NATIONAL HILL-CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP

WITH just one weekend of racing left before the National Hill-Climb Championship in Devon, little in the way of a form guide emerged from the latest round of events.

It was a case of deja vu for Jim Henderson, who will be chasing his sixth title in nine years in the Sid Valley CC promotion on October 29, when he was pipped by less than a second on what was once regarded as ?his? course, the 947-yard Rake climb at Ramsbottom, Lancashire, on Sunday.

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