All about the breaking of the outright record at Shelsley
At Shelsley Walsh last weekend it was incredible to see Will Hall’s 8 week old outright hill record being beaten 6 times by Matt, Wallace and Will himself.
Even on Saturday practice it looked as though Will’s record of 22.33 seconds from June would be beaten on Sunday and Wallace set the new record at 22.20 on the last run of the day ! He was duly awarded our Midland ‘Driver of the Meeting’.
In the great weather all weekend several class records were set and many competitors set new personal best times, which is what hillclimbing is all about!
Two more class wins for Richard Snow and Rodney Eyles extends their lead in the Midland Championship from Richard Price and Rob Lloyd in equal third ahead of Johnathen Varley, But still all to play for at Loton Park and Prescott for the overall title and for position in most of the classes.
Find attached and on the website all class points scores, list of the top ten places, the Top Ten Challenge, Under 25s and also the Over 65s.
See you at Loton Park
Bill 11/08/2026
| Leading points scorers after Round 14 at Shelsley Walsh : | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 BMTR with Hoosier Tires Midland Hill Climb Championship | |||
| 131 points | Rodney Eyles | Porsche 911 Turbo | Class A (iii) |
| 128 points | Richard Snow | Porsche GT4 RS | Class A (ii) |
| 111 points | Richard Price | Caterham 7 | Class B |
| 111 points | Rob Lloyd | MK Cup 400 | Class D |
| 108 points | Johnathen Varley | GWR Predator | Class K (i) |
| 101 points | Rob Wilson | Lotus Elise JPS | Class A (i) |
| 98 points | Andrew Henson | Van Dieman RF91 | Class J (i) |
| 90 points | Allan McDonald | Force SR4 | Class F |
| 88 points | Matthew Price | Radical SR3 | Class F |
| 84 points | Dave Wilson | Lotus Elise JPS | Class A (i) |
Update Posted - Updated - 11/08/2026
Bill Pardoe - Championship Coordinator
Tom Weaver leads the times at Prescott
Driving the Weaver family Empire Evo 3 alongside father Richard, Tom won both Midland Championship run-offs at Prescott last weekend with the best time of day in the first run off – 38.30 seconds. As a result Tom was also awarded Midland Championship ‘Man of the Meeting’.
July is a very busy month in the hillclimb calendar so we only run a one day event at Prescott with less than 80 cars the result from Championship competitors.
Only one new class record – Michael Thomson from Class A (i) in his shared Lotus Exige – 47.14 seconds.
Rodney Eyles continues to lead the Championship from Richard Snow – 5 new class records this year to date and 2 points ahead of Richard Snow, with last years champion Richard Price third, ahead of the chasing pack.
Johnathen Varley heads the Top Ten Challenge, Tom Weaver is 2 points ahead of Max Hawkes in the Under 25s whilst Rodney Eyles leads the Over 65s.
All our remaining weekends are alongside the British Hillclimb Championship – in August at Shelsley Walsh and Loton Park before the final rounds in late September at Prescott.
Bill - 21/07/2026
| Leading points scorers after Round 12 at Prescott : | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 BMTR with Hoosier Tires Midland Hill Climb Championship | |||
| 113 points | Rodney Eyles | Porsche 911 Turbo | Class A (iii) |
| 110 points | Richard Snow | Porsche GT4 RS | Class A (ii) |
| 99 points | Richard Price | Caterham 7 | Class B |
| 93 points | Rob Lloyd | MK Cup 400 | Class D |
| 90 points | Johnathen Varley | GWR Predator | Class K (i) |
| 86 points | Andrew Henson | Van Dieman RF91 | Class J (i) |
| 86 points | Rob Wilson | Lotus Elise JPS | Class A (i) |
| 76 points | Dave Wilson | Lotus Elise JPS | Class A (i) |
| 75 points | Allan McDonald | Force SR4 | Class F |
| 72 points | Matthew Price | Radical SR3 | Class F |
Update Posted - Updated - 21/07/2026
Bill Pardoe - Championship Coordinator
Update report after Loton Park last weekend
Johnathen Varley and Alex Summers led the times at Loton Park but Rodney Eyles extends his Championshio lead with two more new class records.
After the mixed weather at Shelsley Walsh he previous weekend we were blessed with sunshine and great track conditions at Loton, with Johnathen leading the times all weekend and winning both run-offs, admittedly sharing with an exact same time as Alex on the last two runs of the day on Sunday.
Rodney broke the Class A (iii) records by 2/1000s on both his class runs and extended his championship lead from Richard Snow to 3 points followed by Johnathen, Richard Price and Rob Lloyd ahead of our 5 week break before Prescott on Sunday 19th. July.
Attached are all the class and other scores to date after 10 rounds and also to help us going forward with our Championship sponsor BMTR. 4 questions for you consider, please and answer to me Without all our sponsors the championship wouldn’t run and your input will be vital.
See you soon
Bill
16/06/2026
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