PA Hillclimb

I routinely run the same car in 2 different classes from 1 event to another. For example, my current ride is Gordon's former Neon, now yellow. It has a stock motor and original ACR suspension - EXACTLY as it was run when it was a SSC car. A header was added as well as a cold air intake and computer ...

This is a way for the PHA to take in more money as well, so I have no objections. I know that in the past, there were some precedents for this as your son and ex-brother in law ran the Mazda 323 in 2 different classes, but it required that the seat be taken out between runs. That is just silly to ha...

[quote="NJ 03Mach1"]Didn't even think of swapping Summit point... Might be a good alternative since gas $ doesn't seem to be going lower. Next year may be worse.[/quote] Don't forget, our group is the Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association. Last time looked, Pittsburgh is in PA and Summit is W...

I am bringing another rookie with me from Pittsburgh,and he is bringing some of his friends to watch. I will talk to them to see if any of them want to work - Mike

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Thanks to Dave and Ray and everyone who supported this motion. Sorry I couldn't get to the meeting. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting and also at Spring Jefferson - Mike

Mark typically puts his car in a slight drift in a turn like that. I have watched him many times. Rich Rock and I were at the elbow, and he entered early there too but the car drifted right out to the edge as he countersteered - the whole time never lifting. Mark said that his left rear tire lost gr...

[quote]Mike Ancas came up with a theory this past season on what it takes to be a fast hillclimb driver. I remember that one of the (three or four) requirements was that you need to feel no love for the car you are driving. Hey Mike, what are the others?[/quote] Well, the other 3 don't have much to ...

OK - you should probably let us know which ones are right an which are wrong. Also, I have a few more - Lloyd Geib, Pat Enzman-Alspach and for sure - Alvey Ford. Also, how about Rob Campbell? When you tell us the final 10 (or 13), you should post 1 per day for a week starting with 10th overall.

Here's my guess for the top 10 - no particular order: Bob Oswald, Sr., Rich Rock, Dave Yeager, Kerry Hitt, Rolf Mair, Merlin Miller (has anyone ever beaten Merlin), Dave Fillman, Ted Klaus, Darryl Danko, Barry Griffith

OK - this is your last chance to present arguments against having a ban on turbo cars in the PHA Street Prepared classes. I have a great story to illustrate my reasoning. Jeremy Deitzel (Black EVO 8 in SM) was new to hillclimbing this year, but still set 2 SM records. He went under 2 minutes at Dury...

How about the Rutans and the Oswalds.

I'll bet we can come up with a simple bump system for trophies - the bumped competitor (even if he/she gets no trophy due to a bump) would still earn full class points towards the end of the year class champion. I think, while we are at it, we could come up with some fun classes for trophies (not cl...

I love the idea of bumping - we do it in autocross all the time. It saves the region lots of money on trophies. Sometimes, the class that has 3 competitors gets a stray from a lesser class bunped into it, and they don't think that is fair whenever that stray beats them. "We already have a class...

Sorry - I thought of another important question. What tires are permitted? The guys at VIR we running non DOT slicks, but I can't find any consistency between the regions I have looked at (except that so far everyone has the cutoff at 2.5L). Again, we need to get these rules set in stone and put int...

OK, so what is the deal with these classes. I have heard that the cutoff is 3.5L, but the Northern New Jersey Region SCCA has the cutoff at 2.5L. That was the same cutoff they used at VIR when we ran there a few years ago. What about a rotary? Last time I checked, a 1.3L Rotary translated to a 2.6L ...

Connie Fournier had never been to a hillclimb. She and her husband, Gary (the guy who volunteered to direct traffic in and out of the paddock) autox a Corvette C4. They came to know the people from Cumberland since they go to the Cumberland autocrosses, and they asked her to announce. Connie is a gr...

Here is the official entry list so far http://www.speednation.com/store/pha.html

I am always interested in any footage at any hill.

He has everything else ready. I also noticed that for hillclimbing, there are several cars that still have their air bags. I know that for road racing, the air bags have to be removed. I assume that he can keep his air bags instead of having to remove them, since that would mean he wouldn't be able ...