Results of Carric Accounting Hillclimb Series Mt Cotton – Round 1 (2nd & 3rd March 2019)
This was the first round at Mt Cotton Hillclimb for the 2019 season.
This was a 2 day event starting at 11.00 Am on Saturday and finishing on Sunday afternoon. The weather for Saturday was overcast and had light to medium rain over the afternoon, with only a few mishaps over the day. There were a large number of spectators all eager to watch the 74 competitors that had entered this event.
Sunday’s weather started out similar to Saturday with very light rain to keep drivers on their toes however the rain held off and it was sunny the battles on-track was fierce through all the class’s entered.
This Hillclimb had 3 rotary Hillclimb racing cars entered in 2 different classes.
Cameron Hurman, Stephen Torphey & Warwick Hutchinson.
Cameron Hurman in his Mazda RX7 (13B Turbo) running in Sports Cars (Closed) 2001cc & Over Class.
Cameron did all of the 12 official runs over the weekend in both wet and dry conditions. His first run was a time of 52.23sec but he got progressively better with his best time on the 2nd last run on Sunday with a time of 51.14 sec.
Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) also running in Sports Cars (Closed) 2001cc & Over Class.
Stephen only did 2 runs on Saturday and did not run on Sunday but Stephen’s best time was on his 2nd run on Saturday with a time of 51.84 sec.
Warwick Hutchinson in his New Open wheel race car (RPV03 – 13B Turbo) entered Formula Libre – 1301cc & over.
His first run on Saturday was 41.92 sec, he went faster on Sunday with his best time on his last run with a time of 39.81sec. He went a bit slower in the in the top six shoot out with a time of 40.00 sec. Hopefully better times to come.
The 3 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this Hillclimb, their best times and outright positions are listed below.
Cameron Hurman in his Mazda RX7 (13B Turbo) 51.14 sec – (1st in Class & 31th Outright)
Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) 51.84 sec – (2nd in Class & 34th Outright)
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV03 13B Turbo) 39.81 sec – (1st in Class & 1st Outright)
Top Six Shootout Results were –
1st Ed McCane (DJ Firehawk) – 39.73
2nd Warwick Hutchinson (RPV03 – OMS28) – 40.00
3rd Jim Milliner (OMS 2000 – 40.53
4th Stephen Woodbridge (Dallara F396) – 41.07
5th David Quelch (Honda DPQ Special) – 42.13
6th Greg Tebble (Van Diemen FF2000) – 42.89
For more Photos and information of this event you can visit the MGCCQ website.
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