Hill Climbs!

There are hill climb events in the U.S. other than Pikes Peak.

These are more in the mountainous areas of the country like Pennsylvania and out
west I'm guessing.

It occurred that I ran an article on a hill climb event in Pennsylvania a fews years
ago. Looked up Pennsylvania hill climb and got his website, a club that puts on
several hill climbs per year, looks as though the SCCA sanctions them.

Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association

BHW

 

Silver City (Virginia City), Nevada

https://www.virginiacityhillclimb.com/?page_id=2

 

Ive done Virginia City many years ago..lots of fun...

 

Ran it for about ten years when I owned my Ferrari(s). First the 348, then the 355 and finally the 360.

Got some onboard videos somewhere; I'll have a search around. Great event.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Here we go;

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJycPV51ZQ[/ame]

With apologies for the squealing tires; Fixed that with a set of Toyo's subsequently.

*Not* a place to make a mistake.

Best time of 3:38. Anything under 4 minutes is pretty darn good though.

I believe the record is just over 3 minutes in a modified F40.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Dayum! Posted without looking at it again. [Watched it way too many times when overlaying the data etc!] But;

- Can't believe it's nine years ago!

"The older I get, the faster I was....."

- Just remembered the G/F's comment at the end. "I thought you were going to beat it by a second!" Also reminded me that even though she's maybe a 100lbs (soaking wet) she cost me about 5mph in top speed by the end of the straight.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Some other organizations that offer Hillclimbs:

New England Hillclimb Association (NEHA) - www.hillclimb.org

Northwest Hillclimb Association