Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
hillclimb-1

Mount Cotton Hillclimb 9/10 April 2016

By Jon Young. Photos by Gloria Wade

I haven’t looked at the stats, nor have I the time to tempt a jinx on the matter, but it seems that the sun invariably shines on the MG Car Club Queensland when they organise the hillclimb calendar. True to form, the weather stayed good for the four LCQ members who entered the event on 9th and 10th April.

Having said four, it turned out that Jason McGarry was too unwell to attend, no doubt afflicted with far too much good living and convivial company – stay away from sick people Jason!

hillclimb-2Then there were three, except that it ended up with two and a half, as Dick Reynolds was to drop out of the Sunday run, leaving just Zaid Latif and yours truly to fly the Lotus flag.

Writing of jinxes, we were all congratulated at the drivers’ briefing on not having a single DNF at the last event. Inevitably, I think that the entrants felt this was a challenge, resulting in 15 DNFs on the Saturday, albeit including cars attempting to run without fuel, bits dropping off others, as well as one or two excursions off the black stuff.

hillclimb-4The track was not so kind to us all though, being quite slow on the Saturday, and not much improvement on the Sunday. I tend to benchmark against Brian Pettit’s Westfield and Ainsley Fitzgerald’s Arrow, both very quick cars and drivers, and it was noticeable that they both were a couple of seconds off their usual time (so it’s not excuses or sour grapes our times were down a bit).

Dick arrived at the track for a change without his small, sticky soft tyres, and was running a similar tyre to me. His observation that it cost him three seconds is certainly one that should be taken on board for anyone chasing records there. Also notable that it’s all about tyres and setup.

hillclimb-3Zaid was in his Exige, and is going quicker every time he gets to Mount Cotton. He hasn’t learnt to do the opposite of Dick’s advice yet, and it was probably just as well that Jason wasn’t there to help him either! There is a great video of Zaid on our YouTube channel “Sevensrule”. The hyperlink (if that is what it is called) is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnHxhhLTOo&feature=youtu.be

It’s a shame that this event coincided with other events around the traps, since the next hillclimb is also the next Interclub Challenge event. We need a few others to keep us out front in the challenge, and the practice would have been helpful for the drivers that don’t habitually visit Mount Cotton.

And of the quickest times achieved? Zaid came in on a 50.45, Dick a 51.27 and I trailed with a 52.26.
Just to warn the Interclub entries, the MG Car Club’s husband and wife team (Ken and Pauline Graham) recorded a 46.18 and 46.63. We need to have some very quick guys to stay in front.

Another great day shared by motoring enthusiasts, thank you MG Car Club.

Concours d’ Elegance at Ormiston House Gold Coast Hinterland Run to Polly’s Kitchen

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

gold-rush-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022

leyburn-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Leyburn 2022

Random images

IMG_4281 21-Shane-coming-out-from-under-the-bridge Steve Ben MG_5981 IMG_2903 MG_9637 MG_9611 IMG_0027 IMG_0020 001 organiser-Colin-McKay-collecting-the-money 121_2142_IMG IMG_6683 image_244 image_133 image_026 IMG_3334 IMG_5311 IMG_5308 IMG_3949 elan-sprint 20220220_093818 Tony-and-Sandra-Seymour IMG_0516-2 Group-8.4-Geoff-Noble-Elise-Honda-SC-0 Mica Steenstrup 2006 BMW I30 - 1 Jon Young 1988 Caterham Super 7 - 1 Number-78 Garage-6 Name says it all europas-2 Allan Saunderson and Cortina 20170422_190514 20161105_100120 20161105_091901 Paul Garry 20160522_101325 Geoff N & Darryl _MG_5010 as Smart Object-1 Dick Reynolds - Special award 3443 main-11 IMG_7332 IMG_0928 image_174 122_2262_IMG IMG_8463 IMG_6401 IMG_0380 MG_6936 Relaxing-in-the-warmth IMG_5198 main-10 The_41_head_on Genuine_AC_Cobra Greg_and_Chris_Bray_Elan 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0055 Christmas-at-the-New-Farm-Deli- Jan-main-26 Mar-main-52 IMG_8891 IMG_8885 IMG_7420 22e 03a 18_Creatures_of_Rainforest_Teahouse P1060535 Maree_and_Geoff End_of_the_Super_Sprint_series IMG_3640 P1060240 006_6 IMG_3985 IMG_0924 IMG_8077 DSC03862 0078 IMG_8560 IMG_8896 Line-Up Chilly-start-at-Kenmore rack1 20201220_092210 Jenson Button Heading for Mt Alford 4_gw IMG_4358 Lindsay-relaxing-between-runs 20170709_104317 Box Box Box Most Lotus look good in Yellow main-29 IMG_6163 Mals-S1-Elise main-42 scimitar Railway-Museum-Tools main-55 IMAG6004 Winters Morning in a Seven

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios