Hillclimb Results – Round 2 Carric Accounting & Tighe Cams Series 23rd & 24th March 2019

Results of Carric Accounting Hillclimb Series Mt Cotton – Round 2 (23^rd & 24^th March 2019)

This was the second 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 very hot 36 degrees and humid, with only a few mishaps over the day. There were a large number of spectators all eager to watch the 83 competitors that had entered this event.

Sunday’s weather started out similar to Saturday with the heat continuing over the day to make the conditions extremely difficult for all drivers and officials. The battles on-track was fierce through all the class’s entered.

Drivers Briefing Mt Cotton Round 2

This Hillclimb had 4 rotary Hillclimb racing cars entered in 3 different classes.

Cameron Hurman, Stephen Torphey, David Jackson & Warwick Hutchinson.

David Jackson was running his RX7 in Regularity Class.

David’s RX7 first run on Saturday was 57.74 sec he nominated a time of 55.50 and managed to get his time down to 55.43 sec on the 3^rd run of the day on Sunday.

Cameron Hurman in his Mazda RX7 (13B Turbo) running in Sports Cars (Closed) 2001cc & Over Class.

Cameron only ran 8 of the 9 official runs over the weekend. His first run was a time of 51.40sec but he got progressively better with his best time on the 2^nd last run on Sunday with a time of 50.35 sec.

Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) also running in Sports Cars (Closed) 2001cc & Over Class.

Stephen also only ran 8 of the 9 official runs over the weekend. Stephen’s best time was on his 2^nd run on Sunday with a time of 52.04 sec.

Warwick Hutchinson in his Open wheel race car (RPV03 – 13B Turbo) entered Formula Libre – 1301cc & over.

His first run on Saturday was 40.62 sec, his fastest run was his 4^th run on Saturday with a time of 40.39sec. He had clutch issues on Sunday and did not finish the all of the runs on Sunday, hopefully he gets this fixed for the next round and the QHC in June.

The 4 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this Hillclimb, their best times and outright positions are listed below.

David Jackson (Mazda RX7) 55.43 sec – (23 points in Class & 62^nd Outright)

Cameron Hurman in his Mazda RX7 (13B Turbo) 50.35 sec – (1^st in Class & 34^th Outright)

Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) 52.04 sec – (2^nd in Class & 43^rd Outright)

Warwick Hutchinson (RPV03 13B Turbo) 40.39 sec – (4^th in Class & 4^th Outright)

Race Cars in the Pits at Mt Cotton Hillclimb Photo 1

Race Cars in the Pits at Mt Cotton Hillclimb Photo 2

Top Six Shootout Results were –

1^st Dean Tighe (Dallara-Judd 4.0) – 38.51

2^nd Ed McCane (DJ Firehawk) – 40.39

3^rd Jim Milliner (OMS 2000 – 40.43

4^th Brett Bull (Van Diemen RF03K)  – 42.07

5^th David Quelch (Honda DPQ Special) – 42.09

6^th Greg Tebble (Van Diemen FF2000) – 43.10

For more Photos and information of this event you can visit the MGCCQ website.

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The Next Events we will be running our car in is the Queensland Hillclimb Championships at Mt Cotton on the 1^st & 2^nd June.