Ironman Hillclimb, 19th September 2010.
The MG Car Club Ironman weekend consists of a full weekend of motor racing. On the Friday night there is a night navigation run, on Saturday there is a motorkahana & sprint at Queensland Raceway, then on the Sunday there is a Hillclimb to finish the event. The overall winner for the Ironman is the driver who is the most competitive in all 4 sections.
The Leyburn Sprints have been running now for the last 15 years, the event celebrates the running of the first Grand Prix in Queensland some 61 years ago.
This year was one of the best events to date and with one of the largest recorded spectator crowds and the largest entry list of 211 cars.
The organizers and officials must be congratulated and should be proud of the event, with proceeds going back into the next event to make it even better. The other beneficiaries of the proceeds are the local Leyburn community projects like the Rural Fire Brigade, the Leyburn State School P &C and the Leyburn RSL just to name a few.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 3, 7th & 8th August 2010.
The third round of the Tighe Cams series for 2010 was another 2 day event. The 99 entered competitors were able to get three runs in from 12 o’clock on Saturday afternoon and another four runs on Sunday plus the top six shootout. Saturday and Sunday were ideal winter days just perfect for hill climbing with the majority of the cars keeping on the track with no major problems.
There were a few records broken over the weekend, one of them was Michael Collins in his Subaru WRX. Michael’s time was 42.35 sec this is the fastest sedan ever to run around the Mt Cotton track, well done Michael how much quicker can you go!
Noosa Hillclimb 17th & 18th July 2010.
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 autObarn for a very well organised event and well promoted.
The hillclimb was a 2 day event with 116 cars entered, due to the well run event and great timing the competitors were able to get three runs on Saturday afternoon and another four on Sunday. Saturday was ideal for hillclimbing and the majority of the cars stayed on the track. Sunday was also ideal for hillclimbing a number of competitors had “offs’” including Warwick in the rotary hillclimb racing car, but not too much damage was sustained.
There were only 3 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars entered in this Hillclimb and they all did extremely well with the 2 Mazda Rx7’s of Scott Trenoweth and Ken Luxton running in the improved production 2001 & over Class and Warwick Hutchinson in the open wheeler special running in Formula Libre 1301 & over Class.
QHC HILLCLIMB Results 5th & 6th June 2010.
Once again the Queensland Hillclimb Championships were blessed with the best winter weather that Queensland has to offer.
With 75 people entered and ready for a great weekend of hillclimbing. Saturday’s practice had a few highlights and just a many lowlights one of which was the crash of Douglas Barry’s Lola as he went through the finish line, the result of this crash had 3 wheels torn off the chassis and the car was damaged and unable to be repaired to get it ready for Sundays official runs, but I am sure that Douglas will get the car fixed soon. One of the other mishaps that occurred on the Saturday was the Mazda MX5 of Desley Collins who rolled as she came out of the 2nd loop, up the bank then over on to the roof. Desley was Ok but the car was badly damaged.
Mt Cootha Classic Hillclimb Results 29th & 30th May 2010
This was the 2nd annual Mt Cootha Classic and a total of 143 cars ready to attack the Mt Cootha track. On Saturday the competitors were ready and willing but the weather had other ideas as clouds rolled in the rain started and rain fell on and off all day. The runs on Saturday were very wet with just a few cars having some moments but most made it without any major problems.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 2, 17th & 18th April 2010.
The second round of the Tighe Cams series for 2010 was another 2 day event. The 124 entered competitors were able to get three runs on Saturday afternoon and another three on Sunday plus the top six shootout. Saturday was ideal for hill climbing and the majority of the cars stayed on the track. Sunday was a different matter with overnight and morning rain making the first run very wet, but when the track had dried, a number of competitors had “offs’” onto the grass or “ins” into the nuts resulting in a number of delays over the day.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 1, 6 & 7th March 2010.
Despite the rainy weather the first round of the Tighe Cams series for 2010 started off well. All the competitors enjoyed 8 runs over the 2 days of competition. The track conditions after lots of rain over the weeks leading up the first round were not favorable making conditions wet and slippery but no major mishaps accrued over the week-end.
Darren Duffield in his RPV01 was the fastest Rotary Hillclimb Racing Car around the track with the best timed run during the top 6 shootout of 43.05. (more…)
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 7, Sunday, 29th November 09.
It started out as another hot day at Mt Cotton for the round 7 of the Tighe Cams Hillclimb Series and the last Hillclimb for the year. The weather was hot and dry, ideal for some fast times with 108 competitors this round we were expecting a great days Hillclimbing, but the weather had other plans. After the first 2 runs a typical Queensland storm rolled in and dumped lots and lots of rain on the track making conditions very wet.
Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars finish 1st & 2nd Outright at Noosa Hillclimb 2009.
It was great weekend at Noosa for the 12th annual Noosa Historic Hillclimb on the 14th & 15th November 2009, with very hot weather it was ideal for some fast times on the 1.5 Km track. There were 167 competitors competing this year and all ready to attack the track, the rotary hillclimb racing cars of Warwick Hutchinson and Darren Duffield finished first and second outright for the weekend.
