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Hillclimb: Groves gets his century

Martin Groves became the first driver to win 100 races last Saturday at the Craigantlet Hillclimb – while his co-driver Paul Ranson managed to gain his maiden victory after seven seasons in the series.

It wasn’t all straight forward for the pair as both drivers had minor crashes. Groves damaged his front wing during practice whereas Ranson spun out of the first shootout.

However both drivers were able to overcome their setbacks. Groves, the most successful hillclimber of all time, gained his century of wins in the first Runoff. Ranson then came back in the second to beat his teammate by 0.15 and earn his first success.

Groves is currently leading the championship standings with 178 points, but reigning Champion Scott Moran bagged second and third place finishes last weekend to maintain the pressure only five points adrift.

Ranson is now joint sixth in the standings with Tom New on 80 points, with 10 rounds of the series still remaining.

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Josh Modaberi

Published 13/08/2010 12:21

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