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| Defending champion Damien Bradley had a successful weekend at Shelsley Walsh in his Subaru Legacy 2,350cc Turbo. He won the first Tin Top run Off and came second in the other. |
For the second year, the British Hillclimb Championship is holding a Tin Top Challenge this year. I caught up with this in August at Shelsley Walsh, the previous rounds having been held at Harewood and Wiscombe. A real mixture of cars take part including road going saloons or sports cars, more modified cars, rally and rallycross cars and out and out specials. They bring some variety to the British hillclimb scene and support certain British Hill Climb Championship rounds. A run off takes place at each meeting between the top ten fastest tin tops after the class runs. The Tin Top Challenge is sponsored by AET Turbos.
This year the championship is close between four competitors including Roger Moran, Simon Bainbridge, Stephen Moore and Damien Bradley all of whom feature in this blogpost.
For the record the fastest Tin Top Run Off time was 27.77 seconds for the 1,000 yard run compared to 22.43 for the fastest single seater racing car. This looks, sounds and is fast!
All the pictures were taken Saturday during the practice runs.
More blogposts on the August Shelsley Walsh meeting coming shortly.
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| Simon Bainbridge in his crowd pleasing Audi engined SBR Crono mirrored the success of Damien Bradley at Shelsley Walsh and won the second Tin Top Run Off and came second in the other. |
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| Leading the Tin Top Challenge after Shelsley Walsh is former British Hillclimb Champion (1997) Roger Moran. In his Skoda R5 2,000 Turbo he finished third in both of the Run Offs at Shelsley Walsh. |
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| Stephen Moore in this Mitsubishi Evo 6 GSR 2300cc.Turbo finished fourth in both Tin Top Run Offs at Shelsley Walsh. |
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| Paul Howells finished fifth and sixth in the two Tin Top Run-Offs at Shelsley Walsh in this Porsche 911 RSR 3.8. |
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| Robbie Birrell scored a fifth in the first of the Tin Top Run Offs at Shelsley Walsh in this Porsche Cayman GTS 2,500cc Turbo. |
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| Stuart Reid scored a sixth and a seventh position in the Tin Top Run Offs at Shelsley Walsh in this Peugeot 205 1,927cc. |
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| Duncan Andrews scored a seventh position in the second Tin Top Run off at Shelsley Walsh in his Porsche Cayman GT4 3,800cc. |
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| Richard Snow was eighth in the first Tin Top Run Off at Shelsley Walsh in this Porsche Cayman GT4 3,800cc. |
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| Robert Lancaster-Gaye finished ninth in the first Tin Top Run Off at Shelsley Walsh in this Porsche Cayman GT4 3,800cc. |
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| Stephen Darley qualified for the first Run Off but didn't start in this Subaru Impreza 2,350cc Turbo. |
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| Mark Lawrence qualified for the second Run Off but didn't start in this Porsche Cayman 2,500cc Turbo. |
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John Etherton affirme son droit d'auteur à l'ensemble des photos sur ce billet de blog. Cependant, vous pouvez poster des photos ailleurs sur le web à condition de créditer le photographe, John Etherton, et ce blog, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com, et de fournir un lien vers cette page.
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| Jock Ramsey was at Shelsley Walsh in this Opel Manta 1,998cc. He had been in the Run Off at Harewood. |
Other interesting Tin Tops competing at Shelsley Walsh included :
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| Steve Mundy in his Ford Fiesta 4x4 2,000cc Turbo (a rallycross car!) |
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| Stuart Gilbert in his 5,300cc MGB GT V8. |
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| Nigel Elliot in his Triumph TR7 V8 4,600cc Turbo. |
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| The SBR Crono in the paddock. |
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| The MGB's V8 engine. |
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