SilverGC8

thought you might be interested? some interesting cars there, although not a single scooby.. (there was one in the morning when I wasn't there yet..)

180 pictures: Bergrennen Reitnau (Hillclimb)

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Andy Porter

Wow great pics m8

Paulo P

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There are some awesome looking cars there Nice pictures

V4JDMSTi

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great captures. no scooby but look at the array of other cars there

911

You will see the same stuff at a decent UK hillclimb and about 4 or 6 Imprezas too, plus 2 EVO's but they don't count...

V4JDMSTi

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i need to find out where there's some decent hill climbing a reasonable distance from me. (essex)

911

In Essex I'm afraid you are miles away from almost all the big hill climbs.

phelpsa

Those pictures give me the horn.

I love european hillclimbing! Need to get out to one at some point.

SilverGC8

I was quite surprised that there were no scoobies... normally there are a few at every event like that..

PS: there were two white Evo IX that don't count anymore.. one rolled it into a field and the other one wrapped it round a tree.. didn't see either of em, though..

911

I think the euro hillclimb is vastly better than the UK short tight tracks.
You can get entries to some of the hills in the north of France, and some i know have tried them.

They were made most welcome.

Wouldn't a 'raid' from the UK to one be a great blast?

Graham.

phelpsa

YES.

Some of the French ones are 10+km long! They have 'proper' hills.

Adam

james baldwin

Awesome pics mate. Nice one

I medically need to have a go on this as well:

V4JDMSTi

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anything decent within, say a 2 hour drive?

Spoon

Agree, the European hills are in another league. So is the array of cars. Closest to being able to really stretch the legs of a car and driver here is the Isle of Man.

Then again the 'Time Attack' events are kind of filling a gap, albeit on the track.

SilverGC8

well.. France may be that way but Switzerland's the wrong country then, with all the laws hating cars in generall...
I don't know how long that one was km-wise, but the fastest cars did times under 1 minute.. and it was quite tight too, similar to a vid of a UK hillclimb I saw on here a short time ago..


(maybe I should go to a french event then too.. )

911

Taking a 2 hour drive from Essex will get you to some UK hillclimbs!

Gurston Down by Salisbury/ Prescott Hillclimb by Cheltenham/ Shelsley Walsh by Worcester.

Those will get you going.

It is the sheer distance and the speed of these long climbs that are so good. Isle of Mann is long but a bit narrow?

To compete though aboad you will (I think) need an International race license (needs a medical) and some good clothing too.
Strikes me the cars there are far more radical than ours (in the tin-top classes).
Graham

V4JDMSTi

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would love to compete but no race licence and not enough funding at the moment. one day though as i've got a good starter car. Just up for a bit of spectating at the moment.

Spoon

Graham, I noted the question mark. If the IoM is narrow then Prescott is a footpath.

I have the video here and lets just say nearer to 200 than 100mph was achieved by cars that you wouldn't see do it on the mainland.

911

OK: The vid i saw of a 22B (I think it was) doing the Mann meeting in late April this year just gave me the impression it was narrow.
Certainly looked great, and the night time hillclimb sounded really good. Pity the Impreza hasn't good lights...though my 911's are seriously lacking!