MG Car Club of South Australia
MULTI-CLUB HILLCLIMB 1
June 5 2016
By ..Rob Hall
W
e were all greeted to a very
cold and chilly morning at the
Collingrove Hillclimb but to our surprise the track was dry and the
weather was looking good. However,
it didn’t last as the heavens opened
just before the first run and made everything a lot harder. The MGCC had a
great turn out with 7 competitors and
all turned up to brave the conditions.
The competitors were Tim Edmonds
in the MGBV8 , Bev Waters in the
MGBV8, Laurie Houghton in the
MGBV8 Special , Rob Hall in the
MGBV8 Special , Alan Cardnell in the
MGB 4cyl , Craig Ruediger in the
MGFord XA GT V8, and John Davies
in the MGMitsubishi Evo. Great to
see Sandra Cardnell up to support
Alan although I think she was struggling a bit with the conditions too, and
also to Peter Coulson (scrutineer)
who braved the conditions to come
and officiate, Brian Forth was also
present as a Steward?
The first couple of runs were very
tricky and slippery but everyone made
it through successfully, however in the
third run my car decided to quit for the
day with an electrical short which
brought me to a stop halfway up the
track. Yes, I was one of those people
that all the competitors curse at for
slowing down proceedings. Bev did
one more run and decided to call it
quits and head for the warmth of
Home. The rest of the crew stuck it
38
out and after lunch the conditions improved a lot with the track drying out
and the times dropping rapidly.
(much to my disgust, I was fastest till
then.) Then the competition started
to hap pen with Laurie grabbing the
Fastest MG time of the day and a big
congrats to John Davies who came
second overall by just .33 of a second, an excellent drive in the conditions. Alan was having a great time in
the B and even went quicker than
‘The Beast’ by the end of the day
Hopefully see you all at the next
event,
Cheers Rob Hall
Times
John Davies
Laurie Houghton
Craig Ruediger
Tim Edmonds
Alan Cardnell
Rob Hall
Bev Waters
34.70
39.38
39.83
41.18
45.04
45.85
56.84