Feb 20, 2022
On 27th February, we are planning to set up Gurston Down Hill for the 2022 season.
We will be there from around 08:30 in the morning on Sunday. If you can spare a few hours during the morning, please come to the hill and help us sort out the hill for the 2022 season.
You don’t need any experience or special skills, just a willingness to help.
We will be there from 08:00, there will be updates throughout the day on Facebook to see how we have progressed.
See you there.
Feb 2, 2022
Entries are now open for the entire 2022 seasons and the Turbo Dynamics Championship and Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge
We have opened our NEW entry system for the 2022 season. Follow the link below to enter any, or all of our events and don’t forget the Championship and Challenge.
We have implemented a completely new entry system for 2022, so your old entry details have not been carried over. Please make sure that you provide a valid email address as this will be used for almost all of the event administration in 2022. We expect this to include Signing On and the provision of information for our Scrutineering Team.
There is an entry list that is updated every time someone enters so you can see who else is planning to be there AS WELL as all of the documents when they are published. At present that is the SR’s for 2022. Please make sure you read these as there have been some significant changes over previous years.
Feb 1, 2022
We have today published the 2022 Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Championship and Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge Regulations.
These can be found here – Championship and Challenge Regulations
NOTE: Championship and Challenge entries close on the 14th of May 2022. Championship points are NOT retrospectively awarded, so make sure you have your entry in BEFORE the first event in March. Top Ten Challenge competitors will only be included in the run-off if they are entered in the Championship and Challenge PRIOR to the meeting.
We have also published REVISED Supplementary Regulations for all of our events in 2022. There have been a number of significant changes that ALL entrants will need to be aware of. These regulations are included on every entry page in our online entry system.
These can be found here – Gurston Down 2022 Supplementary Regulations Revised February 2022
THESE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND REVISIONS WILL BE PUBLISHED AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
E&OE
Jan 15, 2022
We have opened applications for our 2022 Test Day on the 13th March 2022.
The Supplementary Regulations for the Test Day can be found HERE
Test Day is limited to just 60 cars, so you will need to get your application in very soon. We are only accepting entries online for the 2022 season. We have invested in a new online entry system to manage the entries, signing on and scrutineering requires.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER ONLINE
Our new system will require you to register, no details have been carried over from our previous system.
Once registered to can enter the TEST DAY event. You will need to create details of your car and which class it would normally be entered into. We need the class details for Test Day as it gives us the opportunity to test some of the other features of the new system before an actual meeting takes place.
Each competitor has a “Garage” so you are able to add multiple cars to the system.
This data is saved and can be used for any of our future events.
NOTE: ONLY 60 ENTRIES WILL BE PERMITTED
Oct 5, 2021
These are the dates that BARC SW Centre plan to run events in the 2022 season.
Full details, including invited clubs, will be published here as soon as they are available.
PLEASE BE AWARE: We are expecting that Competitors may need to submit documents electronically.
Entries will NOT open until early in 2022. We will update this page, and Social Media once they have been released.
Set-Up Day – Saturday 5th March / Sunday 6th March HELP REQUIRED
Test Day – 13th March – BARC SW Members (was 6th)
March – Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th – Two One Day Events
April – Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th – Two One Day Events
May – Saturday 28th – Two Rounds of the Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Championship presented by Avon Tyres and the Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Cup presented by Footman James. There may be an RS Intercub (formerly Nat B) meeting for BARC SW Centre members at this event.
May – Sunday 29th – Two Rounds of the Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Championship presented by Avon Tyres and the Motorsport UK British Hillclimb Cup presented by Footman James. There may be an RS Intercub (formerly Nat B) meeting for BARC SW Centre members at this event.
June – Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th – Two One Day Events
July – Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th – The Tony Marsh Memorial Weekend – Two One Day Events
August – Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th – Two One Day Event – Sunday is DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS for both runs!
Note: Full details of the invited clubs for each event will be available soon.
Hill Climb School Days – 2022
These are the dates for the 2022 School Days:
Tuesday 5th April
Tuesday 3rd May
Tuesday 7th June
Tuesday 5th – CURRENTLY RESERVED
Tuesday 2nd August – CURRENTLY RESERVED
FEES for 2022 will be £195 – Reduced to £185 if booked before 31st December 2021
Applications are open NOW.
E&OE
Sep 12, 2021
The 2021 year has been a difficult but interesting season at Gurston Down.
The first meeting of the year in May was a learning curve for everyone. Thankfully, everything went to plan, well almost. The highlight of the British Hill Climb Weekend was Wallace Menzies setting a new hill record in his Gould GR59M with the whole weekend’s competitive runs being streamed live to the world by Rich and Eleanor of Hillclimb.tv.
We learnt a great deal about the “new world” of running a motorsport event under Motorsport UK’s Covid regulations. There are so many people who worked tirelessly in the background to make our season happen and the committee thanks them all.
