’s on chalky ground. Uh everything’s pretty good really. They’ve done all right you know but the prices are no good at the moment he was telling me. But then farmers usually say that, don’t they? It’s been a very dry year though. It has been dry, but the chalky ground seems to bear it better than uh some of the others. But yeah, it difficult for farming, isn’t it? Let’s be honest. They’re totally dependent on the weather and and all the rest. Are you a farming man, Billy? I’m not. I I grew up in the countryside. Yeah. Um actually, one thing we always used to do love was this time of year there used to be when there used to be two Gensh time. Yeah. And it was usually when it was often August bank holiday or when there was the farm the farming was happening. So, uh we’d stay on on Monday and go around with the farmer and go in his tractor and in his combine which is quite fun when you’re nine. Well, I think it’s quite fun when you’re about 75 as well, you know. By the way, how was your fishing competition yesterday? Well, I came fifth, right? Um typical excuse I say, well, I wasn’t at the right end of the lake but although very well, but no, I did all right and I had thoroughly liked it. It was great. It was a fishing competition. The the pools including a chicken dinner afterwards. Not salmon. No, no, no. A chicken dinner. That’s ironic. But for a tenner, I mean, you can’t hold that, can you? And there was even prizes for the top three. Slightly different pace to today. Yeah, slightly different pace sitting in in the sunshine. But for all that, it was very pleasant, I got to say. And but I did think of you yesterday, obviously slaving away. It was a good day. It was a good day. Yeah, it was. It was. And um it was a it was a really good day. in the the one day meeting was was very very entertaining as well. But uh yeah, I can’t there’s nothing beats a runoff, is there? You you had a massive entry yesterday, full house, wasn’t it? Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, the runoffs I thought the two runoffs the tin tops were brilliant this morning. Simon pipping the two very quick Subarus and I think probably Steve Moore was fourth, I guess. But but either way, they were close and and know Simon told me he was about 100 brake horsepower down yesterday. Um uh but he reckon he was back hopefully back in the game today. He definitely seemed that way. What’s the close car record? Uh I think it’s in the 27s. It was Ian Richard’s doctor Ian Roland. It’s Damian’s and now Damian broke it last year, didn’t he? Okay. So it’s a 20 It’s 2777 and a 2819. So it’s not out of the realms of possibility that they could be fighting for that later. Right. Um we’ve got a radical on the hill. We’ve got John McQuillin in the SR1. He’s with you. Team Valley Motorsports. This little radical. These little radicals, purpose-built sports cars. They’re running a little motorbike engine, a higher booster in the back. They brilliantly handling, brilliant balance on them, and a perfect car for motor racing. Perfect line through the uh the S’s as well. I’m back, by the way, gentlemen. Hello, Peter. How you doing this afternoon? Thank you. I finally made it back to the top of the hill. Well, did you walk back up? I would like to see. Yes. No, that’s a bit of a hike. Fair play. And uh anyway, look, I’m seeing Robin Nicholson in the Malik shared with his son, his son Sam. Always competitive, too. These are lovely little cars. Cross flow engines in the front. Clubman’s car. Beautiful thing. Yes. Quite a quick line through the asses. Uh John Mcrillin incidentally at 34.40. Robin Nichol Robin Nicholas. It’s quick time. It’s a 30.93. Slightly slower than he went this morning, but stays third in class. Uh we were right. There was a timing issue for Ian Fido cuz he’s back on the start line. So, we’re just popping back into road cars for a moment for uh uh for uh Ian Fido to have another run. The clock starts this time. Good news. Ian Fido off the line in the Yarus. Out of my sight at Kennel to you. Yeah, here he comes now. Very experienced driver indeed. And it’s it’s interesting when you watch these little cars like these Yarises when we we see the single seaters later just how much quicker they are. You know, when you get single seaters, incredible. And as a road car, this would be very quick. Yes, it would indeed. Yeah. And uh quite a clean line through the S’s and away he goes from me. Just little bit of a twitch as he heads up the straight. Heads up towards the finish. I’ll bring you a time in a second. We’ve got a 600cc on the uh on the track with Morgan at the Yeah, fabulous little car. a late MS2, but the 600 motorbike engine in the back screaming away into the SE’s. Yeah, the MS Hornet comes through the right hand of the SS now. Very close to the uh the wooden barriers there, but he’s okay. And he’s coming up to the line. What can he do? It’s a 3136. Takes the class lead from his teammate Archie Kerr. So, that’s a marker laid down. Scott racing with you. Yes, Scott, he’s just gone through. I’m signing off for two minutes. I need some touch to somebody here. Yep. Scott rac and out of the S’s and on his way up to the line. Heads up the finishing straight. We’re in the 1100cc class now. Scott Racing does a 2819. Right. What can Ben Hey do in the BMW powered MS. Fantastic line through Kennel and through crossing. Right on it. It’s a very quick car driver combo this. Nice and neat and tidy breaking into the bottom S with you. Yeah, just a little bit of overstasper and again close to the barriers, but he’s okay. He’s about to cross the line. This is going to be a quick time. What’s it going to be? It’s a 2627. 2627 jumps up to second in class with that. So, that is a quick time. Well done, Ben. It says it’s a PB on the screen, which it may well be. Uh, by the way, some other times Ian Ph mention 3789 Scott racing to the 2819. did mention next on the hill we’ve got Tim Thompson but the timing is no it is running but this is Tim Thompson in the MS he’s already through kennel through crossing this car for sale incidentally the 1100 cc or 1000cc 28 breaking into bottom now with you yeah clearly through there and away he goes and looking quite quick as he goes up to the finish can he improve on a 2879 yes he can by 4100s 2875 2875 Five for Tim. By the way, I’ve just noticed we don’t have the Morgans here today. They must have had an issue with their car cuz they haven’t competed yet today, which is a crying shame. But, uh, anyway, Richard Weaver is now on the hill in the Empire Evo 2. We have a red flag. I wonder if it’s a timing related one. Uh, possibly. I’m just looking around. I can’t see. Pointing upwards. Can you see anything from where does the Where’s the flag come out? Is it at the finish or It’s at the top. Uh, S. I’ve got one. Okay. Hello Japs. We’ve got a a red flag. Um that was Richard Weaver. Um sorry if you are under the rope on the finishing straight. Please do not cross that rope. Uh you’re not allowed to cross that rope. We can’t run the meeting if you do. So red flag for uh errant spectators. Uh so they’ve been um put back in the right side of the rope. Please don’t cross that rope on the finishing straight. Uh we have to red flag the meeting. So anyway, uh Richard Weaver will get turned around at the kink, I suspect. Hey, by the way, Billy, um Ben Hamer, it was quick, wasn’t it? Did a 2627 in a 600cc car. That is going it’s quick and talented. He is. It’s popped him into second in class as well, just by in the 1100 class cuz hardly anyone’s running the 600s because of the they haven’t got the power that the the later 1100s have got. But my goodness me, that’s a staggering time. Yeah. I mean, he is in a th00and cc. So that’s the BMW engineed one. Oh. Oh, sorry. You’re thinking Morgan Hammer. Oh, right. Just so just to let you know, by the way, that the red flag car has come up to the bottom S and is turning there. We’ll be coming back down the hill any moment now. Excellent. Excellent. Right. Yeah, I was thinking of Morgan. You’re quite right. Yes. So, that would be a quick timing. Jolly well wood, but Ben of course is rapping as you say since they’ve had that BMW engine in it. They’ve really they’ve really turned on their fortune really cuz they had that that turbocharged 750 Kawasaki, didn’t they? Which was a troublesome beast, wasn’t it? Well, I spoke to them about it and it when it worked, it was great and it would work and they go, “Right, it’s working. We’ll turn up the boost and then it would break.” So, yeah, I think uh they thought we’ll we’ll stop that. And uh they are complicated the turbocharged cars. So they I think having a really good time in this BMW engine car. Richard Weaver on his way back down the hill. He’ll get a rerun of course. Excited. Right. Just a quick Eve. Did you discover about Alex Coohl’s what the problem was with Alex Coohl’s? Well, when I went to his car, there was nobody by it and there was no activity, which tells me one of two things. Either it was a very small problem and it’s fixed or it’s not fixable at the track. But I don’t know which of those options it is. Yeah, I saw him coming into crossing and suddenly come out of it. I just Well, I was at um I was at Ken watching. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Were you Were you um in the seats at front row of the the seats here down below me at crossing here, Billy? No, no, I was actually at the Somebody looks like exactly like you chatting to a blonde lady. Oh, yes. No, that was us this morning. Yeah. Sorry. I was thinking yes, that was me. My wife. Yeah, we were I thought so. Yes. I was taking a photograph from the top. Excuse me one second. I I have another visitor. That’s all right. It’s all happening here. You know, if I can just uh cut in as well. Uh we’ve now got a marshall relocated to keep an eye on spectators up there uh on the run up to the finish line, ensuring that they do stay behind the rope. So, please do stay because if you don’t, the red flag will come out instantly. Yeah. Thank you. I have news. A very kind spectator has just come into my box and he’s told me Alex Coohl’s had a loose front wheel. Oh, really? Yes. That would make sense because he left the line quickly and then he was you could tell he felt something. So that would make sense. So he’s fixed and he’ll be back out. Excellent. Right. We’ve got Nicola Dearan on the hill now in the Formula 4. Van Demon. Yes. Sharing with father Andrew Henson and they’ve got the Formula Ford this year rather than the big car and into the S’s. Yeah. And she comes I was so going to be so annoyed then Chris I thought you going to see a very kind spectator brought you an ice cream and if they had I’d have been so angry. Well don’t be angry cuz that’s not happen. So it’s unlikely. So but I got another Formula Ford. I got Bernie Ke out with Simon Andrews in their own Formula 4. Their MS is broken at the moment. So I understand. Time for Nicola is a 38.20 two as uh Bernie Carl comes through the asses and out and heads up towards the line. Heads up towards the finishing straight. Six in class at the minute is Bernie on a 3506. Can he improve on that? We wait to see. Yes, 3475 jumps up to fifth in class. Good run. Right, we’ve now got an Empire Evo on the line. It’s uh Richard Weaver who was flagged. Uh so Richard gets another go. Uh, so he obviously didn’t get to finish his run. Currently sat uh 1 2 3 4 5 6 eighth in class on a 2815. What can he do now? Richard, away from the line to you. Yeah, Richard used to drive the recovery truck, but now he’s driving a very rapid single seater with his son and going very nicely indeed. So he’s already into the S’s. He is indeed. turns in at the bottom S through and out. Oh, very very close to the the wooden barriers then, but he manages to miss them and he’s going up the line. Time for Richard Weaver. 2812 28123 100s quicker than this morning. Right, Stuart Hook on the hill in the uh in the Westfield. We’re back into the road cars with you. Yes, indeed. Stuart again, you see these little Westfields, proper little things, all running car derived engines, this particular model, I think. Uh see substantial roll cage on him now too, isn’t there? There is. And uh he’s through first is out of the second mark. Very clean line through there. And he’s on the the run to the line. Heads up the finishing straight to record a time of 3363. 3363. Right now we’ve got this will be Ray Lur I believe currently leading the class. Uh let what can you do this afternoon with you? Yeah, very rapid driver as Ray. He was a professor of mechanical engineering sharing with Joy Hy, but he owns this car. And if anyone knows how to get this car up here, it’s definitely Ray. Yeah, just front wheel just clipping the inside curve there and the bottom part of the ass. He’s out to the top part though and heading for the finish line. He’s actually currently second in class. Needs to find 10th and a half to take the lead. What can he do with it? It’s 3261. is slightly slower than he went this morning. So stays second in class. Johnny Ton now on the hill in the Fisher Fury. Currently sat fourth in class. Massively impressive this morning and sliding it through Kennel. Does the same this afternoon. Yeah, he’s he’s a very quick driver. He’s here with his father as well who’s driving the Morgan. But Johnny, I like these Fisher Furies. I think they’re splendid little cars. Well sorted. Looking pretty furious through the asses, I have to say. A little bit out of shape, but he holds it all together. Can he go quicker than the 3327? We’ll find out. Rob Ton now on the hill in the Morgan. Yeah, this is his dad and the big blustery Morgan with that lovely V8 rumbling away in the front there. What’s he going to do for us this afternoon? By the way, Johnny Ton went quicker. 3296 jumps up to three in third in class. Yeah, and that’s a beautiful best for him. A little bit of a twitcher up to him through the S’s as well, but uh I don’t think that would have cost him very much at all. He’s coming towards the finish now. heads up towards the finish uh to record a 3483 slightly quicker again than this morning. Robert Broaddy now on the hill and another Fisher Fury. Mr. Gear as he came past me. How’s he doing up with you? Well, this is a motorbike engine one. A little one liter motorbike engine screaming away in the front of that one. But if you look at the prep on that, it is beautifully turned out. Yeah, that distinctive motorbike engine sound as he just ts the tail out a little bit in the bottom part of the asses. He’s through the top part cleanly and uh quite close to the left hand side of the uh edge of the track after he comes to the line. Heads up towards the finish to record a time of 3459. 