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2007 Australian Hillclimb Championship  2007 Australian Hillclimb Champion Peter Gumley
Photo by Wayne Reid Osella Photographics www.osella.com.au An interesting article on "Methods of Changing Gear" By William Hewland. Thanks to Brian Timms for passing this one to me.
2008 Calendar. Dates (not confirmed where noted): Innes Motors Victorian Hillclimb Championship.
Photos of the events can be found at Elgee's Web site or Contact Gary February 2/3 Gippsland Park Round 1 RESULTS
February 23/24 Rob Roy Round 2 RESULTS April 27 Phillip Island Round 3
May 17/18 Mt Leura Round 4 SUP REGS
June 1 (Note date change)
DECA Round 5 SUP REGS
August 3 Broadford Round 6
August 17 Haunted Hills Round 7
Not The Stig
Well, what an interesting season we are in for in 08, not only in Vic but things are heating up in NSW. Great result for top Victorian Andrew Howell - taking out Rd 1 of the NSW Hillclimb Championship at what is proving to be one of his favorite tracks, The Esses (Bathurst).The following day was Rd2 on Mountain Straight, Peter Gumley was pipped in an exciting final run by Tim Edmondson in the flying Force. Tim not only took the win but he broke Peter Gumleys outright record. Peter Gumleys seemingly unbreakable SCV experienced clutch and supercharger problems, proving that as soon as you dial more power into a race car you instantly find the next weakest link.
Greg Ackland and Brett Haywood are providing the large crowds that have attended the first 2 Rounds in Victoria with close racing and high levels of skill. They have both chased Andrew Howell as hard as their bike engined cars will allow, but the huge horse power of the Gould is always capable of opening a wider gap in the times when ever it is needed.
Peter Weichard made an appearence in his new Sumaru at Rob Roy, the car seems to have plenty of power and should be competitive once Peter gets him self familiar with the car, (about 100 laps around the old Gippsland track should do it).
I would say that enough people know about this already, so time for it to go in print! Tom Donovan, the man that surprised every body when he purchased the Pilbeam from Andrew Howell, is currently fitting a Turbo Charger to the car. This should not be to much of a surprise to most of us, as Tom seems to like to bolt forced induction onto anything that sits in his shed, (good luck Tom, I think you're on the right track, 200 more Hp and no extra weight).
A lot of talk about the National Super Series late last year, haven't heard any more about it, seems like a great idea 3 rounds, one in each state (Vic,NSW & SA), The point scoring rounds are events that most of us are probably looking for an excuse to go to anyway, so lets hope it gets off the ground and for godsake if it does happen, lets support it.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS REMEMBER THE ROUND YOU MISS COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR BEST. Thanks to who ever that is. Those of you who are interested in Australias National Hillclimb Super Series should keep an eye on its website 2007 Australian Hillclimb Championship, Saturdays times HERE!! 2007 Australian Hillclimb Championship OPR <--- Check these!!!! Just had an SMS suggesting that Peter Gumley has won his 9th Australian Hillclimb Champinship. If that is true (and I will be checking the details shortly) congatulations Peter. As you will see from Saturdays times it is close at the front. Australian Hillclimb Championships held at Mt Cotton, 2-4 Nov 2007. After a compelling and nail-biting series of runs, it was Peter Gumley of NSW who finally emerged after a brilliant final run to take out the Australian Hillclimb Championship in his Wortmeyer SCV from Andrew Howell (Vic) in his Gould GR55B. Third place, the John English Trophy for fastest Queenslander and the Paul Aitken Trophy for the fastest average time by a motorcycle powered car, went to Alan McConnell in his Van Diemen 87. Other major trophy winners were Michael Collins (Qld) in his Subaru WRX who won the Vince Appleby Trophy for fastest sedan. Second was Mark Trenoweth (Qld) making a return to competition his Jaguar XJS. Third and fourth places were filled by previous winners Allan ‘Gundy’ Hunt and Wayne Burden, both of NSW. The Glyn Scott Trophy for fastest sports car went to Victorian Kevin Mackrell (Vic) is his 6 litre Datsun 260Z from Bill Norman (NSW) in his 1164cc Gek sports. Bill Norton (NSW) had tough competition in winning The Hamilton trophy for best performance by an historic car as three other drivers in historic cars also succeeded in breaking their class records. The Martin Tighe Trophy for best Formula Ford went to Darren Harris (Qld) in his Kookaburra. Darren (of D J Embroidery) presented a trophy for the best presented car and this went to Bill Norton (NSW) for the immaculate presentation on and off track of his GRD Ford 72/F3. The efforts of former champions Kym Rohrlach and Roger Harrison of South Australia and of the hillclimb designer, Jon McCarthy of London, in making a special trip to the event were greatly appreciated by all. Kym Rohrlach was the first to break the magic 40s barrier at the Mt Cotton. He did this in 1987. His feat and that of the other ten who have so far achieved sub-40s times was acknowledged on the Saturday afternoon when Gary Connelly, Australia’s representative to the FIA World Council of Motorsport, attended the hillclimb to make the presentations of specially-struck medallions, certificates and badges. Following those presentations, Jon McCarthy launched the book ‘History of the Hill’ which had been compiled to celebrate the first 40 years of operation of the Mt Cotton hillclimb. A dozen records were broken over the weekend: Danny Mischok (Improved production 1601-2000cc) lowered his previous record from 45.70 to 45.66 Brad Stratton (Group N 2001cc and over) broke Glen Wesener’s record, setting a new time of 47.79 In Group O, Jason Lea broke Damien Croston’s record with a new time of 48.28 Bill Norton (Group Q) lowered his record from 42.90 to 42.41 Ron Hay (Group R) also lowered his own record to a new time of 42.48 Alan Don (Group V) established a record for the class with a time of 54.19 Jon Siddins (Marque sports 2001-300cc) reduced the record time from 47.06 to 45.60 James Austin (Marque sports 3001 and over) took Bruce Horey’s record with a 45.15 In Closed sports cars (1601cc and over) Kevin Mackrell smashed the record to a 42.82 Bill Norman (Sports cars – open up to 1600cc) broke his own record with a 43.11 In Sports 1300/Supersports, Gregg Wright broke the record with a 43.88 Robert Hackwood ( Formula Libre up to 750cc) broke Paul Van Wijk’s longstanding record with his 41.66
Full results will be available on the MG Car Club of Qld’s website www.mgccq.org.au. Thank you to the hard working Elain Hamilton of the MG Car Club of Queensland for the report. If you are interested in hillclimbing (and of course you are) but don't know were to start, then have a look under our growing "Contacts in Hillclimbing" section. If you are a member of a hillclimbing club (from anywhere in the world) and you do not see your club listed then please contact the Webmaster about becoming included. Thank you to CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) for a link to the hillclimb racing web site.  |
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