Single seater hillclimb car onboard v- Supercharged hayabusa

[alexsummers]

Here is a link to a video of a supercharged dj firehawk haybusa hillclimb car for those that are interested. Please give me your thoughts!

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYk7Pp1Zl70

[Altrezia]

That looks like fun!

What do you need to do hillclimbing? What lisence, what spec car etc?

[alexsummers]

Any car! I know people who compete in 205's and focus/A3 type cars. There are sets of defined classes in which the car will fall. When it comes to racing cars such as the one in the video you need to comply with the 'Blue Book' regulations.

A speed national 'B' license is around £30 (needs verifying), this allows you to compete in cars below 2 litres. No test is needed to acquire this license. To move up through the license types you must successfully complete events and gain signatures from the clerk of the course.

[heebeegeetee]

That's good, I like that, well done.

I was at Shelsley at the weekend and saw two lads sharing runs in a Nissan Micra. You can compete with pretty much anything.

(But not a supercharged MX5 though, as I sadly found out).

[PeXy]

heebeegeetee said:

That's good, I like that, well done.

I was at Shelsley at the weekend and saw two lads sharing runs in a Nissan Micra. You can compete with pretty much anything.

(But not a supercharged MX5 though, as I sadly found out).

I nrmally go to Shelsley, don't live far away. Was it any good? Groves still on top?

[alexsummers]

Groves gave up! Shame. I was driving this car at shelsley 3 days ago.

[PeXy]

alexsummers said:

Here is a link to a video of a supercharged dj firehawk haybusa hillclimb car for those that are interested. Please give me your thoughts!

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYk7Pp1Zl70

Good run there forgot how long loton is compared to shelsly.

[heebeegeetee]

PeXy said:

I nrmally go to Shelsley, don't live far away. Was it any good? Groves still on top?

Sadly we couldn't stay for the last top 12 run-off, and in the morning the drivers were being a tad tentative after showers.

It was still very nice there though.

[MotorsportTom]

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

[IroningMan]

MotorsportTom said:

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

Gurston Down, near Salisbury, on one side, and Wiscombe Park, near Honiton, on the other. Both have events through the season.

[jonnylayze]

MotorsportTom said:

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

You're quite well located there - nowhere too close but Shelsley, Prescott and Harewood are all fairly easy to get to from where you are

[alexsummers]

MotorsportTom said:

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

coventry- there are three very good hills in the midlands. Loton Park is the one in my video, Shelsley Walsh is another and Finally Prescott. Prescott is a short way down the M5 from Birmingham so would be ok for you i guess

[anonymous-user]

MotorsportTom said:

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

wiscombe park isnt too far from somersetshire....

[kiteless]

Watching on-board clips, it never fails to amaze me how blind Fallow (the 90 degree left-hander at the top of the "straight") is on the approach. How the likes of Scott Moran in their Goulds and Pilbeams judge their braking points just beggars belief!

[lord summerisle]

The 2 extremes of hillclimbing
MX5 - Roadgoing, class 1B (1400-2000cc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qILTJ2B0TXs&fea...

and Junior in the V10 predator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpqyRhOtmA&fea...

[Ipelm]

alexsummers said:

MotorsportTom said:

Well that car doesn't hang about!!

I'd love to go an watch some hill climb stuff as I've never been but all the videos on youtube make it look like it has some nice machinery that appears at these events, I'm in Coventry so where is the closest place to here? Failing that my parents live in Somerset so is there anywhere close to there that has hill climbing?

coventry- there are three very good hills in the midlands. Loton Park is the one in my video, Shelsley Walsh is another and Finally Prescott. Prescott is a short way down the M5 from Birmingham so would be ok for you i guess

Go to the best............Go to Shelsley!!

[alexsummers]

certainly the best for spectators

[MotorsportTom]

Sorry for not responding sooner, but thanks for all the replies everyone looks like I have a few places to check out then!

Time to rope someone in to coming with me haha, thanks again!

[alexsummers]

no problem, good to have you on board

[MikeO996]

alexsummers said:

Here is a link to a video of a supercharged dj firehawk haybusa hillclimb car for those that are interested. Please give me your thoughts!

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYk7Pp1Zl70

In a word - stunning

Looks like it's on fast forward, unbelievable corner speed - and soooo narrow

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