The early part of the Tour to Collingrove Hillclimb was in warm but pleasant conditions . Entrants were greeted with a sumptuous morning tea , and the opportunity to have a spirited run up the Hill . Then the convoy headed off over the hills to McLaren Vale for our lunch stop at the at Penny Hill winery . By this time , the temperature started to become rather testing in a non-air conditioned and non-power steering MGC .
January / February 2017
After lunch , we headed down to Goolwa Airport , where we had the opportunity for up to 2 high speed runs down the runway . This was great fun and it was surprising how quickly the end of run bollards arrived !
Geraldine & Christopher chatting at Collingrove
Cars lined up for the Hillclimb
Pat Mullins , Porsche & Stan Ward Jaguar
Then we headed back through Clarendon to Victoria Park for a reception at Stuart O ’ Grady ’ s Velo Restaurant in the old grandstand .
Friday morning it was an early start but , for us , a very short drive to the bottom of Anstey ’ s Hill to help with Special Stages 2 and 5 of the Classic Adelaide Rally . We were joined by several other MGCCSA Members , Bev Waters , Adrian Ward ( who organised our club ’ s participation ), Berry Treffers , Paul Dallwitz , Ian Buckley , Ian Moulds and Jason Edwards . Geraldine had the pressure job of using the Rally Safe tablet system to give the drivers their start times at 30 second intervals . Wayne reckons he had the best job of Start Lineup official as he could have brief chats to all the drivers while checking their safety equipment .
Stefan in a Ferarri on the start line 27