Andre Bezuidenhout claimed his fourth King of the Hill title and set a new Simola Hillclimb record with a time of 34.965 seconds at an average speed of 195.624 km/h on the 1.9 km course 2019 Modified Saloon Car champion Franco Scribante set a new record in the Class Finals of 39.303 seconds, but lost […]
Single Seaters and Sports Prototypes It’s official – the Simola Hillclimb has an all-new record! Andre Bezuidenhout lived up to all expectations and powered the agile 2007 Gould GR55 to the best-ever time on the 1.9 km Simola Hill, stopping the clock in 35.164 seconds – 0.364 sec quicker than his previous record time from […]
The final qualifying round was cancelled after #18 Chris Hollis ran wide at exit of Turn 5 and shot left up the banking at Turn 6. The car has been damaged but Chris is fine. As a result the final qualifying times stand as per the end Q5. In the Road and Supercar category, JP […]
King of the Hill is heating up – literally and figuratively – today, with Andre Bezuidenhout chipping away at his times to set another fastest run for the morning at 35.566 seconds. “My eye is still on a 34-second time, but we had a problem with a wheel sensor that didn’t work this morning. I’m […]
The King of the Hill competitors are on it this morning, with Andre Bezuidenhout setting his first official qualifying time of the day at 35.589 seconds in Q4 – just 0.061 sec off his current official record in the Gould GR55, and 0.14 off his fastest time from yesterday. Wade van Zummeren is on a […]
#44 – Franco di Matteo – car repaired and back in action after steering column broke yesterday #9 Terry Smith (the only disabled competitor to compete at the SHC) – engine troubles whole of yesterday in Speedcar Extreme cross kart, hopefully sorted for today #1 Andre Bezuidenhout – scrubbing in new hillclimb tyres this morning. […]
Three-time Single Seater and Sportscar champion Andre Bezuidenhout set a new unofficial record of 35.449 seconds in the Gould GR55 Reigning Modified Saloon Car champion Franco Scribante managed the best class time of 39.581 seconds in his wild Nissan R35 GT-R JP van der Walt topped the Road Car and Supercar category in a 2016 Porsche […]
A new unofficial Simola Hillclimb record has been set! Andre Bezuidenhout rocketed the 2007 Gould GR55 up the 1.9 km Simola Hill in a scorching 35.449 sec at an average speed of 193 km/h – from a standing start. His time in today’s first qualifying session was eight hundredths of a second quicker than his […]
Cole Powelson, from Salt Lake City in Utah, is taking on the Simola Hillclimb for the first time this year, and is the only US-based competitor in the 2021 edition. As the CEO and founder of LYFE Motorsport, he has an exceptional motorsport pedigree – most notably finishing fourth overall and third in class at […]
Things are hotting up on the first day of the King of the Hill challenge at Simola Hillclimb. Andre Bezuidenhout has came within a whisker of his current Simola record, crossing the timing beam in 35.566 seconds in the fourth and final practice session – a mere four hundredths of a second off his 2018 […]