Roger Moran took the fastest time of the day with a storming 54.09 during his second timed run of the day, in his 3.5 litre Gould race car. The similar machine piloted by Martin Groves set the second fastest time of the day, with a 54.72. Paul Haimes put in the third fastest time of the day with a 55.24, also giving him the fastest time in Class K. On a day that saw mixed times due to unpredictable weather, Moran senior and Martin Groves came away with one win a piece, leaving Groves eight points clear at the top of the leader board with 66 points, to Scott Moran’s 58 points.

After faster runs during the morning practice sessions, the afternoon timed sessions were seeing some very different times. The rain that had been threatening all morning finally showed towards lunch time, and soon set in for the remainder of the day, affecting the times of everyone.

James Blackmore, in his 1.6 litre OMS, finished off with the second fastest time in the up to 1600cc race car class, setting a time of 62.34, one second off of his record. In Class 26 it was Dale Cordingley who came out ahead of daughter Sarah and Graham Smith, setting a time of 62.15. Clio Cup racer Daniel Lloyd, having a one off attempt at Hillclimbing, set the third fastest time in his class, with a 72.41, after rain had marred his earlier pace.

The windy and (occasionally showery) weather took it’s toll on times on Saturday’s Open Meeting Round as even the usual top runners were some way off  record pace.
FTD went to James Blackmore in his OMS with a time of 53.93 closely followed by late entrant Peter Hamilton in second and John Chacksfield bringing up 3rd spot in another of the OMS Racing Harewood Speed Hillclimb Championship sponsor’s creations.

There was a fair bit of variety in the classes with a well attended  19 entry Ferrari Owners Club Championship round in class 10 providing splendid supercar action. Whilst in a more classic vein an interesting gaggle of Triumph Sportcars from the TR Register fought it out for honours in Class 16.  Chris Butler took the Ferrari spoils in his stunning F355 GTB with a time of 66.94. The TR’s were topped out by David Hardcastle’s 4.6 litre TR7 shared drive with Simon Allaby with a best of  69.20.

Class wins went to the following:
Class 1 Rally Car Insurance Road Modified Saloon and Sportcars up to 1400cc:
Martin Rowe – 69.71
Class 2  Thunder Road Road Modified Saloon and Sportcars 1400cc to 2000cc:
David Sturdy – 67.91
Class 3 Performance 5 Road Modified Saloon and Sportcars Over 2000cc:
Paul Martin – 63.10
Class 4 Road Modified Kit and replica etc. up to 1700cc:
Henry Moorhouse – 63.91
Class 5  KT Green Road Modified Kit and replica etc. over 1700cc:
Simon Green – 63.96
Class 7 Richard Eggar Insurance Modified Production cars, Excl. Kit, Replica etc.1400cc to 2000cc:
Ralph Pinder – 66.21
Class 8 Pure Lotus Modified Production cars, Excl. Kit, Replica etc. Over 2000cc:
John Graham – 72.75
Class 9 Formula Ford 1600cc Pre-1994:
Ian Thomas – 64.44
Class A Modified Production Cars upto 1400cc:
Andrew Rushworth – 59.38
Class B Modified Production Cars over 1400cc and up to 2000cc:
Matt Hillam – 58.87
Class C Modified Production Cars over 2000cc
Gary Bunn – 63.92
Class E Sports Libre Cars up to 1400cc:
Dale Cordingley – 59.05
Class F Sports Libre Cars over 1400cc up to 2000cc:
Tim Elmer – 57.82
Class I Racing Cars over 600cc and up to 1100cc:
John Chacksfield – 55.60
Class J Elite Systems Racing Cars over 1100cc and up to 1600cc:
James Blackmore – 53.93
Class K racing cars over 1600cc and up to 2000cc:
Peter Hamilton – 54.89
Class L Racing Cars over 2000cc:
Oliver Tomlin – 56.60