Hillclimb Results Round 1 – TSA & SR Automotive Hillclimb Series 28th Feb-1st March 2015

TSA & SR Automotive Hillclimb Series Mt Cotton – Round 1 (28^th Feb & 1^st March 2015)

This was the first round for the Hillclimb season for 2015. This year the series is proudly sponsored by TSA (Trenching Systems Australia) and SR Automotive (Stewart Reid Automotive). Without their support this series would not have been organized. So thank you to both companies for supporting Australian “Grass Roots” motorsport.

This was a 2 day event starting at 11.30 Am on Saturday and finishing on Sunday afternoon. The weather for Saturday was extremely hot and humid, all the competitors that attacked the track, with only a few mishaps over the day. There were a large number of spectators all eager to watch the 87 competitors that had entered this event. One of the cars that had an issue on the first run was Michael Von-Rappard, he broke the diff as he started and this put the car out of contention for outright times and the top six challenge, this was very disappointing as both Michael & Harold put on a great battle for the faster cars. We hope to see them both back for the 2^nd round.

Michael von Rapard Mt Cotton Round 1 (2015) Photo By Steve Ivanovich via MGCCQ Website

Sunday’s weather was the same as Saturday sunny hot and humid, the battles on-track was fierce through all the class’s entered.

This Hillclimb had 4 rotary Hillclimb racing cars entered in 3 different classes.

Cameron Hurman running his Mazda RX7 in Mod. Prod, Road Reg. – 2001cc & over.Cameron entered this event but unfortunately he dot not run either Saturday or Sunday, we hope that we get to see Cameron back for round 2 of the series on the 28^th & 29^th March.

David Mowles running his Mazda RX7 also running in Mod. Prod, Road Reg. – 2001cc & over. David’s first run was a time of 54.21 sec he ran all of the 3 runs on Saturday. On Sunday David set his best time on his 4^th run with a time of 52.14 sec good to see more rotor’s at Mt Cotton.

David Jackson was running his Mazda RX7 in Prod. & Inv. Cars, Inc. Road Reg. – 2001cc & Over. David’s RX7 was competing in this first round of the series and improved from his first run on Saturday with a time of 60.695 sec down to a 55.02 sec on the last run of the day on Sunday. It was great to see David trimming his times down, hope to see his times dropping the more runs he gets.

Warwick Hutchinson in his (RPV02) entered Formula Libre – 1301cc & over. His first run was 41.93 sec, he had modified the rear suspension after an issue at the Noosa Hillclimb in November last year so this was the first time the car had run since the modifications. All must have been good as he set the fastest time of the day on the 3^rd run on Sunday with a time of 39.31 sec.

The 3 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this Hillclimb, their best times are listed below.

David Mowles (Mazda RX7) 52.14 sec – (5^th in Class & 50^th Outright)

David Jackson (Mazda RX7) 55.02 sec – (4^th in Class & 71^st Outright)

Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) 39.31 sec – (1^st in Class & 1^st Outright)

Top Six Shootout Results were –

1^st Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02) – 39.41

2^nd Dean Amos (Gould GR37) – 39.64

3^rd Neal Lewis (DBF 1265) – 39.87

4^th Rod Johns (Norris HawkII) – 41.28

5^th Jim Milliner (OMS 2000) – 41.67

6^th David Homer (Group-A Special) – 42.12

For more information of this event you can visit the MGCCQ website.

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