Huntley Hillclimb 18/09/2011 Now with race report and vids

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 11 Sep 2011, 7:00 pm

#861460

Wollongong Sporting Car Club will host Round 8 of the NSW Hillclimb Championship at Huntley Hillclimb on the 18th of September.
This event is the only event run on a public road, in the series. It is a very fast and steep hill with two challenging corners towards the end.
Heath and Christine Campbell suffered engine trouble late in the day at Ringwood Hillclimb last round, but Heath has managed to get the orange beast fixed and ready to race for this event.
My Beetle has had a wash and is ready to go, i even spoilt it with a front brake caliper teardown and rebuild.
There are two quick Dattos running in our class and the steep hill will suit their high hp motors, so the Beetles will have to drive hard to stay ahead.
For anyone wanting to come and have a look the event is held at the end of Avondale rd Huntley near Dapto.
Cheers Col

dirtbug Learner Dubber

1 post · joined Sep 2011 · 17 Sep 2011, 10:26 pm

#862618

hi. i'm puting together a bug 4 dirt sprints. can u tell me what front brakes u run. cheers gus.g

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 7:55 pm

#862863

dirtbug wrote:hi. i'm puting together a bug 4 dirt sprints. can u tell me what front brakes u run. cheers gus.g

I use twin pin VW calipers.
Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 8:15 pm

#862869

Absolutely perfect weather was laid on by the Wollongong Sporting Car Club on Sunday 18th for the running of round 8 of the NSWHCC at historic Huntley Hillclimb.
Heath and Christine Campbell entered there VW Beetle along with myself and my Black Beetle.
After the first run of the day times were,
Col 28.37
Heath 29.14
Christine 29.92
Adrian 29.19 (Datto)
Aaron 28.48 (Datto)

Run two saw the times tumble down as our confidence grew.

Col 27.22
Heath 28.73
Adrian 28.15
Aaron 28.50

After Heaths second run the mighty Campbell Beetle struck mechanical trouble and could not continue, leaving myself to fight of the fast Datto drivers.
With VW pride at stake i pressed on with some fast runs.

Final placings for the day were as follows,
1st Col Mayman 27.03 secs
2nd Aaron Osbourne 27.96 secs
3rd Adrian Peck 28.15 secs
4th Heath Campbell 28.73 secs
5th Christine Campbell 29.92 secs

I was very happy with the result as this was my last event for the year, i managed to miss the class record of 26.95 secs by only 8 hundredths, a big thankyou to Larry for building another bullet proof engine with zero trouble all year.
The engine will now be pulled out this weekend for more tweaks for next years racing.
A big thankyou from me must go out to all the guys and girl who raced this year i had a fantastic year and only hope next year can be as much fun and laughs.
I have a couple of vids to post in the next few days.

Cheers Col

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 19 Sep 2011, 8:28 pm

#862877

Hi Col

Great result. Three cheers for the fat arse supers😁

Steve

Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 9:26 pm

#862892

Col why are you not running at King Edward Park ?

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 19 Sep 2011, 9:45 pm

#862903

Good work Col!
Awesome times for such a heavy car!!

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

fastnuf Slammed & Awesome Dubber

86 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 19 Sep 2011, 10:02 pm

#862911

Good one Col. You smashed them. All the best for the coming festive season (not far away with a family) and we will see you next year with the new car.

White Knuckle Racing Team.

Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 10:09 pm

#862915

I think from all reports Cols superbug is just as light as the beetles that are racing currently 🤪

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 10:12 pm

#862918

Col at the start line.

Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 10:15 pm

#862921

Brian wrote:Col why are you not running at King Edward Park ?

Larry builds my engines for me, and he is racing at Warwick this year so it,s my turn to pit for him.

Cheers Col

Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 19 Sep 2011, 10:25 pm

#862927

you have got that car cracking Col , thats a very good time

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 20 Sep 2011, 10:27 am

#862978

Congratulations. You've been chasing that win all year.

Well done Col.
Well done Larry &
Well done Keith.

esratrams

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 20 Sep 2011, 7:37 pm

#863064

This vid is off Christine leaving the start line.

Cheers Col.

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 6 Oct 2011, 11:22 pm

#865717

How was the port? Sorry about the shit photo frames. They looked heaps better inside the packaging... couldnt get the same ones as last year.

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 7 Oct 2011, 7:47 am

#865727

well done guys....deffently holdin the flag for vw racing...
Really hope u guys get more exposure from the Vw mag Australia..

fastnuf Slammed & Awesome Dubber

86 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 7 Oct 2011, 8:12 am

#865731

No fault of the mag I don't think, it's just that their regular racer/correspondent is a slack tart and has taken a couple of years to build our new car. See you in the New Year.

White Knuckle Racing Team.

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 7 Oct 2011, 8:13 am

#865732

amazeer wrote:How was the port? Sorry about the shit photo frames. They looked heaps better inside the packaging... couldnt get the same ones as last year.

I havn,t opened the Port yet Chris, but will probably this weekend while watching Bathurst.
The photo in frame idea was fantastic, a real nice reminder of a great weekend. i have spoken to a few fellow competitors and they all agreed it was much better than a plastic trophy, kudos to you and the club.

Cheers Col