Hillclimbs....where To Start?

[Jon B]

always fancied doing something a motorsport like this but..... where do i start???????

any advice would be greatly appreciated

[Phil MC]

Here's a link to the Scottish Hillclimb and Sprint championships website for further info:

Guyson Scottish Sprint & Hillclimb Championships

I know several of our members do the Sprint events and some also do the Hillclimbs as well.

Here's a link to the East Ayrshire Car Club, who organise the events at Kames race track:

EACC - Kames

I'm sure someone else with experience in these events will be along shortly to dispense some advice...........They'll probably advise to you to get friendly with your bank manager as it can be an expensive passtime

Good luck

Edited February 9, 2010 by Phil MC

[corsa]

Normally the bottom of the hill is the best place to start.

[sti_steve]

Normally the bottom of the hill is the best place to start.

I laughed anyway

[mystery machine]

Normally the bottom of the hill is the best place to start.

Beat me to it!

[Ultimate Shine]

Normally the bottom of the hill is the best place to start.

I was saying the same thing as well

[hi_jac]

All joking aside, it's a big commitment both financialy and mentaly to do a season in any hill/sprint championship it's a big step but one that will

give you one hell of a ride. I wish i did it years ago. As Phil said read both sites you will get all the info there.

Always keep in mind this is grass roots motorsport and just a bit of fun at the weekend.

Jac

[kennybspec-d]

Normally the bottom of the hill is the best place to start.

I laughed anyway

Beat me to it!

I was saying the same thing as well

great minds think alike ehh that was the first thing that popped into ma head aswell

[sti_steve]

great minds think alike ehh that was the first thing that popped into ma head aswell

Either that or fools seldom differ!

[terzo neil]

yes it is good, butr as jac says a big dent on the pocket

trying to stay competitive and enjoy it at the same time, i spent on my track car for scottish sprint championship a 4wd conversion, a new engine, turbo, clutch, intercooler and mbe ecu plus some mapping, done all my own spanner work including half assembly of engine and fitting

got eacc trirer of the year in 2004 and 2006, B3 class winner in 2007,

scottish sprint chanpionship, in 2007 B3 class winner and runner up in B class

[the_ex_leper]

join your local motorclub,get comp license,race suit and helmet go and play

good luck

[kennybspec-d]

Either that or fools seldom differ!

how true

ohh ohh

[Ultimate Shine]

One of my customers started racing in a Impreza on hillclimbs.

Now this is his race car it started off as a classic shape wrx ra V2 now look at it,

:rotfl:

Weighs 300KGS and has 600hp N/A. Now correct me if i am wrong but is that not 1800 BHP/Tonne

:rotfl: :o

[J.C.]

Scottish Sprint and Hillclimb Championship Website

(the link that Phil put up just takes you to the Scottish Sporting Car Club website page)

Scottish Hillclimb and Sprint Forum

(good place to ask questions)

The DJ Firestorm of Wallace Menzies shown above is the top end of the sport, it is possible to compete in virtually any car. It is not cheap, but it does not need to be massively expensive.

[Phil MC]

Scottish Sprint and Hillclimb Championship Website

(the link that Phil put up just takes you to the Scottish Sporting Car Club website page)

Now sorted J.C.

[arch]

It all depends what you want to achieve and your budget. If you stay local and do the Lowlands down in the central belt or the Highland Championship for the guys up North it can be a fairly cheap sport. If you want to compete in the Scottish the cost ramps up exponentially as does the competition. As has been mentioned previously by JC this can be a cheap hobby but not in A3 or B3 where the impreza's and Evo's live.

It can be very rewarding from a personal point of view in terms of building a car yourself and seeing it become competative but it can also be very very time consuming. If you are not able to do a lot of the work yourself you will need very deep pockets.

[Jon B]

At moment am just wanna get some info on it...... its just for a bit of fun at weekends and the like......

[J.C.]

this can be a cheap hobby but not in A3 or B3 where the impreza's and Evo's live.

A3 does not need to be an expensive class, you can enter a standard Impreza (as a couple of members on here have done) it is winning that is expensive.

[john_stevenson2]

Either that or fools seldom differ!

How very true !!

Not necessarily at the bottom, you just need to finish so many meters (don't have Blue Book to hand, can't remember how many) higher than you start

---john---

Edited February 9, 2010 by John Stevenson

[braveheart]

Soz to jump on the thread is there nothing that i can do when im home like a sprint or Hill Climb that does not need the commitment of a whole season as i work 9 months out the country.. would love to have a crack at this

Cheers

[RA Dunk]

Soz to jump on the thread is there nothing that i can do when im home like a sprint or Hill Climb that does not need the commitment of a whole season as i work 9 months out the country.. would love to have a crack at this

Cheers

yup you can enter for individual events if theres spaces available, looked into this myself as I'm in a similar situation with being offshore

[braveheart]

yup you can enter for individual events if theres spaces available, looked into this myself as I'm in a similar situation with being offshore

Cheers Dunk you know of any in March ??

[micra_wrc]

check out this thread thats been pinned in the Events section

events are handily broken down into months

[hi_jac]

Soz to jump on the thread is there nothing that i can do when im home like a sprint or Hill Climb that does not need the commitment of a whole season as i work 9 months out the country.. would love to have a crack at this

Cheers

You can enter in to a championship and just do what ever event suits, that way you will have practically guaranteed there will be a space for you.

It's free entry as well to newcomers

Edited February 9, 2010 by HI_JAC

[hi_jac]

check out this thread thats been pinned in the Events section

events are handily broken down into months

Good idea