Gotta love a CRASH in Hillclimb !

Craig Torrens · 22 Apr 2011, 8:05 pm

reub · 22 Apr 2011, 10:59 pm

How awesome are the revs those things are pulling in the start of the vid...

Camo · 23 Apr 2011, 7:24 pm

Love the old Isuzu (Holden Gemini coupes). My sister had one as her first car back in 1980.

Brings back memories 🥲

Kev

amazeer · 23 Apr 2011, 7:54 pm

If only I could put together a crash compilation of Huntley. Been some very expensive ones. I dont think there is a 5 metre stretch of track that hasnt bent a car. Even the gate to Don's Farm has been bent 90 degrees. Thats before you even get to the pit area!

colin · 24 Apr 2011, 4:54 pm

Just watched the vid.
Thanks for putting it up Craig.
Those front wheel drive cars behave very badly when pushed hard around a corner, thank goodness the Beetle is rear wheel drive!

Cheers Col

modulus · 24 Apr 2011, 9:02 pm

colin wrote:Those front wheel drive cars behave very badly when pushed hard around a corner, thank goodness the Beetle is rear wheel drive!

Yes indeed!
Here's a video of those incredibly stable rear-wheel-drive cars; notice how they are especially stable when sliding along on their roofs...

hth

Craig Torrens · 24 Apr 2011, 10:58 pm

😂😂.....I love the convertable at 2:26....you would poo your pants being in the back !

And the guy at 3:00 !!!

colin · 25 Apr 2011, 8:28 am

modulus wrote:
colin wrote:Those front wheel drive cars behave very badly when pushed hard around a corner, thank goodness the Beetle is rear wheel drive!
Yes indeed!
Here's a video of those incredibly stable rear-wheel-drive cars; notice how they are especially stable when sliding along on their roofs...

hth

Your comparison is so accurate.
Late model fully preped race cars on slicks as opposed to early model standard cars on cheese cutters!

Cheers Col

twoguns · 25 Apr 2011, 10:52 am

wow! love how they get out of the car... or thrown out in a couple of instances... in their street gear and dress shoes. no helemts. nothing. they could just dust themselves down and then head off for a quiet drink.

they certainly built the cars strong enough for a roll though. not sure about hte single ltach doors opening.

what was all the gear being flung out of the windows? was this like a weekend event thing or something?

TheMiniMan · 25 Apr 2011, 10:53 am

the front-wheel-drive cars that step out of shape are """usually""" caused by people who are so used to driving rear-wheel-drive cars & they havn`t turned the switch over in their brain to realise that if you back-off in a front drive car around a corner, the bum will step out,,, the trick is to keep the throttle buried

love the vids tho, awsome!!!