Andre Bezuidenhout takes fifth Single Seater and Sports Prototypes title in a row with astonishing new record time of 34.161 seconds in Gould GR55 Franco Scribante reclaims Modified Saloon Car crown with almighty King of the Hill performance, and new record of 38.129 sec in the Nissan R35 GT-R JP van der Walt earns second […]
2022 SHC King of the Hill – Class Finals The podium positions have been decided in the Class Finals of King of the Hill at the 2022 Simola Hillclimb, with several of the top competitors having to contend with mechanical issues when it really counted. This certainly wasn’t the case for the fastest cars in […]
Qualifying for King of the Hill at the 2022 Simola Hillclimb is done and dusted, setting the scene for the exciting Class Finals and all-or-nothing Top 10 Shootouts this afternoon. Andre Bezuidenhout has been chipping away at his times, and posted 35.387 sec in the final qualifier in the Gould GR55, 0.4 sec quicker than […]
Tension is building in King of the Hill with time running out for drivers to post competitive qualifying times. Q4 was cancelled after Farouk Dangor’s Nissan GT-R R34 dropped oil all the way through the Esses during the morning warm-up. Once the oil had been cleaned up, the drivers began exploring the limits of their […]
Clean runs for all of the competitors in the early morning warm-up – and although the weather has cleared up, with warm and dry conditions expected for the rest of the day, a couple of wet patches remain with small streams running across the track. So everyone will be pushing for the crucial three qualifying […]
Andre Bezuidenhout remains fastest competitor in Single Seater and Sports Prototype category, but Robert Wolk holds overnight advantage in qualifying Close battle between Reghard Roets and Franco Scribante for Modified Saloon Car bragging rights, with Roets leading at end of day one JP van der Walt looks well placed to retain his title in Road […]
The second qualifying round was a bit of a mixed bag, with Byron Mitchell setting the fastest time of 41.302 sec in the Formula VW car. Andre Bezuidenhout’s team got the Gould GR55 running again, suspecting that the car’s cut-off switch was knocked down by the force of the impact when it hit the bumps […]
Robert Wolk topped the times in the first qualifying session of the King of the Hill challenge at the 2022 Simola Hillclimb, posting 40.221 seconds in the 1989 Pillbeam MP58 as the temperature dropped suddenly and light drizzle returned. Andre Bezuidenhout’s Q1 session faltered halfway up the course when the car came to a halt […]
The 1.9 km Simola Hill course continues to dry, although wet patches remain on the 1.9 km course, and competitors are starting to push a lot harder. The fourth and final practice session was brought to a halt when Udo de Beurges lost control of his 2019 Audi RSQ3 as he crossed the off-camber finish […]
The third practice session for King of the Hill was suddenly a lot busier on the Simola Hill as a lot more competitors ventured out for their first runs of the day, making the most of the weather clearing slightly and the track conditions improving. However the road surface remains greasy, as Pieter Joubert found […]