Guest blogger – Chris Hunter My first ever drive at Mt Cotton
After helping out as part as the pit crew for Warwick I was lucky enough to get the chance from Warwick and Suzy Hutchinson to have a run in RPV02 on the 15th and 16th of October, Round 5 at Mt Cotton.
It was my first ever time on the race track, let alone a quick open wheeler.
I had been told of certain parts of the track that could be tricky and with a storm on Saturday morning this made it just that bit harder and scarier. Read the rest of this entry »
Update on the RPV01 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Car by Darren Duffield.
Update from Darren Duffield on his rotary hillclimb racing car RPV01.
I purchased the RPV01 (Rotary Powered Vehicle) from Warwick & Suzy Hutchinson at the beginning of 2008. This was the first open-wheeled race car that I have ever driven. Since then it has proven to be extremely reliable and very competitive. I have run the car in hillclimbs and street sprints as well as a few circuits like Lakeside & Queensland Raceway.
So far I have won outright at the Rockhampton Street Sprints, 1st outright at 2009 Leyburn Sprints. Read the rest of this entry »
2011 Historic Leyburn Sprints Report.
Leyburn Sprints 27th & 28th August 2011.
The 16th annual Sprints, commemorating the 1949 Australian Grand Prix, had 210 entries from historic, classic and high-performance cars built between 1926 and 2010.
The Leyburn Sprints is one of the longest continuously-running historic motorsport events in the country and again it was very well supported this year by spectators, competitors and sponsors. Read the rest of this entry »
Hillclimb Results Round 3 – Mt Cotton 2011.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 3, 23rd & 24th July 2011.
The third round of the Series was run in wonderful Qld Winter weather and there were a large number of appreciative spectators all eager to watch the 95 competitors that had entered this round.
This round had 5 rotary hillclimb racing cars running in 2 different classes.
Marque Sports – 2001cc & over.
Cameron Hurman running his series 6 Mazda RX7 ran all 7 runs over the two days. He started on Saturday at 50.65 sec for the first run and got down to his best time for the weekend which was on the very last run on Sunday with a time of 49.75 sec this time was quicker by .51 than the best time he posted in round 2 of the series. Read the rest of this entry »
Results – Autobarn & MG Noosa Hillclimb July 2011
Autobarn – MG Noosa Hillclimb Results 2nd & 3rd July 2011.
This Hillclimb was organised by the MG Car Club of Queensland and the Noosa Beach Classic Car Club’s. It was sponsored by the Autobarn stores at Gympie and Nambour. So thanks go to the two car clubs and to Autobarn for committing to sponsoring this Hillclimb again in 2012.
Results Queensland Hillclimb Championships – Mt Cotton 2011
QHC HILLCLIMB Results 4th & 5th June 2011.
The 2011 Queensland Hillclimb Championships were blessed with the best winter weather that Queensland has to offer.
Saturday’s practice highlight was Brett Haywood setting blistering times of mid 37 second runs, not to bad for someone who has not driven the tack before. Most people running stayed out of trouble but a few cars had off’s. One of which was the crash of Rod Moody as he went back over lovers leap the car made contact the bank this damaged the front right hand side wing, rim and lower control arm, but with help from Brett Haywood the car was repaired ready for Sunday morning.
