Wiscombe Results 080504

Wiscombe Park 8th May 2004
A healthy number of historic 500s gathered at an seasonably chilly Wiscombe for the 500 Owners Association’s hillclimb. Fortunately the rain held off so competitors were able to try a bit harder this year. It was especially nice to see two Keift Mk Is of Ken Edwards and Demot Johnson in view of the sad loss of Cyril Kieft recently. The class for Pre 1954 cars was by far the greater and consequently more competitive. It was wonderful to see the pair of Irish owned Mk1 Kiefts making their first appearance for many years. Sadly teething troubles prevented them making runs after practice and Colin Rawlinson’s Smith Buckler had to retire with magneto failure. Jon Brough won the class with a rapid 48.44 second climb ahead of Alistair Dent, John Dent and an ever improving John Polson. The Post 1954 class was sadly depleted by non starters leaving the way clear for James Holland to take the class win ahead of Mike Lawrence and newcomer Nigel Challis with the ex Paul Schroder Cooper- Norton. After a bumper entry last year only 2 V Twins appeared this year and sadly the Cooper-Harley Mk V shared by Guy and Bella Murray broke its gearlever in practice preventing it taking any further part. That left the class win to Dr. Roger Willoughby and the fearsome ex Dickie Henderson blown Cooper Mk V. Classified Results Pre '54
Pos	Name	Car	Time
1	Jon Brough	Cooper Mk V JAP	48.44
2	Altistair Dent	Hornet JAP	50.74
3	John Dent	Cooper Mk VI JAP	51.12
4	John Polson	Staride Mk III JAP	53.20
5	Mike Fowler	Cooper Mk V Norton	53.81
6	Graham Murdoch	FMS JAP	55.54
7	Jan Nycz	Staride Mk III JAP	57.97
8	Shirley Monro	Cooper Mk IV JAP	58.59
9	Gillian Jones	Hornet JAP	59.15
10	John Jones	J.L.R. Triumph	59.45
11	Humphrey Collis	J.L.R. Triumph	60.21
	Ken Edwards	Kieft Mk I JAP	NTR
	Dermot Johnson	Kieft Mk I JAP	NTR
	Colin Rawlinson	Smith Buckler JAP	NTR

Classified Results Post '54
1	James Holland	Cooper Mk VIII	52.13
2	Mike Lawrence	C.B.S. JAP	54.36
3	Nigel Challis	Cooper Mk VIII	57.24
Classified Results V Twins
1	Roger Willoughby	Cooper Mk V JAP	49.53
500 Owners Association Championship Standings The Kieft Mk I of Ken Edwards Results commentary and photos courtesy of James Holland.		and Dermot Johnson's example