3459 right Richard Price now on the hill currently leading the class. Can he go in 321? Always super quick is Richard the little Rover K series wearing away in the front of that experienced driver. And what can he do again? Hanging the tail out to Ben. powers out to the bottom of the S’s. He’s out to the top S now and powering his way up. Heads up the finishing straight to cross the line to record a time of 3183. So he does go slightly quicker than this morning to solidify his place in the lead of the class. Right, Simon Price down the hill to 3379 this morning. What can he do this afternoon? Yeah, it’s always a good battle with Simon. Quick driver as well. Cars screaming. It sounds really good actually. I think he may have a vaual red top or something similar to that in there. Certainly going for it. He is a slow walk cautious relatively cautious approach into the S’s but he’s out of those and foot to the floor. Gets the power down heading towards the finish to record a time of 33.25 half a second quicker than he went this morning. Right, we’re in now to C1. This is modified cars up to 1400cc. Andrew Russell on the hill in the Getta. He’s had this car for absolutely years. Won loads and loads of classes. Little helman imple fiberglass body. Well driven car for Andrew already with you Peter. Yeah I do like these genetas actually and uh they’ve put do some nice models through the years. That’s a good clean run through the asses and he too heads for the line. Heads up towards the line in the geneta crosses to record a time of 36.15. A hundth of a second quicker than this morning. Right. Eric Mory on the hill in this highly impressive imp turbocharged him too. So it’s a little one liter turbo. It’s got about 170 brake horsepower going through the rear wheels. Engine in the back of course and slide it through the kink there. He’s certainly on a mission. He was uh quick this morning. Yeah, little bit twitchy through the bottom and again down to the top as he is trying trust me. Uh it was a 3403 this morning. What can he do this afternoon? Is he going to dip into the 33s? Yes. 3366. Uh John McKenzie on the hill in this beautiful Lotus Cortina. Yeah, I’m not convinced it’s a Lotus one actually, Billy. I think it’s a cross flow in there, but either way, he comes all the way down from Scotland, smokes it into the S’s. Yeah, a bit of a lock up into Okay, he’s out of the S’s. Certainly, whether it’s crossbow, a lotus, it certainly looks the part. Uh next on the hill, Paul Hows in this very fast green and yellow Porsche with you. Yeah, normally aspirated, but an absolute weapon of a car. Comes from the Forester Dean. And uh I love hearing and seeing this car cuz it’s so quick, isn’t it? Amazing. Personally, I I favor the normally aspirated to the turbocharged that there’s nothing wrong with that, Peter. Nothing wrong with that. He did a 32 uh 22 this morning, 3239 this afternoon. Ever so slightly slower, but uh what can Nigel Elliot do? as he uh takes this monstrous Triumph TR7 up the hill. Twin turbocharged in a V8. What could go wrong? But what a quick thing that is. It somehow doesn’t seem as quick as it you feel it ought to be, but it’s a rumbling up the hill. Yes, if Tony Bond was still with us, he could tell you what could go wrong in a V87, but uh this run is a real rumble, isn’t it? And it’s rumbling away from me. a heads up towards the finish. Right, Nick Powell on the hill in the first of the very impressive Subaru Impresses with you. Yeah, he’s had problems with the car this weekend. Yesterday it was running in limp mode. He was telling me uh when it’s on song, it’s good for nearly 600 horsepower, but it’s definitely not on song at the moment. Got a problem to deal with. Heads up towards bottom now. Yeah, super impressed. It’s so synonymous with rallying a few years ago and it’s remarkable how the sport has changed in a relatively short time, but he seems to be running pretty well. Hold on to your hats. Damen Bradley’s on the hill. He’s with you. Yeah, this saloon car top record holder all over the place. This is the car that went to Pikes Peak recently. Fantastic competitor. What can he do this afternoon? Oh, it takes a a big shock over the inside of the barn. Uh oh. And he’s kicking up the dust and twitching all over the place. I’m not sure that is the quickest way to go. Impressive to watch, but yes, 2909 2909. It is uh quicker than he went this morning. It’s actually identical time to what Steven Darly did this morning. So, let’s see what Steven can do in a moment’s time. But now we’ve got Steven Moore on the hill in the midst of Miji Evo with you. Yeah, he’s got three of these. This is his quickest example. He’s the farmer from near Ssbury. He’s a very regular campaigner. He’s won the Midland Championship 2 in this car. He’s already with you, Peter. Yeah. Very nice looking. Evo comes to the uh slightly uh slightly more uh relaxed mode, should we say? That’s probably not the right word, but uh compared to the impressive much more under control. 30.18 for Steven Moore. Right. What can Steven Darly do in his red the Red Baron? He’s with you. Charted accountant from York, but he built this car. What a clever chap. And I tell you what, it’s an absolute we call it the Red Baron. It’s a monster, isn’t it? It is indeed. It’s making his way through the assets now. And looks pretty quick and neat line through there, but nevertheless looking quick and heading up to the finish line. Can he go quicker than a 2909? Not quite. 2911. So that means that they’ve tied for the class win. Steven Darly and Damian Bradley both on a 2909. Right, we’ve got an MK Cup on the hill of Rob Lloyd with you. Yes, Rob’s He’s had a several He’s got He owns three of these, I think, various models. And he’s quite new to the game, but he’s certainly having a bit of fun in this. Yeah, looks like he’s enjoying himself through the S’s. If my math is right, that means the class is separated. The top three are separated by 200 of a second. Is that right? Something like that. Incredible, isn’t it? He’s coming up to the line now. Right. Heads across the line. 3281. Becky Matton had a bit of a moment through Ken, but she’s with you. Yeah, she works for Pro Drive in Bambbury actually as an engineer or top engineer. Oh, she locks the wheels up with you, Peter. Yeah, she does. And I think that’s cost her a little bit of time. She wasn’t quite as quick perhaps as we might have expected to the bottom S, but uh picking the speed up all the way up towards the finish line now. Heads up towards the finish. We got a time of 3274. 3274. Wow. Goes second quick. Is only 200s behind the man now on the hill, Phil Goff. You Phil Goff? Yeah, he’s from Mag Hall near Liverpool. And this one’s a motorbike engine. You got a higher booster in the front, so it gives it loads of grunt. Yeah, you’ve got to wonder what Becky would have done without the lockup, actually. But he’s uh Phil is much cleaner through the S’s. Uh can he improve on this morning’s time on the 3272? Let’s see. I think he might. Yes, he can. 3170. 3170. That’s a quick time. That’s a second quicker than he went this morning to take the class win. Uh that’s the end of the batch. Uh that was all thick and fast, wasn’t it? Bit crazy stuff there, wasn’t it? So we got off to a good start this afternoon, we’ve been pretty uh pretty out there stuff, I reckon. I’ll take you through some class results. Um incidentally, Phil, sorry to interrupt. 102 mph over the line. By no means the quickest car over the finish line, even though it was a a good time and it’s quick in a cage, though, isn’t it? That’s true. Yeah. Westfield located field. Uh quick indeed. Um, right. So, class B, this is specialist production road class uh cars. That’s one by Richard Price uh on a 3183. You’ve just seen that run a couple or so cars ago. Second, Ray Lure on a 3234. And third, Johnny Ton in the um uh use my brain William, thank you very much. On a 3296. So, really, really close between those guys. And then uh special mention to in fourth Joy Hill on a 3302. So just 6100s of a second behind there. Oh by the way, just before I forget because at my age I forget things. Could I give a shout out shout out to Dave Smith is um I think he’s down the road at Prescuit today. But it’s his 40th birthday and uh we was having a chat with some of our Marshall friends earlier and they had a big sort of celebratory night last night. A few few bevies were consumed. So, happy birthday, Dave. 40th birthday. Uh, enjoy your day cuz he’s probably watching on the live stream. Oh, it’s a lovely shout out. Happy birthday, Dave. Can you remember when you were 40, Chris? Cuz I’m sure I don’t. It’s a couple of years ago. I I wish I can’t either, but that’s cuz I haven’t got there yet. You You That’s just boring, Billy. I hate I hate you. You really can go off very quickly. Well, yeah. Sorry. Well, yes. Well, in our case, Peter, well, we’re we’re experienced, aren’t we? I think that’s the word. Absolutely. Well, I don’t know in what, but something. Youngsters don’t know a thing, do they? Oh, who knows? No. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. Oh, dear. Classic nostalgia was a brilliant event here recently, wasn’t it? Fabulous. And couple of more class results for you. Class C1 series production cars modified up to 1400cc was won by Eric Mory in the IMP on a 3366 and second uh 33 3615 for Andrew Russell. Oh, I just got a uh shout out on the stream for what I said on the on the lunch. It’s a turbo with a Subaru attached to it. Genius. That’s how I described Damian Bradley’s Impreza by the way, which I thought Thank you very much. Uh but anyway, so uh that was class C1. Class C2 uh uh class of one for John McKenzie in the low in the Ford Cortina on a 3894. Class C3 won by Paul Hows in the Porsche on a 322. Uh Nigel Elliot second on a 3312. In incidentally Nigel Elliot in the Triumph TR7 did identical time this morning and this afternoon. So uh he knows his way up Chelsea, doesn’t he? Very consistent, isn’t he? Yeah. I’ve gone all healthy here, Billy. I’ve just been finishing off an orange, mate. You know that’s good for me. I know ponzi eating fruit. Well, whatever next. It’s like, you know how you plant trees before you get on a plane. There’s carbon offset. You can have an ice cream now. You’ve had an orange. They balance out. Well, unfortunately, I’m in a bit of a wilderness up here. Ah. So, um, but never mind. I’ve got a lovely view. I’ got beautiful crowd here. We got car parks are looking full. The harvest is in. We’re racing at Shellsley. The sun’s out. I mean, come on. Yeah. A couple more results for you. Class C4. This is modified series production cars four-wheel drive. One by Steven well one jointly by Steven Darly and Damian Bradley who both did a 2909. So identical times for those two. Uh so they joint win the class with third place being Steven Moore on a 299. Modified specialist production cars won by Phil Goff. the last run you saw on a 3170 found a second from this morning which is brilliant going uh with Becky Manton second on a 3274 and Rob Lloyd third on a 3281. Uh and that’s all I can bring you for now uh because we haven’t finished anybody else’s classes. We do have a course car heading down behind the competitors of cars. Okay. Well, I tell you what, uh Becky Manton was on a mission just then, wasn’t she? She was, wasn’t she? And and I tell you what, you know, okay, she would probably ended up second behind Phil and but she’s a very competitive driver, I know, and her dad, you know, and uh nice to see them both out, but she’s got a real top job at pro drive. She a clever lady, but certainly can nip along in a in a little was it Katrum or Westfield? Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, lovely to see. Well, uh, Will Will Will Hall, I have to feel for Will this morning when he was stuck on the line there waiting to go when he was all psyched up, ready to go and then, uh, had a problem up the hill um with a spectator, I think. And so Will came, fifth in the end, wasn’t it? Yeah, that was tough. Uh, very tough. Bless him. But, uh, here there is another run this afternoon. So, let’s see how he can go this afternoon. Uh hopefully he’ll go as well in in this afternoon as he went in qualifying this morning. So uh we we may expect to hear young Chris at some stage later on, Billy, for another little go. Is that right? I don’t know. I’m not sure if he’s going to make it back or maybe done for the day now. And and Lloyd Lloyd came down at lunchtime. Uh and I think Alex headed up towards Topbox. And I don’t know if Peter is is is Alex with you, Peter, or is he I’m I’m all on my lonesome. Oh, you’re lonesome. on your own tonight. Yeah, I think Lloyd might be heading back. He was he was in inhaling, I think the right wording or nasty. No, he was a last time I saw him, which uh just try chewing it next time, Lloyd. Just saying. But it was being demolished, I think, is a good way to describe it. Well, I watched him run up and down this hill a couple of times earlier and he’s a very fit chap. Indeed. Right, flags are in. I’ve got a car on the line. I’ve got a 1600cc Force uh with Olivia Cooper behind the wheel. Uh great to see the Coopers back out uh again this season after unfortunately Liam uh broke his collarbone earlier in the year. So they’re now back running and Olivia off the line rockets past me. Two second start. We’ve got a fantastic on board as well on the stream but she’s with you. Wow. Exciting stuff watching on Hill TV. No doubt but Olivia very very quick lady drivers held ladies records around various hills as well with you. Yes. through the bottom part. The S is into the top and uh just a little bit of a twitch as she comes out of that but clearly up to us to finish line. Heads up the finisher 2648 but 2648. Good time quicker than she went this morning. Right, Paul Jones now on the hill. Great to see this car. Great to see also Lloyd’s stickers on this one. Driving heroes have got a sticker on here. Yes. Paul Jones from Worcester sharing with Darren Gumbley and going very nicely. Yeah, through very good. This could be a good time. Let’s see how he gets on. It is a quick time. It’s 2685. 2685. Slightly quick this morning. Right. Adam Green on the hill. This will be impressive. He touches the grass on the way in to kennel, but he’s with you. Oh, super rapids. We love watching them both. My goodness. Sparking banging his way up to the S is with you, Peter. Yeah. Oh, hanging the tail to the bottom. Hanging the tail to the top as well. But he’s through and he’s on his way towards the line. Heads up the finishing straight. Always impressive is Adam Green and it’s a 2572. 2572. That’s slightly quicker than he went this morning and lifts him up into fourth in the class just ahead of Alan Walton who sits on the line who leaves the line now in the gold GR59600cc that he shares with son Dave with you. Yeah. Well, David goes extremely quick. Campaign have been doing this many years. He’s put flat to the floor. He’s not lifted at all. Into the S’s first dramatic clean line through the top. He look very quick. Yes. Is it into the 25s again? Yes. 2584. 2584. 4100s quicker than he went this morning. Right. We’ve now got Hill leaving the line. The Sonorus V6. 2 L V6. KV6 in the back of the MP88 with you. Yes. Sharing this with Gav is a big step up for them. This car actually this is very similar to what Tom ran in the 2 liter class a few years ago. Very successful. Heads across the line to record 2862. 2862. That is uh what is it ever so quicker than he went this morning. Well done Richard running Jonathan Evans now on the hill with you. Millington engine in the back. Beautiful old building as well. It sounds absolutely amazing. This is the ex Bill Morris car, isn’t it? Yeah. First part of the finishing straight. Nice and neat tidy run. Jonathan finishes with a time of 30.16. 30.16 4100 slower than this morning. Right, Andrew Cobborn on the hill in a very rapid little van demon. Bit of a wiggle through kennel. Isn’t it pretty as well? Formula car, but it just I just love seeing this car. It’s just turned out amazing. And they really know how to build this engine as well. I guess they did it themselves. run through the nearly first car this afternoon to get under the 2C mark for the first time time in point. Yeah, 1.99. That’s quick. Uh and Andrew Colborn does a 30.08. That is slightly slower than he went this morning. Uh next on the hill, we have the lovely little dart driven by driven, designed, and built by Mike Luck. Now running 1800cc series with you. Isn’t this f Isn’t this lovely? You built your own car. You built it like this. You’d be pretty proud. And I tell you what, Mike’s a very capable driver, too, isn’t it? Lovely. Lovely car. Yeah. To the S2 away from the sprint to the finish line. Heads up. Finishing straight to record a time of 30.76. Mike West now on the hill in the SR1. The little radical. Yeah. Team motors. And Mike was a a Marshall. a very experienced master. We call him a martial god, but now he’s a he’s a racing god now, isn’t he? Yeah. And throwing a car in the first part of the SS out of the top S. And uh this looks like a good clean run as well. Yes. Nice neat tidy run up towards the finish to record a 3266 about half a second quicker than he went this morning. Right, David Bickley down the hill and another radical SR1 with you. Yeah, David of course, father of Stuart Bickley who races that little fluorescent yellow force which is currently poorly but David knows his way up the hill comes out most events not the quickest of the radicals we’ve got here but it’s still got about 200 horsepower to the masses and away he goes towards the finish line heads up the finishing straight now to record a time that will come up in a minute of 3233 right Andrew Bird on the hill in the lovely little Malach mark 32 Very rare cos and the all enclosed Malik. Rather lovely thing, isn’t it? That one. Very rare. So already coming to you, Peter. Yeah. Well, close to the barriers there, but he’s okay. And he’s on his way to the line. We await time. Sam Nicholson on the hill in the Mallet currently leading the class with you. Yeah, Sam certainly knows his way up. He’s riding this with his father and he generally gets the honors. But this little mal already with you. Yeah. It’s a 31.2 bird by the way. And this is like spirit spirit. It is indeed. And it was a 2.01 seconds start which is very quick. And it’s a 2942 run overall. 