Well the Australian Hillclimb Championship is being run over this weekend from Fri to Sun (28th - 30th Oct) at Victoria's Haunted Hills Hillclimb Circuit.

I know the VW Beetles are going to be represented by Heath Campbell and Glen Torrens in the Imp Pro Class and Greg Ward in the Sport Sedan class. Do doubt there will be others running in Fvee and possibly other classes.

Good luck boys and bring home some trophies.

To my mates running at the Aussie titles,

Best of luck guys, have fun, tell us how you all went.

Cheers Col

Just spoke to Heath and he has reported that at the end of racing today he held a 4 second advantage over his nearest competitor.
He is hopefull that tomorrow he can win his second and back to back aussie title, best of luck Heath.
Greg Ward is having a great battle in his class against some wickedly fast Datto,s, and Glen, well, he,s just doing what he does best, and thats have fun.
Good luck guys.

Cheers Col

Best of luck to Heath

On the last run Greg was getting close to Heaths time but with a much more Expensive engine combination, we'll see what unfolds Tommorrow.

I doubt Greg will get Heaths time.............Heath has a better engine, better car, and can drive !!!

haha...but its not getting the results, so its not that much of an animal.......it will probably crap itself like his last motor !!!

Okay!

Lets all take a chill pill.

Firstly, racing continues today and Heath allthough holding a commanding 4 plus second gap over his nearest rival has not yet won his class.
I think Heath will agree that announcing that he has allready won shows a lake of respect for his fellow competitors in his class.
Greg is racing hard as ever, and we all should get behind him, and all our mates, in racing and flying the VW flag.
It is a massive personal and financial commitment to compete in this years event.
Best of luck guys, and a safe trip home.

Cheers Col

i have received more info about the racing in Victoria from Greg Ward

Not sure how, but a Honda Civic has changed classes, and now is leading the Improved Production class

Honda time,65.14 sec
Heath Campbell 65.38 sec

Greg is running his Yokohama Advan tyres in the Sports sedan class, he is able to run slicks but as yet he is still running the yoko,s.
He is currently 3rd in class time 65.78 sec behind two slick shode cars.

It has been raining this afternoon so times may not get any faster. More updates to come.

Cheers Col

It doesn't matter who wins, as long as it's a VW. It's so cool that VW's have been so tough to beat in hillclimbs for decades.

Go you good things!

Hey Col, are you finished with your cam yet? My car's going so well that it must be time to pull apart again.

Enough about the negative and more about the +ative.

First of all congratulations to everyone who took the time to travel many hours to VIC and fly the VW flag. Especially for those other racers, like me who could not get their for what ever reason, I would like to thank you for your efforts.

With the $hit house whether, the boys never managed to improve on their positions from the previous day. Heath claimed 2nd in Imp Pro 1601-2000cc. Only missing out by the slightest of margins and, Greg claimed 3rd for sport sedans 1601-2000cc. I am not to sure where GT ended up, apart from him having a heap of fun and mowing some of the mexicans infield.

A big thumbs up to Glen, Greg and Heath for racing the bugs (These are on the only VW racers I know there. Sorry if there are others) and congrates to Heath and Greg for gaining podium finishes in the AUSTRALIAN HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP. Considering the competition, and the fact there was only a couple of tenths of seconds between the positions, this in its self is a dame fine effort. After all this was an Australian Championship. Congratulations.

Greg finally now has the new on board camera working, so you can now hear proper engine noise.. The only down side is there is only one pratice run in the dry. The rest are in the wet which is a real bummer. Either way you still get to see his monster rev off its t1ts.

Which brings us to the subject of weather. Rain... Rain........RAIN!!!!!!It is just un fortunate that the boys did not get the chance to have a crack at their competion in the dry on Sunday. I think positions could have been improved on and different, given that chance.

Everyone is in transit returning home, so have a safe trip home. When Greg has is 'race cam' down loaded it will be added to this post.

thanks for the report nathan....safe trip home boys......

great job boys those hondas realy zing top effort keep it up cheers Rudi

we need more circuit news....to keep those dragcar forums at else lol well done gents.....


more more more news the better

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Originally posted by JVLRacing we need more circuit news....to keep those dragcar forums at else lol well done gents..... more more more news the better

How much mumbo did that thing have???

more money more GO

Was there any word which track next years titles will be at

They will be in NSW and the talk is Mountain View - Grafton, Wakefield park or Fairburn Park. With any luck they will be here.

[size=6]Where's the vids?????[/size]

http://youtu.be/2-iC8ya-Q5g 

What about Mountain Straight at Bathurst

There has been talk for the last few years about Mountain Straight, ever since they first ran it as a hillclimb in 2005. The simple answer is it wont happen. It is to expensive to run it over a 3/4 day event as fees, safety personal, road blocks for residents etc are greater in comparison to the Esses, hence the Esses is a chance. Given the fact the last 4 Australians have been held there, it is prob time another venue is considered as there are numerous other top class hillclimlb circuits in NSW.

Greg wards car certainly has some mumbo, JPM Motorsport must be happy to have one of their 1916 combos running in Australia now.