Hillclimb in Emmaus or Macungie in the 60's?

[rallynutdon]

Talking to an old friend today who started attending hillclimbs before me. He remembers a hillclimb in either Emmaus or Macungie in the 60's. I was born and raised in Emmaus and basicly lived in the area until 1970 and am not familiar with any event. The first hillclimb I was exposed to was Fleetwood in the 60's. A neighbor was Ronnie Brobst who ran a vette in the 60s. Any info is appreciated.

[Ron Mann]

What are the chances they are thinking of Topton?

[rallynutdon]

No chance. He was born and raised in Pennside (Reading). I worked with him in Topton in 1969. He said it started only a block or 2 off of main street. Dave Sekella, who has lived in Fleetwood all his life (and is my age, owns Susquehanna Motorsports) seems to remember it, but no details.

[Ron Mann]

There were many other hill climbs that did not fall under the PHA....I've seen stuff from all kinds of hills sponsored by Mustang & Corvette clubs, etc....must have been one of those?

[Ron Mann]

what about Springtown...in the area too.

[rallynutdon]

I had already mentioned that one to him but he said no! IIRC, that was over in Hellertown area (I was never there)?

[Ron Mann]

hmmmm....well, if you find something out...let me know!

[rallynutdon]

Do you have an e-mail address for Marc Gerstein? He would know!

[Ron Mann]

Marc's insight...

Hi Ron:
I just joined the forum, so cannot answer your email just yet on that venue. However, I'll try here, and maybe you could post my comments. When we, at Town & Country Sports Car Club, were looking for a site, nothing was ruled out. That Club was based in Allentown, and we looked everywhere within a commuting distance from that city. That's how we got to Topton, BTW. To the best of my recollection, we never found a suitable site in either Emmaus or Macungie. So, of course, there never was a hillclimb in either of those two towns. I also cannot remember any of the other non-PHA clubs putting one on. Most of us, at one time or another, ran those so-called outlaw events, and we would have known of such an event. I go back to 1963 as a member, so I hope that's far enough. BTW, Springtown was held on the outskirts of that town, and was put on by the Warhampton Motor Club. I joined that Club at the Springtown event, since in order to belong you had to go to one meeting and an event. That last Springtown event was where I took my wife, Eunice, on our very first date, so I'm firm on that time frame. And, that's nowhere near the other two towns. Hope this helps.
Marc

[Mel Horn]

Fleetwood was very close to town, IIRC they used part of a residential street as pit/paddock.

And depending what your definition of "close" is, it's kinda close to Macungie...

[rallynutdon]

Nope, definitely not Fleetwood. He knows Fleetwood.