6100s of a second quicker than he went this morning. Very quick time indeed. Right Rob Alan McDonald on the hill. What can he do? currently second in class in force with you. Do you remember when Rob Stevens had this car? He got into the 25s in this car, but Alan McDonald’s an ex motorbike racer and also he’s got a motorbike business in Scotland. Yeah, he’s through the first part of the SS out of the SS. It’s a close inspection to the barriers, but he’s okay and he is still alive. after recording time of 2959. 2959 an improvement but not quite quick enough to pip Sam Nicholson to class honors. So the class F there taken by Sam Nicholson. Right. Sports Leap Cars over uh 2 L. Graeme Lok had a bit of an issue this morning with the gearbox. Doesn’t sound like he did now. Sounds perfect to me already with you. Yes, he put a Porsche engine in the back of this Lola. Built it himself. He used to used to run the circuits with a 2 L unit, but now got a big 3 L Porsche unit. Yeah, I do like this Lola lan. He’s well through the assist he goes. Let’s see what time he can set. Heads up the finishing straight to record a time of 32 point 33 sorry 75 right Simon Bainbridge on the hill now. Just keep an eye on the closed car record of 2777. What could Simon do? Super quick farmer from Middlesborough. Here he comes now. This car is an absolute rocket. Trust me folks, it’s quick. What can he do to introduce you, Peter? Yeah. And oh yeah, really trying really to just so incredible. I love this car. Keep an eye on the times. 2777 is the record. Is it going to be? It’s going to be close. Not quite. 20 2814. 2814 uh to win the class and to go a bit quicker than this morning. Right. Archie K on the hill now in the 600cc Hornet with you. Yeah, this is one that confused me earlier, isn’t it? Same color scheme, but yeah, 600cc bike engine. Very few of them around now, isn’t there? But a late body. Yeah. So, two things on his way to the time to beat his teammate is a 3136. What’s he going to do? He’s going to be close. 3153. Hemp proved, but not quite by enough. Stay second in class. Ever racing with you from the channel is with you, Peter. Yeah. And gets turned in on top. Very very clean. Yes, it does indeed. Heads up towards the finish. 2869 Gregory Barton on the hill in another Empire 0 with you. Yes, a latebodied empire again. You can see these little empires built by Bill Chaplain down in Somerset. He’s here today with Oakid Thomas good to do a time for 28 2915 sorry 2915 right Will Hammer is next on the line he did a 2651 this morning the there’s three drivers within 600s of a second. What can Will do in the BMW power? He’s already with you. He’s quick. He certainly is quick and he’s absolutely screaming that he’s going for it. He’s very close to the AR co through the the king there into bottom. Yeah. Very close to the barriers. He looks quick. What’s it going to be? It’s a 2616. 2616. That’s quick. That moves him into second in class behind Tom Weaver. Right. Richard Matossier. What can you do? Well, look at this. Is it from a good car and I tell you what, Richard’s getting better and better in this car actually. It’s a hard act to follow. And uh look at that. He’s going well. Yeah. Again, a nice clean line. Top to the line. Is it going to be quicker than he was this morning? Let’s see. Yes. 2629. 2629 for Richard. Moves him up to fourth in class. Just 200 of a second behind Ben Hammer in third. We next have on the line we have a purple OMS. It’s Jonathan Flesher currently sat sixth in class on a 2762. What can he do? He’s already through kennel with you. Yeah, he’s getting really rapid. This car I believe is up for sale. He wants to go up the classes but nevertheless retired dental technician from Harriet in Yorkshire with you. Yeah. There’s the tail on the top and just clean run up to the line. Got power down nice and early. What’s it going to be? 2731. 273 run. Right. What can Dave Taithm do? Currently sat on a 2644 with a beautiful little DJ. He’s with you. This is quick. Yes, it is. And he is very quick. He is super determined as well. Actually, David, he’s super competitive driver with you, Peter. Yeah. into the bottom. Cleanly through there, but quickly through there as well. A little bit twitchy into the top, but he’s okay. And what time can he sack? He heads up the finishing straight. Is it into the 26ers again? Yes. 2649. 2649. Half a half a tenth slower than he went this morning. Stays where he is. Right. Tom Weaver now on the line. Already has the class win in the bag. But can he get into the 25s? He did a 2605 this morning. It would be pretty cool to see this car into the 25s. Leaves the line now. Rockets past me. 2.07 seconds start. Disappears through kennel to you. Beautifully through kennel. Round through. Well done, young Tom. This is a smooth drive. That’s quick. He’s on a mission, I think. This looks good. He was He was purple to S approach. He was purple through the S’s. Was it going to be into the 25s? Yes. 2584 2584 Pretty impressive to be into the 25s in 1100. That was so smooth actually. Really, you see it all the way. The lines were perfect all the way. We got a Formula Ford now. We got his sister Lizzy in the single seater this year in the little Formula Ford. Uh it’s her she had a Citron Saxo last year and they still got but now she’s learning away with a little single seater and uh yeah already with you Peter. Yeah, just got into view now in fact and uh through the bump bar of the S’s quite cleanly out of the S’s and heads up the hill. Heads up towards the finish. Meanwhile, Carol Nichols on the hill now with you. Yes, Carol Nichols in the night built by her father. Look, she’s got this laidback driving style. She’s a brilliant supporter of the sport. She’s out most weekends in this little car. Time by the way for Lizzy Weaver is a 3702 that apparently is a PB and also very close 36 Lizzy right Carol Nicholls head towards the finish. Mike Gallery on the hill. Yeah, Mike Gallery in the little van Demon. Okay, we got a lovely little class of these here today. They’re all basically got no arrow, none of that stuff. It’s very unfancy car really. 39.42. What can Mike Gary do as he goes up towards the finish line? Uh did a 34A1 this morning. What’s he doing this afternoon? 3491. Slightly slower. Les Buck on the hill now with you. Les Buck, regular campaigner, drives this very well indeed as well. He’s also got a nice inland sometimes he brings, but this one here, he might trouble this Formula 4 lot today. He might bring a mist round on the board by any means, but uh went pretty well for less at the moment as he goes up towards the finish line. Uh heading up towards the finish. Did I say Mike Gallery did a 3491 if I didn’t upset it now. Uh and Les B does a 3499. So quicker than he went this morning into the 34 as well done. Right, Matt Tors currently second in class on a 3368. Can he improve to take the class lead? Let’s see. Well, he’s certainly going for it, isn’t it? His lines are very good indeed. Max is a great photographer too actually and sometimes he’s here with his mom in another single seat for I think bit enthusiastic into the BMS in the band RF84 but he managed to put it all together and he’s heading for the line. It’s going to be close. What’s the time for Max? It’s a 3347 takes the lead in the class. What can Sarah Bosworth do? She’s on the hill. The demon barber of Sheffield’s already with you, Peter. And I’ve just been joined by Marcus Pie in the box. I’m just signing off for a second. Yeah, the RF85 now on the hill with Sarah at the wheel coming up to the line. Can she go quicker to uh Yes, you can. 3354. 3354 moves her up to joint second equal in class with the man that’s just left the line, Andrew Henson, who did a 3354 this morning, needs to find about a tenth of a second to take the class win. He’s already through Kennel. Are you still on on online there, Chris? No, you’re off. Okay, so great through Kennel. Great through crossing. Smack bang in the middle of the road through the kink. This is looking fast. Breaking to bottom now. Yeah, this time it’s the RF 191. He’s a good run through the SE actually. And blasting it up towards the line now. Can he improve on his time? Can he improve? We wait. We wait. It’s a 3355. 3355. Uh so he stays second joint in class because that was a 100 c this morning. What can Simon Andrews do with you? Well, it’s a good uh line through the mass. He’s out to the S’s now and uh a little quite close to the barriers but uh safely through and on up towards the line. Heads up towards the finish. It’ll do a 3436. 3436 slightly quicker than he went this morning to solidify fourth in class. Uh the class taken by Max Hawks on a 3347. Uh, and then second equal, uh, Andrew Henson and Sarah Bosworth on a 3354. Less than a tenth of a second between three drivers. How close do you want it? I’m going to step away as that’s the end of the batch and Chris is going to have another little chat with you all and then I will speak to you again a little later. So, the cars starting to make their way back down the hill now, back to the paddock. And once they reach the bottom, of course, then we can get uh the uh batch five underway. So, three more batches still to come this afternoon before we get the allimp important top 12 runoff. [Music] [Music] Right. Who have we got still working hard on the microphones? Well, here I am all on my lonesome up at the top. Are you? Yes. Yes. It’s It’s You’ve been deserted. It’s so sad. Six commentators and five of them want nothing to do with me. Now I wonder why that should be. I think it’s it’s an ethnic thing. Personally, I think it’s a racial problem. Yes. Those people who live over the left hand side of the of the map, you can’t talk to them. They’re just nothing but trouble. Here comes the Olivia and Liam Cooper, the lovely can’t remember what blue that is, but it’s a very attractive color. Anyway, Peter, good to talk to you. And uh we’ve got nobody in the middle box. We will have him at the moment, but Chris, uh the other Chris, I think, is having a chat with Marcus Pie. Oh, is he? Yeah, I saw Marcus a bit earlier on. Good to see him back in action. Well, here taking a day off. Um, right. Where are we on the program? We’re looking for We will have batch five coming up the hill next, I believe. Yes. Kicked off by Olivia probably in the force TA. I think one of the most extraordinary elements of hill climbing over the last 10 15 years has been the growth of these little companies, tiny companies uh making amazing engineering and brilliant uh small racing cars kicked off I suppose. Who would I say kicked them off? Uh Pillbeam. I think it’s actually the following batch that we’ll be seeing next. James Charas in the roads. Oh, is it okay? Um, we’ve got uh DJ, we’ve got um Force, Pillbeam. Well, Radical are doing much more on the circuits than on the hills. Uh GWR up in Scotland. Graham is I don’t know if he’s still building cars up there. Um, but it’s been revolutionary and the part to weight ratio of these little cars is just stunning. If you look at um some of them with tiny engines, little 1300cc engines, turbocharged producing something like 700 horsepower. It’s hard to believe. And uh feather light. So part to weight ratio of what 1500 to the ton or something. No wonder they are so fast. It’s incredible. Goes to show the engineering talent that we have in this country as well. Absolutely. And of course, none of these little companies rely I think MS do rely entirely on building racing cars for their income. They’re supplying other F1 teams um making bicycle parts. They’re making a a arrows wings for for for sports cars and racing cars. You were absolutely right. Here comes J. I think it’s James Charmer, son of John. John’s been hill climbing for a long time on and off, but in recent years, putting much more focus on the the ruled F302. And uh couple of years ago, James came along. I think started with a a Formula Ford, but very quickly graduated to the ruled. and since then has really demonstrated a great deal of skill and courage as you can see with a start that he’s just made in 2.14 seconds into bottom S at a speed of 118. That’s astonishingly quick into bottom S. Very cleanly through the corner and out again. passed quick on the way up to the line and his time is a 2639. Speed over the line 120. Good run by James. I’m back by the way. Chris, I hear you’re back. Wonderful. I got Marcus Pie up with me here at the moment and uh he’s just in the box having a chat with me. Well, you’re really privileged. I am always privileged, Chris. You know that. I only get to work with all the top ones like you and Marcus. Yeah. You know, I’m the apprentice, but we’ll get there. Here comes Debbie Salmer. Debbie really getting the hang of this car. She’s always been a brilliant driver, but to get ready to swing this brand new car so quickly is a surprise. Yes, already master. Debbie, new mother, of course, Alex Summers’s wife. Rapid acceleration towards the line. Uh, we’ve got a hornet in here. Or it looks like a hornet, but luckily I think it’s gone out of the front door. It was a bit scary now. Debbie, what did she do? She did a 2737. Here’s an Owen. It’s Lynn, Mrs. Yes, I’ve got her in sight now. So, yeah, PB for Debbie. That’s great to see. Lyn Owen, of course, Steve Owen’s wife. They built these cars up in York and already with a mess. Yep. First part of the way the hill. Well, very clean. Yep. And is she’ll be pleased to be in the 20s. 2977. She’s followed by Sandra Tomlin. Sandra sharing with her son Oliver. This is the big pill beam with a big jud 4 liter. Yes. Fabulous looking car too. One of the last of the hill climb pill 2013. So quite a recent car block is it is. And she finishes with a 2825. Sandra will be pleased with that. That’s one of her quicker times. 133 over the finishing line. On the start line now will be who is it? I think Nicola Ming is Yeah, it is Nicola sharing of course with Dave Uran. Nichler leaves the line 2.1 and not a trace of a lift at Kettle. Here she comes now. Yeah. Nickelo is our hill record holder. This is the ex Martin Groves car that used to do 22s and won the championship three times. Very rapid car with a Cos engine in the Let’s see if she can improve. 