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Tony Wiltshire in his 2.5 litre V6-powered Gould GR55
The Gurston Down Hillclimb season opened with a two day event starting on Saturday 21st April.
Best Time of the Weekend (27.87 seconds) was set on Saturday by Tony Wiltshire (number 168) in his ultra-quick 2.5 litre V6-powered Gould GR55.
In the Gates of Brockenhurst Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship on Sunday 22nd April, frequent heavy rain showers made for slippery conditions on track. Southampton’s James White (number 108) earned the highest score of the day in his 1.4 Mini Clubman and won the modified series production car class (up to 1400cc)
Motorbikes were also a feature on the Sunday and Tom Short (number 10) from Devon scored the bike best time of the day with 35.62 seconds on his 470cc Honda CRF.
Chris Cannell in St Bruno Roughcutter. Photo by Brett Payne
During the course of the weekend there were a number of competitors from Wiltshire including Salisbury’s Chris Cannell (number 136) who was three quarters of a second faster than the competition in his Historically Interesting class record-hlding 1.7 St Bruno Roughcutter with a time on the Saturday of 33.83s
On Sunday, Nick Smith (number 19) from Salisbury was runner up in his 2.5 TR6.
Matt Clarke in his Austin Mini. Photo by Colin Payne
Results – April 21st
BTD: Tony Wiltshire, 2.5 Gould GR55, 27.87s
Class winners:
Tim Richardson, 1.6 Caterham Superlight, 39.34s
Alistair Frayling-Cork, 0.75 Austin Seven Special, 51.84s
Terry Griffin, 0.75 Austin Seven Special, 48.13s
Matt Hillam, 2.0 Westfield SBD, 33.06s
Matthew Oakley, 6.2 TVR Griffith, 36.27s
Stuart Morgan-Nash, 1.8 MG ZR, 43.03s
Anthony Record, 1.8 Proton Coupe, 44.20s
Simon Neve, 2.3t Mitsubishi Evo 6, 37.19s
Simon Thornley, 1.9 Westfield, 34.58s
Chris Bealing, 1.8 Rover MGF, 46.78s
Ian Chard, 2.0t Toyota MR2, 35.95s
James White, 1.4 Austin Mini Clubman, 37.46s
Karl Stevens, 2.0 Escort Mk 2, 37.11s
Roy Barker, 2.3t Mitsubishi Evo 5, 36.16s
Peter Loxston on his Aprilla. Photo by Colin Payne
Jim Bridge, Nissan 350Z, 41.81s
Antony Orchard, 1.3t Westfield Megabusa, 32.08s
Chris Cannell, 1.7 St Bruno Roughcutter, 33.83s
Mark Mortimer, 2.0 Mallock Mk 18B
Jonathan Gates, 1.6 Force LM, 31.79s
Colin Pook, 5.0 Pilbeam MP43, 33.05s
Andrew Forsyth, 0.5 Alfa Dana, 45.50s
Nick Jeffs, 0.6 Jedi Mk 2, 40.56s
Dave Gardner, 1.0 Empire, 32.39s
Richard Gaylard, 1.6 Force, 31.62s
Tony Wiltshire, 2.5 Gould GR55, 27.87s
Mike Smith, 1.7 Sylva Striker, 36.96s
Adam Phelps, 1.2 Aries Locost, 35.36s
Terry Graves in his Gould GR37. Photo by Lara Ball
Results – April 22nd
BTD: Tony Wiltshire, 2.5 Gould GR55, 29.38s
Class winners:
Roderick Warner, 3.5 Triumph TR7 V8, 46.99s
John Tewson, 3.0 Austin Healey 100/6, 45.05s
Murray wakeham, 1.4 Austin Healey Sprite, 43.37s
John Weedon, 2.7 Triumph TR5, 42.60s
Jules Freeman, 2.0 Renault Clio 172 Cup, 44.10s
Simon Neve, 2.3t Mitsubishi Evo 6, 39.46s
Simon Thornley, 1.9 Westfield, 38.17s
Simon Purcell, 1.4s Lotus Exige, 39.89s
Karl Chard, 2.0t Toyota MR2, 38.52s
Jim White, 1.4 Austin Mini Clubman, 39.28s
Karl Stevens, 2.0 Ford Escort Mk 2, 40.01s
Roy Barker, 2.3t Mitsubishi Evo 5, 38.50s
Antony Orchard, 1.3t Westfield Megabusa, 36.88s
Chris Cannell, 1.7 St Bruno Roughcutter, 37.16s
Mark Mortimer, 2.0 Mallock Mk 18B, 38.06s
Richard Smith on his Suzuki TL 1000s. Photo by Brett Payne
Keith Diggle, 2.0 WEV HCS, 33.93s
Colin Pook, 5.0 Pilbeam MP43, 39.11s
Mark Riley, 0.5 Creamer Jap, 43.96s
Dave Gardner, 1.0 Empire, 34.28s
Ian Cameron, 1.3 OMS Hornet, 34.75s
Simon Moyse, 1.3s Gould GR59, 34.76s
Tony Wiltshire, 2.5 Gould GR55, 29.38s
Dave Dunk, Honda RS250, 44.40s
Toby Price, Yamaha 349, 40.33s
Peter Short, KTM 480, 35.81s
Mark Short, Husaberg 650, 37.13s
Alan Jolly, KTM 950, 36.80s
Patrick & Paul Keates, Baker F1 998, 39.35s
View some of the action from the weekend below:
