TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 3, 7th & 8th July 2012.
The third round of the Series was run in wonderful Qld Winter weather with a large number of appreciative spectators all eager to watch the 77 competitors that had entered this round.
This round had 4 rotary hillclimb racing cars running in 2 different classes.
Marque Sports – 2001cc & over.
Cameron Hurman running his series 6 Mazda RX7 ran all 8 runs over the two days. He started on Saturday at 50.19 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 49.24.
Christopher Sharman in his series 4 RX7 was competing with a new Turbo and improved from his first run on Saturday of 55.75 sec down to a 50.69 sec also on the last run of the day on Sunday. It was great to see Christopher back running his rotary and hope to see his times getting better.
Formula Libre – 1301cc & over
Darren Duffield was back running his RPV01 (13B Turbo) on Sunday after a long break. Darren has done a lot of modifying to the RPV01 during this time, fitting a new Renault UN5 gearbox and also adding a lot of aero modification with new side-pods and new rear wing etc. Darren did not run on the Saturday but posted a 56.95 sec run for his first run on Sunday. Darren had gear selection problems due to the new gearbox etc, but during his next run the rear brakes locked and spun him into the hairpin damaging the front wing. Hopefully we will see Darren back out at the Hillclimb soon.
Warwick Hutchinson in his racing car (RPV02) ran all 8 runs over the two days and the top six. He started on Saturday at 40.94 sec for the first run and got down to his best time for the weekend which was on the very last run on Sunday in the top six shoot-out with a time of 39.37.
Another highlight was the great results by Mark Crespan in his very fast Cobra, Mark set a new personal best time during the last run in the top six shootout, with an extremely quick time of 43.93 sec well done Mark keep up the great work. (Although this car is not a rotary it was still worthy to be mentioned in this blog)
There were 4 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this round of the series, their best times are listed below.
Cameron Hurman (Mazda RX7 – 13B Turbo) 49.24 – (4th in Class & 29th Outright)
Christopher Sharman (Mazda RX7 – 13B turbo) 50.69 – (6th in Class & 38th Outright)
Darren Duffield (RPV01 13B Turbo) 56.95 – (2nd in Class & 69th Outright)
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) – (1st in Class & 1st Outright)
Top Six Shootout Results were –
1st Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) – 39.37
2nd Paul Van Wijk (BKZ07) – 40.98
3rd Mark Crespan (Ford Cobra RMC) – 43.93
4th David Malone (Holden Torana) – 44.56
5th Jim Milliner (OMS 2000M) – 44.80
6th Brian Kirkby (Nutec TLAR) – 45.26
Come along to the Leyburn Street Sprints to see the Rotary Hillclimb Racing Car RPV02 run around the houses at Leyburn on the 18th & 19th August. “CLICK HERE” to visit the Leyburn Sprints Website.
The next hillclimb event is at the NOOSA Hillclimb on the 21st & 22nd July
Some of the photos on this entry were supplied by “Steve Johns” – via the MGCCQ website.
“CLICK HERE” to visit the MG Car Club – web site.