2641. That’s pretty good. 138 over the line. We’ve got Alex’s mom, Lindsay, in the firestorm. It’s her car. She decides who drives it. And she does a great job for Alex of warming it all up. Strate screaming V8 in the back of that Indie car engine. Rest about 14,000. So sounds absolutely amazing. his way away from me and see someone going towards the line now. 2656 you’re let Marcus have a go then he can he can claim I’ve I’ve commentated at the famous Chelsea walls. I’m going to do that because um Sean G is coming this way and also he’ll be working with you as well. So I’m going to let Marcus have a go cuz he’s a damn good commentator. So you’re up for that Marcus. He strokes his shoulders. He says like a French. Okay. If he doesn’t want to I’m I’m going to chuck a headset on him now. I’m going to give him the batting order and over to you Marcus. Now Sean G really takes apparently very gently but actually 2.25 is very quick. Short determined turn 2237. You can’t get new tires nowadays. Running slow and he’s off. 6y old. All looks good, but he’s into the barriers and significant damage done to the car. He’s he appears to be okay, but red flags are out, of course. Just overcooked it coming out of the first uh uh first part, the lower part of the S’s and into the barrier on the uh the inside there. Just as we were talking about quite a bit of damage there, not having decent tires. I I can’t see. My screen’s got the sun shining on it. I can’t see a thing. Sean is out of the car incident. He’s sat on the bank and he looks uh looks to be okay. Okay. That’s annoying for them and for and for Matt as well. Personally, I blame Marcus Pie. Yeah. Oh, thank you. That’s really kind. Uh I was chatting to Sean earlier on actually in the paddock and yeah these these tires are 6 years old. He just can’t get this. He’s on the PLLIS and um of course uh Matt’s on uh um the what’s left of the the current stock of Avons. But this is the type of time which you set the record. They tell me that Nova were going to start production at Christmas time. I thought they were already producing some sizes but obviously not. Yeah, it all sounded quite hopeful at one point, but I suppose um you know once you’ve missed the start of a season and sort of you’ve gone past halfway point um better build up a stock for for the next one and uh if you Yes, just a quick update. The rear rear wing is off the car and I think there is possibly just the one corner that’s intact after that drama. What a shame. Uh if there’s a replay, I wonder if I can get a picture on the screen. It’s not not easy at the moment. Clock’s still ticking over. Poor Osha. That’s a shame. But he made them. He can mend them. Next up should be John Stockley, but he hasn’t even appeared on the start line yet. The important thing, of course, he’s on his feet and inspecting the damage. Indeed. Well, they’re such strong cars, okay? They’re designed for bits to fall off or to be torn off the car. Uh using up energy, uh which is of course the safest way for the driver to not get hurt, especially if you’re encased in a very strong tub, which of course the good GR59 has. Yeah, that’s right. There’s the sort of the sacrificial bits before you get to the uh the monok. Exactly. And uh which is why space frame cars were much more dangerous uh before Monok came along certainly given our marshall some work to do actually clearing up. This might take a few minutes actually. Has he lost a front wheel? One is is it off or is it just it’s certainly misaligned if it’s not uh Did it Did it happen after the kink or before the kink? It happened after the first uh first part of the S’s. Oh, really? as he powered it uh uh out of the first part of the S’s. It just the back kicked out and he went into the banking on the left hand side. What a nuisance. Yeah, he’ll be cross with himself, but uh give him 10 days and the car will be out as good as new. Yeah, the one front with is completely off the car. Yes. So, we got the uh the flatbed truck coming up past us now and uh will be uh making it uh its way to the scene. 132s with that speed trap was was sure I see that pinged up. Hats off to our marshals incidentally. The speed with which they reacted to that incident. The um the the scene down in the paddock is absolutely extraordinary here. Um and uh the way that the sport of speed hill climbing I mean the British championship inaugurated in 1947 uh has developed in recent years has been uh a pace hasn’t it and uh now virtually every single seater that you see running um is a bespoke car designed for the job and uh you speak to people around the panic and there are more cars on order and uh the fascination and the lure of of speedy hill climbing uh is probably stronger than it’s ever been. I don’t know. Do you know if if Gord building some more cars? Um I’ve seen uh I have a couple in in build down at Bry in Newbury. New I supposite there’s the economy and the taxation. There’s a a new little one with um a BMW motorcycle engine together which would be fascinating ultra light in a lighter smaller chassis than the 59. Well, it’ll be a kind of a 59 derivative. So, yeah, that’s interesting to see. Astonishing thing about the 59 is that the only access at the top of the car is for the driver. Everything else has to go in from underneath. Uh so the tub is a one piece um very strong and interestingly made of three different specifications of um not carbon fiber. What’s the word I’m looking for? It’s composite, isn’t it? Yes. In other words, the front the front nose cone is designed to crumple gently to reduce damage to to people. The cockpit surround is as strong as you can get to protect the driver. And then the bit over and the engine and gearbox is designed to resist heat. Uh and then they’re all fused together so it looks like a a one piece of carbon fiber. Yeah, they’re magnificent structures, that’s for sure. And uh and they’re still building parts for various F1 teams. I don’t think we should name them, but uh they’ve got good relationships because of the quality of their engineering. Yeah, exactly that. And uh you got to remember that uh you know it’s um all those years, it’s what 41 years since uh since David brought out David G brought out the first of the what we refer to as the sort of the pucker golds. Yeah. and um the the honeycomb monok car which is absolutely stunning and and is still respplendant uh in the factory in the family ownership which is brilliant to see. We came here for our centinery and uh um and it’s the it’s the car that Chris Kramer won that championship in. Yes. I offered well Chris was going to drive it here and unfortunately it it failed for some reason. The engine wouldn’t start. So I gave him a a go in my March 782 which he I was expecting a whole list of things that he would tell me was wrong and I could could change to make it go faster. He didn’t. He just said, “Thank you very much. It’s very nice.” Yeah, great great guy. Of course, delightful character. saw Chris Grummer win the uh uh win the hill climb round or set the the ultimate record at Great Oakland back in the day uh with the little march at Grunhala Laga March before we went to the big the big banger. When did Great Oakland finally close? 74. 74 was it? Yeah. I went from 69 to 74 um knowingly. I might have gone once or twice before that sort of um just in I enjoyed watching Rivers Fletcher going around the top of the bank in the banking. Absolutely right. But Chris Kmer’s record there was 400 yardd course downhill start um banked right-handed bend and a flick flack left right left right and then a short run to the uh to the finish 440 yards it would be a short run to the finish but um the ultimate record Chris Kmer’s record was 17.65 65 seconds uh which was pretty phenomenal. But when I first went there in ‘ 69 um Roy Lane won and um of course he ended up stellar career winning 90 odd um and numerous championships but that was his second round win um having won I think the previous month at Dune in Scotland and uh and Roy signed my program at the end of it and I treasure that program to this very day. I bet. Long long time ago. Well, I’ve got the pro I’ve got the timing sheet time sheet from my first hill climb which was at Bruntton. Okay. Not many people have heard of Bruntton West. Yeah. Just on on the edge of Ssbury plane. Uh little typed sheet from the BARC Southwest. Uh which I thought I’d lost and I found it the other day which was a great relief. Who um who who else would have been at that event? What what were you in? I was in the Lotus 18. Okay. And uh Oh, my brain has gone. Who operated from In the Woods in Surrey and uh was a pioneer in four-wheel drive? Tony Marsh or somebody or won the Hill Time Championship. Oh, and Peter Westbury. Peter Westbury. Yeah. Now, now I think it was Peter’s first run that season. Oh, okay. He was a delightful character. He won the championship twice. Um he did and had a lovely dameler engine in the back of that car. I think it was a basically in the fel day in the f day which are bas was basically I think Kooper space frame and uh he won it one year in the f day and once in the in the Ferguson um Grand Prix car didn’t he that I think he did he did the P the P99 Ferguson. Yes. Yeah. Exactly that. and he ran a a successful Formula 2 team uh with M Dagghorn um who was a a Channel Islander and uh and Mac Dagghorn uh in his dotage uh gone many a year now but uh still worked with Renault I believe in Formula 1 engine development really a long time through but Matt Dagghorn uh was also involved with um Hugh Dibbi the BAC pilot and Tony Sergeant in uh running a Lola 270 sports British championship province. Sorry, Marcus. Just a quick update that the the car has been picked up. It’s on the flatbed. It’s about to come back down the hill. There’s a little bit of final clearing being done by the marshals and then we should be ready to get back underway. Thank you, Peter. Update from the scene. Um yeah, so um yes, a lot of history in that. And Fel ran Formula 2 team um with Braboms and they were a kind of iridescent mid blue. I think Derek Bell was uh drove for that one occasions and Peter Westprey um got as far as one Grand Prix. He was called up by BRM, wasn’t he? To do was it the US Grand Prix in the early ‘7s? Um I don’t think he qualified for the race from from memory. No. But nonetheless, an accolade to be to be called up. had a nice chat with Richard Atwood the other day um here actually in in Vox Villa talking about we’re just going to get a replay of this sad accident to Shan Gold. He’s going so well up to there. Perhaps press the throttle a bit prematurely [Music] into bottom S then. Wow. Yes. What a shame. You’ll be cursing. But there you go. Nothing is not mendable. And Rich Richard was talking about when he was invited by I suppose by Raymond Mays to um compete at Monarcho. um in the spare BRM and he turned up and uh Uncle Lou Stanley, the dreaded Lou Stanley, took one look at him and said, “What are you doing here, boy?” He said, “I’m here to drive one of your cars.” “Oh, no, you’re not. You can’t.” And eventually it was all sorted out. And he came second. That’s right. And he matched Grab Hill’s record lap time uh in the BRM. So we I mean we can say that BRM was an old clunker but actually I don’t think Graeme was trying very hard. Of course Richard Atwood had won the formula junior race at Monaco in ‘ 63 where the Midland racing partnership lark 5A so he knew his way round at Monaco. He did remarkable course went on to win lemon. Another quick update. The there is a little bit of fluid has been dropped on the hill here in this incident, but the marshals have worked hard putting uh absorbent uh powder down, so hopefully it won’t be an issue for the cars. I think it’s all clear now. We’ve got um we should be waiting for it should be John Stockley next. John Stockley who’s doing well. 87 with a force PC. Yeah. And the red flags are just about to come in. And in this batch we’ve got who else have we got? But Andy Beard is he’s he’s doing well over from the Channel Islands. He’s very skillful. Mike Traoning up from Cornwall. Jonathan Vley. 80 80 years old. Mike Tragoni, I believe. Oh, he’s young then, isn’t he? Well, in comparison to some of us. Yeah. Yeah. No, it’s a it’s a a remarkable scene. And um you know the force cars are out didn’t want to say in force but um there there’s loads of them and more in build. Another three orders I believe. Is it force that Bill Chaplain runs? That’s um which one’s the force group? I can’t remember now which which is which. There’s Empires and Forces, aren’t there? Yes. Oh, no. Empire. I think Bill is Empire. Empire and Force Force is Ian Dason, isn’t it? Ian was saying this morning three more cars in build and um uh more um competitors talking to him about cars for next year and I think he said they’re 18 or there’ll be 18 or 19 at that point. It is Josh Dley. He’s on the grid on the start line with his force PC. He is car number 87. Where would we find him in the program? Somewhere around page 27, I think. Yes, we do. For PC with a high booster engine, as far as I can tell, and it’s not turbocharged or supercharged. We’ve got one Josh car Jason is through and over the line 27.35 for John Stockley. So here goes John Stockley. Here comes Gary Hill who’s doing so well this season. Yeah really making good progress with their cars. Of course, it helps you get consistent weather at events and quite a lot of PBS going in in this class. Summers going away. Yeah, he was 104 into B. We’re getting a red flag waved on the start line. Not sure why. And the red flag is out. Can’t mean the end of a batch, I don’t think. But time for Gary Hill. 2785 113 over the line. It’s pretty good. Why have we got flags out? Can you see it? Oh, well, they’re coming in again now. Fine. That’s okay. The whistle sort of spread its way back down the Bush Telegraph down. May have been a bit of sweeping somewhere. Yeah. Best of the speeds in this this group. Lindsay Summers with a a very fine 145 uh at the top end which uh is a very stout effort. And don’t forget that at the top after the finishing line, there’s not much room to stop. Uh and lots of people have had difficulty stopping. We do have a a sand trap there, thank goodness, which will stop a car very quickly. Sort of like like arriving at do. You go down that hill into the light tag which is designed to stop a truck. Now then Jason Tundliff is it with the Evo 3. Yeah, the Empire Evo 3 is next up. It is indeed. And he’s got a he’s got the turbocharged engine of one liter which could be BMW but I’m not sure back left corner of the sort of skid plate under the rear left corner and that’s working on pushing to the SS and up to the line now. 2628 for Jason. Who should be next? Well, it should be Liam Cooper, but and it is well, it’s certainly that their car. Olivia has had a go, I think. So, let’s see what Liam can do. It’s a great husband wife battle between Olivia and Liam. Be number 90, won’t it? Be number 90. Yes. I don’t know whether Liam did any hill climbing before meeting you 17 through the cleaning road. towards the line. It’s quick. 2728 for Liam. That is quick in that car. Who we got on the line now? Car number 91. I think Darren Gley in the force. Mistral, the local driver from Tenbury Welsh. 2.06 off the start line. and into the nice line through very close to the barriers on the exit. But now up to the line 2573 15 through the finish. Mark Shanker 1.98. Brilliant start. It’s amazing how much better the starts have become. Is it down to traction control? I don’t know a little tight um going into the kink here and uh had to work a little bit just to track coming up but certainly impressive under under 10 seconds to crossing to mark time 26.37 and is it a green yet I think both greens are so quick of the empire very very sideways. Yeah, I do not know but dragging through here too. This is kind of one of those seat of the pants type jobs and kicking almost touching the barriers on the exit to the asses as well. 2548 for Addy. Just think how much better that might have been had he had one go at it. Well, I wonder. That was very hairy. very hairy. We’ve got a W. It’s a It’s a David. He were eighth in the championship last year. I’m talking to him. And uh the screen quite correctly switches away. It just says we will be right back. There’s no way that uh we are ghoulish to to have pictures of injured drivers. That’s the last thing we want. And people complain, why don’t we get a a a review of the of the crash? Well, we don’t. Simple as that. Um well, we may get one once we know the driver’s okay, of course. Sure. It means that David’s dad has Allan had a run yet. Second run. I don’t think so. Uh, no, I don’t think so. So, poor Alan Wbertton is going to be done out of his second drive, I’m afraid. Yeah, we got all through yesterday and uh well, should we say three quarters of today with no uh great incidents uh up here at the S’s and then suddenly two in just a few minutes. So Gavin McLaren in the yellow uh Pilbeam 88B has pulled off into the into the slot near the start line cuz there’ll be a bit of a pause, a bit of picking up the car and uh doing some sweeping. As soon as we have official notice of how David is, we will let you know, but we don’t speculate. [Music] Well, please say a round of applause up here because uh David’s getting out to the car under his own steam and walking away. Good. That’s good news. I wonder if it’s something to do with the temperature of the road that uh it gives lots and lots of grip and then suddenly let’s go. Car’s lost its back wing otherwise. Does it look pretty much undamaged? I hope so. It appears from from my angle anyway that uh certainly the the the two wheels on the side I can see which of course the wrong side really because that the 180 um but they look okay. The wing is off as you say. Yeah, we got a we got