PA Hillclimb

Matt Rowe wrote:I assume worker's and officials and officials are also welcome?

You'll have to take that up with the Department of Redundancy Department.

Whew! I was hoping it wasn't "Suddenly Missing In Action!" (remembering the story of one of the New England hills where a car was lost between stations...)

Perhaps this has been posted/discussed before (or at least the SEARCH function hasn't picked it up) but did all you Pennsylvania folks know we have a PA Motorsports Caucus in the Pennsylvania General Assembly ( and here I thought the only thing they knew how to do was hold up a budget and vote thems...

Rich Rock wrote:Many things have fallen off or out of hillclimb cars over the years, but a CELL PHONE

That has to be a first!

Rich Rock

I remember the pair of 'dikes' at Duryea...

...but it's almost 2 mo late for April 1st...

Why are you people looking for New H/C sites? We have enough trouble at time MANNING the ones that we have! And if you REALLY want another specific site,why don't YOU find out what the SCCA requirements are and preview it YOURSELF and then ask for an official review along with the REASONS this is s...

Aw shucks. I thought you meant Elizabethtown PA!

Steve, SCCA does have some basic requirements as far as road to buildings distance, spectator areas, no jumps. Rich I have basically filtered out areas where I can envision a car getting in trouble and hitting something manmade. No jumps also, or at least no launching a Windstar/BMW 325. Then again...

Ted, truth be told, I have previewed a number of sites for a number of years and have done PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED! ...I have a pretty damn good idea what will fly and what will not. I just want someone with another set of eyes to confirm what I feel might (or might not) be a good site a...

Let's see if we can annoy someone enough to take a look. Not just Green Mt but others. We should emphasize that east of the Susquehanna for the most part might be futile (notable exceptions are Green Mt and Snake Rd)

Rich...Three of mine are old.One was run a few times (Hobbie/Green Mt), one only once (Town Hill) and the other was almost-but-never run (Locust Gap). The rest (4 or 5) are new. One of which MAY have been seen by Matt Green but I can't be certain.

Rich: I have answers ( actually, responses...) to many of the points you raise. My concern is that a separate set of eyes are needed...if I could just get SOMEONE ELSE to look at them perhaps? I think I have had ONE looked at. (responses keyed to the above) 1. I attempt to take support areas into co...

Well, we don't have Rose Valley this year, so why not?

FWIW there are a number of potential sites closer to reality that need to be looked at in case we have another RV situation and we lose something even temporarily...

Mary Anne, Mary Anne, Mary Anne...

Either it's recently vacated (and available) numbers or the whole thing is a visual acuity exam.

Beats the hell out of an Ishihara Color Perception test! (which I flunk, but I pass the DOT test. Go figure.)

This Timed Run does not have to be at full throttle, just needs to be timed. I would not expect this run to be any different than runs in the past with reporters or cameramen from TV stations have gotten. Then why bother? I'm very much aware (after 35 yrs off and on around this) of exhibition runs ...

Grand Prize Winner
A timed Run with an existing PHA Driver - Driver would be named at the last event.
Any contestant exclusions would need to be identified and spelled out in the contest rules.

And how in the blue-eyed hell is THAT supposed to happen?

It could be worse. FAR worse... Imagine if it was NASCAR...

All cars have the same body regardless of powerplant...
..."competition yellow" between the Pagoda and ballfield at Duryea...
...Danica Patrick shows up to drive a Vee, finishes fifth (out of five), and still gets mobbed...

You guys in NC got all the luck...try getting something like THAT passed in Pennsyltucky!

Back in the day (yes, I know...while the Earth's crust was cooling and we had to chase dinosaurs off the road at Duryea...) we had Saturday cars and Sunday cars. Smaller Production, Sedans/Touring and Modified I and maybe II ran on Saturday while the "Big Iron" ran on Sunday. The esteemed ...

There was a young lady from Exeter*
So pretty that men craned their necks at her
One was even so brave
As to take out and wave
A red flag 'cause the car ahead on the hill had an emergency. What, you were expecting something risque' or something...?

* Berks County or Luzerne? Hell if I know...