We have published the Overall Results of the Turbo Dynamics Championship after the July meetings. These are available on the Championship and Challenge pages or here.
Overall Results Turbo Dynamics Championship after July Meetings
The Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Championship – Class Results – have been published on our website. More on these results in later news articles. These are available on the Championship and Challenge page or here.
Class Results 2022 Turbo Dynamics Championship
The Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge results after the July meeting have been published.
They are available here or on the Championship and Challenge Page of our website.
Top Ten Challenge after July 2022 Meetings
The Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend Final Instructions and Entry, Batches and Paddock Allocations have been issued.
You can check these on the Alpha page for each event or below.
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS – JULY MEETINGS
ENTRY LISTS, BATCHES AND PADDOCK ALLOCATION
If there are any changes to entries, cars or drivers, these will be made by Competitor Bulletins on the day.
The 2022 Turbo Dynamics Championship has just four events and eight rounds left and with all to play for in the class championships it looks like many classes won’t be decided before our August meetings. The Sunday meeting in August has DOUBLE points too!
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Chris Burch |
Mazda Roadster RS |
107 |
|
2 |
Richard Morton |
Mazda Roadster RS |
91 |
|
3 |
Dean Dickens |
Mazda MX5 Sport |
58 |
Richard Morton, who shares the Mazda Roadster with Chris Burch, is driving Chris very hard in the class championship. Chris is first in the class championship and second in the overall championship. Richard is second and eighth respectively. Chris has to stay ahead of Richard, not just for the class championship but to keep his hopes alive for the overall championship.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
David Nutland |
Mini |
100 |
|
2 |
John Davey |
MG Midget |
88 |
|
3 |
Stephen Wareham |
Mini |
77 |
David Nutland currently leads this class and is running third in the overall championship. Things are likely to change with the return of Stephen Wareham in July. Stephen has scored a perfect 11 points at every event he has entered this year. July’s meetings will probably give this class it’s champion but that’s down to performances on the day.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Russell Davies |
Honda Civic Type R |
97 |
|
2 |
Daniel Friel |
Honda Civic Type R |
64 |
|
3 |
James Wills |
Renault Clio |
46 |
Russell Davies in the Honda is having a great year so far. He will need to keep at it as Daniel was missing from the June events giving Russell a good buffer of points. Dropped scores will probably play a big part of this class’s outcome.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Clive Stangle |
Mitsubishi Evo |
117 |
|
2 |
Jennie Stangle |
Mitsubishi Evo |
94 |
|
3 |
Simon Neve |
Mitsubishi Evo |
78 |
Clive and Jennie Stangle in their Mitsubishi Evo are dominating this class in 2022. Clive is currently leading the overall championship so he needs to maintain his form of scoring maximum points at every future event to make sure he wins both the class and the overall championship. Simon Neve is not only contending with the Stangles but he has some tough competition from Steve Cox in his Golf R. Simon’s third place is looking particularly vulnerable at the moment.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Clive Skipper |
Caterham |
81 |
|
2 |
Chris Burridge |
Caterham |
74 |
|
3 |
Rob Brodie |
Fisher Fury |
26 |
Clive Skipper and Chris Burridge were having a pretty solid season in the Caterham they are sharing. Although damage to the car may lost them some good points at the Sunday June meeting. Rob Brodie benefiting, winning both Sunday events.
