The 2007 Gates of Brockenhurst Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship

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Basis of the Gurston Down Championship.

The Gurston Down Hillclimb Championship, generously sponsored by Gates of Brockenhurst, comprises four rounds at this famous Wiltshire Hill, with the Championship rounds normally being held at the April, June, July and September meetings.

Mike Rudge, 2007 Gurston Down Hillclimb Champion
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Points are awarded to registered contenders on the basis of how fast they go, relative to their class "bogey" time.  The bogey time is calculated by adding eight seconds to each class record (as they stand at the beginning of each season), and the amount by which each competitor beats the bogey time determines the number of points he or she scores.   For example, if a class record stands at 34.45 seconds, the bogey time will be 42.45 seconds. If a competitor in that class sets a time of 34.78 seconds, then 7.67 points would be earned.  As you can see, times are measured to the nearest one-hundredth of a second, and points are allocated in the same tiny increments.  And, amazing though it may sound, the differences between competitors at the end of the season can be so small that even these fractions of a point may not be enough to separate them!

Each competitor counts their best three out of four scores, so that if an event is missed, or a driver suffers a mechanical problem, it is still possible to remain competitive in the Championship as long as three good scores have been recorded.   The key to being successful is being competitive in your class, and being able to get close to, or even beat your class record - indeed, to win the Championship almost requires that a driver HAS to beat the class record, as set the previous season, at each meeting in order to put up a high score.

There is an award for the overall winner of the Championship of course, but awards also go to the winners of each class in the Championship too, so there is plenty of competitive action throughout the whole field as drivers vie for position.

The table set out below details the points achieved by competitors in the first round of this years Championship.   As you can see, the Championship really can be won by any driver from any class, just so long as they are very competitive.

You can also see how close is the competition between some of the drivers, with the gap between places being measured in a few hundredths of a second in places.  The competition for places is really fierce, and the overall winner in 2006 was not decided until the last run of the year on Sunday the 10th of September, when a gap of only 0.01 points (seconds) separated the two leading contenders (Messrs Gates - class 10, and Butts - class 5) at the end of the final meeting of the 2006 season!


Here are the 2007 Gurston Championship Points after the final round (best three of four rounds count).

Three tables are listed below - firstly, points arranged by class.
Secondly, points arranged overall, and finally, points arranged alphabetically.

For printable pdf file versions of the class and overall tables, please click on the following links

2007 Gurston Championship by class

2007 Gurston Championship overall

 

             
  Competitor Class Class Total Class April 22nd June 17th July 15th Sept. 09th
      Bogey Points Position Time Points Time Points Time Points Time Points
                 
  Class 5 - Modified Production Marque Sports Cars, 1401 to 2000cc      
  Butts, Steve 5 41.78 15.45 1 d.n.s. 0.00 34.04 7.74 d.n.s. 0.00 34.07 7.71
  Gardner, Jonathan 5 41.78 2.39 2 39.39 2.39 0.00 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
       
  Class 6 - Modified Production Marque Sports Cars over 2000cc      
  Mortimer, Bob 6 41.97 22.59 1 34.92 7.05 34.17 7.80 39.98 1.99 34.23 7.74
  Holley, Steve 6 41.97 14.99 2 37.29 4.68 36.73 5.24 41.76 0.21 36.90 5.07
  Slade, Paul 6 41.97 12.44 3 37.77 4.20 37.96 4.01 0.00 0.00 37.74 4.23
  Stapley, Ben 6 41.97 5.77 4 d.n.s. 0.00 36.20 5.77 51.25 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 7 - Modified Production Saloon Cars up to 1400cc      
  Mullis, Derek 7 44.80 19.84 1 39.02 5.78 37.63 7.17 41.95 2.85 37.91 6.89
  Harris, Steve 7 44.80 18.26 2 39.10 5.70 39.08 5.72 41.84 2.96 37.96 6.84
  Masters, Neal 7 44.80 15.97 3 d.n.s. 0.00 38.09 6.71 41.28 3.52 39.06 5.74
  Masters, Graham 7 44.80 15.90 4 d.n.s. 0.00 38.45 6.35 41.93 2.87 38.12 6.68
  Peskett, Alan 7 44.80 8.06 5 44.31 0.49 40.97 3.83 d.n.s. 0.00 41.06 3.74
  Eaton, Philip 7 44.80 3.91 6 d.n.s. 0.00 43.00 1.80 45.07 0.00 42.69 2.11
                   
