TSA & SR Automotive Hillclimb Series Mt Cotton – Round 2 (28th & 29th March 2015)
This was the second round for the Hillclimb series sponsored by TSA (Trenching Systems Australia) and SR Automotive (Stewart Reid Automotive).
This was a 2 day event starting at 11.30 am on Saturday and finishing on Sunday afternoon. The weather for both days was hot and humid. There were a large number of spectators all eager to watch the 84 competitors that had entered this event.
There was 3 major incidents over the weekend, the first was Michael Ciccotelli in his Zip GP Superkart, spun over the finish line hitting the Armco he suffered 3 broken ribs and a punchered lung. Michael spent the night in hospital but is recovering well, we hope to see them both back for the 3nd round.
The second mishap was Pierz Harrex in his BMW E30, after braking the class record twice (Now the New Record is 44.82 sec), Pierz was trying to go for another record but ended up hitting the Nuts as he came off the 2nd loop. The car became airborne jumping over the nuts ending up against the retaining fence. Pierz is OK but his beautiful E30 needs a bit of work, hope to see him back for round 3.
The third mishap was Barry Smith in his Ford V8 Special, Barry had the throttle jam open on the entry of the 2nd hoop and he ended up hitting the tire barriers. Barry is OK but his car needs a lot of repairs to get it ready for the next event. We hope that Barry gets all the repairs done in time.
This Hillclimb only had 3 rotary Hillclimb racing cars entered in 3 different classes.
Cameron Hurman running his Mazda RX7 in Mod. Prod, Road Reg. – 2001cc & over.
Cameron run all of the 9 runs for the weekend and his fastest was on the 3rd run on Sunday with a time of 49.99 sec. Great to see a sub 50 Second run Cameron is cutting his times down and getting quicker and quicker, keep up the good work. This class had 6 cars battling it out and Cameron came first in this class.
David Jackson was running his RX7 in Prod. & Inv. Cars, Inc. Road Reg. – 2001cc & Over.
David entered this event but unfortunately he dot not run either Saturday or Sunday, we hope that we get to see David back for round 3 of the series on the 18th & 19th April.
Warwick Hutchinson in his (RPV02) entered Formula Libre – 1301cc & over.
Warwick’s first run was 40.55 sec, he had modified the rear suspension again and this is still ongoing like most race cars, but it must have been good as he set the fastest time of the day on the 4th run on Sunday with a time of 38.70 sec.
The 2 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this Hillclimb, their best times are listed below.
Cameron Hurman (Mazda RX7) 49.99 sec – (1st in Class & 33rd Outright)
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) 38.70 sec – (1st in Class & 1st Outright)
Top Six Shootout Results were –
1st Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02) – 38.67
2nd Neal Lewis (DBF 1265) – 39.92
3rd Jim Milliner (OMS 2000) – 41.23
4th Rod Johns (Norris Hawk II) – 42.48
5th Paul Van Wijk (Zip GP) – 42.95
6th Michael Von Rappard (Dallara F392) – DNF
