you all have been waiting for this...right? :)
i was not at the hill on saturday. the reports from other competitors was
rain (in buckets at times) and lightning strikes fouling timing and
scoring's equiptment at times on saturday. our arrival sunday morning was
uneventfull. the weather was threatening all day! a few sprinkles here and
there but looked like it was going to pour any given momemt from the black
clouds that kept thoughtfully passing over during the day.
early runs in the day had a course damp at spots but not too bad as long as
you were being carefull coming out of corners. the big scare for me (and
many others after comparing notes later) was the clear start at the bottom
of the hill and "suprise" fog at the upper end of the course. the fog after
the finish line was un-nerving if not erie to the drivers gathered at the
top awaiting their return down the hill. you could hear the next car coming
up the hill....then lifting after crossing the finish line.....but you could
not see the car coming in the fog untill it the car was a bit too close for
comfort . we were staged after turn around on the (as you came up the hill)
right side and instructions were to stay "left" after you passed the finish
linegoing to turn around. there is always someone who does not listen.
a few stray deer caused a few anxious moments for a few competitors too.
so deer, fog, (also a few spectators that got out of the protected spectator
areas crossing the course) and a few wet spots here and there made for a
challenging run on the hill. heck! if i would have passed a guy driving
on the hill reading the paper on his steering wheel, a lady applying make up
in her rear view mirror and a person on a cell phone i would have thought i
was experiencing a normal commute to work on one of the lehigh valley's
finer highways! lol! (please, this is a joke! the course workers were
doing a very good job of trying to keep the course safe.)
late in competition on sunday saw a competitor put his mustang into the
woods. he was uninjured . but it took long enough to get the course
cleaned up that a 4th run for the day was cancelled. there was a good turn
out of cars, well over 60 i'm told. i came home with a third place in class
and wished i had that 1 more run since third and second place were just
under 2 seconds apart in my class and i had just put in a "new" set of plugs
for my 4th run.....*sad*.
any way it was a good day in pennsylvania for going up hill fast! that's
my story and i'm sticking to it! lol!
chuck
oarnge saab #25 (official hillclimb pest controll car) lol! :)
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