a close-up picture on the uh on the screen and uh it doesn’t look too bad, but that doesn’t mean that the rear wing can be reattached for Allan to have a run. Uh it obviously needs a good check over to make sure. Yes. Unfortunately, I can’t imagine that car will be going back out today. No, I don’t think so. It would be crazy to attempt to Yeah. some uh work to be done by our marshals once again, including uh sort of repositioning the uh those sort of absorbent I forget the name for the material now. The rectusel, that’s it. The rectell barriers. They which have done their job in fairness. They really have. They’re heavy, hard to shift, but they are extremely well. Life- saving is probably going a bit far, but they were donated to the club by an ex-competitor whose name escapes me, but uh they do a great job. It’s now 20 to five. I don’t know how many more batches we’ve got to go. Two, I think, unless we have batches one and two again. I don’t think we do. Anyway, what time we then we not have we don’t have a tin top challenge uh in the second runs, but we do have uh a second run off. We should be away by hopper six, I guess. Do please remember to keep hydrated. Drink a lot. Get even if it’s just water, drink it. Uh we’ve had a number of people suffering from dehydration. It’s not funny. You feel faint and wobbly. Um and if you drink plenty, you’ll be fine. So those cells, rectus cell barriers which are super effective being uh just repositioned, manhandled into uh into place by the marshals. So, the flatbed truck is on its way up to scoop up uh David Wbertton’s car. Shouldn’t Shouldn’t take very long. It should be uh there one or two bits of um wing and um assemblages which are Yes. being kind of put back with the car sort of in kit form. Uh the wing Chelsea prides itself on the speed with which it can clear things up after there’s been an accident. Compare it with certain other places where you sit for half an hour and the marshall stand with their hands on their hips wondering what to do. Um can be immensely frustrating. I think it’s lost its front offside wheel, hasn’t it? It does look that way, I have to say. Hello chaps. It’s Alex up here in the top box. I’ve just relieved Peter briefly for a bit of a comfort break. So, while we’ve got a bit of a a downtime and then the next couple of batches before we get to the runoff later on. Good, good to hear you again. We’ve had a bit of a time up here at the uh at the Esses. Um it’s been clean running all day, then two rather big ones in um short succession. Yes, fortunately without injury but a certain amount of car damage of course inevitably. No, so far everything looks um good as in terms of the drivers. Both have got out and walked away pretty much under their own power which is what you want to see. Ne neither of the cars looks particularly good. Um so, uh that’s certainly it for the day and then um with any luck they can get it sorted before next time out at um at Dune I think in a couple of weeks. I’m always astonished that there aren’t more accidents at Dune. It’s it’s so narrow and so twisty. It’s like a scale extra track. Um I didn’t ever dare dare drive there. I wasn’t brave enough. It’s an incredible course, Dune, up at Sterling, but it catches even the best. I mean, um I think uh one of the the GS cars one one year came back with all four corners off it, um having sort of skittleled its way up the tunnel and uh it was sort of um sleepers for Carnill by the time it came to rest. Yes, I did compete there on one occasion and uh George Richie, bless him, uh said would I care to come and have a go. I’ve done quite a few in fact done most of the hill climb courses over the years um back from the sort of 80s on um really thanks to people like good friend David Gold in the early days. But um uh when it came to that one, he said, “Oh, you know, what sort of what sort of thing would suit you?” I said, “Something small and not very quick.” And uh he said okay. And he asked around and there was sort of a less than uh less than interested sort of silence from his mates. So he said, “Well, you better come and drive my Formula 2 Chevron then.” So that’s what I did it in. Uh and it was it was absolutely brilliant. But uh uh I I suppose you you could say it was exhilarating and and terrifying in equal measure. Uh but uh yeah it was great because um autoport we had our old Scottish correspondent uh Bill Henderson who was from Sterling from Blink Bonny and uh he used to go and do most of the reports up there. Uh a splendid fellow and uh uh Dune was always sort of the last round of the championship back in um uh back in those kind of days. There was a bit of a party on the Saturday night uh for which I think one or two drivers sort of emerged little the worse for wear. But yeah, it’s always good. I remember when Andy Prio won the championship in 95 and um Daryl Graham, his his late father, um hired a a piper to um to to do his stuff on the bag pipes. A piper car or a cup piper commandeer? No, it was one of those things with sort of you blow into a bag. You know the ones. Oh, I know. And then they take off. All the locals. Uviators. All the locals take off. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. The skull of the bag pes. But it was quite splendid and really marked the occasion very very well. Yeah. Well, Marcus, I’m going to hand over to Billy Grace for the next two batches and he’s going to do the runoff as well. Chris. Um, Chris, your namesake is here. I wanted to have say a few words. Hold on a sec. Hi there. Chris, just before you go anyway, are you signing off for the day now, old chap? I don’t think I’ll have another opportunity if if if um Bill is going to do the second runoff, which I hope he will. I’m sure he will. Uh, I don’t think I’ll have another go. I’ve done I’ve done uh done my share of microphoning, I think. Well, Chris, you’ve done an amazing job. 24 years here and obviously working down the road as well and elsewhere no doubt but uh it’s been an absolute privilege if I don’t talk to you later on and working with you and uh hopefully we’ll catch up with you next year and you’ll come along and uh help us out. We will I shall offer my services to Sarah. Round of applause to Chris Drew folks. He’s been amazing commentator. If you could give him a round of applause. Yeah. Thank you very much Chris. It’s been brilliant to uh get on the mic alongside you a couple of times. I’m overwhelmed. Well, you’ve done you well deserved it, buddy. You well deserved it. And uh anyway, uh we’ll talk to you soon. I’ll just hand back to my uh Marcus. No, it’s okay. Well, well, thanks guys. That’s very kind of you. Um and I shall I bet when it comes round to next year and I see that uh there’s going to be a meeting at Chelsea Wash. Oh, I wish I could go. Well, I can go of course. You you’ll come for a bus holiday, won’t you? And then get roped in. and I’ll wander around saying, “Surely you need another commentator. Surely you need another.” Exactly. Well, of course. No, I’ I’ve enjoyed almost every minute of it. And Chris, thanks for all your support. And Billy, same to you and all the other guys. And uh we’ll talk again. No doubt. I’m sure you will. And and thanks for all those great years at Goodwood, too, Chris, because every minute of it. Yeah. Didn’t we both? And we did. Happy days indeed. But here comes the uh uh here comes the uh Wbertton car which is I think sort of one real one real corner has been savaged and the uh and the wing but hopefully when they get into it um there won’t be too much uh other work to do to get it back to uh tiptop condition. Hello David. You’re quiet. I am cuz So with the uh instant cleared up here at the Esses, hopefully it won’t be long before the track can go live again. We can get through. I think there’s a couple of batches, this one to finish and a couple more after that and then the final top 12 runoff which will round off the day’s competition. I believe. Hello everybody. Hello down there. Uh hello Billy. This is uh this is sad, isn’t it? We don’t like to see broken race cars. Uh do we? And especially two contenders to qualify for the runoff. The main thing Well, three technically three. Yes, you’re right. The main thing is um I believe both Dave and Sha are perfectly all right. Uh which is great to hear and a testament to the safety of of the GR59s. Um could be a busy week down in Newbury next week. Uh unfortunately, yeah, it’s also the testament to the the reptoile barriers as well, which are a wonderful innovation at um you know, everywhere from kind of indie car racing down really these days. Yeah, the uh the speed that car went in backwards, it looked like a heavy hit. Uh but to get up and walk away from that is um well, a testament to everything that’s gone into making these cars safer. What’s interesting also is that um they are um equally um efficacious when it comes to um to to supercarts and uh and motorcycle racing. Um so it’s a kind of you know it’s been a huge huge breakthrough over the years. Do you know who was who could see what happened? Did he just lock the rears and it spun then he was backwards into the rectus cell? Did I only really saw the tail end of it. He sort of came into view at the eters backwards and skipping over the tarmac with not a lot of speed scrubbed off. So it must have happened just before. Um there is there’s a couple of nasty little bumps in the track just before the S’s. I wonder whether he’s hit one of those just at the wrong moment and it just unsettled the car and flicked it. Yeah. Shame. Real shame cuz he was going exceptionally well. Yeah, he was well he was well up. He was 14.7 into S’s which is unbelievable. Yeah. 9 926 into crossing which was good. and and under two for the first 64 ft. Yes. Yeah. Sea was similar in a way. He came into the ess’s but the the tail sort of snapped and that threw him into the barrier into the sort of the banking and um yeah there’s not a lot of forgiveness. Uh it didn’t quite get as far as the sleepers but certainly the earth banks didn’t um didn’t give him any uh easy going. Yes. Yes. Um I think I’m going to get a replay on the stream in a minute because uh it’s been given the okay to show the replay because uh yes, in fact I’m getting it now. So, we’re actually getting a a replay of the whole run uh just before we then start uh running again. But uh yes, so getting a replay of the whole run. It was a good start as you said, 1.96 seconds, which is incredible. It was so quick through Kennel through crossing. Uh came through the kink, everything looking fine, and then hit the brakes. No, I don’t know. He hit the brakes, but it didn’t seem to slow down. I don’t know if he locked it up, but that was strange. It didn’t seem to lock the wheels. Um, but it came in, as you said, quite an incredible amount of speed backwards. And glad the rectell was there because, um, that did a fantastic job. So, uh, yeah, the main thing is all right. And actually, because it’s Recttoell, the damage could have been a lot worse to the car. Uh, but it absorbs so much energy so well. So, anyway, that was a crying shame. It also means, as we said, uh, there is no Dave Walton in the runoff. There will be no Sha G or Matt Ryder in the runoff. I also heard Alex Coohls isn’t running this afternoon because the issue we had this morning with a wheel has actually damaged a wheel upright so they can’t run. Uh I’ve heard that Zack Zamit is out for the day with electrical. Well, they don’t know what the Gremlins are. It’s on three cylinders or maybe even two. So that car is out for the day. Sounded very rough, didn’t it? Early on, I believe. Yeah. So that’s 1 2 3 4 five cars that we’d expect to see either in or very close to being into the run that aren’t. So there may be a few 1600cc runners that need to not order a beer at the bar cuz it may be that they qualify. For example, we you know the cut off at the moment it will be in the 25s but if you look at for example Tom Weaver on 2584 you never know or gums Darren G on 2573. Anyway, we’re up and running again. Gavin McLaren is with you in the Pillbe. Yes, here he comes on the road. Nice and smooth arrive. Yeah, it takes a little bit of the curve there. Dodges around the middle towards the finishing line. Another competitor from this kind of Midland front of hill climbing. It is indeed. Records 2871 2871 3100ths of a second quicker than he went this morning. There’s a red flag here at the start line, but it’s because a little bit of debris came in. Came off actually just by me. It looked like just some tape. So, that’s been retrieved. Flags are in. So, we shouldn’t have much of a delay. Simon Carr is on the line in the Delara F302. Comes over from the Channel Islands, I believe, to compete in this and doing a lot more this year, which is brilliant to see. Yeah, that’s right. The car family with the Delar as it’s called in the program. Del. I like that. Can’t take the red pen out of the the sting hand journalist. He also um did very well on the Gernzian jersey rounds a couple of weeks ago. Believe he got some points actually which was brilliant to see. Right. Launch control off the line popping a bang as he comes past me. 2.36 second start in Delara to you. Yeah. And the Delaro looks quite wide comparing some of the this capacity classes that lots of sparks moves the king before the edit. goes into the hes to the area but lead nice and tidy round across the line to record 3/4 2813 105 across the line Tony Cotton now on the hill in the pretty much standard I think Dar F300 from 2000 yeah Tony’s been around for a long time lots of supercars it’s running very badly it’s it’s very flat sounding and it’s on three cylinders struggling. Yeah. Clicks the curve a little bit. Doesn’t have a huge amount of pace through the middle. He entered into the S’s at only 80 mph. So down on a lot of the other guys. Heads up the finishing straight now. We await time for Tony. It’s a 3334. 3334. Right. John Cot on the hill now in the what was once upon a time the works building I believe. Yep. Here he comes. John Cotron with the MP2 kind of a Hot Wheels type livery down the side of it. Yeah, they always did those, didn’t they? There’s quite a few pilings had those. There was a white one with a sort of orangey. Yeah, it’s called flame. I think it looks more like oil or something flying back, which is a good thing for a racing car. Yes, a lamp livery. I like that. John does a 33. Kevin C down the hill in an MP88 with you. Through past steady into the S’s as he takes the first corner nicely. He runs through the world towards the finish line time of 2998. 2998. So into the 29s. Ian Tucker now on the hill. Yes, that’s a little bit more like it. Back off though for the last king before the S’s. Tidy through that first turn and comes up towards the second one and yeah, nice and staying in the middle. No dramas start. Yes, it was indeed. It was a quick time. It’s over the finish. 2998. 2998, which is identical to the time that Kevin Creeman said when we got to the big cars. Um I think was it 188 was the best we saw for 16. Yes, it was. Unbelievable, isn’t it? Right, Nigel Pit on the hill now in this beautiful blue 305. I love this car with a 2 L V8 in the back. Yeah, great. Williams cut his teeth on the hills. Looks like mini crossing. It’s good time indeed. It’s across the line. It’s a 2737. So half a second quicker than he went this morning. Personal best. Very quick indeed. And well done. Fourth in class there. Right. Aaron Coburn. Now Aaron actually scored uh some points in this car in Ralph Dune earlier in this. What can he do today? He’s with you. Yeah. In the demon very nice and through here and Demon cars first made in 1973. Moral Furman and Ross Ambrose. Bit of a trail slide through the first and through the second kiss the barriers with his rear tire but keeps it going straight luckily. Luckily got away with it. Cross the line. 2762 2762 3/10 quick slower than he went this morning. Stays third in class. Right. Andy Beard on the hill in the fourth. Another Channel Islander currently sat second in class. Gernzi of Andy Prio three time three time world touring car champion. as Andy Per his hill climb gear 95. Few little puffs of smoke out the back and at the speed of flame as Andy goes past me and up towards the finishing line and crosses the line to record a time of 2678. 