  Class 8 - Modified Production Sports Cars up to 1400cc      
  Orchard, Antony 8 40.66 21.15 1 34.05 6.61 33.59 7.07 39.60 1.06 33.19 7.47
  Gaskell, Ian 8 40.66 13.77 2 34.81 5.85 34.66 6.00 38.74 1.92 d.n.s 0.00
  Barnett, Mark 8 40.66 9.78 3 35.69 4.97 35.85 4.81 42.65 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Barnett, John 8 40.66 4.81 4 38.11 2.55 38.40 2.26 44.33 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 9 - Modified Production Saloon Cars, 1401 to 2000cc      
  Bascombe, Andy 9 42.37 21.07 1 34.42 7.95 34.71 7.66 48.86 0.00 36.91 5.46
  Stevens, Karl 9 42.37 13.52 2 d.n.s. 0.00 35.43 6.94 42.52 0.00 35.79 6.58
  Wheten, Derek 9 42.37 13.27 3 37.39 4.98 38.16 4.21 41.95 0.42 38.29 4.08
  Rudge, Graham 9 42.37 11.20 4 38.32 4.05 38.65 3.72 55.03 0.00 38.94 3.43
  Alley, Lindsay 9 42.37 1.11 5 41.26 1.11 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Alley, Mark 9 42.37 0.99 6 41.38 0.99 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 10 - Modified Production Sports Cars, 1401 to 2000cc      
  Gates, Jonathan 10 39.41 22.69 1 31.87 7.54 32.00 7.41 39.95 0.00 31.67 7.74
                   
  Class 11 - Modified Production Saloon Cars over 2000cc      
  Smith, Colin 11 42.29 23.50 1 34.31 7.98 33.87 8.42 d.n.s. 0.00 35.19 7.10
  Flagg, Adrian 11 42.29 17.87 2 37.61 4.68 35.33 6.96 44.42 0.00 36.06 6.23
  Hillyar, Richard 11 42.29 10.48 3 38.76 3.53 38.95 3.34 43.86 0.00 38.68 3.61
  Mullis, Tony 11 42.29 4.79 4 40.56 1.73 41.10 1.19 45.20 0.00 40.42 1.87
  Beerling, Les 11 42.29 4.71 5 39.73 2.56 40.14 2.15 46.54 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Forster, Nick 11 42.29 2.98 6 d.n.s. 0.00 39.31 2.98 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 12 - Modified Production Sports Cars over 2000cc      
  Rudge, Mike 12 39.34 24.13 1 31.44 7.90 31.42 7.92 42.88 0.00 31.03 8.31
  Dutson, James 12 39.34 2.80 2 36.54 2.80 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 0.00 0.00
                   
  Class 13 - Hillclimb Super Sports Cars      
  Marsh, Simon 13 38.71 12.40 1 35.34 3.37 35.17 3.54 42.75 0.00 33.22 5.49
  Hendry, David 13 38.71 7.89 2 35.02 3.69 d.n.s. 0.00 42.32 0.00 34.51 4.20
  Young, Philip 13 38.71 6.91 3 36.84 1.87 36.83 1.88 d.n.s. 0.00 35.55 3.16
  Steel, Tony 13 38.71 2.84 4 37.17 1.54 d.n.s. 0.00 45.37 0.00 37.41 1.30
                   
  Class 15 - Sports Libre Cars up to 2000cc      
  Diggle, Keith 15 38.15 17.03 1 35.19 2.96 31.14 7.01 39.57 0.00 31.09 7.06
  Smith, Ken 15 38.15 4.06 2 37.86 0.29 36.27 1.88 45.84 0.00 36.26 1.89
  Crump, Andrew 15 38.15 1.24 3 d.n.s. 0.00 36.91 1.24 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 16 - Sports Libre Cars over 2000cc      
  Cannell, Chris 16 36.64 17.50 1 30.36 6.28 30.85 5.79 39.95 0.00 31.21 5.43
  Hayes, Susan 16 36.64 4.52 2 d.n.s. 0.00 35.03 1.61 49.46 0.00 33.73 2.91
                   
  Class 18 - Racing Cars up to 600cc      
  Pashley, Tony 18 39.52 15.45 1 33.92 5.60 33.86 5.66 d.n.s. 0.00 35.33 4.19
  Clark, Peter 18 39.52 10.63 2 34.35 5.17 34.06 5.46 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Shearman, Tony 18 39.52 5.21 3 34.31 5.21 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 19 - Racing Cars, 601 to 1100cc      
  Crocker, Paul 19 36.93 16.59 1 31.68 5.25 31.45 5.48 46.21 0.00 31.07 5.86
  Gardner, Dave 19 36.93 5.49 2 34.92 2.01 33.45 3.48 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Gregory, NIK 19 36.93 5.12 3 31.81 5.12 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Sketchley, Glyn 19 36.93 4.75 4 32.18 4.75 0.00 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Gregory, Mike 19 36.93 3.86 5 33.07 3.86 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 20 - Racing Cars, 1101 to 1600cc      
  McBeath, Andrew 20 36.35 14.29 1 31.53 4.82 31.57 4.78 38.16 0.00 31.66 4.69
  Mosley, David 20 36.35 13.27 2 32.37 3.98 31.76 4.59 38.04 0.00 31.65 4.70
  Moody, Brian 20 36.35 9.52 3 32.73 3.62 33.47 2.88 42.31 0.00 33.33 3.02
  Smith, Peter D 20 36.35 4.28 4 d.n.s. 0.00 32.07 4.28 d.n.s. 0.00 Fail 0.00
  Gaylard, Richard 20 36.35 3.16 5 d.n.s. 0.00 33.19 3.16 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Marlow, Tony 20 36.35 1.42 6 34.93 1.42 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
                   
  Class 21 - Racing Cars, 1601 to 2000cc      
  Wiltshire, Tony 21 36.08 21.89 1 29.16 6.92 28.80 7.28 35.97 0.11 28.39 7.69
  Guille, Chris 21 36.08 20.61 2 29.43 6.65 29.37 6.71 d.n.s. 0.00 28.83 7.25
  Haimes, Paul 21 36.08 20.28 3 29.94 6.14 29.24 6.84 34.82 1.26 28.78 7.30
  Webster, Paul 21 36.08 16.40 4 30.51 5.57 30.71 5.37 38.93 0.00 30.62 5.46
  Gregory, Nik 21 36.08 13.13 5 d.n.s. 0.00 29.84 6.24 39.75 0.00 29.19 6.89
  Gregory, Mike 21 36.08 11.03 6 d.n.s. 0.00 30.57 5.51 41.52 0.00 30.56 5.52
  Morris, Bill 21 36.08 10.16 7 31.49 4.59 30.51 5.57 41.80 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Cock, Roger 21 36.08 9.75 8 30.91 5.17 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 31.50 4.58
  Holmes, Terry 21 36.08 9.09 9 31.49 4.59 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 31.58 4.50
  Johnson, Robin 21 36.08 1.84 10 d.n.s. 0.00 35.17 0.91 50.57 0.00 35.15 0.93
                   
  Class 22 - Racing Cars over 2000cc      
  Forsyth, John 22 34.47 14.31 1 29.98 4.49 30.08 4.39 37.81 0.00 29.04 5.43
  Pitt, Basil 22 34.47 6.71 2 27.76 6.71 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Marsh, Tony 22 34.47 2.16 3 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 36.45 0.00 32.31 2.16
                           
  Competitor Class Class Total Overall April 13th June 15th July 20th Sept. 09th
      Bogey Points Position Time Points Time Points Time Points Time Points
       
  Overall Championship Positions (by points scored) :-      
               
  Rudge, Mike 12 39.34 24.13 1 31.44 7.90 31.42 7.92 42.88 0.00 31.03 8.31
  Smith, Colin 11 42.29 23.50 2 34.31 7.98 33.87 8.42 d.n.s. 0.00 35.19 7.10
  Gates, Jonathan 10 39.41 22.69 3 31.87 7.54 32.00 7.41 39.95 0.00 31.67 7.74
  Mortimer, Bob 6 41.97 22.59 4 34.92 7.05 34.17 7.80 39.98 1.99 34.23 7.74
  Wiltshire, Tony 21 36.08 21.89 5 29.16 6.92 28.80 7.28 35.97 0.11 28.39 7.69
  Orchard, Antony 8 40.66 21.15 6 34.05 6.61 33.59 7.07 39.60 1.06 33.19 7.47
  Bascombe, Andy 9 42.37 21.07 7 34.42 7.95 34.71 7.66 48.86 0.00 36.91 5.46
  Guille, Chris 21 36.08 20.61 8 29.43 6.65 29.37 6.71 d.n.s. 0.00 28.83 7.25
  Haimes, Paul 21 36.08 20.28 9 29.94 6.14 29.24 6.84 34.82 1.26 28.78 7.30
  Mullis, Derek 7 44.80 19.84 10 39.02 5.78 37.63 7.17 41.95 2.85 37.91 6.89
  Harris, Steve 7 44.80 18.26 11 39.10 5.70 39.08 5.72 41.84 2.96 37.96 6.84
  Flagg, Adrian 11 42.29 17.87 12 37.61 4.68 35.33 6.96 44.42 0.00 36.06 6.23
  Cannell, Chris 16 36.64 17.50 13 30.36 6.28 30.85 5.79 39.95 0.00 31.21 5.43
  Diggle, Keith 15 38.15 17.03 14 35.19 2.96 31.14 7.01 39.57 0.00 31.09 7.06
  Crocker, Paul 19 36.93 16.59 15 31.68 5.25 31.45 5.48 46.21 0.00 31.07 5.86
  Webster, Paul 21 36.08 16.40 16 30.51 5.57 30.71 5.37 38.93 0.00 30.62 5.46
  Masters, Neal 7 44.80 15.97 17 d.n.s. 0.00 38.09 6.71 41.28 3.52 39.06 5.74
  Masters, Graham 7 44.80 15.90 18 d.n.s. 0.00 38.45 6.35 41.93 2.87 38.12 6.68
  Butts, Steve 5 41.78 15.45 19 d.n.s. 0.00 34.04 7.74 d.n.s. 0.00 34.07 7.71
  Pashley, Tony 18 39.52 15.45 20 33.92 5.60 33.86 5.66 d.n.s. 0.00 35.33 4.19
  Holley, Steve 6 41.97 14.99 21 37.29 4.68 36.73 5.24 41.76 0.21 36.90 5.07
  Forsyth, John 22 34.47 14.31 22 29.98 4.49 30.08 4.39 37.81 0.00 29.04 5.43
  McBeath, Andrew 20 36.35 14.29 23 31.53 4.82 31.57 4.78 38.16 0.00 31.66 4.69
  Gaskell, Ian 8 40.66 13.77 24 34.81 5.85 34.66 6.00 38.74 1.92 d.n.s 0.00
  Stevens, Karl 9 42.37 13.52 25 d.n.s. 0.00 35.43 6.94 42.52 0.00 35.79 6.58
  Mosley, David 20 36.35 13.27 26 32.37 3.98 31.76 4.59 38.04 0.00 31.65 4.70
  Wheten, Derek 9 42.37 13.27 27 37.39 4.98 38.16 4.21 41.95 0.42 38.29 4.08
  Gregory, Nik 21 36.08 13.13 28 d.n.s. 0.00 29.84 6.24 39.75 0.00 29.19 6.89
  Slade, Paul 6 41.97 12.44 29 37.77 4.20 37.96 4.01 0.00 0.00 37.74 4.23
  Marsh, Simon 13 38.71 12.40 30 35.34 3.37 35.17 3.54 42.75 0.00 33.22 5.49
  Rudge, Graham 9 42.37 11.20 31 38.32 4.05 38.65 3.72 55.03 0.00 38.94 3.43
  Gregory, Mike 21 36.08 11.03 32 d.n.s. 0.00 30.57 5.51 41.52 0.00 30.56 5.52
  Clark, Peter 18 39.52 10.63 33 34.35 5.17 34.06 5.46 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Hillyar, Richard 11 42.29 10.48 34 38.76 3.53 38.95 3.34 43.86 0.00 38.68 3.61
  Morris, Bill 21 36.08 10.16 35 31.49 4.59 30.51 5.57 41.80 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Barnett, Mark 8 40.66 9.78 36 35.69 4.97 35.85 4.81 42.65 0.00 d.n.s 0.00
  Cock, Roger 21 36.08 9.75 37 30.91 5.17 d.n.s. 0.00 d.n.s. 0.00 31.50 4.58
  Moody, Brian 20 36.35 9.52 38 32.73 3.62 33.47 2.88 42.31 0.00 33.33 3.02
  Holmes, Terry