It's Not All Fun & Games...Hill Climb Realities

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Hey, I'm not all that old. Yeah, I have reached geezerhood, but codger is still well ahead of me!! For the record, I did minor damage to my Speedster at Hyner View (not Weatherly) way back in'63 or '64.. Minor damage means I was able to pull the fenders off the tires and drive it home, gently.
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My Dad rolled my brother's Speedster in Turn 1 at Weatherly in 67 in Saturday practice, trying to go flat out in 4th gear. The ambulance took him to 4 hospitals before they could stop because the ambulance had NO BRAKES. My Dad came back the next day and finished 4th in EP Porsche. The body was stripped off of the chassis and was hanging from the rafters at Kressgee's shop in Bethlehem, PA. It was news worthy enough to make it into that weeks, Autoweek.

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Fred Remick rolled Willi Ascher's VW, actually. Willi had entered, but something prevented him from attending the event and Fred drove the entry without Willi's foreknowledge. I thought Fred looks particularly unhappy in the picture:(
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Having problems posting to this thread again...sorry....
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William Long...1967 Weatherly...whoa!
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Not to keep freaking everyone out about Weatherly....which is this weekend!

the Avent Beck wreck as Linda Young captured it!
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Poor Beetle....as of now...unknown driver
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another UN-ID'ed driver/hill....NASTY! photo from Al Knepper collection (as well as Beetle above)

Note Novice stripes & car number! :shock:
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W h o a.... That number! Jinks?
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I see stone wall in the background, Duryea?? No roll cage in the car??? Three novice stripes??? Not a good start.

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Yea...the stone wall is a tip, but I can't place the location, you think Duryea? At this point in PHA history, the car SHOULD have at least a roll bar...but in talking with some PHA veterans, some guys really worked hard to pass off proper ones. I was told of a story of one car's roll bar made with conduit and yet another that had painted card board rolls!! :shock:
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Parking lot at fire tower?
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Ron Mann wrote:another UN-ID'ed driver/hill....NASTY! photo from Al Knepper collection (as well as Beetle above)

Note Novice stripes & car number! :shock:
Was that a 60's vette? Just looking at the back window shape.
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Ron,

Is that the same Al Knepper from Weatherly, PA that drove Corvair Specials?

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You are correct Rich...He is still in Weatherly and doing well!! :)
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OH...and SteveTC, yes...60's Vette. Hope to hear from Al on the location...sure looks like Duryea somewhere.
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Ron,

Thanks, we used to park the motorhome behind Al's house, when we went to Weatherly. I am almost 100% sure that the Vette is in the fire tower lot. I do not recall any hill other than Reading that has those type of walls.

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It looks like the fire tower parking lot. I agree with Rich on that. The White Volvo in the background looks like the one Mom and Dad had years ago. I was in my teens when we had that one.
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Nasty one at last year's Rose Valley...Steven Gilbert. John Pitman photo
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