Austin-Healey Hilllclimb IX pictures
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:25 am
If you like cars, you'll probably like SOMETHING that was at this event this weekend. 427 Cobra Replicas, Cressida with an RB swap, Classic Sprites and Healeys, a 97 Miata with a brand new LS3 swapped in (AMAZING), some 911's, bunch of turbo'd modern coupes/hatches, a 69 Camaro (Over 400hp) and a Chevelle SS on stickey AutoX rubber, a new Saleen 281SC,
This was a new event for me, a combined Autocross and Hillclimb event put on by the local Austin-Healey car club. Since they will not fill it, they have limited availability for race and modern cars. I bought a spot from a kid once I had my new summer tires ordered.
Basically have a small autocross at the bottom of a ski hill, a majority of that was the figure 8 section, and then we fly past the parking lot booths and up the hill.
The Hillclimb section is VERY dangerous, it has at most 33% of the ravine side covered in guard rail, and some of that is literally sticking flat out of the side of the concrete due to errosion. We were instructed 8/10th driving on the hill, and anyone who hit 2 cones was done for the day. It's over a 50ft drop into the ravine sooooo discretion was the better part of valor. We weren't even told times, or allowed to talk to timing officials until the end of the day to avoid serious competitions. I got above 70 on the hill, and I was placed 16th at the end of the day. Coned away my best runs as well, probably would've been top 10 if I had kept it clean.
I was also on DSLR duty as a member of MAC didn't want to be leaving his camera sitting around. So I just spent the day honing my panning and zoom ability. T'was fun!
FTD was a guy from the MN AutoX scene, he did the autox course ass backwards his first run, then KILLED everyone by atleast a second.
Cobalt SS guys made a video with 2 GoPro's: http://vimeo.com/14157069
Other vids:
Here you can see the challenge of staying on top of a vinyl seat in a '68 Camaro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-hfLHeRTo
In-car in the ERA Cobra. Passenger had the luxury of a 4-point harness to keep him in place for filming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCIB7PQHtI
Miata with the unmistakable whine of a blower. He had fast time of the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49SjqvBqhQ
View from outside the Cobra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YS2WPYEXNE
View from outside the '68 Camaro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7Ex91LY_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCIB7PQHtI
Photo sets online:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/se ... 727030620/ A Majority of this album was shot by me. The camera was handed to me in B&W mode, and eventually got fixed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donp240z/s ... 734084760/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnboarder/ ... 741198360/
1. Zee Tripod
Lee on his first run, he went from driving DOG on this run, to driving GOD on the subsequent 5 runs.
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5. Chevelle hard on the brakes after the finish
6. LS3 miata
7. BIIIG car on course
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14. The CHUMPCar series V8 lexus was pretty slow actually.
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19. Supercharged 911
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This was a new event for me, a combined Autocross and Hillclimb event put on by the local Austin-Healey car club. Since they will not fill it, they have limited availability for race and modern cars. I bought a spot from a kid once I had my new summer tires ordered.
Basically have a small autocross at the bottom of a ski hill, a majority of that was the figure 8 section, and then we fly past the parking lot booths and up the hill.
The Hillclimb section is VERY dangerous, it has at most 33% of the ravine side covered in guard rail, and some of that is literally sticking flat out of the side of the concrete due to errosion. We were instructed 8/10th driving on the hill, and anyone who hit 2 cones was done for the day. It's over a 50ft drop into the ravine sooooo discretion was the better part of valor. We weren't even told times, or allowed to talk to timing officials until the end of the day to avoid serious competitions. I got above 70 on the hill, and I was placed 16th at the end of the day. Coned away my best runs as well, probably would've been top 10 if I had kept it clean.
I was also on DSLR duty as a member of MAC didn't want to be leaving his camera sitting around. So I just spent the day honing my panning and zoom ability. T'was fun!
FTD was a guy from the MN AutoX scene, he did the autox course ass backwards his first run, then KILLED everyone by atleast a second.
Cobalt SS guys made a video with 2 GoPro's: http://vimeo.com/14157069
Other vids:
Here you can see the challenge of staying on top of a vinyl seat in a '68 Camaro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-hfLHeRTo
In-car in the ERA Cobra. Passenger had the luxury of a 4-point harness to keep him in place for filming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCIB7PQHtI
Miata with the unmistakable whine of a blower. He had fast time of the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49SjqvBqhQ
View from outside the Cobra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YS2WPYEXNE
View from outside the '68 Camaro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y7Ex91LY_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCIB7PQHtI
Photo sets online:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier/se ... 727030620/ A Majority of this album was shot by me. The camera was handed to me in B&W mode, and eventually got fixed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donp240z/s ... 734084760/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnboarder/ ... 741198360/
1. Zee Tripod
Lee on his first run, he went from driving DOG on this run, to driving GOD on the subsequent 5 runs.
2.
3.
4.
5. Chevelle hard on the brakes after the finish
6. LS3 miata
7. BIIIG car on course
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14. The CHUMPCar series V8 lexus was pretty slow actually.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19. Supercharged 911
20.