Bit of an odd season, but a great result.

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Bit of an odd season, but a great result.

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Had the pleasure to collect the Class Win trophy last night for the Midland Hill Climb Championship, my 7th win with the Lola-Porsche, and marking 33 years of running in this Championship.

This season has been a bit false due to a real lack of others in the class. Just my old class mate Nigel in his hot NG GT V8, but after a chassis twisting shunt at Shelsley Walsh early in the year he was out and did just 3 events out of the 9 to count.

I has a few super quick class mates far in advance of me driver-wise and car wise, but they were running in a different Championship.

Thus, 2024 was almost a solo run of a year, so the win was rather hollow. It has been like his in other years, just me or sometimes 6 in the class.

Away from that, the car has been utterly superb, the DIY 320 bhp engine has been 100%, never missed a beat and has survived some very abusive runs and 9,000 rpm rev limiter bumps.

Had a small brush with the one muddy bank at Prescott which split the nose of the body, but the chassis survived; you just have to try for the PB's!

So, little to report but have had a huge amount of fun, costs have been around £3500 all in inc the bacon baps too, so about £350 per weekend event, but that also means just 200 seconds on track!

A few pics might make this more interesting:

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Some great pics there
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In one of your upcoming hillclimb meetings in March or April, can you lend me your car for a day? :lol:
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There is a small queue….
2 even want to buy the thing!
Can’t imagine selling, but will have to happen at some time when I get really old!
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Congrats! Not your fault nobody else showed up. A well-deserved win.
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Congratulations Graham. An inspiration to the rest of us

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Fab stuff Graham - will you be running at Classic Nostalgia in July?


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No, not allowed to as the car is too young at 1978 build on the chassis (the cut off date is by chassis build for the event).
I go to that event with a camera, but would love to drive it.
A great meeting to say the least.

Could run the 911! (tempting)
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:cheers: Pity- there may be a few people there you might know....................... :cheers:
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anglophone1 wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:02 pm :cheers: Pity- there may be a few people there you might know....................... :cheers:
We've been competing at most Classic Nostalgia meetings since the first ones when they were pleading for entries ............. :roll:
As Graham says the cut-off date is usually early 70's, but it varies. When the cut-off was 1970 two or three years ago, we brought the 914/6, but usually it's 1975, and so we are in our usual 911 hillclimb car.
It is a superb weekend - 19/20 July next year.
See you there!

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Very tempted to enter the old 911 even on the low-grade Dunlops; you HAVE to go fast!

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We are planning the DDK meet that weekend - with Shelsey on Sunday - but I didn't tell you yet


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Nice idea.
The PCGB have a large presence there too, so best talk to Annie Goodyear at the MAC office asap to arrange a 'DDK Spot'?

Just thought, I maybe can't run the 911 in a road going class as it does not have an MSuk Log Book/ Passport; will check.
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Surely you don't need an MSUK log book for road class? Doesn't it qualify as a Production car?
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Probably so Keith, just been a long time since I paid any attention to road class regs!
So much from the fast classes filter to the earlier classes nowadays it seems.
If I can make it I hope to enter the car, but event is probably over subscribed by now…
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