Only one championship entrant in this class so Tony Record, Gurston’s Press Officer, in his Mazda MX5 is last and first too.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Graham Beale |
Ginetta G33 |
97 |
|
2 |
Paul Slade |
Jaguar XKE |
49 |
|
3 |
Phil Price |
Porsche 911 |
33 |
Graham Beale in the Ginetta G33 is having a great season so far. When the Porsche of Phil Price has been behaving, Graham has been pushed very hard. Phil and Paul are unlikely to knock Graham off his first-in-class position based on Graham’s current form but who knows, hill climbing is a funny old sport.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Neil Turner |
Mini |
68 |
|
2 |
David Bean |
Mini |
56 |
Class champion, class record holder and current holder of the Tony Marsh Memorial Trophy, Neil Turner in his super-fast Mini did not compete in June, leaving David Bean to himself.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Tim Painter |
Aston Martin Vantage |
66 |
|
2 |
Jim Herbert |
Mitsubishi Evo |
54 |
|
3 |
Mark Walker |
Porsche Cayman |
34 |
The Tim Painter leads in the lovely Aston Martin Vantage he shares with Andrew Fraser but Jim Herbert and his Mitsubishi are not far behind. Another class that might be decided upon in August.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Steve Holland |
Caterham Hayabusa |
63 |
|
2 |
Martin Watson |
Westfield SEiW |
57 |
|
3 |
Ritchie Gatt |
Westfield |
24 |
Steve Holland in his Caterham has had a great season so far, leading the class championship and being the highest placed non-race car in the Top Ten Challenge. Martin Watson is second and will push Steve for every point this year.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Fyrth Cross |
Dempster Ensign LNF3 |
99 |
|
2 |
Mike Broome |
Alexis Mk17 |
66 |
|
3 |
Sue Hayes |
Palliser |
26 |
Fyrth Crosse and his Dempster Ensign LNF3 have had some great finishes so far this season and is in a good position in the overall championship. Not only will Fyrth need to keep winning but he’ll need entrants in his class to help bump his points to be in contention for the overall championship.
Last year Gurston Down Champion, Tim Pitfield is competing on his own in his DJ Firecat. Sadly, the lack of entries in his class doesn’t help his overall championship fight. But he will take the class win.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Mike Lee |
Force LM |
41 |
|
2 |
Chris Cannell |
Empire Evo |
8 |
Mike will win this class as Chris has retired from hill climbing.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1= |
Adrian Lewis |
Empire Evo |
79 |
|
1= |
Ben Bonfield |
Jedi Mk4 |
79 |
|
3 |
Mark Crookall |
OMS PR |
78 |
Adrian and Ben must be pleased with their performances so far this season. But they will have to maintain and improve them to stay ahead of the other drivers in this class looking for championship points. Mark Crookall, Murray Wakeham and James Moore will all be looking for points and will be the drivers to watch. This class is one where the double points in August will change the results significantly.
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Andrew Forsyth |
OMS |
36 |
|
2 |
Andrew Mathis |
OMS PR |
32 |
|
3 |
Robert Crapper |
16 |
|
Position |
Driver |
Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Roger Cock |
Pilbeam MP54 |
80 |
|
2 |
Tony Wiltshire |
Ralt RT34 |
75 |
Roger Cock is having a good season so far. He is just ahead of Tony Wiltshire. But with Tony back in July, will he be able to hold onto his class lead.
Paul Crute in the lovely OMS28 Jaguar is on his own in this class. He will be looking for run-off points at every event.
Signing on for the two meetings on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July has opened.
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You can also complete these forms by logging into Gurston’s Alpha entry system with the login details used to enter the event.
You are also able to complete the online scrutineering documents and add your assistants, helpers and mechanics.
The 2022 Turbo Dynamics Championship has just four events and eight rounds left and with all to play for in the overall and class championships it is looking like the 2022 Championship may go right down to the wire at the August meetings.
|
Position |
Driver | Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Clive Stangle | Mitsubishi Evo |
117 |
|
2 |
Chris Burch | Mazda Roadster RS |
102 |
|
3 |
David Nutland | Mini |
100 |
|
4 |
Fyrth Cross | Dempster Ensign |
99 |
|
5= |
Russell Davies | Honda Civic Type R |
97 |
|
5= |
Graham Beale | Ginetta G33 |
97 |
|
7 |
Jennifer Stangle | Mitsubishi Evo |
94 |
|
8 |
Richard Morton | Mazda Roadster RS |
91 |
|
9 |
John Davey | MG Midget |
88 |
|
10 |
Clive Skipper | Caterham |
81 |
Clive Stangle in the Mitsubishi Evo, which he shares with his wife Jennie, is in a very solid first place in the championship. He has produced some great performances that have led to a maximum of 11 points in scoring rounds. Clive’s position could be threatened by some of those in the top ten but also by Stephen Wareham, in his Mini, who has scored a maximum 11 in every round he has entered this season. He is currently 16th overall. With both Clive and Stephen having scored maximum points in seven rounds, it looks like dropped score might well determine the 2022 overall championship.
