rob roy hillclimb sun 20th june

[andrew_mx83]

well it looks like some fun was had despite of the shitty weather

spewing about my oil issues i asked if i could go home and grab another dizzy with hopes of scrutineering it at lunchtime but they said no dice, due to the weather they were planning to pack up early


how did those advans go ian?

[Slim]

Yeah, what happened Andrew? When i turned up, you were noticably absent. Did you get dicked by the scruitineers for something?

[andrew_mx83]

didnt even bother presenting the car to scrutineering..... would have been laughed at lol

i thought it would be a good idea to fill the engine with 15weight synthetic oil for the day, which meant the previously non-leaking dizzy suddenly became a fountain and was spewing oil into the cap and out all over the LPG converter and some wiring, which was giving some shorts and causing a misfire. i didnt want to run it in the wet with a miss cos i knew i would need power to keep it on the track when it got sideways but the oil leak wouldnt have passed scrutineering anyway....

such a waste of time, effort & money :'(

was kind of amusing trying to get out of the paddock to take it home, let the clutch out at idle and the car just sat still with the back wheels turning.... had to get 3 other ppl to push the car to try & get it moving, in the end it was "driving forward" in 1st but the car was moving slowly sideways from ppl pushing it would have been funnier if i wasnt already so pissed off lol.

[SilverRA23]

Results are out! I am stoked where the "handbag" ended up... beat Porsches, Healeys, Celicas ( ), Renaults and all the Clubmans!

Here are the important results:

Class A - Jamie Fowler - KE18 Corolla Wagon - 36.25 - 2nd in class, 43rd overall
Class B - Peter Waddleton - KE35 Corolla - 31.26 - 2nd in class, 11th overall (bastard!)
Class B - Adam Laws - Daihatsu Charade DeTomaso - 31.97 - 4th in class, 13th overall
Class B - Stephen Lee - Toyota Seca SX - 35.63 - 9th in class, 38th overall
Class B - Jordon Lee - Toyota Seca SX - 39.67 - 16th in class, 56th overall
Class C - Esteban Hernandez - Toyota MR2 - 33.32 - 5th in class, 22nd overall
Class C - Joseph Pezzimenti - Toyota Celica RA23 - 33.57 - 8th in class, 26th overall
Class C - Ian Bennett - Toyota Celica RA23 - 35.70 - 10th in class, 39th overall
Class E - Terry Baker - Holden Commodore - 36.30 - 6th in class, 44th overall

FTD was Kevin Mackrell in his AWD V8 260Z - 24.91

[twentyEight]

That 260Z is just stupid quick!

I saw it the other day on C31, it's just nuts!

[lexsmaz]

That 260Z is just stupid quick!!

I second that, Very impressive car, sent a shiver up my spine watching it & listening to it howl up the Hill ..

Makes me want to bring out one of my cars next time a hill climb is on there, no where near the same league but looks to be a good track & a good time to be had, weather permitting ..

[Fusion]

Pretty sure the 260Z is called Viagra haha, saw the car up close at Mt Alma in SA. Sooo mean

[Slim]

Next time Rob Roy is on can someone please make sure i don't get lazy again and actually enter? There was no good reason why i didn't this time. Adam should have been 14th outright with the Cressida showing his Charade what a real car can do.

[andrew_mx83]

yeah viagra is one mean bit of gear.... ive NEVER seen anything launch so hard at rob roy. the name viagra suits, it certainly makes me happy in the pants

does it only do hillclimbs? i think ive only ever seen it at rob roy


so over 30seconds all round..... spose you cant ask for much more in those conditions

[andrew_mx83]

Next time Rob Roy is on can someone please make sure i don't get lazy again and actually enter? There was no good reason why i didn't this time. Adam should have been 14th outright with the Cressida showing his Charade what a real car can do.

spewing u came after i left then.... had 2 entries all paid up and ready to go but no car to run

u could have pretended to be me for the day lol

[Slim]

I was driving Dad's company owned Forester... and Dad was there. So, i don't think it would have been likely that i'd take that for a run unless someone distracted Dad each time my run was up.

[lexsmaz]

I have seen the 260Z run at Easter Nats at Sandown, from memory it won the Go to Whoa & it went in the drags also & was running very strongly, but i think from memory something broke on it ?

[Silly Rabbit]

Nice going Joe on a creditable first time showing of 26th overall........would have loved to see it in the dry.

[joey]

Thanks graham! I was pretty happy with my times considering its the longest ive ever driven it, the car was running really good aswell. How many entries were there in total?

[ian]

yeah
mr joey jo jo shabadoo is learning to quick ,
i might have to start telling him lie's
fancy beating the old grey fart