TIGHE CAMS HILLCLIMB, ROUND 4, 2nd & 3rd October 2010.
The fourth round of the Tighe Cams series for 2010 was run under wet weather. Even with the wet weather the 79 entered competitors were able to get three runs in on Saturday afternoon and another four runs on Sunday plus the top six shootout. Saturday and Sunday were both wet with the pick of the days being Saturday with a dryer track and the times were quicker. The fastest time of day was set on Saturday by Rod Johns (43.83 seconds).
There were 4 Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars entered in this round of the series, Darren Duffield (RPV01– 13B T), Cameron Hurman (RX7 – 13B T) John Moore (Hi Jinx Buggy – 13B T) and Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 – 13B T).
John Moore in the Hi-Jinx buggy was also quick on Saturday he finished 2nd in class and 8th outright even though he had computer issues and did not run the car on Sunday.
Darren Duffield arrived late on Sunday as he had work commitments, he wanted to do some testing of the spare gearbox as the race gearbox had been badly damaged at the Leyburn sprints weeks earlier. All went ok but the wet track prevented Darren from getting good feed-back on the gearbox in the Rotary Hillclimb Racing Car.
Although Darren only completed 2 runs on Saturday he finished 5th in Class and 41st outright.
Cameron Hurman in his RX7 – 13B T was entered in this round but did not run Saturday or Sunday.
Warwick Hutchinson in his RPV02 had work commitments and could not run on Saturday. On Sunday he had issues even with his grooved wet slicks the power was too hard to contain. He reduced the boost to 6 psi and still has traction problems, who said that you can never have too much power has never driven on a slippery track at Mt Cotton.
The Rotary Hillclimb Racing Cars entered and their best times were –
John Moore (Hi Jinx Buggy – 13B T) 47.07 – (2nd in Class & 8th Outright)
Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 13B Turbo) 47.77 – (3nd in Class & 10th Outright)
Darren Duffield (RPV01 13B Turbo) 54.33 – (5th in Class & 41st Outright)
Cameron Hurman (RX7 13B Turbo) – DNR
Top Six Shootout Results were –
1st Michael Collins – 46.24
2nd David Homer – 49.04
3rd Rod Johns – 47.46
4th Warwick Hutchinson (RPV02 – Rotary Hillclimb Racing Car) – 50.14
5th Alan McConnell – DNF
6th Bill Norman – DSQ
Some of the photos on this entry were supplied by “Steve Johns – via the MGCCQ.” CLICK HERE to visit the MG Car Club web site.