Chris Burch in the Mazda Roadster RS is currently second in the overall championship. Chris will need to make sure he stays ahead of the driver he shares the car with, Richard Morton to maintain his title hopes.
David Nutland in his Mini is hot on the heels of Chris Burch. It looks like David and Chris will be slogging it out for second overall if Clive can maintain his current form.
|
Position |
Driver | Car |
Points |
|
1 |
Tony Wiltshire | Ralt |
38 |
|
2 |
Ben Bonfield | Jedi |
33 |
|
3 |
Murray Wakeham | OMS |
28 |
|
4 |
Mark Crookall | OMS PR |
27 |
|
5 |
Adrian Lewis | Empire Evo |
21 |
The 2022 Cavendish Ships Stores BARC SW Top Ten Challenge is looking like it another championship that is going to be decided at the August meetings, with drop scores playing their part..
Tony Wiltshire leads by a very slim margin over Ben Bonfield who in turn is being chased very hard by Murray Wakeham. But with Mark Crookall and Adrian Lewis jumping into the top five after the June meetings and James Moore scoring a maximum suddenly, the top three places in the challenge seem to be very open. July’s run-offs will bring the likely 2022 challenge results into focus.
In conjunction with the Auto Cycle Union’s Hill Climb Club, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb and Jim’s family, this year’s July ACU motorbike weekend’s meetings with be known as the Jim Goddard Memorial Weekend.
As many of you will know, Jim (James), collapsed after completing his first timed run at our Saturday, June meeting and died later in hospital.
Entries for the July meeting have closed and there is a full entry for the Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend.
Drivers are reminded that The Tony Marsh Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Turbo Dynamics Championship registered competitor who makes the greatest improvement in or is nearest to their respective class record in any of the timed runs at either of the July meetings.
Tony Marsh was a multiple British Hill Climb Champion and was key to the creation of Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb. He designed the course and was heavily involved in its construction. If you have time, pop into the restaurant and you’ll see some of the original plans and designs of the course and pictures of it in construction.
Simon and Peter Marsh are still involved with the hill being a drive school tutor and hill and championship sponsor. They are both regular competitors on the hill.
Unfortunately due to an error, last year’s Summer report was published in the 2022 BARC Racing Club magazine.
The article should read:
Our 2022 season at Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb got underway early this year with our first two meetings in March and the next two in April. Both meetings were blessed with some lovely weather and some great performances.
The Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Championship is again kindly sponsored by Turbo Dynamics and the BARC South West Top Ten Challenge sees the return of Cavendish Ships Stores as its headline sponsor. We would like to thank them both for their continued support in 2022.
We would also like to thank Ben Harrison Automotive and Thinkwraps for their overwhelming generosity in providing us with a new van too.
The first weekend’s meetings of the year in March saw some interesting performances as well as some great driving. Stephen Wareham in his rapid Mini had a great March weekend. Not only beating the target time on every competition run but reducing the class record too. We also saw some great performances from Clive Stangle in the Mitsubishi Evo and Murry Wakeham in his OMS and Ben Bonfield in his Jedi Mk4. The Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge was won on both days by Andrew Forsyth will two great performances.
In April, Clive Stangle’s performance lead to a maximum 44-point weekend, pushing him into the lead in the Turbo Dynamics Championship. Ben Bonfield, Tony Wiltshire and Chris Burch are the next three in the overall championship. Tony Wiltshire now leads the Top Ten Challenge from Ben Bonfield.
The 2022 season looks like it’s going to be an interesting one. With six more events and twelve rounds to go, this year could go right down to the wire and the August meetings. We suspect that drop scores will play a very important role in the 2022 championship in both the classes and overall.
The British Hill Climb Championship presented by Avon Tyres and the British Hill Climb Cup presented by Footman James came to the hill in May, just after the time of writing this report. More on that in a later report. Can Wallace Menzies, the current champion and championship leader increase his lead after a record-breaking weekend at Harewood?
The Gurston Down Drivers School has had another busy year. Thank you to Chris Cannell, Simon Purcell and the rest of the team for making these days so enjoyable. If you would like to try Hill Climbing at Gurston Down, there are a couple of dates in June and August, check the website for full details.
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