It’s only the second practice session but the times are tumbling rapidly. Reghard Roets blasted his Nissan R35 GT-R to the top of the time sheets once again, coming within 0.7 sec of the Modified Saloon Car record on 38.850 seconds. Dawie Joubert went around 1.7 seconds quicker to dip under the 40-sec barrier (39.775 […]
Welcome to the exciting, exhilarating and always unpredictable King of the Hill challenge at the 2024 Simola Hillclimb! The annual competition gets better each year, and yesterday’s Classic Car Friday attendance was the highest-ever for the Friday event. Both Saturday and Sunday ticket sales are also at an all-time high, proving just how popular this […]
Franco Scribante returns to top step of the podium on Classic Car Friday in 1970 Chevron B19, earning the Classic Conqueror title for a record seventh time Outgoing champion Andre Bezuidenhout’s title defence faltered in all-or-nothing Top 10 Shootout when the 1976 Lola T460 picked up gearbox trouble, with second place going to Charles Arton […]
And that’s a wrap for Classic Car Friday! The final, all-or-nothing Top 10 Shootout started with only nine cars as Ian Schofield’s March 77B was retired due to the gearbox troubles encountered earlier in the day. Craig Wessels was up next in 1983 Porsche 911 RSR IROC and posted his second-quickest official time of the […]
The winners of the various Classic Car Friday classes have been decided after hot and furious action throughout the day’s scorching running. In the handicap class H1, Callum Price took the win in the 1946 Austin Special, coming the closest to his target time (101.35%). Peter MacPherson took class H2 in the 1964 Ford GT40, […]
It was a largely hassle-free run for the Classic Car Friday competitors for Q2. Franco Scribante continued his clean sweep of CCF so far, chipping away to post his fastest time yet of 42.143 seconds. Andre Bezuidenhout trailed him by 0.368 seconds (42.511), with Charles Arton slotting into third place (44.433) ahead of Rui Campos […]
Things are starting to get serious for the Classic Car Friday competitors with the completion of the first qualifying session. The fastest times from all three qualifying rounds will determine who makes it into the respective Class Finals and the all-or-nothing Top 10 Shootout this afternoon. Franco Scribante stamped his authority on Q1 with his […]
The Classic Car Friday action is getting hotter along with the rapidly rising temperature, which is set to reach 35 deg C today! The second practice was cancelled due to the programme running late, so it was straight into Practice 3 for the competitors. There were two hair-raising moments during the session, with Jennifer Abbot […]
Welcome to the opening day of the 2024 Simola Hillclimb – starting with the dazzling array of Classic Car Friday contenders spread across nine classes, comprising iconic road and race cars. Of the 65 entrants, the oldest car in the field is the 1926 Austin Seven driven by Lucie Runnalls – competing in the handicap […]