Autobarn – MG Noosa Hillclimb Results 21st & 22nd July 2012.
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 sponsoring this Hillclimb again.
Saturday’s practice runs started at 12 o’clock and went until 1.30, most of the people running took part in the non-timed practice to hone their skills for the main event. The first official run on Saturday starting from 1.45 were mostly under control with most people running staying out of trouble but a few cars had some off’s, none of the cars that had issues during the weekend were badly damaged just a few red faced drivers. With colder than expected weather the track was cold and slippery for the first runs on Sunday morning but the track improved over the day to make the track grip very good. With 5 runs on Sunday and 3 on Saturday the entrants had 8 official runs over the weekend.
With 102 cars taking part in this event there was only 3 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this hillclimb, Scott Trenoweth (Mazda RX7 – 13B), Lou Szekely (Mazda RX7 – 13B) and Warwick Hutchinson’s (RPV02 13B Turbo) their best times are listed below.
Scott Trenoweth in his beautifully prepared Mazda Rx7 had some electrical issues early on, but that was soon found to be a problem earth and then later on Sunday a leaking oil cooler made Scott not compete the last two runs. Due to this Scott finished 8th outright and .64 seconds of his best time last year.
Lou Szekely in his Mazda RX7 had a great weekend with only one issue on the first run on Saturday with a DNF but Lou finished 66th outright and very impressive 2.4 seconds quicker than his best time last year, well done Lou looking forward to see how you go next year.
Warwick Hutchinson in his RPV02 Formula Libre also had a good weekend he broke the track record this is now reduced to 52.88 seconds.
The Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing and their best times were –
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) 52.88 – (1st in Class & 1st Outright)
Scott Trenoweth (Mazda RX7 – 13B) 61.64 (1st in Class & 8th Outright)
Lou Szekely (Mazda RX7 – 13B) 70.44 (3rd in Class & 66th Outright)
The top 10 outright cars were –
1st Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) – 52.88
2nd Mark Hulst (Brahan Dolphin BT36) – 58.34
3rd Garry Ford (Ford Escort Sports Sedan) – 59.33
4th Nicholas Contojohn (Subaru WRX STi) – 59.95
5th Troy Moffitt (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5) – 60.53
6th Mark Crespan (Mongrel Ford Cobra) – 60.58
7th Rod Gray (Datsun 1200 Coupe) – 61.47
8th Scott Trenoweth (Mazda RX7 – 13B) – 61.64
9th Danny Mischok (Ford Escort) – 61.80
10th Rodney Blank (Subaru WRX) – 62.20
The next event we will be running is the Leyburn Sprints at Leyburn on the 18th & 19th August 2012.
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The photos on this entry were supplied by Gary Pitt – via the MGCCQ website.
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