It,s Kempsey Sporting Car Clubs turn to host round 6 of the NSW Hillclimb Championship, on Sunday the 3rd of July.
This round is run on a part of the old Pacific Highway. It is a fast hillclimb, with a long straight start then a big braking area and into a tight hairpin bend. Then it,s round the infamous sweeper (the corner that claimed 6 cars last year) and over the finish line.
Myself, Glen Torrens, Heath Campbell and Greg Ward are all confirmed starters. Glen and myself are planning to camp overnight at the track, and talk tactics on Saturday night, well actually drink beer, but talking tactics sounds better.
I am confident my tramping issue is solved and look forward to some decent rpm starts.
Daimo if your still planning on coming some filming would be great, i,ll bring my camera.

Cheers Col

What are the dates mate? Im in Port and always in Kempsey, Would love to get out there to watch.

From Dylan

Cheers mate, sorry i didnt see the date in the first message i was looking tho haha. Might see you there.

From Dylan

I was planning on trying to get there, and mentioned it to the boss this afternoon - got a VERY cold reception. I will still seel though.......

Jeff,

If you are going i might catch a ride with you if thats alright? How likely is it that ur going?

From Dylan

Dylan, only about 20% or 30% at this stage - unless the boss thaws a bit.

I possibly won't know until Sunday morning, but I will let you know if I am going. Unfortunately, it will be in my sister's Prado though.

Awwkayy well let us know. Arr yeah would be better to go in the bug but the Prado will get us there haha.
Hows your bug going? have you taken it to Adam yet? I been doing all the wiring on my bug this weekend. Still got more to do. In the coming week i will be finishing the wiring and installing intimitant wipers, LED interior light (same as yours) and start to get together the basics together for my fan/heater/defrost system.

From Dylan

Looks like great weather for the weekend see you all there.

Cheers Col

Damm Cant make it = / im off Early tomoro to go to QLD.

From Dylan

cars sounded and looked great guys and gal........and times to match once ya tyres cut down through the MOSS .

commentator loved em......crowd bit gobsmacked as usual, always nice to witness.

few more vids loading.......... hard track to get much of a shot in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxP---yHOog 

Congrats on everyone for this event. I heard it was pretty dame close at the pointy end for the Imp Pro class with a 4cyl Torona and a Datto 1600 giving the bug boys a hurry up on the slippery track. I'm not to sure who won this class (I believe it was Heath) so maybe Col or Heath could fill us in. I do know Greg Ward won the U2L sport sedan class and set a new class record, smashing the existing record by 4 or 5 seconds. Well done everyone. BTW, cool photos and footage Damo. More please!

this might work, linked all the short vids into one. each piece comes from a seperate run........but hey, makes the track look nice and long!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSD-F_Ygj8E 

yeah understand Col.......as usual i trudged up the hill just in time to spot everyone getting back in their seats....oh well. was a nice day to take an easy Sunday out

the black super sounded and looked fast , good to watch!......good on you all for getting amongst it away from the keyboard

oh, the runs are linked around the wrong way, so the footage closer to the pits is from the earler runs.......i think i saw runs 3, 4 and the starting area of 5

was it Heath or Christene that trundled down the hill to the start with you and the others?

thanx daimo been looken to move up there so that helps heaps regards mac

The intrepid Beetle racers headed to Cooperabung Hillclimb last Sunday to compete in round 6 of the NSW Hillclimb Championships.
The usual suspects were all there including Christine Campbell sporting her new pink highlighted race suit.
Cooperabung is a very fast and treacherous event with many surface variations with a dry, damp, and wet sections of the track.
As usual the hairpin and braking area before the hairpin being the most dangerous, i was approaching the hairpin in 4th gear at 6000rpm, quiet fast!.
All day Heath, Christine, myself and a Datto driver swapped fastest times. It was a real armwrestle all day but in the end Heath won the day.

Heath 1st in class, 30.256sec
Adrian (Datto) 2nd in class, 30.893sec
Christine 3rd in class, 30.987sec
Col 4th in class, 31.116sec
Glenn 5th in class, 34.448sec

In the Sports Sedan class 1601-2000cc Greg Ward smashed his rivals and carved over 5sec of the old record to win his class in a time of 31.006sec.

I can,t begin to tell you how much fun it was racing with and against the fellow Beetle racers this last weekend, we all had a fantastic day racing and encouraging each other to go faster all day. Christine was at her shit stirring best all day and after 3 runs i thought i had bested her. But no she pulled a blinder in the last run and beat me, well done Chrissy.
Next round is at Ringwood near Newcastle at the end of the month.

Cheers Col.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROkhT50KkN8 

Here is the first of a few vids John Abbott was kind enough to film for me.
This is me on the first run of the day.

Cheers Col

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbuKEagrSs 

This vid shows Greg, and highlights how slippery the hairpin was.
Allthough Greg handles the conditions perfectly.

Cheers Col.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFDFE4SnmQ 

This vid shows Glenn racing hard in his Beetle.
He debuted his new wheels this meet and they look awesome on his car.
More vids tomorrow night.

Cheers Col.

GO get em Christine

Black beetle= Best sounding VW by far

Sure did sound big
but check out those times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-0Im6L-N2I 

In this vid Christine is having a red hot go and a keen eye will notice she has a little moment through the chicane, go Chrissy!.

Cheers Col

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKVpoB7fQ28 

And here is the flying Heath.

Cheers Col