Results of Carric Accounting Hillclimb Series Mt Cotton – Round 5 (7th & 8th Sept. 2019)
This was the fifth 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 & Sunday was a typical beautiful Queensland winter, 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.
This Hillclimb had only 2 rotary Hillclimb racing cars entered in 2 different classes.
Stephen Torphey & Warwick Hutchinson.
Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) was running in Sports Cars (Closed) 2001cc & Over Class.
Stephen only ran on Sunday completing 5 runs. Stephen’s best time was on his 2nd on Sunday with a time of 48.81 sec.
Warwick Hutchinson in his Open wheel race car (RPV03 – 13B Turbo) entered Formula Libre – 1301cc & over.
His first run on Saturday was 39.05 sec, his fastest run was his 2nd run on Sunday with a time of 38.70sec.
The 3 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars competing in this Hillclimb, their best times and outright positions are listed below.
Stephen Torphey in his Mazda RX7 (12A Turbo) 49.96 sec – (1st in Class & 30th Outright)
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV03 13B Turbo) 38.93sec – (2nd in Class & 2nd Outright)
Top Six Shootout Results were –
1st Dean Amos (Gould GR55B) – 36.80
2nd Warwick Hutchinson (RPV03 13B Turbo) – 38.92
3rd Paul van Wijik (OMS Hornet) – 40.95
4th Brett Bull (Van Dieman RF03K) – 41.35
5th David Quelch (Honda DPQ Special) – 41.36
6th Stan Pobjoyay (F/L VW Special) – 44.33
For more Photos and information of this event you can visit the MGCCQ website.
“CLICK HERE” to visit the MG Car Club – web site.
The next event we will be entering is the Australian Hillclimb Championships in Bathurst NSW on the 1st 2nd & 3rd November 2019.
For more information on the 75th Australian Hillclimb Championships see the link below to the Bathurst Light Car Club.
“CLICK HERE” to visit the Bathurst Light Car Club- web site.