In many of the previous years, the class championships had already been won by the July meetings but 2021 was different. The double points at the Sunday, August meetings changed many of the class results and positions significantly.
Details of the overall championship can be found in another News article. There was a three-way tie and the winner was decided by the tie-break rules.
Thank you to all the entrants in the championship, we couldn’t run it without all your support!
We would also like to thank all of the class sponsors for their support during 2021.
Here are the Official Class Results for the Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb Championship:
The top five in each class have been included in these results. The full results are available online on our website.
The Mazda MX5 Class, supported by The Window Doctor
The MX5 Class has had an interesting season, with new drivers coming to the hill for the first time and some more established runners having to work for their results.
Mark Crookall, the reigning champion in this class had led this class for the entire season in the car he shares with Chris Burch. Unfortunately, Mark wasn’t available to make the August meetings and this left Chris with a chance of taking the championship for the year. But it wasn’t going to be easy, Dean Dickens and Charlie Gaylard made him work really hard for the four August wins. These wins saw Chris and Dean jump above Mark, with Chris ultimately taking the championship.
Chris wins the Record-Designs Award.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Chris Burch |
91
|
| Dean Dickens |
81
|
| Mark Crookall |
78
|
Road Cars – Series Production Class up to 1400cc, support by Lewis Property Services
This class has had an interesting year. The number of drivers/cars has grown substantially in the 2021 season with new some of them pushing the more established drivers very hard. Steve Holley and Andrew Thorpe shared Ford Fiesta might have challenged for one of the top three places had the car not had mechanical issues that meant they could not run in August. Piers, who finished third, has made significant progress during the season and finishes third.
David Nutland in the Austin Mini won the class after some sterling performances and finished third in the overall championship. John Davey in the Midget, made David work hard all season. This is going to be a great class to watch next season.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| David Nutland |
100
|
| John Davey |
95
|
| Piers Thynne |
78
|
| Steve Holley |
61
|
| Andrew Thorpe |
61
|
Road Cars – Series Production Class 1401cc to 2000cc
This class has been another very competitive class in 2021. Dean Cubitt in his MX5 took control at the first meetings in June with Russell Davies in the Honda Civic pushing very hard. July saw the return of Tim Forster in the Lotus Elan who ruffled Dean’s feathers during one of the runs in the July meetings suggesting there are good things to come from that driver/car combination. At the August meetings, Tim and Russell were really pushing Dean but his great run in the final timed run of the year secured his class win.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Dean Cubitt |
96
|
| Russell Davies |
87
|
| Tim Forster |
83
|
| Daniel Friel |
79
|
| Steve Jackman |
65
|
Over 2000cc Road Cars – Series Production Class
Simon Neve in his Mitsubishi Evo showed his intention to take this class at the very first event. He won every event he entered and was pipped to the overall championship by the tie-break rules, a great performance by him. Steve Cox and Richard Mullis were very consistent in their performances, finishing second and third respectively in all of the timed runs.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Simon Neve |
100
|
| Steve Cox |
90
|
| Tony Mullis |
80
|
Road Going Specialist Production Class
In an interesting class in 2021, Clive Skipper in his Caterham had a great season. Chris Burridge pushed very hard for most of the season, taking points away from Clive a couple of times.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Clive Skipper |
91
|
| Chris Burridge |
83
|
| Adrian Lewis – Westfield |
46 |
Over 2000cc Modified Limited Production Marque Sports Car Class
The early part of the season suggested that this class might be Graham Beale’s until issues at the July meetings meant he had to withdraw the Ginetta G33. This left an opening for the Porsche 911 of Phil Price to take three additional points. Those points ended up being the deciding factor for the class championship. Graham and Phil swapped places at both of the August meetings meaning Phil taking the class championship.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Phil Price |
92
|
| Graham Beale |
90
|
| Paul Slade |
64
|
Up to 1400cc Modified Cars – Series Production Class
Neil Turner, in the Mini, dominated class, in 2021, despite off at Harewood that put him out of the August events. Neil also won the Tony Marsh Memorial Award at the July meeting. He was the closest to a class record at that meetings. Interestingly, no championship class records were broken in 2021.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Neil Turner |
72
|
| David Bean |
64
|
Over 2000cc Modified Cars – Series Production Class, supported by Turbo Dynamics
This was one of those classes that could have gone to any of the competitors and the tie break rules decided the outcome. Tim Painter in the Aston Martin Vantage and Mark Walker in his Porsche Cayman has had a proper scrap on their hands all season. Jim Herbert adding to the mix with a couple of wins. Sadly, Mark, had a few offs at Hollow, damaging his front splitter and ultimately leading to second place in the class.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Tim Painter |