2678. Right, Jonathan Vley on the line. Did a 2494 this morning. I think Jonathan is in a great position to qualify for the runoff if he can do the same kind of time he did this morning. He’s off the line in 2 seconds. Flat, he’s with you. And the family been around the hills for nearly a decade. Superb running a little bit wide coming past me, but back very quick into the Sesame to run off this afternoon. And yeah, no dramas all the way up towards the 25. Yeah, 2523. 2523. 121 across the line. I would suspect he will be in with that if I was a betting man. Uh that’s the end of the batch. So they will come back down. The people at the top have actually had to write home to their family. So know they’re still up there. They’ve been up there so long. Some of the first drivers. Uh Jonathan Vley, that is the quickest time we’ve had yet this afternoon. So Jonathan is in currently. Um Jonathan on a 2523. Then the Greens Andy on a 2548 and Adam on a 2572. kind of sub 25s is what people were looking for this morning when they had a full complement of competitors be yes exactly but we’ve lost five so I don’t think that this afternoon uh Alan Walton currently sixth qualifying obviously if he did qualify he wouldn’t be able to run uh the Hammers have done very well we do have well Tom Weaver’s in fifth you never know uh in the 1100 you never know so we uh we wait to see but definitely some opportunity for some points to be scored for those that may not normally do so here at Shelley Walsh. Uh which will be exciting to see nonetheless. Um so that’s the end of the batch. I’m going to hand you back to Chris Ponsford down here. Well, lovely speaking to you Marcus and speak to you soon. Look forward. So um whilst we get Chris back on the mic. Yes, Jonathan Vley currently fastest qualifier. So he will be Do we think 25 is going to be enough when they were touching into the 22s earlier or do you think because we’ve lost five competitors? Yeah. uh then I think it will be I don’t think there are 12 cars to go that will do a 24. Uh where’s we we we will see but I would think a low 25. I think Jonathan might be in with a 252. That would be good. Yeah. Yeah. And I don’t know. It could be Andy Green on a 2548. We we will keep an eye who have we got to come that we would expect to qualify. Well, we’ve lost Matt Ryder obviously. Yeah, we’ve had we’ve got uh Graeme win. I uh if he can do what he did this morning, Alex Coohl’s Alex Coohl’s is out. He’s not running. Oh, is he definitely not running? Yeah, he’s got a problem with the car that can’t be fixed. It was a outright issue, I think. Oh, no. No. Alex Coohl’s of the the cars numbered one to 10. We’ve lost quite a few. We’ve lost I think three of them at least, haven’t we? So, four. Yeah. So, yeah, perhaps. So, I I would expect to see um Yes. Uh we also won’t see um uh Zack Zamit uh again this afternoon which is a shame. Uh we will see of course uh the likes of uh Paul Hayes who I’d expect to qualify. Uh we will see uh Graeme Win, Jack Cotrol, Dave Uren, Trevor Willis, Wallace Will uh and uh Alex. So it’s going to be interesting. It will be interesting. What price will Hall to win? I wouldn’t put any in Well, that would be brilliant, wouldn’t it? You can ask Wallace cuz he’ll have something to say about that. And Alex Summers. Yeah, I was going to say Wallace and Alex Summers are going to be the ones where you’re going to put your sensible money. Three of them. Well, hang on. I think sensible money goes on will as well cuz I think he’s a very very capable man up here and uh and he he already proved this morning. Bit of bad luck, didn’t he? So, it’s all to play for, isn’t he? You know, his 22 whatever it was. Yeah. Then that would be that would be an amazing win. We have had a world record here today by the way. We’ve had seven commentators. How about that? That’s pretty impressive. That’s pretty good, isn’t it? I don’t think we ever heard that before. I can drag a couple more in if you like. We can just, you know, why not? Let’s make it 10, shall we? Yeah. Um, but yes, so I think Yeah, I think it was going to be an interesting battle between uh Will and Alex and Wallace uh in a little while, but uh yes, let’s see. It’s going to be interesting. It is going to be very interesting indeed. Yeah. So, we’ve got their batch coming up and then we’ll have the um the classic uh racing car batch which will um give us a breather before the top run off to end off the day. I’ve um I’m learning from one of the masters here, Marcus. He’s uh he’s been prowling that paddock. He’s not just been wandering about aimlessly. And uh what have we got here? So, commentators. Oh, three three King Edwards. Yeah. Oh, the commentator Jeremy Royals. Oh, Jersey Royals and one commentator. Very good. Well, he’s got he’s he’s very equipped because he, you know, he’s a all sport man. He’s he’s got his uh he’s got a clipboard here with him today. He’s super organized and I was just listening to some of the chat sat in here when we had the off and he’s he was sprouting off all these championships in 1985 and this and that and the other and the drivers. I thought, well, I’m impressed with that. He just came straight out of his head. Hey, but I’ve seen him do it before anyway, so it’s not a new thing. It’s been great to see the the uh the coverage in auto sport actually has on the website as well for the Hill Climb Championship. The articles written have been on the front pages of the Auto Sport website tomorrow morning, which is great to see the coverage that this championship, which I think is fantastic, is rightfully getting. Um yeah. Yes. Uh how many years have you done on autoport, Marcus? 49. I’m in I’m in number 49. You’re in number 49. Hang on. So, you’re in number 49. 49. 49 years. Started in 197. Oh, you started in 1977. Goodness gracious. Well, look, it sounds sounds like we’re back in business. Yes, we’ve got a Chevron coming to the line. We’ve got uh this will be Amanda George in the beautiful Chevron B19. So, we’ll have a couple of the dual driven historic and then we will have the uh up to 2 L forced induction cars and the unlimited class cars. Uh lots of people in there there that will be uh in with a shout of qualify qualification for the runoff. But first things first, Amanda George is on the line and uh what a beautiful car this is. Absolutely stunning. Immaculately prepared. Very pretty indeed. Uh and she drives it really well. Right off the line. It’s a good start. It’s 2.32 seconds which is very quick indeed. Nice and neat time through Kennel disappeared out of my sight to you. Yes. Stunning car. The ex Joseph at carer racing here with dad Richard and my goodness me this is a firm favorite of ours isn’t it? Yeah always like seeing this and enters into the bottom nice and smooth the other side and up towards the line up towards the finish now to record a time uh of 32.27 27 32 to 700 and uh 2 mph across the line and slightly quicker than she went this morning about 3/4 of a second. So well done Amanda to up to third class actually right Pete T in the supercharger MS28 pops and bangs as it rockets past me disappears out my sight now Dave Taam’s brother of course as well we start he is absolutely driving like vision I wonder if he can get in the run up that’ be great to see wouldn’t it lots of speed carried up through the dancing over the corners and that nice power towards the finishing line good is it in the 25s let’s see what he does it is 2545. 2545. You know, that might just be good enough for qualifying. That’s a quick time. Well done, Pete. Right. Next on the line, it’s uh John Charas. John did this morning a 2651. Uh his son James picked him in the last batch to 2639. So, John needs to find a couple of tenths to see if he can pop back ahead of his son. Well done Jamie, by the way, on that time. probably a PB. I can Jamie, I don’t know if you can hear me in the panic. You’re probably watching D, but was that a PB? Was that PB, Jamie? He can’t hear me, but that’s all right. Uh, I’ll ask him later. But a fantastic time nonetheless. Uh, so John did a 2651. He’s on the start line. He is driver’s side right of the start line. He has put his visor down, builds up the revs, drops the clutch in the round. Sounds brilliant as it rockets past me nice and neat and tight as he burles his way through Kennel to you. Yeah, you’ll hear that turbocharger popping and as it goes up the hill. It looks like a early Mercedes up through the king then into smoke a little bit but he carries on all right. Heads up the finishing straight. What’s he going to do? Is he going to go quicker than he did this morning? 2630 2630 9 hunds of a second quicker than son Jamie uh which is a very close family battle there but great to see right next on the hill we’ve got Paul Hayes in the turbocharged 1400cc sorry 1300 cc Gould GR59 uh qualified did a PB actually today uh this morning uh qualified fantastically well I think he qualified about sixth this morning expect this to be a Quick run. He’s lining up on the start line. The car is slap bang in the middle of the start line. His visor is down. He awaits a light from the timing and scoring uh before he engages launch control and runs through launch procedure. It’s doing that now. It’s building up the boost. It’s popping and banging on the starting. He drops the clutch. It’s a really smooth start. It’s 2.13 seconds. He pops and bang as he whistles past me and disappears into kettle. Absolutely flying too, isn’t he? Now he’ll want to get in the run at the moment. He’s looking really good. This is so powerful. This turbocharged higher booster already a lot of mess. Yeah. Comes in very very neat and then out on the other side kissing the sleepers. What’s he going to do? Is it into the 24s? It should be I think. Yes. 2478. 2478. He’ll be in easy with that. Also takes the class win for the day given that Zack Zam and Will Luffridge aren’t running and Alex Colts. Right. Simon Jensen in the V6 Force. uh who uh he um did a PB earlier today actually. Uh getting really getting uh to grips with this car now uh after sort of a season and a half in it. Sounds fantastic with the 2 and 12 L V6 in it. Uh what did he do this morning? 2605. Let’s see. Can Simon get into the 25s? That would be brilliant. He uh stalled first time he tried to leave the line, but the engine is rerunning. He’s reined up. He’s building up the launch control. He drops the clutch. Here we go. Big squirt power. It left two black lines. as he came off the start as it broke traction. Let’s see what he can do. He’s with you. Yeah. Getting quicker and quicker. He used up a very rapid cation, but now he’s setting times that justify this car and his own skills. Anyway, into the SES. Yeah. Comes in. Looks very, very neat. He goes right over the train a little bit slowly maybe, but he’s away now. And 2693 2693 this morning, 129 mph. Right. Richard Summers off 2.0. 1 second start the FSP40 with you. The homebuilt summer special, isn’t it? What a spectacular car, isn’t that six engine in the back of driving it? Lovely to see this car out. Yeah, it’s an amazing piece of equipment. This and very smoothly driven already. Heads up. Finishing straight now. There’s Richard. Beautiful driven car. Beautiful car. 2699 across the line right Ed Burgess in the GR55. Another cross V6 car with you. Normally a Bugatti man at preser. This is the X James back car. Got a V6 in the back of that fancy gold chassis. Off he goes. Yeah, it was quite quick in the morning runs. Looking forward to already finishing straight. Let’s see what he can do. Is he going to drop into 25 himself? Not quite. 2627. 26 27. Next on the line we have Steve Owen. designer builder of these MS cars. Couple of hundred they’ve built now in the works with the 2.7 L RP V8 in the back. Drops the clutch, storms past me up towards the first corner, disappears out of my sight. Yeah, here he comes. Steve, very clever man. He’s also motorbike. He builds them as well. But anyway, this is the works car which he shares with his wife Lynn. What can he do? Little bit twitchy as he enters in a slide fourwheel drift through this and then out of the Thomas heads up the finishing straight now cross the line in a 2664 26 64 now here’s a car with an outside chance of qualification it is Terry Graves he did a 2581 this morning if he can find a couple of tens you never know that could be good enough to qualify let’s see it looks stunning too doesn’t it Terry has got the car really working now he’s had a few issues with the last season. But anyway, what can you come on Terry get off? Yeah, Terry can have a good turn of speed every now and again. Very tiny. Good bunch of power across the line. 2630 2630. Uh not quite as good as this morning. I’m not quite sure that qualify. Uh but we shall see. Yeah, know that pops into 10th as in class uh as it stands. Right, Graham win on the line now. Graham drove fantastically this morning. Did a 2439 which is must be pretty close to a PP. I’ll have to ask Scotty later. But uh again this car I would expect to do a 24 if he can be right. Storms past me. Grim driving great this weekend. He disappears at Kenny Spect that he bought for himself as a retirement present at 70 odd years of age and a grandfather. He’s still driving like like a young man isn’t he? 110 mph into the S. Slows it right down the end and then power up towards the finishing line. Nice as approaches into the 25s. Yes, 25 seconds flat. 25 seconds flat. That will definitely qualify. Oh no. Uh Oliver Tomlin just left the line, stalled it, didn’t put his foot on the brake. His rear wheels cross the start line by I’d say about 6 in, which is probably a failed run. Uh which means they’ll push it. I suspect they’ll just push him back to the sort of Yeah, they’re pushing back to the side of the uh start area. That’s a shame. That’s a failed run. Uh because his rear wheels cross the start line. Uh yeah, that was a 25 flat for Graeme. Uh so that will definitely qualify. Marcus has just been telling me that Oliver Tomlin also completes on the competes on the circuits in a three-w wheeled Morgan. I didn’t know that. Does he? Well, that’s what I’m told. And Marcus knows this stuff. Marcus, didn’t he used to have like a what else did he used to compete in on on the circuits? There was something else that the Tomlin have that he was very quick in. And I remember Sandra when she used to come hill climbing, she had a tiger. Do you remember when before she had the single seat as that little blue tiger? Yeah. Little 2 L Tiger, wasn’t it? The little sports car. I remember that’s how I remember her the most actually. I think cuz she he was very good back then, wasn’t that little Tiger? He used to do very well. So, uh, we’ve got the Tomlin Ghoul. Pillbeam, sorry. Pushed to the side of the start area. So, uh, uh, he’ll stay there to the end of the batch. Right. Jack Cotch coming to line. Uh, Jack qualified this morning on a 2391. That was his first ever run in the 23s up Shelley. So, he was quite rightly chuffed with that. Something he said he’s been aiming at for years. He is on such a high this season. Driving brilliantly in this car. Let’s see what he can do. Leaves the line a little bit. 2.13 seconds, but he just needs to do a 25 to fight. What can he do? Dreaming Indie car engine, talented young driver, lovely, lovely truck. Quiet run around the pallet, but my goodness me got the bit between his teeth now. 118 as he slows down for the SS. Very nicely done through there. Not risking anything but powering towards the finishing line. Heads up the finishing track into the 24s. Yes, 2499. 2499. He can go quicker, but that doesn’t matter. That will qualify. That’s all he needed to do was qualify. So, next on the line, we’ve got Dave Ren. We know how well Dave goes in this car at Shelley. Uh you you your watch at um crossing box the GR55 over the bumps between crossing and the bottoms looks planted as I’m sure you’re about to see. Right here we go. Here comes Dave. 2 seconds start. That’s quick. He’s with you. Yes, he is. This is the ex Martin Rose car. So a real car and a great driver. As you say, there’s no sparks as he goes through the kink there. No, very planted. Yeah, it looks very very smooth and controlled and often that means fast, but he’s already up towards the line. What’s he going to do? It’s 2498 2498 1/100th of a second quicker than Jack Cotrol, so that will qualify. Uh he stays ninth in class. Right off the line, here comes Trevor Willis. 2.04 seconds start the Here we go. Yeah, three times champion to is Trevor. He’s an instructor here. very quick sparking his way up actually in the little the most successful MS ever. Yeah. And it comes in and looking very very tidy there under control. Little bit of a tail slide and then he’s sparking as you say up the line. It’s across the line. 2460 2460. That’s fastest so far. That’s Wellin. Do you know that Trevor is the only driver to win the championship not driving a G since 1997? Wow. That’s pretty good. He’s done it three times. He has indeed. Here comes Wallace. 1.88 second start. That’s rapid. Here’s Wallace. Flying Scott himself. Four times champion. Got a good chance of winning this run off. What a fabulous looking car too, isn’t it? Yeah. And uh yeah, no problems there in the first very control. Rapid rapid roll from Wallace. What is it? It’s a 2346. 2346. That is fastest so far. Will Hall comes to the line. qualified fastest this morning on a 2299. Let’s see what he can do this afternoon. Had a bit of rotten luck before the first run off with the timing of the delay, but uh so I think he’s owed he’s owed a bit of luck today. Let’s see what will can do. Incredibly fast drive. Good start. Launched off the line at 1.94 seconds. Disappears out my sight again. Car will What a fabulous car and driver we got here. Come on. We won your winner run off as well. particularly in the mind of Chelsea was already with you 130 into the as slows right down slides the tail for the first one keeps it together the time I suspect still qualify though yes it will indeed 2379 2379 that is definitely a good run it is indeed isn’t it right next summer’s 1.9 seconds starts let’s see how quick you terrific driver Alex is he’s screwing the fire 14,000 RPM out of the V8 already in bottom. Yeah, his split times already look very very fast. Looks like he’s under no pressure at all. Just always in control and across the line to qualify in a 2348. 2348 200s of a second slower than Wallace qualifies him second. That is the end of the batch. And I can tell you that I think well let me just check. I believe I’ve got the qualifica the qualifiers for us for the second run off. I think I can work it out. Now don’t count me on this because we’ll wait for the official screens, but I’m pretty sure fastest qualifier is Wallace Mingus. I believe both Greenans have qualified. You’ve got to feel for Darren Gumley. The qualification cutoff is a 2572. Darren did a 2573. That’s Oh, Gummers, I’m sorry mate. You’re out by a hundth of a second. That’s not fair. Brutal. It is, isn’t it? However, I can take you through the qualifiers. Uh, fastest qualifier, Wallace Mingus on a 2346. Second, Alex Summers on a 2348. Third, Will Hall on a 2379. Fourth, Trevor Willis on a 2460. Fifth, good time, good qualification uh slot for Paul Hayes on a 2478. Sixth, Dave Uren, 2498. Seventh, Jack Cotell on 2499. Eighth, Graeme Win on a 25 seconds flat. Ninth, Jonathan Vley on a 2523. 10th Pete Tathan. Great time 2545. I don’t know if I’ve seen Pete in a runoff for quite a while. So great to have Pete in. 11th Andy Greenan on a 2548 and 12th. Adam Green on a 2572. So Adam will run first and then come straight back down and then uh Andy will run. Uh that’s the that’s the order. Um, this is going to be exciting. There are some drivers in there with some sniffers, some points that you wouldn’t normally maybe expect to see in the runoff today, but you’ve uh that is a great opportunity for them to score some points. Let’s see. It’s going to be exciting and I think it’s going to be nip and tuck between Wallace, Alex, and Will. Yes, it’s going to be proper close. Don’t go anywhere, folks. It won’t be long. We just got a few cars to come up. First, the historic and the older cars, but then we’re going to see an amazing runoff. Actually, at Shelley, there’s nothing quite like a Chelsea runoff, is there? It’s an amazing place to be. It is indeed. So, we await uh that with excitement. Uh and uh yes, as I said, uh it’s just a little bit gutted bing for Darren Gumbley who misses out by 1/100th of a second, which is what a shame that is. But that is that is how close hill climbing is these days, isn’t it? Yeah, we love it, don’t we? And the sun’s still out. Yes, the track is in shade most of my bit, but um that’s fine. I suppose the conditions are slightly slower without the direct sun on it and the better light perhaps. Also tricky to see actually. Uh the sun is quite low as you come into Kennel. So that will be uh the drivers will have the sun in their eyes. Um, and yes, I was that I was right on the times I took you through. I’ve got official confirmation now. Thank you very much, by the way. Uh, and that is those are the runners and riders. Um, also shame for uh obviously real shame for uh Matt Ryder who’s obviously fighting for the championship. Also for um Dave Wton who’s nip and tuck with uh Paul Hayes for the number 10 slot and obviously he won’t score in this runoff. So, uh, also Alex Kohl’s is not going to score. No. For for two runoffs, which is a gutter. Yeah. And not something I’d have had my money on at the beginning of the day. No. And then so there’s also Matthew Ryder. The fact is that apparently at Prescott next time um he’s Little is Jew. Yes. So that’s another potential spanner in the works. Yes. So, but it could be joyous occasion on the baby front. But, um, obviously on the championship front, that means a drop might mean another drop score. We wait and see, don’t we? We wait and see. Uh, flags are in, by the way, at the start line. I’ve got Simon Taylor on the line in the fantastic stove bolts vessel, the X Formula 1 chassis, uh, running a 2 L engine when it did so. Also, I think it was the first car. Moss was paid to drive, I’m pretty sure. So, rumbles past me. Sounds fantastic. He would be driving this back to London after the end of back home after the end of the day. He’s with you. Yes, he is indeed. I know Chris Stro wax his lyrical about this car, but he does look the part. It sounds absolutely terrific. And of course, Simon is a ex Formula 1 commentator and very famous journalist, doesn’t he? He is indeed. And into bottom S at 71. And through the SS Peter back here, by the way, now that is what a wonderful, wonderful car it is, isn’t it? heads up towards the finish. Crosses the line in a moment to call 3677. Martin Jones now on the hill in the lovely little bra with you. Yes, you love this little car. He’s got a large collection little Lotus Twin Cam engine in the back of that Bra. What a pretty little thing that is. Proper little racing car, isn’t it? It is indeed. Yep. The BT21 into the out and he up towards the line. Martin Jones, what he do this morning? He did a 3392 433 this afternoon. Sarah Thor on the hill with you. Yes. Coming to you now, Peter. Yep. 69 now. Lovely looking car is heading up. Chris Bentley Jones. He comes up from the Wales. Lovely. Another little problem there. I think he had this car for sale actually recently and then he has sold it yet. No, already with you into S. Yeah. Takes two bites at the bottom, but he’s okay. He’s still there. BT35 probably in fact he’s powering it away now towards the line. Heads up towards the finish to record a time of 3282. Andrew Tippet now on the hill. Currently uh leading the class. Big V8 of course in the back of that crowd in a old school car, isn’t it? But one of the first cars to go sub 30s. Yes indeed. And heads up towards the finish. Uh sorry, heads up towards me with you. Yeah. The line crosses the line to record a time of 3234. 3234. I think he’s got the fast win there. Thorn is on the hill. Malcolm Thor just gone by again. The lovely Lotus, a local resident just down the road, obviously married to Sarah Thor. Yeah, the Lotus 69 is and away. Another clean run there for that car. Very pretty car. 3175 this morning. What’s he doing this afternoon? 3226. 3226 stays second in class. Simon Derling on the hill now in the Alpine. He’s driving home. He is. He lives at the top of the hill literally. and he certainly knows how to pedal this little car. Glorious little French car, is it? Very successful rally car back in the day. Yes, it is indeed. One of my favorite cars that I don’t fit in the Alpine A110. It really is lovely. Lovely. Uh he’s very very good at driving it as well. What did he do this morning? He did a uh 30 Well, I don’t have his time, but anyway, we’ll see what he finishes in now. 3864. Ian Stringer now on the hill in the alpha. He owns the piston gin distillery in Worcester. But this car apparently they’re worth a fortune these days. They are they’re very pretty cars or less. It’s quite right. Alpha Romeo worth every penny. They really are great. Not biased or anything in favor of Alfa Romeo. No. Well, you can be biased towards those. They’re wonderful cars. Heads up towards the finish to a time of 3783. 3783. That’s the end of the batch. they will come back down and then we will have a runoff uh which will be very exciting with a few competitors we weren’t expecting which is always great to see. So I’ll run through the runners and riders once again. Um Adam Greenan will run first. That’s number 793 who qualified on a time of 2572. He will then come straight back down the hill to hand over to brother Andy who will then run. He’s both driving the Empire Evo 3 and Andy qualified on 2548. We’ll then see number 105 Pete Tatham in the MS28 followed by 104 Jonathan Vley in the GWR uh Predator. Then we’ll see 115 Graeme W in the GR59 followed by Jack Cotrol in Delara who qualified on a 2499 number nine there. Then we’ll see number six Davy Ren in the GR59. Uh, sorry, 55, followed by number 10 Paul Hayes in the Gold GR59. Then Trevor Willis in the MS28. Then Will Hall, number three in the Gul GR59. Then Alex Summers, number two in the DJ Firestorm. And the final runner and fastest qualifier will be Wallace Ming who qualified on 2346 and is number four. So those who are about to see, if you are still trackside, don’t go anywhere, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a beautiful evening to watch some fantastic motorsport, which is what you’re about to see. It will be of the highest caliber, I’m sure. Just a quickie, Billy. Go ahead. Uh before we go, thank you to all our marshals. We’ll do it now. You’re in a brilliant job as ever. And without our marshals, we wouldn’t be any good today. The recovery boys have been pretty busy, too, haven’t they? Well, I was just special credit to the marshals at bottom and top s who had a really busy afternoon. Our medical crews obviously up the hill as well and uh without you we wouldn’t be here. So, thanks again guys and girls uh and all our paddock marshals and all our cls and timekeepers. There’s a loss, isn’t there? Loads and loads. But what a what a great day. We’re going to go with a runoff in a minute, aren’t we? We are indeed. Um we’ve got flags in. So it may be that there’s just well actually the first car to run is the green and so they have a had a little bit more time to get ready given they are uh in the 1600 class. So we await coming to the line number 793 which is Adam Green. This is in the 1600cc uh Suzuki high booster engineed Empire Evo 3. Great to see the greens back in a runoff. Uh let’s see how they get on. Flags are in. So I in fact I can see uh the car is ready. Adam is aboard in in the car. He’s got an umbrella over his uh helmet just to keep the heat off. But I think we should be ready to go momentarily. Actually presumably they’ll send Adam straight back down and then there will be a slight delay cuz the next driver is Andy and obviously in the same car needs a bit of time to get ready. So here comes Adam Green coming to the pre-start area. two big uh burnouts of the tires to get some temperature into the rears. Lines up uh sort of slap bang in the middle really of the start line. Reaches backwards to turn on his camera to record the run. The visor is already down. He’s got quite a dark uh visor as well which will probably help in this light given the the low sun in the Empire Evo 3600 cc high booster in the back. Great qualify. Builds up the launch and the launch control pops as he leaves the line. What is it? It’s a 1.92 second start. That’s rapid. Quickly through kettle into your sight. Yeah, absolutely. Fly two green in the which one is going to get the honors? They’re very competitive young men indeed. Okay, into he turns in there all the way through the line. Slap bang in the middle of the finish. 2573 2573 which is 1/100th of a second slower than he qualified. So pretty much bang on the same. The 2573 116 mph across the line. That is the benchmark. The car will come straight back down the hill. Yeah, he’s already on the hill heading back down. And ladies and gentlemen, do give him a round of applause because all the other runners and riders in the runoff will get that at the end of the day, but he obviously won’t. So, do give him a good round of applause as he comes back down the hill to hand straight over to brother Andy, who I can see in the uh return paddock just uh getting his uh race suit on now. So, it shouldn’t be too long before we see him, but they may have to just cool the car. I don’t think from the Well, I can see they’re changing tires. If anything, they’ll be nice and warm for uh for Andy getting suited and booted. Uh just as they were about to go have a beer in the bar, you realize you’ve qualified for a runoff. So have to put that down. But uh great to see them in. The car returns down the hill. It’s just coming back past uh Kennel now. And we’ll go straight back down through the return road uh into the return paddock. Some impressive numbers as well for 1600 car. 1.92 on that first run. There’s a lot of grip on the start line. A lot of grip. Yeah, you’re right. Very impressive. So, that’s Do you know, and I know you will, but we like to talk about this anyway, why we measure the first 64 ft. You’re supposed to say, “Oh, no. I don’t. Please tell me.” I have no idea, Billy. Really? That’s good. Uh, Peter, do you know? Uh, no, I have no idea. That’s the right answer, Peter. That’s good. This script is going really well. Um, so it’s because if you do under 2 seconds to 64 ft, you’ve pulled a G in acceleration. So 1.92 he’s pulled over a G in acceleration, which out of a 1,600cc car is remarkable. Not many people know that. No, they don’t. You’re a mine of information, Billy. And I put a pound in the jar as well for uh for that. Uh but yeah, very it’s clearly the start is very grippy. Tell us who’s the fastest up to 64 feet then. Do you can you remember? Now that’s a good question. You see who started it? Well, we can’t be far off today, but I think is it uh it’s not Keith Edwards in the Audi or was it the Was it Ian Roland? I think I think it was uh the Manic BT. Oh, that’s probably right. Yeah, wasn’t it something Darth like one and a half seconds or something? 