Desmond Gutzeit proved the class of the field on the 2015 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, winning the highly anticipated King of the Hill challenge today by setting a new lap record of 40.148 sec on his very last run.
The hills surrounding the Simola Golf and Country Estate in Knysna came alive to the sound of rip-roaring race engines being pushed to the absolute limit as the first day of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb’s King of the Hill challenge unfolded today.
One hill, two days, 83 very fast cars, 802 runs up the Simola hill and one new King of the Hill was crowned in Knysna on Sunday afternoon.
The Jaguar Simola Hillclimb taking place in Knysna from 16-18 May is fast becoming one of the ‘must do’ events on the South African motorsport calendar.