2015 British Hillclimb championship

[Drumroll]

Could someone please explain what went on at the weekend please?

[mallockman]

Drumroll said:

Could someone please explain what went on at the weekend please?

I arrived at 11am on Sunday so some of my info is secondhand.

Firstly Steve Hemingway had a bad accident at Semi Circle, apparently colliding with the metal tower supporting the spectator timing display. The marshalls reported that this was one of the most demanding extrications that they have had to perform. The Air Ambulance was called in and landed on the track at the approach to Ettores. Steve's accident added to a very sad weekend for hillclimbing in which we lost Simon Mckinley in Ireland and Otakar Kramsky in Austria.

Over the winter we were told that the drive by noise meter would be used, and offending drivers would be warned, then disqualified if their cars exceeded 106db. Unfortunately several Top 12 contenders fell foul of this rule, including Jos Goodyear and Will Hall (red carded in practice), also Trevor Willis and John Bradburn. Trevor was yellow carded in the first class runs, but appeared later to come 3rd in the second runnoff. John Bradburn had his second runnoff time disallowed.

To cap it all, the computers in the commentators hut failed meaning that Jerry and John had work little or no information to work with.

Edited by mallockman on Tuesday 28th April 21:30

[Skylinecrazy]

John Bradburn failed the second run off by 1 decibel I think, which is utterly ridiculous after being under the limit all day!

How come you weren't competing Tony?

[mallockman]

Skylinecrazy said:

How come you weren't competing Tony?

I was planning a quieter season, but I have relented and will be out from Harewood...!

[Skylinecrazy]

mallockman said:

Skylinecrazy said:

How come you weren't competing Tony?

I was planning a quieter season, but I have relented and will be out from Harewood...!

I'll wonder over and say hi at Harewood. It's quite the drive from Brighton I imagine!

[mallockman]

Skylinecrazy said:

I'll wonder over and say hi at Harewood.

Please do, it will be good to see you Dan

Skylinecrazy said:

It's quite the drive from Brighton I imagine!

About the same as Eschdorf.....!

[coppice]

Looking forward to Harewood this weekend; scarily it is year 46 of attendance by me as I started marshalling there when I was at school .Lots of changes over the years - course is far better in long form, catering immeasurably better , love the speed trap , more single seaters and far fewer sports and saloon cars. And - shock- apparently marshals can no longer push start cars. As a start line marshal I regularly push started everything from F1 cars , 5000s and various home brewed specials. I am almost deaf in my left ear however as ear defenders were for girls and silencing was non existent .

[Vocal Minority]

Was there no Scott at Craigantlet this weekend?

[Skylinecrazy]

Vocal Minority said:

Was there no Scott at Craigantlet this weekend?

Yes, think he's missing a fair few this year.

It's Alex Summers' title to lose already after the Prescott mess.

[Vocal Minority]

Quite possibly - are we assuming Will Hall and Jos Goodyear will fall foulf of the Prescott noise regs again?

[Skylinecrazy]

Vocal Minority said:

Quite possibly - are we assuming Will Hall and Jos Goodyear will fall foulf of the Prescott noise regs again?

I've heard that several drivers won't even bother attending Prescott due to the noise regs. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.

6 scores do have to be dropped though remember.

[Vocal Minority]

True, but losing 4 through being too loud in the first place puts a lot of pressure on the remaining rounds!

[Trev450]

Only two visits to Prescott for the British.

[Skylinecrazy]

Trev450 said:

Only two visits to Prescott for the British.

Each round has two run offs though

[chevronb37]

Looking forward to Harewood on Sunday. Ten days ago I was down in Austria for its round of the European Hillclimb Championship. This was the view from my bedroom window. Not a bad location for a motor race though Harewood is utterly charming in its own right.

[Trev450]

Skylinecrazy said:

Trev450 said:

Only two visits to Prescott for the British.

Each round has two run offs though

Of course. My bad.

[Skylinecrazy]

http://www.harewoodhill.com/downloads/pdf/entryLis...

Entry for harewood is up.

Championship after four rounds looks like -

[Vocal Minority]

Single seater entires look healthy, but a little light on others - sports libre especially. That said I don't know how many competitors Harewood can cater for

[Skylinecrazy]

Vocal Minority said:

Single seater entires look healthy, but a little light on others - sports libre especially. That said I don't know how many competitors Harewood can cater for

Libre is missing Keith Edwards etc. haven't seen that Quattro in a few months now it's competing abroad a lot.

Be interesting to see if the Harry Pick/Gary Hill OMS is ready, as it's using BMW bike engine power which is a first I believe.

Richard Spedding's raptor will also hopefully be ready - it looks stunning in white.

[Skylinecrazy]

Alarm set for 5:30 tomorrow. Very much looking forward to it. If anyone there sees a guy wearing a hoodie with 'sprintandtrackday' on the back please say hello!