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2023 SHC King of the Hill – Practice 4


Single Seaters and Sports Prototypes: Heading into the lunch break Andre Bezuidenhout made it a clean sweep of fastest times, although he was slightly slower in P4 on 35.425 seconds. Robert Wolk also dropped back, losing half a second compared to his previous run on 37.423 seconds, with Andrew Rackstraw returning to the top three […]


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2023 SHC King of the Hill – Practice 3


Single Seaters and Sports Prototypes: Andre Bezuidenhout is chipping away at his times and is now just three-tenths off the 44-second mark with a time of 35.298 sec. Robert Wolk is following suit and is currently 1.6 sec off the leading time on 36.943 sec. Several competitors have had their times deleted for clipping the […]


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2023 SHC King of the Hill – Practice 2


Single Seaters and Sports Prototypes: Practice 2 has been completed, and the times are already tumbling – fast! Andre Bezuidenhout slashed 1.3 seconds from his P1 run on 35.942 seconds, with Robert Wolk emulating his rival’s gains, posting a time of 37.904 seconds. Andrew Rackstraw went third fastest (41.833 sec), going just over a second […]


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2023 SHC King of the Hill – Practice 1


It may have been the opening run for King of the Hill at the 2023 Simola Hillclimb, but the action is already sizzling hot. Fresh from his win yesterday at Classic Car Friday, reigning King of the Hill champion Andre Bezuidenhout posted the fastest time in Practice 1 (37.250 sec) in his 2007 Gould GR55, […]


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2023 SHC Classic Car Friday – Class Finals


The podium results across the nine Classic Car Friday class finals have been decided, and H9 continued with a shake-up. With Franco Scribante out of action due to a blown engine, Andre Bezuidenhout was in serious contention for the class title. However he had a poor start with the car bogging down off the line, […]


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Classic Car Friday – Qualifying 3 Combined


The third and final qualifying session for Classic Car Friday saw drama unfold as Franco Scribante’s challenge for a seventh Classic Conqueror title came to an abrupt end with a seized engine. “I’m very disappointed, as it was all set to go down to the wire with the top three extremely close. What makes it […]


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2023 SHC Classic Car Friday – Qualifying 2


The fight is on! Andre Bezuidenhout hits back with the fastest time of Qualifying 2 on 42.152 seconds in his 1976 Lola T460, with Franco Scribante going 0.3 sec slower (42.363 sec) than his previous run. Ian Schofield slashed 0.3 sec off his time to slot into third place (42.596 sec), ahead of Charles Arton […]


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2023 SHC Classic Car Friday – Qualifying 1


The all-important qualifying runs for Classic Car Friday have commenced, and the top contenders remain largely unchanged with Franco Scribante topping the timesheets on 42.017 seconds, and Ian Schofield 0.8 sec adrift on 42.842 seconds – half a second off his winning time from last year. The issue with Andre Bezuidenhout’s car was resolved he […]


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