Hillclimb Results Round 2 – Mt Cotton 2011
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 2, 2nd & 3rd April 2011
The second round of the Series was run under changing weather conditions, with a generally fine Saturday and a slight shower early on Sunday this made the changing track conditions a challenge for all of the 93 competitors that had entered this round.
The weather aside we had 8 runs over the 2 days, plus the top six shootout. Read the rest of this entry »
Hillclimb Results Round 1 – Mt Cotton 2011
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 1, 19th & 20th Feb 2011.
The first round of the Series kicked off under very hot conditions, approx 36 degrees heat making conditions slightly uncomfortable for the 88 people that had entered this round.
Getting ready for 2011 Qld. Hillclimb season
Getting ready for 2011 Hillclimb season in the rotary hillclimb racing car.
The rotary hillclimb racing car need to be re-freshed to get ready for the 2011 hillclimb season. During the 2010 Noosa Historic hillclimb in November the engine suffered over heating problems after that event the engine developed a knocking sound in the front rotor. Curious to see what had happened, during the Christmas break I stripped the engine down to see what the problem was. The front rotor bearing had spun inside the front rotor damaging the crankshaft and the rotor. This was not good news as I would have to replace the crank and the rotor.
Fortunately I had a spare engine and that I stripped and cleaned then I gave it to Ben Hunt at Rotary Motorsport for him to rebuild. The rebuild consisted of Ben’s own porting, internal dowelling and internal rotor modification all hoping to make the engine more reliable. Ben also suggested that I fit an external oil cooler to help with the cooling of the engine.
Hillclimb Results Round 6 – Mt Cotton 2010.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 6.
4th & 5th December 2010.
The last round of the series was run under very wet conditions, with the weather dictating the terms the times were not going to be record braking. Round 6 of the Tighe Cams Series for 2010 had 110 entered competitors.
With the weather playing havoc the drivers trying to get grip on the wet track, a lot of drivers only ran on the Saturday and almost half of the field did not run on the Sunday. This was a bit of an anti-climax to the competition as the results for the year could not be battled out to the very end. Read the rest of this entry »
Noosa Historic Hillclimb 13th & 14th November 2010
Noosa Hillclimb Results 13th & 14th November 2010.
It was great weekend at Noosa for the running of the 13th annual Noosa Historic Hillclimb on the 13th & 14th November 2010. The weather was very hot it was a nice change from the wet week-ends that we have had leading up to this event and it was ideal for some fast times on the 1.5 Km track. There were 148 competitors competing this year and all ready to attack the track. The rotary hillclimb racing cars of Warwick Hutchinson and Lou Szekely finished first outright and 121st outright for the weekend.
The Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland and the Noosa Beach Classic Car Club must be congratulated as this was the 13th year that this event has been run and from a competitors view point it was the best event yet. With 5 runs on Saturday and another 4 runs on Sunday this was the most runs ever over the history of this event. To add to the milestone the first run on Saturday was that all cars running in the actual official order this was also a first for this event.
Hillclimb Results Round 5 – Mt Cotton 2010.
TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 5, 30th & 31st October 2010.
Round 5 of the Tighe Cams Series for 2010 had 103 entered competitors. Unlike the last few Hillclimb’s the great weather allowed the competitors to get a good three runs on Saturday afternoon and another dry three on Sunday plus the top six shootout.
There were 4 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars entered in this round of the series, Simon Witt (RX7 – 12A T), Darren Duffield (RPV01- 13B T), Cameron Hurman (RX7 – 13B T) and Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 – 13B T).
Simon Witt in his RX7 – 12A Turbo was running after a short break during this time Simon has rebuilt the engine and was running data logging in his car. Simon’s data showed that he was pulling 1.3 g around the Mt Cotton track, the data also shows speed oil pressure and throttle position as well as a lot more. It was the first time that Simon has used the data logging so it will be good to see how this information helps with getting the car sorted. Simon finished this round 5th in class and 43rd outright.
