Kempsey Sporting Car Club will host Round 2 of the Hillclimb series on the 15th of April.
After Bathurst was postponed due to the floods this will be the first round for many of the racers including myself and Glen.
I have received a full list of competitors and Glen and i are the only Beetles racing at this event, hopefully the weather will be warm and sunny.
Here,s a photo from last year, the racing is only half the fun!
Cheers Col
colin ·
Just leaving home now, a few scattered showers forecast for Sunday.
Cheers Col
DylanTheDubber ·
Where do you go for Spectators to come watch?
From Dylan
hellbugged ·
On the northside of the big hill enroute to kempsey Dylan.....fairly well sign posted
DylanTheDubber ·
What time will it start and finish?
From Dylan
hellbugged ·
It's good to have a look around before it starts Dylan while everyone is relaxed. You can get right up close to the cars and meet the lads
So anytime around 9 am till 2.30 ish
You should go, would be good for you
waltermitty ·
I drove to Tamworth today from Port and passed a nice late model black beetle ( large tail light) on a trailer on the Oxley Hyway heading to Kempsey. Mi9tchell
DylanTheDubber ·
Okay I'm hopefully going. 🙂
From Dylan
DylanTheDubber ·
Was a great day and i was impressed with Collins bug. I haven't seen it before. Was impressed and was good to see.
From Dylan
Craig Torrens ·
Colin is a great guy, and his bug is one very well prepared racecar 👍👍
Matt Ryan ·
It was a good day. Didn't see you Dylan we were mostly hanging around the start and left at lunchtime. I dropped those brackets to your place, hope you found them on the front porch.
And a BIG thanks to you too Glen, for letting my 2 year old Grandson sit in your race bug and "drive" it. All I'm going to hear for the next few days is "racing cars, racing cars" over and over.
You really made his day.
Regards,
Matt.
DylanTheDubber ·
Matt,
Great to hear you and lil Nace had a great time. We passed you at Telegraph poin you was leaving as we were arriving sorta thing. Thanks for droping off the Brackets matt ill go find em now i never knew they was there we went thru the garage door (:
And YES Gottah Say i was Very Very impressed with Colins car it's a very very well prepared racecar in everyway. (A lil too good for a racecar i thorght at first)
From Dylan
colin ·
What a great days racing we all had at Cooperabung Hillclimb.
After watching the boys practice on Saturday Glen and i lite the camp fire and settled in with a few cold beers and a great meal of steak and salad with baked potatoes in foil.
A overnight shower made the track very wet and slippery for us on our first run and i managed to have a spin at the hairpin.
The second run the track dryed a little in patches i i posted the fastest run for our class and was pleased with the new cam and general feel of the car.
Run 3 and with a drying track i nailed a fast one and put a second between my next competitor Adrian in his datto. Glen was going great, he has had Stan Pobjoy build him a much more powerfull motor and was running it in reving it too around 5800 as a precaution.
Run 4, the final one, i got wide on the exit of the sweeper and had to have a quick lift and correct the car as the tyre wall was getting awefully close and went no faster than my 3rd run. However Adrian in the Datto pulled something nowhere and nailed a great time to take the class win.
Final times were,
1st in class Adrian Datto 29.913 sec
2nd Col Beetle 29.920 sec
3rd Aaron Datto 30.942
4th Glen Beetle 31.908
I had no-one to film in runs for me but i have a couple of photo, to post up later.
And thanks to Dylan and Craig for your kind words in regards to my car, Glen and i really enjoy talking to people at the events.
Cheers Col
DylanTheDubber ·
Colin,
Hope to see you race again in the not to distant future. We got some pretty good footage of the hairpin and the starting line on a couple different runs and i got a couple pics. Will put the videos together on a disc and send it to you when i get a chance.
From Dylan
whathaveidone ·
wel ldone Col👍👍
colin ·
DylanTheDubber wrote:Colin,
Hope to see you race again in the not to distant future. We got some pretty good footage of the hairpin and the starting line on a couple different runs and i got a couple pics. Will put the videos together on a disc and send it to you when i get a chance.
From Dylan
Was great to meet you, thanks for the footage and photo,s i,ll send you a pm with my address.
Cheers Col
whathaveidone ·
Hey Col, Are you comming down for the supersprints in may???
colin ·
Photo of our campsite with fire just started.
Col
colin ·
whathaveidone wrote:Hey Col, Are you comming down for the supersprints in may???
