The Course de Côte de Châtel-Saint-Denis / Les Paccots was the final round of the Swiss Hillclimb Championship. Marcel Steiner had already secured himself the title last week and decided to skip this race. Frédéric Neff won the title by default after Roger Schnellmann had to withdraw with technical problems. The weather conditions were very …
Results Wyścigu Górskiego Prządki (Korczyna) 2017
The Wyścigu Górskiego Prządki near Korczyna was the final round of the Polish Hillclimb Championship. With a double victory Waldemar Kluza placed some extra glory on his new championship title. The Skoda Fabia pilot was the best in dry conditions on Saturday and again in the wet on Sunday. Former champion Mariusz Stec finished second …
Results Lima Racet 2017
The third and final event of the Swedish Hillclimb Championship was the Lima Racet. As usual the event was split up in two seperate points scoring races on Saturday and Sunday. In Sweden there is no general championship, only class championships. The championship in Class 5 is a mix between class 52 and 53. Only …
Results Course de Côte de La Courbe 2017
It rained in the Midi-Pyrénées were the Course de Côte de La Courbe took place this Sunday. This allowed Ronald Garces to scare a sensational overall victory. The Porsche 997 Cup driver finished ahead of Jérôme Bris and Julien Maurel.
Results Course de Côte de Limonest – Mont Verdun 2017
The Course de Côte de Limonest – Mont Verdun was the final round of the French Hillclimb Championship. The championships were already decided earlier. Geoffrey Schatz won the event with quite some margin over new champion Sébastien Petit. Cyrille Frantz was not present so someone else could finish third instead. David Meillon grabbed the opportunity …
Results Course de Côte de Trechy 2017
The Course de Côte de Trechy is the only remaining hillclimb in the Ile-de-France. All hillclimbs in France are suffering but in central France it’s even worse. In 2016 Trechy had 44 participants, in 2017 just 26. That is a 40% drop in a single year! This is certainly not unique in France this year …
Results Grashticë Hillclimb 2017
The Grashticë Hillclimb was the sixth and final round of the Kosovo Hillclimb Championship. Besnik Çitaku started the weekend with a 9 point lead in the championship. He did not enjoy it for long as the BMW 330i pilot was disqualified for reasons unknown to me. Bardhyl Canolli and Blerand Hasanaj were joint second in …
Results Subida Escusa Poio 2017
The Galicia Hillclimb Championship continued with the Subida a Escusa Poio. It is the homerace of championship leader Alexis Vieitez. With a good result he could even secure the championship here. On Saturday everything seemed to be going to plan. Vieitez had set the fastest time in the first race and it looked like he …
Results Rampa da Santa (Porto Moniz) 2017
The next hillclimb on Madeira was the Rampa da Santa near Porto Moniz. After years of Porsche domination the hillclimbs are now taken over by Kart-Cross. At Porto Moniz the first five cars were all Kart-Cross. With another victory Dinarte Nobrega keeps his 100% score in the sportscar championship.
Results Doune Hillclimb 2017
The penultimate round of the British Hillclimb Championship was the Doune Hillclimb in Scotland. At his home event Wallace Menzies took a double victory in the run-off’s. The new champion Trevor Willis was second on both occasions while Whill Hall was third in both run-offs. Richard Spedding was fourth in both run-offs but more importantly …