{"id":38597,"date":"2016-11-23T11:01:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=38597"},"modified":"2024-12-03T02:23:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:23:33","slug":"cotswold-trials-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/cotswold-trials-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"VSCC Cotswold Trials (2016) \u2013 Recap &#038; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Price registered a perfect round to take the Harold Powell Plate for overall victory at the Vintage Sports-Car Club\u2019s annual Cotswold Trial, based at the Prescott Speed Hill Climb in Gloucestershire last Saturday. Price and \u201cbouncer\u201d Karen Davies were the standout crew from a capacity entry of more than 100 Pre-war cars, scoring the maximum total of 385 in their 1930 Ford Model A Trials Special across the day\u2019s 14 off-road sections located at Prescott, home of the Bugatti Owners\u2019 Club, and on private estates in the neighboring countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall during the preceding days ensured certain sections would be a slippery, muddy challenge for Competitors \u2014 although Saturday itself proved a cold, crisp, but mainly dry backdrop for the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Welshman Price led the way, however, powering to the top of each and every hill, including a number of tricky sections that caught out many challengers in the early going. Long-wheelbase cars found the going difficult with John Higgs delivering a surprise class victory in his Morris Cowley, while Ben Collings piloted his mighty 1903 Mercedes 60hp \u2014 the oldest competing car of the event \u2014 to an incredible 4th place among the larger cars.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Littlewood topped the Ford Model A-dominated long-wheelbase class in his 1930 example, ahead of perennial leader, Dennis Bingham in a similar model. Matthew Blake was a worthy winner among short-wheelbase entrants in his 1922 GN Vitesse, claiming the Inderwick Cup as top Standard Pre-1931 Vintage performer.<\/p>\n<p>A unique feature of the VSCC Cotswold Trial is the inclusion of a Novice Class, which produced a popular Cotswold Cup victory for 21-year-old Hughie Walker, enjoying a debut Trial for his 1930 Austin VAT 69 \u2014 a Vintage Trials Special based on an Austin 7 chassis. For complete information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vscc.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.vscc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Price registered a perfect round to take the Harold Powell Plate for overall victory at the Vintage Sports-Car Club\u2019s annual Cotswold Trial, based at the Prescott Speed Hill Climb in Gloucestershire last Saturday. 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