No sorry, hillclimb racing is keeping me poor enough.
Cheers Col
whathaveidone ·
might catch up at huntley then
DylanTheDubber ·
Here is one of the Pictures that we took.
colin ·
Have some photo,s to share that were generously sent to me.
Thankyou Chris.
Cheers Col
colin ·
Another photo here i,m halfway around the famous cooperabung sweeper flat out in 3rd gear.
Cheers Col
colin ·
This photo is the fast approach to the hairpin.
Cheers Col
colin ·
Final photo shows the run to the hairpin, here i,m going through the chicane, a fast daunting part of the track. Here you can make up time as your exit speed out of the chicane determines your speed to the hairpin. The dark wide line is my brake marker for the hairpin, my speed before i hit the anchors here is 4th gear about 6000rpm, bloody fast!
Cheers Col
Keith Haeusler ·
Col,
I am deducting points because your Mayman sticker on the n/s window is not parallel to the window rubber.😂😂 9.5 out of 10.
cheers,
Larry
cnfabo ·
Sweet,they are very good shots of you col.your car looks very tough🙂
colin ·
Keith Haeusler wrote:Col,
I am deducting points because your Mayman sticker on the n/s window is not parallel to the window rubber.😂😂 9.5 out of 10.
cheers,
Larry
This is why i value your engine building talent so much Larry, your eye for detail.
Fussy bugger!
Cheers Col
colin ·
Were did Craig,s post go?
I got quiet a laugh out of it LOL, if you can,t laugh at yourself?
Cheers Col
JVLRacing ·
colin wrote:Were did Craig,s post go?
I got quiet a laugh out of it LOL, if you can,t laugh at yourself?
Cheers Col
😂
JVLRacing ·
😎nice pics mate
Jak Rizzo ·
Keith Haeusler wrote:Col,
I am deducting points because your Mayman sticker on the n/s window is not parallel to the window rubber.😂😂 9.5 out of 10.
cheers,
Larry
Col , do u have your name on the car so as not to get it mixed up with all the other black superbugs?
or is so that after a few beers u know which one is your race car?
Jak
PS Superbugs look sooooo hot!
vassy66T1 ·
Car is looking like a flyer in those corners Col!!
Excellent
colin ·
Jak Rizzo wrote:
Keith Haeusler wrote:Col,
I am deducting points because your Mayman sticker on the n/s window is not parallel to the window rubber.😂😂 9.5 out of 10.
cheers,
Larry
Col , do u have your name on the car so as not to get it mixed up with all the other black superbugs?
or is so that after a few beers u know which one is your race car?
Jak
PS Superbugs look sooooo hot!
Okay Jak you caught me out!
The reason my name is crooked is because when Glen and i camp at the events the night before we have a few beers.
Then before i crash in bed i usually check the car, now because i,m walking, no, stumbling in the dark, it,s easier to tilt my head less and read my name. 😂😂
Cheers Col
Jak Rizzo ·
Col, do u have a any good excuse this year not to bring Black Beauty to the Nationals Supersprint?
CT & I will look after to u, & there is a little hill to go up so feel at home, although u do get to come down the hill flat out as well
Jak
colin ·
This piece of footage was kindly given to me by Dylan from Port macquarie.
I remember this was my fastest run of the day, i was really having a go!.
Cheers Col
colin ·
This is footage of Glen again kindly supplied by Dylan.
Cheers Col
Craig Torrens ·
Sounds good Colin.......which cam do you prefer, your latest one or the FK87 ?
colin ·
Check out the suspension working on the loaded side of the car, amazing.
Photo courtesy of Dylan.
Cheers Col
colin ·
Glen at the hairpin.
photo courtesy of Dylan.
Cheers Col
colin ·
Waiting for our turn near the start line, a nervous wait sometimes.
Photo courtesy of Dylan.
Cheers Col
colin ·
Craig Torrens wrote:Sounds good Colin.......which cam do you prefer, your latest one or the FK87 ?
I can,t really give a honest comparison as when the fk87 was in i never ran an event and my comp ratio was lower.
I beleive however the Pauter cam i have now is a good choice.
Bum dyno thinks i have picked up mid range torque.
Cheers Col
fullnoise ·
The car sounds crisp despite me having your ida jets in my toolbox. Are you picking a fight with the tall bloke in the shot above; or has he just been beaten by a beetle? He looks mad.
