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hill climbs are great a nice test of many things and a good venue for old cars. a new machines but its hard to get momentum like on a circuit and do better and better laps
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One of the attractions of hillclimbing for me (as a watcher, not a doer) is that minor errors are reflected with substantial losses in performance. Look how the drivers on some of the videos referenced above are being inch-perfect on apexes.
(The fact that obstacles, trees and drops punish other errors more severely is, of course not an attraction but one of the concomitant hazards.) One problem with speed events of all sorts is that being able to see the times as they are set is an important component of the enjoyment. Many venues are woefully lacking in such information. Regards Jim |
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What is invaluable for the spectators is a commentary where information about the competitors plus their time can be relayed. Again this is also dependant on the timekeeper providing either a screen for the commentator or a mini-printer which rattles out the times. In an ideal world there would be digital clocks at each corner that not only displayed the times but the race number of the competitor. Maybe the organisers should consider investing in such devices plus the cabling so that the timekeepers can just couple them up to their clocks? |
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Yes Steve. I think that what I am suggesting is that some aspects of the sport need to take a step (great leap?) forward in the technology we use.
Cables may possibly still have a place in some areas where high tech has not been affordable (e.g. where transmission latency might be an issue). Cables to connect displays is pretty old hat and causes maintenance and installation problems. Just a thought. Regards Jim |
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Going back the the European Hillclimbs, has any one seen the truck going up? Also check out the Peugeot Film with Ari going up Pikes Peak in the 406T16, it shows why Ari is the hero he is, especially the bit where he takes his hand off to shield his eyes from the sun and continues to drive one handed with a quite stomach turning drop to oblivion on one side.
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Here is another nice video in car with an BMW E30 DTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MutMGuUT-_o If you search Youtube for "Berg Cup" you can also find some serious cars. They do love their totally screaming Polos and Kaddetts out there. Hill climbing seems to be a much more mainstream in Europe. |
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Ok have been doing some research on Berg Cup racing today and it seems there are three main series with FIA approval.
The one that most people seem to like is the Hillclimb Cup, this is the one featuring Pailler in teh Dayglo 600hp Intergrale, Ianello and his mate in their Delta's and Plasa in teh Judd Beemer They also have mental classes with 1300cc, 200 bhp Audi 50's, Polos etc, the tech and tuning on these cars is out of this world really. Problem is, I cant find links to any 'official' websites of the championship? Can anyone help here please? |
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Hello to all of you! I'm new to this forum. I have read a lot and it is one of the best forums you can find in the web.
My Number One Motorsport is Hillclimbing. And I search for Information around the world. The people in this forum seem to know a lot about the British Scene. But it seems you know not much about European Hillclimbing. So I'd like to offer you my help. Just let me know what you want to know. And excuse me for my bad english. It's not my native language. The question about the championships is not as easy as it seems. There a lots of championships with lots of classes and different rules. The Berg Cup for example is a german national championship for Group H Touringcars. The Championship widely kown over whole Europe is the FIA European Championship. But although it is a FIA-Championship and it is the second oldest FIA-Championship after Formula 1 there is no official Homepage. I have to stop know. But ask me if you want to know more! |
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Ok Sith
I ahve been looking again at videos and websites There seem to be various series running berg Cup style cars. There is the German cup with Polo, Golf, Kadett, etc all running very highe spec motors. And then I keep seeing Ianello, Gabat, Pailler and the DTM Mercs in series aswell. Plus not every series seems the run teh V6 proto cars and the F3000 machines? I think Berg Cup is what I have been watching. Main guys seems to be a guy in a yellow Polo that screams its nuts off, with another in a silver/purple car? Then that amazing yellow Kadett that changes gear in milliseconds and the old shape 3 series?? V confusing! |
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