6 something crazy, wasn’t it? I I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that that car still runs. He still goes to Gerston. I don’t I haven’t seen him here at I know he had a bit of an off here a few years ago and I haven’t seen the car here since which is a shame because it’s what a thing that is. Have you have you both seen it run? Which which which one? The the manic. The manic. Yes, I have. But I think it’s a brilliant piece of engineering and uh I mean he was he had that Morris Miner V8, didn’t he before that? But but apparently um it still runs at Gston. Yeah, it still runs at Gston. And I have not had a chance to get there yet, but um I think I’d like to get to see that. You should. Uh it’s it’s quite ma what’s amazing is the noise because it’s for those that don’t know um don’t we all hate turbo lag? Yes we do. So uh what he what he’s done what Nick man has done is by a small helicopter engine in effect. Uh and it which uh runs constantly and keeps the pressure of the turbo up the whole time. So there is no anti-lag because he’s got a helicopter engine feeding it boost. So, it’s got 600 horsepower all the time, and it’s four-wheel drive as well. It’s incredible. Peter, have you seen that? Is the Is the helicopter engine built into the car? Yeah. Oh my word. Yeah, it’s in the car. I haven’t seen that, I’m afraid, but look forward to cuz he starts it up. So, he comes to the start line with just the engine on and then puts his thumb up and it sounds like, oh, it’s an airport as this this um turbine spools up. Incredible. What an engineer. Unbelievable. What an engineer. And damn good driver, too. Yeah. It’s also got a blown floor using the exhaust now as well. The last time I What do you mean a blown floor? What does that mean? So, if you take the exhaust fumes like in Formula 1 where if you blow the exhaust through the floor of the car, it can help to give it more under floor downforce in effect. So, ground effect. Oh my word. That’s clever stuff. How are we looking down there? Are we uh We’re good. Um I can see uh a Andy Green in the car. They’re just cleaning tires, just getting him ready. Obviously, it is the same car you just saw, so it takes a little bit longer. But I wonder why they why they didn’t just sort of slot him in later on. You can’t do that. Not in the rules. You have to run. You can’t do that. But what about when Sha and Matthew do it? Cuz the Matthew comes at the end and Shawn takes it back down because Shawn qualified fastest. Okay. So, you have to run in the order in which you qualify from dual driven cars. Okay. In case there’s rain or whatever, you know. Exactly. Yeah. Pay attention, please, Chris. I’m sorry, Peter. Yes, I know. I’m It’s a very old Oh, hang on. My man’s just doing some stuff. Do you recall Joy Rainey’s Oh, I’m I’m just going to put Marcus on the speaker for a minute. Hang on. Right. Do you recall Joy Rainey’s Marine FC that Murray Rainer dad fitted a kerosene fueled after burner to keep the turbo spinning when she was off the throttle in the carousel at Gerston? That was unbelievable. That is incredible. Yeah. Right, we got a car on the start line. It is Andy Green. brought the Empire back to the start line. The same car you just saw builds up the revs in the launch control. Here he goes. 1.89 seconds start. So 3100s quicker than his brother. Nice and neat tight as we kennel with you and Mark 2. Here he comes. He is not hanging about either. My goodness. We sped all the way up to the to the to the just touched the bar. He definitely got away with it. This is quick. 25 seconds flat. 25 seconds flat. That’s half a second quicker than he qualified. Fantastic run. Full commitment as he went out of Top S. He used all the road on the entrance to the top S, he actually almost touched the bank before he turned into top S. And you’re right, if he didn’t touch the the um sleepers, Peter, on the exit, he must have been close. What a run that was. 25 seconds flat. That really has put the cat amongst the pigeons. Interesting thing there is nearly three quarts a second quicker than Adam, but exactly the same speed over the line. Yeah, I was I just noticed that. Yeah, fair play. Yeah, they are very well matched. They are. He was quicker into the bottom S and a bit quicker through the S’s. So that’s I think the time was in the bottom half of the hill. Right, we’ve got another car on the line. This is Pete Taam in the MS28 with the supercharged 1300 cc engine in the back. Qualified in a time of 2545. will need to find half a second to beat Andy Green. Lord leaves the line, rockets past me, sounds fantastic. This car disappears into Kenn. What can Pete do? Pete is a very committed driver, too, brother on his hand today. Come on, Pete. 10 times downhill. Borning champion, too, world champion. Just a bit of a twitch on the as well, but all together. He’s about half a second down through the S’s. Andy, what’s the time? And it’s 26 2569. 256-9 slots into second place just ahead of Adam Green and bit behind. Andy slots into second. Right. So that means uh Andy is guaranteed a point. Right. Next car coming to the line. It’s Jonathan Vley who has Has he stalled? No. The car is running again. He’s just doing two more burnouts. brings the GWR Predator with the 2 L TKD V8 in the back of the GWR Predator chassis. Qualified this car on a time of 2523. Needs to find 2 and 1 half to take the lead. Pete Tam just 400 quicker than Adam Green. He’s close with me. Right, drops the clutch. Oh, he bled off the line. He had to dip the clutch. It’s only a 2.31 second start. That’s a shame. What can he do from now? Jonathan Barley in the Predator. the one Formula 1 engine where Brian White had the car, but he’s put a 2 L Terry Davis engine in and won the Midland Hill Club Champion twice. Let’s see carried all that that delay from the start to the finish. 2583 2583 slots into fourth. He’ll be disappointed with that. Uh it bogged down off the line. I don’t know if the traction control system there was more grip than it expected, but it just bogged. So he had to dip the clutch and go again. The fastest car over the line at the moment in the runoff. 122 across the line. But unfortunately, I think by the time he got to the top half of the hill, the damage was done. Right, we’ve now got Graeme Win coming to the line in the Gul GR59 with the 4 L Jud in the back. Qualified on a 25 seconds flat. If he equals his qualifying time, he will go joint first in the runoff. did a 24 this morning in in qualifying and in the runoff. He really could do finding another 24 second run. Let’s see what he can do. Lines up slap bang in the middle of the start line. Drops his visor now. Will engage launch control on the big 4 L Jud powered Gould popping and banging in the launch crawl. It’s stalled, but that’s okay. It hardly moved, so it didn’t cross the line. So, his rear wheels didn’t cross the start line. He’ll get to run again. Scott Moran jumps out with the starter, plugs the starter in at the back so that Graeme can refire the car, which he now does. I think the traction control, some of them are thinking, but there’s more grip than they expected, but uh we shall see how he gets on this time. He puts his visor back up just to resettle himself. Drops his visor now. Remember, he qualified on 25 seconds flat. That is the time he needs to do or beat to take the lead off. Here we go. One 2.04 second start. Disappears into Kenya. What a superb looking car. Great driver too, Graeme OB of course as well. But anyway, he’s no sparking on that car. I tell you, he’s already with you. Yeah. Thomas, but no problem at all. Finish. It drops into the 24s. 2470. 2470. And if our timing is to believed,60 across the line. That is remarkable. He was two and a half ten down on Andy Green and into the S’s. But the real strength of that car is how fast it punches from top S to the finish line. 2470. That must be pretty close to a PB for Graeme. I’ll find out when I see Scott later, but that’s a very quick time. Right next coming to the line, Jack Cotrol qualified on 2499. We’ll need to better that by about 3/10 of a second to take the lead. He did it. his first ever sub 24 second run this morning. He was into the 23s for the first time. What can he do now? Let’s see. He lines up to do the left hand side of the start line as I’m looking at it from the commentary box. Builds up the revs in the car and drops the clutch now. Here comes Jack. Let’s go. 2.03 second start. The Delaro disappears out of my view. Right orange Delaro, young talented driver in car. Come on young Jack. This is could be another PB for Jack Control. He’s coming up to the line. What’s he going to do? He crosses the line now. 2429 249 takes the lead in the runoff. 140 mph across the line about well 3/4 7/10 of a second quicker than he qualified. Brilliant improvement. Takes the lead. That is a marker for the rest to chase. Good time there. Well done, Jack. Really, really driving that car well this year. Right, Dave coming to the line knows how to drive this car up this hill. I should say one of the only one of the very few people who’s done a 22 up here uh in this car. Uh I don’t think there’ll be that in the track today. But if he can better his qualifying time of 2498, he’ll need to actually better 2429 to take the lead off Jack. He launched control. It stalled, but his rear wheels didn’t cross the line, so he will get to go again in the GR55. 3 and 12 liter Nick Mac engine in the back of it. Dave always goes well here at Shelley. Let’s see what he can do. The uh battery is plugged into the back of the car. The car refires. They will realign the car on the start line with the timing beam as it did creep forward when it stalled. Visor currently up. Drops the visor now. No. Visor back up again. Drops the visor now in launch control. Drops the clutch. Here comes Dave. 2.02 seconds start. That’s quick. He’s already into kennel with you. What a run off here two or three years back. So in this car really good. He’s brilliant. Come on then. flat through the kick. No issues at all. He was 2 and 1 half ts up through the S’s. What is he at the finish line? It’s a 2384 23841 mph across the finish. That’s a fantastic time from Dave. Personal best. He says that, but I know he’s done a 22. I think it may be this season. Maybe. I don’t know. It’s I’d ask him later, but are right though he has done 22 is he but a fantastic time today. Uh that is the quickest time so far. Next to the line Paul Hayes who did do a personal best earlier on today into the 23s. What can he do now in the Gul GR59 with the turbocharged Suzuki higher booster engine in the back lined up center of the start line in the car. The visor is already down. Uh he’s got a quite a tint to his visor which is good in this light given the uh there’s quite a lot of sun shining through my commentary box. So the sun is getting quite low for the drivers. He builds up the revs, builds up the boost in the turbocharge. Ghoul drops the clutch. Here we go. Oh, it stuttered a bit as it left the line. It was a 2.14 second start. Anyway, he’s through Ken out to you. He’s looking good at the moment now. His lines coming through. Crossing there. Fantastic. It’s very good out of the center of the track. turns in towards Bottom now. Yeah, the gold comes into bottom very cleanly very briefly as well. Good speed out of the S’s as well. This looks interesting. It’s going to be a 2480. 2480 slots into fourth place there just behind Graeham Win. Uh yeah, unfortunately the car did bog a bit off the line and I think he carried that all the way to bottom S which was a shame. Uh but still there will be uh there’ll be some points there. at least uh given that he’s fighting for number 10 with Dave Orbitton and Dave not scoring this afternoon that even those points may uh may be valuable at the end of the season. Right. Was also down on speed over the line actually. 127. Yeah. I wonder if there was anything wrong, but we’ll find out. Tre is on the line in the 1.92 seconds start. That’s rapid. He’s with you. He’s always rapid Trevor. Look at him go. I tell you what, he knows his way up here. His lines are impeccable. Sparking his way hard into breaking now to Boresh. Yeah, a bit of a twitch turned in and a bit as well. Very very close once again to the barriers when he was nip and tuck with Jack at the S is 2412. 2412 so not quite as quick from sort of entry to the bottom S to the finish as Dave Uren. So slots himself into second place uh between Dave Uren and Jack Cotrol. Right, Will Hall coming to the line in the 4 liter cool GR59. Qualified on a time of 2379. If he can repeat that, he will take the lead. Let’s see after a bit of bad luck in in the runoff this morning. Uh the wrong side of the delay. What can he do this afternoon? He’s going so well in this car this season. Already got a couple of runoff wins to his name. Builds up the revs in the launch control. Drops the clutch. So neat, tidy off the start. 1.92 seconds. disappears in three count to you. Oh, well, he’s really trying. I’m telling you now. Let me get this run off win. I tell you what, the lines look good. It’s a smooth run, which is always good. Very clearly into the he goes. Well, it’s going to be a quick. Is it into the 23s? Yes. 2307. Well into the 23s. 237. It was so neat and tied through the S’s. Takes the lead of the runoff. Glet well and truly thrown down there for Alex and Wallace to come. Alex bringing the DJ to the line with the 2.65 L V8 screaming away in the back of it. Alex preferred sort of position on the start line to driver’s side left as he looks at it. He’s got quite a tint to his visor cuz of the sun. Let’s see what Alex can do. Took a runoff window early in the air. What’s he going to do today? Off he goes. 1.83 second start. Rockets through count to you. probably going to need a 22. So Will’s really thrown down. Alex Summers the one time champion runner up several times and fastest firestorm on the hill. And away he goes. This looks quick. It was non tough as what is it the finish? 229 22 93 143 mph across the line. So takes the lead by well about 2/10 of a second. Not even that. 10th and a half over Will. Wallace can see the time. He knows there’s a 22 in the track. What can he do? He sniffs an opportunity here with Matt Ryder not scoring and these two nip and tuck in the championship. A big score here would be incredibly valuable as we head towards the business end of this championship. Lines the car up driver’s side left of the start line. Pretty similar positioning to Alex Summers had the DJ. Wallace in the GR59 with the 3.3 L Cosworth engine singing away in the back of it. It ticks over as Wallace just gets ready to go. Tom New looking on from behind. Builds up the antilag. Here we go. Launch control on. 1.89 seconds start. Storms into Kennel out of sight. Here he comes. Wallace. Can you win this runoff at the moment? He’s looking pretty good. He’s very very nothing in it between him and Alex Summers into the bottom. S clearly through there. This is the moment of truth. Is it 23 2318 2318 slots into third place in the runoff. So the win taken by Alex Summers 2293 for Alex to win it. Second Will Hall on a 237. Third, Wallace Mingis, the run you just saw on a 2318. Fourth, Dave Uren. Great result for Dave on a 2384. Trevor Willis fifth, 2412, followed by Jack Kotril continuing on his strong season in sixth on a 2429. Graham win seventh. Great result for Graeme on a 2470, followed closely by Paul Hs in eighth on a 2480. Ninth, Andy Greenham, two points. Well done Andy on a 25 seconds flat. And 10th place, rounding out the point, 256-9 for Pete Tatham. 11th, Andy Green on a 2573, and Jonathan Vley, 12th on a 2583. That concludes a fantastic day of racing here at um Shelley Walsh. Thank you so much for sticking with us. If you’re here watching, do give the drivers a massive round of applause as they come uh back down the hill. My thanks go to my fellow commentators. We’ll start in top box. Peter, do you want to sign off for the day? Well, yeah, great uh great run off there to round off a great weekend in fact of hill climbing. I thoroughly enjoyed it here. Hope everyone else has as well and I look forward to returning in the future. Thank you, Peter. Thanks ever so much for all your hard work today and great insight from Topbox, Mr. Ponsford. Well, to you. We’ve had a lovely day. We’ve had seven commentators today, so we’ve had loads of fun. We’ve all been whizzing about the place, but I’ve mostly stayed here. So anyway, thank you everyone for coming. What a brilliant runoff. I thoroughly enjoyed that. So enjoyed the day. Thanks again to all our marshals, all our medics, all the usual officials. Fantastic. I’m signing off, Billy. Thanks again. Thank you, Chris. Thank you for all your hard work today. And uh also one last thank you to Chris Druit for a fantastic day, a fantastic career of hill climbing on today is his last uh comment commentary here at Shelley. Three rounds to go in the championship. We go to uh Prescott, we go to Dune in Scotland, we go to Loten Park. It’s anybody’s guess who’s going to win this championship. It’s going to what is guaranteed is how close it is going to be over those last three rounds. At Shelsey Walsh, it’s the Harvest Festival to go yet this year. Uh which if you are able to fantastic event do come along to that. I’ve been Billy Grace. Thank you ever so much for a fantastic day and we will see you very soon. There’s one at the end there is 15 [Applause] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. What is [Applause] [Applause] No, no, it’s all good. [Applause] How do I get everything