93
|
| Mark Walker |
93
|
| Jim Herbert |
79
|
Over 2000cc Modified Specialist Production Class
Richie Gatt and Martin Watson had some great battles in the early part of the season. Martin’s off just over the finish line on the August Sunday cost him the class win and second place in the class. Richie’s solid points-scoring paying off in the end. Steve Holland’s car issues were finally sorted and he returned in August amassing a great points tally and finished second in the Sunday Top Ten Challenge. Look out for Steve next season.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Richie Gatt |
80
|
| Steve Holland |
54
|
| Martin Watson |
52
|
Historically Interesting Class, supported by Kelvin Jouhar
This was another class that was decided on August Sunday. Mike Broome, in his Alexis MK17, had been holding second place, behind Chris Cannell, in the Rough Cutter, all season. Unfortunately, Chris fell whilst pushing Roger Cock’s car to the start-line before the second timed run that put Chris was out for the day.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Mike Broome |
88
|
| Chris Cannell |
84
|
| Sue Hayes |
77
|
Sports Libre up to 1400cc
Tim Pitfield in his DJ Firecat has had, what can only be described as, another fantastic season. Tim and the DJ Firecat have won all but one of the events in 2021. Craig Russell snatched a win at the August Saturday. Ultimately, Tim’s performance won him not only the class championship but the overall championship.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Tim Pitfield |
100
|
| Craig Russell |
91
|
| Stuart Lugger |
80
|
601cc to 1100cc Racing Car Class, supported by Drynham Project Management Limited
Murray Wakeham in his OMS CF96 had a great season. The early season cost Murray deer, it’s one of those what would have been moments. Steve Loadsman had some solid performances but never could actually get the lead away from Murray.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Murray Wakeham |
99
|
| Steve Loadsman |
82
|
| Adrian Lewis – Empire |
71
|
| James Moore |
38
|
1101cc to 1600cc Racing Car Class
We remembered long-standing competitor, Richard Gaylard in our August meeting, naming the class in memoriam. Richard had competed at Gurston Down for almost 25 years.
Peter Hammock and his Empire Wraith had a terrible start to the season, with a fuel pressure regulator failure. This put him back in both the championship and challenge. But Andrew Mathis had his share of bad luck in July which put them both in with a chance of the class win. Peter won all the timed runs in August, securing his class win.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Peter Hammock |
86
|
| Andrew Mathis |
80
|
1601cc to 2000cc Racing Car – Normally Aspirated Class
Tony Wiltshire in his Ralt Peugeot, took the class championship and the challenge, a great season for him. Roger Cock in the Pilbeam MP54 only managed to compete at the August meetings.
| Result 2021 |
Points
|
|
|
| Tony Wiltshire |
96
|
| Roger Cock |
48
|
We would like to thank all of our competitors and sponsors for their support in 2021!
We would also like to thank everyone who made our events and championship possible!
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR
E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
Sep 12, 2021
The 2021 year has been a difficult but interesting season at Gurston Down.
The first meeting of the year in May was a learning curve for everyone. Thankfully, everything went to plan, well almost. The highlight of the British Hill Climb Weekend was Wallace Menzies setting a new hill record in his Gould GR59M with the whole weekend’s competitive runs being streamed live to the world by Rich and Eleanor of Hillclimb.tv.
We learnt a great deal about the “new world” of running a motorsport event under Motorsport UK’s Covid regulations. There are so many people who worked tirelessly in the background to make our season happen and the committee thanks them all.
In many of the previous years, the Championship had already been won by the July meetings but 2021 was different. The double points at the Sunday, August meetings changed class and overall championship positions significantly.
After the August Championship rounds, there was a three-way tie and the winner was decided by the tie-break rules. The winner being Tim Pitfield.
The Result of the Turbo Dynamics Gurston Down Championship 2021 are:
Results 2021
|
Points
|
Position
|
|
|
|
| Tim Pitfield – Class 15a |
100
|
1
|
| David Nutland – Class 4a |
100
|
2
|
| Simon Neve – Class 4c |
100
|
3
|
| Murray Wakeham – Class 19 |
99
|
4
|
| Dean Cubitt – Class 4b |
96
|
5
|
| Tony Wiltshire – Class 21a |
96
|
5
|
| John Davey – Class 4a |
95
|
7
|
| Tim Painter – Class 9 |
93
|
8
|
| Mark Walker – Class 9 |
93
|
8
|
| Phil Price – Class 6 |
92
|
10
|
| Chris Burch – Class 4 MX5 |
91
|
11
|
| Clive Skipper – Class 4d |
91
|
11
|
| Craig Russell – Class 15a |
91
|
11
|
Second – David Nutland – Class 4a – Austin Mini
Third – Simon Neve – Class 4c – Mitsubishi Evo
Congratulations to all our winners. We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Awards Dinner on 27th November 2021. For more details of the Awards Dinner, please check our News Section on the website, click HERE NOW.
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, Turbo Dynamics for their continued support in 2021.
We look forward to welcoming you all back in 2022.
E&OE
Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb
