2008 British Hill Climb Championship season

The 2008 Nicholson McLaren Engines British Hill Climb Championship season was the 62nd British Hill Climb Championship (BHCC) season. It was the last year in which Nicholson McLaren sponsored the championship, as MCL Motorhomes took over the championship sponsorship for 2009. The series was contested over 34 rounds, with the drivers' 28 best results counting for the championship. Scott Moran ended Martin Groves' dominance of the championship, by claiming the championship during round 27 at Gurston Down.

Calendar

• The 2008 season consisted of seventeen meetings with two rounds at each. Times with a light blue background are hill records.

Round	Hill	Date	Winning Driver	Time
1	Prescott	27 April	Scott Moran	37.35
2			Scott Moran	37.69
3	Barbon	10 May	Martin Groves	20.71
4			Scott Moran	20.50 [1]
5	Harewood	11 May	Scott Moran	49.38
6			Scott Moran	49.76
7	Gurston Down	25 May	Trevor Willis	31.05
8			Martin Groves	26.50
9	Shelsley Walsh	1 June	Martin Groves	22.71 [2]
10			Martin Groves	22.90
11	Loton Park	8 June	Scott Moran	44.56 [3]
12			Martin Groves	45.05
13	Doune	22 June	Martin Groves	41.22
14			Scott Moran	41.14
15	Harewood	6 July	Martin Groves	1:01.52
16			Scott Moran	49.77
17	Bouley Bay	17 July	Scott Moran	38.82
18			Scott Moran	38.77
19	Val des Terres	19 July	Martin Groves	28.25
20			Martin Groves	28.68
21	Wiscombe Park	27 July	Martin Groves	35.09
22			Scott Moran	35.02
23	Craigantlet	2 August	Scott Moran	40.57
24			Scott Moran	39.63 [4]
25	Shelsley Walsh	17 August	Martin Groves	22.58 [5]
26			Scott Moran	23.55
27	Gurston Down	24 August	Martin Groves	27.41
28			Jos Goodyear	26.47
29	Prescott	7 September	Martin Groves	43.92
30			Trevor Willis	39.65
31	Loton Park	14 September	Martin Groves	44.74
32			Martin Groves	44.53 [6]
33	Doune	28 September	Graeme Wight, Jr.	36.25
34			Martin Groves	36.01

Championship standings

• Best 28 scores count towards the championship. Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	H.R.
Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver PRE1 BAR HAR1 GUR1 SHE1 LOT1 DOU1 HAR2 BOU VDT WIS CRA SHE2 GUR2 PRE2 LOT2 DOU2 T. Pts Drop Pts 1 Scott Moran 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 271 6 265 2 Martin Groves 7 DNS 1 2 2 12 1 1 1 12 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 247 247 3 Trevor Willis 4 2 6 3 6 3 1 7 7 7 3 3 11 2 2 6 6 7 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 3 5 9 1 2 Spin 3 3 223 14 209 4 Roger Moran 3 5 4 4 3 6 5 5 8 6 4 6 3 7 5 4 5 5 3 5 8 3 2 5 6 2 4 4 8 181 3 178 5 Chris Merrick 6 4 3 5 5 5 9 3 6 4 5 5 6 4 11 3 2 6 7 6 5 2 3 7 9 6 3 5 4 170 170 6 Jos Goodyear 10 8 9 2 7 4 5 5 2 4 3 4 3 5 4 6 6 7 Fail 1 7 4 3 133 133 7 Paul Ranson 4 6 4 11 DNS 6 3 3 7 8 4 9 3 7 8 8 6 8 11 3 2 Fail Fail 5 4 6 5 123 123 8 Basil Pitt 5 11 7 4 2 9 9 8 8 11 4 8 7 6 7 4 10 5 4 7 12 9 6 6 96 96 9 Deryk Young 2 8 7 7 8 8 Fail 12 4 DNS 6 7 8 9 8 4 7 6 11 7 5 76 76 10 Paul Haimes 10 12 10 11 7 4 12 11 10 10 5 5 6 11 Spin 7 8 7 12 Fail 9 8 8 7 7 7 63 63 11 Graeme Wight, Jr. 9 4 9 2 5 3 2 1 2 62 62 12 Tom New 11 6 8 12 11 10 8 7 9 10 8 10 9 9 Fail DNS 12 8 10 8 34 34 13 Tim Wilson 6 10 6 9 7 6 7 10 9 29 29 14 Rob Turnbull 9 3 10 8 12 5 9 10 11 23 23 15 Mark Coley 10 7 9 10 11 12 11 6 6 18 18 16 Jonathan Rarity 7 8 5 8 16 16 17 Will Hall 12 8 8 3 11 11 14 14 18 Stewart Robb, Jr. 4 4 14 14 19 Andrew Platt 5 5 10 10 14 14 20 Robert Kenrick 8 11 11 9 11 9 9 9 10 12 12 21 William Loughridge 6 7 9 9 22 Alistair Crawford 10 11 9 8 12 Fail 6 6 23 Stewart Robb 6 5 5 24 Pat Roche 8 9 5 5 25 Eynon Price 8 10 12 11 12 10 12 5 5 26 John Chalmers 12 10 11 9 9 5 5 27 Wallace Menzies 12 11 10 10 9 10 5 5 28 Mike Fitzsimmons 9 9 4 4 29 Oliver Tomlin 12 9 10 10 4 4 30 Andy Coley 9 2 2 31 Nick Saunders 9 Fail 2 2 32 James Blackmore 12 10 1 1 33 James Brims 10 1 1 34 Steve Owen 12 11 12 11 0 0 35 Paul Buckingham 11 11 0 0 36 Neville Rollason 11 0 0 37 John Bradburn 12 0 0

References

1. "Scott Moran gets first record of year". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-05-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
2. "Shelsley Walsh has a new outright record". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-06-01. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
3. "Scott breaks record, scores 20 points in the day". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-09-16.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "21 points for Moran as Groves non scores". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-08-02. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
5. "New outright record for Groves". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-08-17. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
6. "Groves takes new record". Top 12 Run Off. 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-21.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• The official website of the British Hill Climb Championship